possible deadlock in ext4_bmap

Status: upstream: reported C repro on 2023/03/07 16:42
Bug presence: origin:lts-only
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Reported-by: syzbot+5bc75b63c58b40e14b5b@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 1329d, last: 22h04m
▶ ▼ Bug presence (2)
Date Name Commit Repro Result
2023/05/03 linux-5.15.y (ToT) 8a7f2a5c5aa1 C [report] possible deadlock in ext4_bmap
2023/05/03 upstream (ToT) 348551ddaf31 C Didn't crash
▶ ▼ Similar bugs (2)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
linux-6.1 possible deadlock in ext4_bmap origin:lts-only 4 syz, C done 22611 789d 1329d 0/3 upstream: reported C repro on 2023/03/07 17:07
upstream possible deadlock in ext4_bmap ext4 4 syz, C error 78083 1237d 1541d 22/29 fixed on 2023/06/08 14:41
▶ ▼ Last patch testing requests (10)
Created Duration User Patch Repo Result
2026/09/18 15:09 51m retest repro linux-5.15.y report job log log
2026/08/27 15:33 19m retest repro linux-5.15.y report job log log
2026/08/27 15:33 15m retest repro linux-5.15.y report job log log
2026/08/27 15:33 14m retest repro linux-5.15.y report job log log
2026/07/26 17:51 15m retest repro linux-5.15.y report log
2026/07/26 17:51 14m retest repro linux-5.15.y report log
2026/07/26 17:51 18m retest repro linux-5.15.y report log
2026/07/26 17:51 13m retest repro linux-5.15.y report log
2026/07/26 17:51 13m retest repro linux-5.15.y report log
2026/06/24 18:32 18m retest repro linux-5.15.y report log
▶ ▼ Fix bisection attempts (1)
Created Duration User Patch Repo Result
2023/10/06 13:30 1h55m fix candidate upstream OK (0) job log

Sample crash report:
warning: checkpointing journal with EXT4_IOC_CHECKPOINT_FLAG_ZEROOUT can be slow
======================================================
WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected
syzkaller #0 Not tainted
------------------------------------------------------
syz.0.17/4382 is trying to acquire lock:
ffff8880264f83f0 (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#9){++++}-{3:3}, at: inode_lock_shared include/linux/fs.h:803 [inline]
ffff8880264f83f0 (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#9){++++}-{3:3}, at: ext4_bmap+0x4f/0x3f0 fs/ext4/inode.c:3166

but task is already holding lock:
ffff88814d3c83f8 (&journal->j_checkpoint_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: jbd2_journal_flush+0x317/0xcd0 fs/jbd2/journal.c:2499

which lock already depends on the new lock.


the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:

-> #3 (&journal->j_checkpoint_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}:
       __mutex_lock_common+0x1e5/0x2400 kernel/locking/mutex.c:596
       mutex_lock_io_nested+0x43/0x60 kernel/locking/mutex.c:777
       jbd2_journal_flush+0x285/0xcd0 fs/jbd2/journal.c:2489
       ext4_ioctl_checkpoint fs/ext4/ioctl.c:856 [inline]
       __ext4_ioctl fs/ext4/ioctl.c:1282 [inline]
       ext4_ioctl+0x31f7/0x3840 fs/ext4/ioctl.c:1291
       vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline]
       __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:874 [inline]
       __se_sys_ioctl+0xfa/0x170 fs/ioctl.c:860
       do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline]
       do_syscall_64+0x4c/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80
       entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x66/0xd0

-> #2 (&journal->j_barrier){+.+.}-{3:3}:
       __mutex_lock_common+0x1e5/0x2400 kernel/locking/mutex.c:596
       __mutex_lock kernel/locking/mutex.c:729 [inline]
       mutex_lock_nested+0x17/0x20 kernel/locking/mutex.c:743
       jbd2_journal_lock_updates+0x2ce/0x390 fs/jbd2/transaction.c:905
       ext4_change_inode_journal_flag+0x18e/0x710 fs/ext4/inode.c:6135
       ext4_ioctl_setflags fs/ext4/ioctl.c:448 [inline]
       ext4_fileattr_set+0xe61/0x1750 fs/ext4/ioctl.c:772
       vfs_fileattr_set+0x859/0xb10 fs/ioctl.c:700
       ioctl_setflags fs/ioctl.c:732 [inline]
       do_vfs_ioctl+0x1881/0x1f40 fs/ioctl.c:843
       __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:872 [inline]
       __se_sys_ioctl+0x83/0x170 fs/ioctl.c:860
       do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline]
       do_syscall_64+0x4c/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80
       entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x66/0xd0

-> #1 (&sbi->s_writepages_rwsem){++++}-{0:0}:
       percpu_down_write+0x52/0x2f0 kernel/locking/percpu-rwsem.c:217
       ext4_ind_migrate+0x247/0x8e0 fs/ext4/migrate.c:625
       ext4_ioctl_setflags fs/ext4/ioctl.c:457 [inline]
       ext4_fileattr_set+0xf53/0x1750 fs/ext4/ioctl.c:772
       vfs_fileattr_set+0x859/0xb10 fs/ioctl.c:700
       ioctl_setflags fs/ioctl.c:732 [inline]
       do_vfs_ioctl+0x1881/0x1f40 fs/ioctl.c:843
       __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:872 [inline]
       __se_sys_ioctl+0x83/0x170 fs/ioctl.c:860
       do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline]
       do_syscall_64+0x4c/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80
       entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x66/0xd0

-> #0 (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#9){++++}-{3:3}:
       check_prev_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3120 [inline]
       check_prevs_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3239 [inline]
       validate_chain kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3855 [inline]
       __lock_acquire+0x38f7/0x7d40 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5120
       lock_acquire+0x19f/0x400 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5737
       down_read+0x44/0x2e0 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1498
       inode_lock_shared include/linux/fs.h:803 [inline]
       ext4_bmap+0x4f/0x3f0 fs/ext4/inode.c:3166
       bmap+0xa2/0xd0 fs/inode.c:1820
       jbd2_journal_bmap fs/jbd2/journal.c:981 [inline]
       __jbd2_journal_erase fs/jbd2/journal.c:1795 [inline]
       jbd2_journal_flush+0x7e0/0xcd0 fs/jbd2/journal.c:2517
       ext4_ioctl_checkpoint fs/ext4/ioctl.c:856 [inline]
       __ext4_ioctl fs/ext4/ioctl.c:1282 [inline]
       ext4_ioctl+0x31f7/0x3840 fs/ext4/ioctl.c:1291
       vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline]
       __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:874 [inline]
       __se_sys_ioctl+0xfa/0x170 fs/ioctl.c:860
       do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline]
       do_syscall_64+0x4c/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80
       entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x66/0xd0

other info that might help us debug this:

Chain exists of:
  &sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#9 --> &journal->j_barrier --> &journal->j_checkpoint_mutex

 Possible unsafe locking scenario:

       CPU0                    CPU1
       ----                    ----
  lock(&journal->j_checkpoint_mutex);
                               lock(&journal->j_barrier);
                               lock(&journal->j_checkpoint_mutex);
  rlock(&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#9);

 *** DEADLOCK ***

2 locks held by syz.0.17/4382:
 #0: ffff88814d3c8170 (&journal->j_barrier){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: jbd2_journal_lock_updates+0x2ce/0x390 fs/jbd2/transaction.c:905
 #1: ffff88814d3c83f8 (&journal->j_checkpoint_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: jbd2_journal_flush+0x317/0xcd0 fs/jbd2/journal.c:2499

stack backtrace:
CPU: 1 PID: 4382 Comm: syz.0.17 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/24/2026
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 dump_stack_lvl+0x188/0x250 lib/dump_stack.c:106
 check_noncircular+0x2f8/0x400 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:2178
 check_prev_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3120 [inline]
 check_prevs_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3239 [inline]
 validate_chain kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3855 [inline]
 __lock_acquire+0x38f7/0x7d40 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5120
 lock_acquire+0x19f/0x400 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5737
 down_read+0x44/0x2e0 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1498
 inode_lock_shared include/linux/fs.h:803 [inline]
 ext4_bmap+0x4f/0x3f0 fs/ext4/inode.c:3166
 bmap+0xa2/0xd0 fs/inode.c:1820
 jbd2_journal_bmap fs/jbd2/journal.c:981 [inline]
 __jbd2_journal_erase fs/jbd2/journal.c:1795 [inline]
 jbd2_journal_flush+0x7e0/0xcd0 fs/jbd2/journal.c:2517
 ext4_ioctl_checkpoint fs/ext4/ioctl.c:856 [inline]
 __ext4_ioctl fs/ext4/ioctl.c:1282 [inline]
 ext4_ioctl+0x31f7/0x3840 fs/ext4/ioctl.c:1291
 vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline]
 __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:874 [inline]
 __se_sys_ioctl+0xfa/0x170 fs/ioctl.c:860
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x4c/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x66/0xd0
RIP: 0033:0x7f465d50b559
Code: ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 44 00 00 48 89 f8 48 89 f7 48 89 d6 48 89 ca 4d 89 c2 4d 89 c8 4c 8b 4c 24 08 0f 05 <48> 3d 01 f0 ff ff 73 01 c3 48 c7 c1 e8 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48
RSP: 002b:00007fff4d6987c8 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000010
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f465d792fa0 RCX: 00007f465d50b559
RDX: 00002000000001c0 RSI: 000000004004662b RDI: 0000000000000004
RBP: 00007f465d5a2ab8 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f465d792fac R14: 00007f465d792fa0 R15: 00007f465d792fa0
 </TASK>

Crashes (22342):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/10/17 22:28 linux-5.15.y 792fbe1537d8 432c0077 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ext4_bmap
2024/04/19 18:20 linux-5.15.y c52b9710c83d af24b050 .config console log report syz C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf possible deadlock in ext4_bmap
2024/04/19 09:34 linux-5.15.y c52b9710c83d af24b050 .config console log report syz C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf possible deadlock in ext4_bmap
2024/01/10 06:54 linux-5.15.y 26c690eff0a5 b438bd66 .config console log report syz C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf possible deadlock in ext4_bmap
2023/10/29 10:29 linux-5.15.y 12952a23a5da 3c418d72 .config console log report syz C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf possible deadlock in ext4_bmap
2023/08/22 04:18 linux-5.15.y f6f7927ac664 6b415825 .config console log report syz C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf possible deadlock in ext4_bmap
2023/06/24 05:18 linux-5.15.y f67653019430 79782afc .config console log report syz C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ext4_bmap
2023/06/18 05:54 linux-5.15.y 471e639e59d1 f3921d4d .config console log report syz C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf possible deadlock in ext4_bmap
2023/03/10 04:12 linux-5.15.y d9b4a0c83a2d f08b59ac .config console log report syz C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ext4_bmap
2023/03/08 01:37 linux-5.15.y d9b4a0c83a2d d7ea8bc4 .config console log report syz C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in ext4_bmap
2026/10/26 18:05 linux-5.15.y 792fbe1537d8 168cb7a2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ext4_bmap
2026/10/21 22:59 linux-5.15.y 792fbe1537d8 4ba27f85 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ext4_bmap
2026/10/21 22:59 linux-5.15.y 792fbe1537d8 4ba27f85 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ext4_bmap
2026/10/20 13:45 linux-5.15.y 792fbe1537d8 df8746fb .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ext4_bmap
2026/10/17 20:53 linux-5.15.y 792fbe1537d8 432c0077 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ext4_bmap
2026/10/15 17:41 linux-5.15.y 792fbe1537d8 8fb0ae89 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ext4_bmap
2024/10/24 16:55 linux-5.15.y 74cdd62cb470 0d144d1a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ext4_bmap
2024/10/23 14:32 linux-5.15.y 74cdd62cb470 15fa2979 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ext4_bmap
2024/10/23 07:25 linux-5.15.y 74cdd62cb470 15fa2979 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ext4_bmap
2024/10/22 21:17 linux-5.15.y 74cdd62cb470 a93682b3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ext4_bmap
2024/10/22 12:46 linux-5.15.y 584a40a22cb9 a93682b3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ext4_bmap
2024/10/22 11:00 linux-5.15.y 584a40a22cb9 a93682b3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ext4_bmap
2024/10/21 21:46 linux-5.15.y 584a40a22cb9 f1e4447c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ext4_bmap
2024/10/20 19:44 linux-5.15.y 584a40a22cb9 cd6fc0a3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ext4_bmap
2024/10/19 04:10 linux-5.15.y 584a40a22cb9 cd6fc0a3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ext4_bmap
2024/10/18 18:56 linux-5.15.y 584a40a22cb9 666f77ed .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ext4_bmap
2024/10/17 23:57 linux-5.15.y 584a40a22cb9 666f77ed .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ext4_bmap
2024/10/17 22:36 linux-5.15.y 584a40a22cb9 666f77ed .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ext4_bmap
2024/10/17 19:24 linux-5.15.y 584a40a22cb9 666f77ed .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ext4_bmap
2024/10/17 01:06 linux-5.15.y 3a5928702e71 666f77ed .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ext4_bmap
2024/10/16 11:36 linux-5.15.y 3a5928702e71 bde2d81c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ext4_bmap
2024/10/16 04:53 linux-5.15.y 3a5928702e71 bde2d81c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ext4_bmap
2024/10/15 21:12 linux-5.15.y 3a5928702e71 7eb57b4a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ext4_bmap
2024/10/12 12:14 linux-5.15.y 3a5928702e71 084d8178 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ext4_bmap
2024/10/12 02:52 linux-5.15.y 3a5928702e71 084d8178 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ext4_bmap
2024/10/11 10:31 linux-5.15.y 3a5928702e71 cd942402 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ext4_bmap
2024/10/10 11:26 linux-5.15.y 3a5928702e71 0278d004 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ext4_bmap
2024/10/09 22:00 linux-5.15.y 3a5928702e71 56fb2cb7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ext4_bmap
2024/10/09 18:12 linux-5.15.y 3a5928702e71 56fb2cb7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ext4_bmap
2024/09/30 17:36 linux-5.15.y 3a5928702e71 bbd4e0a4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ext4_bmap
2024/09/28 09:40 linux-5.15.y 3a5928702e71 440b26ec .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ext4_bmap
2024/09/27 22:58 linux-5.15.y 3a5928702e71 440b26ec .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ext4_bmap
2024/09/26 05:09 linux-5.15.y 3a5928702e71 0d19f247 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ext4_bmap
2024/07/02 03:53 linux-5.15.y 4878aadf2d15 b294e901 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf possible deadlock in ext4_bmap
2024/10/18 10:48 linux-5.15.y 584a40a22cb9 666f77ed .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in ext4_bmap
2024/10/16 07:28 linux-5.15.y 3a5928702e71 bde2d81c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in ext4_bmap
2024/10/15 18:36 linux-5.15.y 3a5928702e71 7eb57b4a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in ext4_bmap
2024/10/09 23:58 linux-5.15.y 3a5928702e71 56fb2cb7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in ext4_bmap
2024/10/07 07:03 linux-5.15.y 3a5928702e71 d7906eff .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in ext4_bmap
2024/10/05 17:59 linux-5.15.y 3a5928702e71 d7906eff .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in ext4_bmap
2024/10/04 02:17 linux-5.15.y 3a5928702e71 d7906eff .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in ext4_bmap
2024/10/04 00:47 linux-5.15.y 3a5928702e71 d7906eff .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in ext4_bmap
2024/09/29 23:03 linux-5.15.y 3a5928702e71 ba29ff75 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in ext4_bmap
2024/09/28 15:04 linux-5.15.y 3a5928702e71 ba29ff75 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in ext4_bmap
2024/09/28 04:24 linux-5.15.y 3a5928702e71 440b26ec .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in ext4_bmap
2023/03/07 16:42 linux-5.15.y d9b4a0c83a2d d7ea8bc4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf possible deadlock in ext4_bmap
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.