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possible deadlock in nr_rt_device_down

Status: upstream: reported on 2025/07/09 16:09
Reported-by: syzbot+72b241c4d6f250dc39cb@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 48d, last: 25d
Similar bugs (4)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
upstream possible deadlock in nr_rt_device_down (2) hams 4 2 395d 395d 0/29 closed as invalid on 2024/09/04 18:18
upstream possible deadlock in nr_rt_device_down (3) hams 4 C error 5358 2d07h 346d 0/29 upstream: reported C repro on 2024/09/14 18:32
linux-6.1 possible deadlock in nr_rt_device_down origin:upstream 4 C error 55 25d 237d 0/3 upstream: reported C repro on 2025/01/01 09:10
linux-5.15 possible deadlock in nr_rt_device_down origin:upstream 4 C error 75 5d05h 471d 0/3 upstream: reported C repro on 2024/05/12 01:54

Sample crash report:
======================================================
WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected
6.6.100-syzkaller #0 Not tainted
------------------------------------------------------
syz.9.1092/11010 is trying to acquire lock:
ffffffff8e118438 (nr_node_list_lock){+...}-{2:2}, at: spin_lock_bh include/linux/spinlock.h:356 [inline]
ffffffff8e118438 (nr_node_list_lock){+...}-{2:2}, at: nr_rt_device_down+0xa9/0x720 net/netrom/nr_route.c:517

but task is already holding lock:
ffffffff8e1183d8 (nr_neigh_list_lock){+...}-{2:2}, at: spin_lock_bh include/linux/spinlock.h:356 [inline]
ffffffff8e1183d8 (nr_neigh_list_lock){+...}-{2:2}, at: nr_rt_device_down+0x28/0x720 net/netrom/nr_route.c:514

which lock already depends on the new lock.


the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:

-> #2 (nr_neigh_list_lock){+...}-{2:2}:
       __raw_spin_lock_bh include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h:126 [inline]
       _raw_spin_lock_bh+0x36/0x50 kernel/locking/spinlock.c:178
       spin_lock_bh include/linux/spinlock.h:356 [inline]
       nr_remove_neigh net/netrom/nr_route.c:307 [inline]
       nr_del_node+0x512/0x8d0 net/netrom/nr_route.c:342
       nr_rt_ioctl+0x986/0xd40 net/netrom/nr_route.c:678
       sock_do_ioctl+0xd7/0x2f0 net/socket.c:1222
       sock_ioctl+0x623/0x7a0 net/socket.c:1341
       vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline]
       __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:871 [inline]
       __se_sys_ioctl+0xfd/0x170 fs/ioctl.c:857
       do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:51 [inline]
       do_syscall_64+0x55/0xb0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:81
       entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2

-> #1 (&nr_node->node_lock){+...}-{2:2}:
       __raw_spin_lock_bh include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h:126 [inline]
       _raw_spin_lock_bh+0x36/0x50 kernel/locking/spinlock.c:178
       spin_lock_bh include/linux/spinlock.h:356 [inline]
       nr_node_lock include/net/netrom.h:152 [inline]
       nr_del_node+0x152/0x8d0 net/netrom/nr_route.c:335
       nr_rt_ioctl+0x986/0xd40 net/netrom/nr_route.c:678
       sock_do_ioctl+0xd7/0x2f0 net/socket.c:1222
       sock_ioctl+0x623/0x7a0 net/socket.c:1341
       vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline]
       __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:871 [inline]
       __se_sys_ioctl+0xfd/0x170 fs/ioctl.c:857
       do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:51 [inline]
       do_syscall_64+0x55/0xb0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:81
       entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2

-> #0 (nr_node_list_lock){+...}-{2:2}:
       check_prev_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3134 [inline]
       check_prevs_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3253 [inline]
       validate_chain kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3869 [inline]
       __lock_acquire+0x2ddb/0x7c80 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5137
       lock_acquire+0x197/0x410 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5754
       __raw_spin_lock_bh include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h:126 [inline]
       _raw_spin_lock_bh+0x36/0x50 kernel/locking/spinlock.c:178
       spin_lock_bh include/linux/spinlock.h:356 [inline]
       nr_rt_device_down+0xa9/0x720 net/netrom/nr_route.c:517
       nr_device_event+0x137/0x150 net/netrom/af_netrom.c:126
       notifier_call_chain+0x197/0x390 kernel/notifier.c:93
       call_netdevice_notifiers_extack net/core/dev.c:2064 [inline]
       call_netdevice_notifiers net/core/dev.c:2078 [inline]
       __dev_notify_flags+0x18e/0x2e0 net/core/dev.c:-1
       dev_change_flags+0xe8/0x1a0 net/core/dev.c:8750
       dev_ifsioc+0x6a7/0xe20 net/core/dev_ioctl.c:529
       dev_ioctl+0x7e2/0x1170 net/core/dev_ioctl.c:786
       sock_do_ioctl+0x226/0x2f0 net/socket.c:1236
       sock_ioctl+0x623/0x7a0 net/socket.c:1341
       vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline]
       __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:871 [inline]
       __se_sys_ioctl+0xfd/0x170 fs/ioctl.c:857
       do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:51 [inline]
       do_syscall_64+0x55/0xb0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:81
       entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2

other info that might help us debug this:

Chain exists of:
  nr_node_list_lock --> &nr_node->node_lock --> nr_neigh_list_lock

 Possible unsafe locking scenario:

       CPU0                    CPU1
       ----                    ----
  lock(nr_neigh_list_lock);
                               lock(&nr_node->node_lock);
                               lock(nr_neigh_list_lock);
  lock(nr_node_list_lock);

 *** DEADLOCK ***

2 locks held by syz.9.1092/11010:
 #0: ffffffff8dfbb188 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: dev_ioctl+0x7d2/0x1170 net/core/dev_ioctl.c:785
 #1: ffffffff8e1183d8 (nr_neigh_list_lock){+...}-{2:2}, at: spin_lock_bh include/linux/spinlock.h:356 [inline]
 #1: ffffffff8e1183d8 (nr_neigh_list_lock){+...}-{2:2}, at: nr_rt_device_down+0x28/0x720 net/netrom/nr_route.c:514

stack backtrace:
CPU: 1 PID: 11010 Comm: syz.9.1092 Not tainted 6.6.100-syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/12/2025
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 dump_stack_lvl+0x16c/0x230 lib/dump_stack.c:106
 check_noncircular+0x2bd/0x3c0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:2187
 check_prev_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3134 [inline]
 check_prevs_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3253 [inline]
 validate_chain kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3869 [inline]
 __lock_acquire+0x2ddb/0x7c80 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5137
 lock_acquire+0x197/0x410 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5754
 __raw_spin_lock_bh include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h:126 [inline]
 _raw_spin_lock_bh+0x36/0x50 kernel/locking/spinlock.c:178
 spin_lock_bh include/linux/spinlock.h:356 [inline]
 nr_rt_device_down+0xa9/0x720 net/netrom/nr_route.c:517
 nr_device_event+0x137/0x150 net/netrom/af_netrom.c:126
 notifier_call_chain+0x197/0x390 kernel/notifier.c:93
 call_netdevice_notifiers_extack net/core/dev.c:2064 [inline]
 call_netdevice_notifiers net/core/dev.c:2078 [inline]
 __dev_notify_flags+0x18e/0x2e0 net/core/dev.c:-1
 dev_change_flags+0xe8/0x1a0 net/core/dev.c:8750
 dev_ifsioc+0x6a7/0xe20 net/core/dev_ioctl.c:529
 dev_ioctl+0x7e2/0x1170 net/core/dev_ioctl.c:786
 sock_do_ioctl+0x226/0x2f0 net/socket.c:1236
 sock_ioctl+0x623/0x7a0 net/socket.c:1341
 vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline]
 __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:871 [inline]
 __se_sys_ioctl+0xfd/0x170 fs/ioctl.c:857
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:51 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x55/0xb0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:81
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2
RIP: 0033:0x7faec438eb69
Code: ff ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 40 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 a8 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48
RSP: 002b:00007faec513c038 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000010
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007faec45b5fa0 RCX: 00007faec438eb69
RDX: 0000200000000000 RSI: 0000000000008914 RDI: 0000000000000009
RBP: 00007faec4411df1 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 00007faec45b5fa0 R15: 00007ffc340023e8
 </TASK>

Crashes (5):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2025/08/01 03:02 linux-6.6.y dbcb8d8e4163 0c075d67 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in nr_rt_device_down
2025/08/01 03:02 linux-6.6.y dbcb8d8e4163 0c075d67 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in nr_rt_device_down
2025/07/31 14:27 linux-6.6.y dbcb8d8e4163 f8f2b4da .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in nr_rt_device_down
2025/07/09 16:08 linux-6.6.y a5df3a702b2c f4e5e155 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in nr_rt_device_down
2025/07/09 16:08 linux-6.6.y a5df3a702b2c f4e5e155 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in nr_rt_device_down
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.