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possible deadlock in pipe_lock (6)

Status: upstream: reported on 2024/11/08 04:47
Subsystems: overlayfs
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Reported-by: syzbot+603e6f91a1f6c5af8c02@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 485d, last: 2d03h
Discussions (4)
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[syzbot] Monthly overlayfs report (Jan 2026) 0 (1) 2026/01/28 12:41
[syzbot] Monthly overlayfs report (Dec 2025) 0 (1) 2025/12/28 08:47
[syzbot] Monthly overlayfs report (Nov 2024) 0 (1) 2024/11/20 13:31
[syzbot] [overlayfs?] possible deadlock in pipe_lock (6) 0 (1) 2024/11/08 04:47
Similar bugs (9)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
upstream possible deadlock in pipe_lock fs 4 50806 2997d 3045d 0/29 closed as invalid on 2018/02/14 14:20
upstream possible deadlock in pipe_lock (4) overlayfs 4 1 1764d 1760d 0/29 auto-closed as invalid on 2021/07/03 13:02
upstream possible deadlock in pipe_lock (2) overlayfs 4 3 2508d 2578d 0/29 auto-closed as invalid on 2019/10/18 15:02
linux-4.19 possible deadlock in pipe_lock (2) 4 C error 155 1093d 2260d 0/1 upstream: reported C repro on 2019/12/26 07:17
upstream possible deadlock in pipe_lock (5) overlayfs 4 C done 5 1683d 1683d 20/29 fixed on 2021/11/10 00:50
android-49 possible deadlock in pipe_lock 4 5 2322d 2515d 0/3 auto-closed as invalid on 2020/02/21 12:40
linux-4.19 possible deadlock in pipe_lock 4 C done 2 2502d 2505d 1/1 fixed on 2019/11/29 10:34
android-44 possible deadlock in pipe_lock 4 C 82 2282d 2516d 0/2 public: reported C repro on 2019/04/14 08:51
upstream possible deadlock in pipe_lock (3) overlayfs 4 C inconclusive done 4 2222d 2259d 15/29 fixed on 2020/08/18 22:40

Sample crash report:
======================================================
WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected
syzkaller #0 Not tainted
------------------------------------------------------
syz.3.2709/16941 is trying to acquire lock:
ffff88805ac22c68 (&pipe->mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: pipe_lock fs/pipe.c:91 [inline]
ffff88805ac22c68 (&pipe->mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: pipe_lock+0x69/0x80 fs/pipe.c:88

but task is already holding lock:
ffff8880352a0420 (sb_writers#6){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: __do_splice+0x33b/0x370 fs/splice.c:1433

which lock already depends on the new lock.


the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:

-> #3 (sb_writers#6){.+.+}-{0:0}:
       percpu_down_read_internal include/linux/percpu-rwsem.h:53 [inline]
       percpu_down_read_freezable include/linux/percpu-rwsem.h:83 [inline]
       __sb_start_write include/linux/fs/super.h:19 [inline]
       sb_start_write include/linux/fs/super.h:125 [inline]
       mnt_want_write+0x6f/0x450 fs/namespace.c:493
       ovl_create_object+0x12b/0x3b0 fs/overlayfs/dir.c:691
       lookup_open.isra.0+0xc47/0x11b0 fs/namei.c:4483
       open_last_lookups fs/namei.c:4583 [inline]
       path_openat+0x2291/0x31a0 fs/namei.c:4827
       do_file_open+0x20e/0x430 fs/namei.c:4859
       do_sys_openat2+0x10d/0x1e0 fs/open.c:1366
       do_sys_open fs/open.c:1372 [inline]
       __do_sys_openat fs/open.c:1388 [inline]
       __se_sys_openat fs/open.c:1383 [inline]
       __x64_sys_openat+0x12d/0x210 fs/open.c:1383
       do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
       do_syscall_64+0x106/0xf80 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
       entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

-> #2 (&ovl_i_mutex_dir_key[depth]#2){++++}-{4:4}:
       down_read+0x99/0x460 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1537
       inode_lock_shared include/linux/fs.h:1043 [inline]
       lookup_slow+0x42/0x70 fs/namei.c:1932
       walk_component fs/namei.c:2279 [inline]
       lookup_last fs/namei.c:2780 [inline]
       path_lookupat+0x5e8/0xc40 fs/namei.c:2804
       filename_lookup+0x202/0x590 fs/namei.c:2833
       kern_path+0x37/0x50 fs/namei.c:3040
       lookup_bdev+0xd8/0x280 block/bdev.c:1221
       resume_store+0x1d6/0x460 kernel/power/hibernate.c:1306
       kobj_attr_store+0x58/0x80 lib/kobject.c:840
       sysfs_kf_write+0xf2/0x150 fs/sysfs/file.c:142
       kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x3e0/0x5f0 fs/kernfs/file.c:352
       new_sync_write fs/read_write.c:595 [inline]
       vfs_write+0x6ac/0x1070 fs/read_write.c:688
       ksys_write+0x12a/0x250 fs/read_write.c:740
       do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
       do_syscall_64+0x106/0xf80 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
       entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

-> #1 (&of->mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}:
       __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:614 [inline]
       __mutex_lock+0x1a2/0x1b90 kernel/locking/mutex.c:776
       kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x2c2/0x5f0 fs/kernfs/file.c:343
       iter_file_splice_write+0x82b/0x10a0 fs/splice.c:738
       do_splice_from fs/splice.c:938 [inline]
       do_splice+0x109c/0x1fd0 fs/splice.c:1351
       __do_splice+0x33b/0x370 fs/splice.c:1433
       __do_sys_splice fs/splice.c:1636 [inline]
       __se_sys_splice fs/splice.c:1618 [inline]
       __x64_sys_splice+0x187/0x250 fs/splice.c:1618
       do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
       do_syscall_64+0x106/0xf80 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
       entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

-> #0 (&pipe->mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}:
       check_prev_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3165 [inline]
       check_prevs_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3284 [inline]
       validate_chain kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3908 [inline]
       __lock_acquire+0x14b8/0x2630 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5237
       lock_acquire kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5868 [inline]
       lock_acquire+0x1cf/0x380 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5825
       __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:614 [inline]
       __mutex_lock+0x1a2/0x1b90 kernel/locking/mutex.c:776
       pipe_lock fs/pipe.c:91 [inline]
       pipe_lock+0x69/0x80 fs/pipe.c:88
       iter_file_splice_write+0x1f8/0x10a0 fs/splice.c:683
       do_splice_from fs/splice.c:938 [inline]
       do_splice+0x109c/0x1fd0 fs/splice.c:1351
       __do_splice+0x33b/0x370 fs/splice.c:1433
       __do_sys_splice fs/splice.c:1636 [inline]
       __se_sys_splice fs/splice.c:1618 [inline]
       __x64_sys_splice+0x187/0x250 fs/splice.c:1618
       do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
       do_syscall_64+0x106/0xf80 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
       entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

other info that might help us debug this:

Chain exists of:
  &pipe->mutex --> &ovl_i_mutex_dir_key[depth]#2 --> sb_writers#6

 Possible unsafe locking scenario:

       CPU0                    CPU1
       ----                    ----
  rlock(sb_writers#6);
                               lock(&ovl_i_mutex_dir_key[depth]#2);
                               lock(sb_writers#6);
  lock(&pipe->mutex);

 *** DEADLOCK ***

1 lock held by syz.3.2709/16941:
 #0: ffff8880352a0420 (sb_writers#6){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: __do_splice+0x33b/0x370 fs/splice.c:1433

stack backtrace:
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 16941 Comm: syz.3.2709 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) 
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 02/12/2026
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:94 [inline]
 dump_stack_lvl+0x100/0x190 lib/dump_stack.c:120
 print_circular_bug.cold+0x178/0x1c7 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:2043
 check_noncircular+0x146/0x160 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:2175
 check_prev_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3165 [inline]
 check_prevs_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3284 [inline]
 validate_chain kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3908 [inline]
 __lock_acquire+0x14b8/0x2630 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5237
 lock_acquire kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5868 [inline]
 lock_acquire+0x1cf/0x380 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5825
 __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:614 [inline]
 __mutex_lock+0x1a2/0x1b90 kernel/locking/mutex.c:776
 pipe_lock fs/pipe.c:91 [inline]
 pipe_lock+0x69/0x80 fs/pipe.c:88
 iter_file_splice_write+0x1f8/0x10a0 fs/splice.c:683
 do_splice_from fs/splice.c:938 [inline]
 do_splice+0x109c/0x1fd0 fs/splice.c:1351
 __do_splice+0x33b/0x370 fs/splice.c:1433
 __do_sys_splice fs/splice.c:1636 [inline]
 __se_sys_splice fs/splice.c:1618 [inline]
 __x64_sys_splice+0x187/0x250 fs/splice.c:1618
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x106/0xf80 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x7fd79d79bf79
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:00007fd79e6a5028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000113
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007fd79da15fa0 RCX: 00007fd79d79bf79
RDX: 0000000000000007 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000008
RBP: 00007fd79d8327e0 R08: 0000000000001000 R09: 0800000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007fd79da16038 R14: 00007fd79da15fa0 R15: 00007fff47ac62d8
 </TASK>

Crashes (47):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/02/17 07:43 upstream 970296997869 e439b951 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root possible deadlock in pipe_lock
2025/11/22 03:11 upstream 2eba5e05d9bc c31c1b0b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root possible deadlock in pipe_lock
2025/09/25 05:16 upstream 4ea5af085908 0abd0691 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root possible deadlock in pipe_lock
2025/09/08 18:00 upstream 76eeb9b8de98 d291dd2d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root possible deadlock in pipe_lock
2025/08/02 16:16 upstream a6923c06a3b2 7368264b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root possible deadlock in pipe_lock
2025/05/01 12:50 upstream 4f79eaa2ceac ce7952f4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root possible deadlock in pipe_lock
2025/03/26 21:56 upstream 2df0c02dab82 89d30d73 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root possible deadlock in pipe_lock
2025/03/03 06:07 upstream 7eb172143d55 c3901742 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root possible deadlock in pipe_lock
2025/01/21 05:10 upstream ffd294d346d1 6e87cfa2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root possible deadlock in pipe_lock
2024/12/25 06:50 upstream 9b2ffa6148b1 444551c4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root possible deadlock in pipe_lock
2026/03/02 06:05 upstream 39c633261414 43249bac .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream possible deadlock in pipe_lock
2026/02/28 08:38 upstream 4d349ee5c778 43249bac .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream possible deadlock in pipe_lock
2026/02/25 18:03 upstream 7dff99b35460 c162cde9 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream possible deadlock in pipe_lock
2026/02/16 23:29 upstream 0f2acd3148e0 84656fa6 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream possible deadlock in pipe_lock
2026/02/14 10:25 upstream 770aaedb461a 1e62d198 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream possible deadlock in pipe_lock
2026/02/14 09:13 upstream 770aaedb461a 1e62d198 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream possible deadlock in pipe_lock
2026/02/09 18:15 upstream 05f7e89ab973 df949cd9 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream possible deadlock in pipe_lock
2026/02/05 12:56 upstream f14faaf3a1fb 4936e85c .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream possible deadlock in pipe_lock
2026/01/30 05:05 upstream 4d310797262f bfa73b7b .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream possible deadlock in pipe_lock
2026/01/22 13:42 upstream a66191c590b3 a16aed1d .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream possible deadlock in pipe_lock
2026/01/16 05:36 upstream 603c05a1639f d1b870e1 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream possible deadlock in pipe_lock
2025/11/24 13:38 upstream ac3fd01e4c1e bf6fe8fe .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream possible deadlock in pipe_lock
2025/07/22 07:41 upstream 89be9a83ccf1 1555463b .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream possible deadlock in pipe_lock
2025/03/08 05:49 upstream 21e4543a2e2f 7e3bd60d .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream possible deadlock in pipe_lock
2025/02/03 08:04 upstream 69e858e0b8b2 568559e4 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream possible deadlock in pipe_lock
2025/02/02 18:25 upstream 69e858e0b8b2 568559e4 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream possible deadlock in pipe_lock
2024/11/29 20:00 upstream 7af08b57bcb9 b5d2be89 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream possible deadlock in pipe_lock
2024/11/27 12:36 upstream aaf20f870da0 5df23865 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream possible deadlock in pipe_lock
2024/11/24 15:45 upstream 9f16d5e6f220 68da6d95 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream possible deadlock in pipe_lock
2024/11/08 06:26 upstream 906bd684e4b1 179b040e .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream possible deadlock in pipe_lock
2024/11/04 04:35 upstream a33ab3f94f51 f00eed24 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream possible deadlock in pipe_lock
2026/02/09 21:56 upstream 05f7e89ab973 df949cd9 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 possible deadlock in pipe_lock
2026/01/15 21:05 upstream 944aacb68baf d1b870e1 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 possible deadlock in pipe_lock
2026/01/15 11:16 upstream 944aacb68baf d1b870e1 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 possible deadlock in pipe_lock
2025/12/26 04:52 upstream ccd1cdca5cd4 d1b870e1 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 possible deadlock in pipe_lock
2025/11/18 09:22 upstream e7c375b18160 ef766cd7 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 possible deadlock in pipe_lock
2025/11/16 14:19 upstream f824272b6e3f f7988ea4 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 possible deadlock in pipe_lock
2025/10/24 21:03 upstream 6fab32bb6508 c0460fcd .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 possible deadlock in pipe_lock
2025/10/11 19:51 upstream 0739473694c4 ff1712fe .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 possible deadlock in pipe_lock
2025/09/28 13:50 upstream 51a24b7deaae 001c9061 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 possible deadlock in pipe_lock
2025/09/14 07:01 upstream 5cd64d4f9268 e2beed91 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 possible deadlock in pipe_lock
2025/09/07 05:05 upstream b236920731dd d291dd2d .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 possible deadlock in pipe_lock
2025/08/27 00:42 upstream fab1beda7597 e12e5ba4 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 possible deadlock in pipe_lock
2025/06/01 11:53 upstream 4cb6c8af8591 3d2f584d .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 possible deadlock in pipe_lock
2025/05/07 12:30 upstream 0d8d44db295c 350f4ffc .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 possible deadlock in pipe_lock
2025/01/18 10:00 upstream ad26fc09dabf f2cb035c .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 possible deadlock in pipe_lock
2025/01/17 02:52 upstream ce69b4019001 f9e07a6e .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 possible deadlock in pipe_lock
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.