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BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context in page_cache_ra_unbounded

Status: upstream: reported on 2026/04/17 18:11
Subsystems: integrity lsm
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Reported-by: syzbot+77103043d0c16dbc71ae@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 4d14h, last: 4d14h
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[syzbot] [integrity?] [lsm?] BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context in page_cache_ra_unbounded 0 (1) 2026/04/17 18:11

Sample crash report:
cgroup: Unknown subsys name 'rlimit'
BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context at ./include/linux/sched/mm.h:323
in_atomic(): 0, irqs_disabled(): 0, non_block: 0, pid: 5809, name: syz-executor
preempt_count: 0, expected: 0
RCU nest depth: 1, expected: 0
3 locks held by syz-executor/5809:
 #0: ffff888025b9e458 (&ima_iint_mutex_key[depth]){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: process_measurement+0x7fd/0x1c90 security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c:319
 #1: ffff8880406185f0 (mapping.invalidate_lock#2){++++}-{4:4}, at: filemap_invalidate_lock_shared include/linux/fs.h:1094 [inline]
 #1: ffff8880406185f0 (mapping.invalidate_lock#2){++++}-{4:4}, at: do_page_cache_ra mm/readahead.c:333 [inline]
 #1: ffff8880406185f0 (mapping.invalidate_lock#2){++++}-{4:4}, at: page_cache_ra_order+0x2a5/0x490 mm/readahead.c:538
 #2: ffffffff8dfc80c0 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:3}, at: rcu_lock_acquire include/linux/rcupdate.h:300 [inline]
 #2: ffffffff8dfc80c0 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:3}, at: rcu_read_lock include/linux/rcupdate.h:838 [inline]
 #2: ffffffff8dfc80c0 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:3}, at: __rt_spin_lock kernel/locking/spinlock_rt.c:50 [inline]
 #2: ffffffff8dfc80c0 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:3}, at: rt_spin_lock+0x1e0/0x400 kernel/locking/spinlock_rt.c:57
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 5809 Comm: syz-executor Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT_{RT,(full)} 
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 03/18/2026
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 dump_stack_lvl+0xe8/0x150 lib/dump_stack.c:120
 __might_resched+0x329/0x480 kernel/sched/core.c:9162
 might_alloc include/linux/sched/mm.h:323 [inline]
 prepare_alloc_pages+0x1f0/0x6b0 mm/page_alloc.c:4995
 __alloc_frozen_pages_noprof+0x12f/0x380 mm/page_alloc.c:5215
 alloc_pages_mpol+0xd1/0x380 mm/mempolicy.c:2490
 alloc_frozen_pages_noprof mm/mempolicy.c:2561 [inline]
 alloc_pages_noprof+0xd2/0x2f0 mm/mempolicy.c:2581
 folio_alloc_noprof+0x22/0xc0 mm/mempolicy.c:2591
 filemap_alloc_folio_noprof+0x111/0x4d0 mm/filemap.c:1013
 ractl_alloc_folio mm/readahead.c:189 [inline]
 page_cache_ra_unbounded+0x2f7/0x980 mm/readahead.c:277
 do_page_cache_ra mm/readahead.c:334 [inline]
 page_cache_ra_order+0x2b5/0x490 mm/readahead.c:538
 filemap_readahead mm/filemap.c:2663 [inline]
 filemap_get_pages+0x832/0x1e70 mm/filemap.c:2709
 filemap_read+0x44a/0x1240 mm/filemap.c:2805
 __kernel_read+0x50d/0x9c0 fs/read_write.c:532
 integrity_kernel_read+0x89/0xd0 security/integrity/iint.c:28
 ima_calc_file_hash_tfm security/integrity/ima/ima_crypto.c:222 [inline]
 ima_calc_file_hash+0x452/0x870 security/integrity/ima/ima_crypto.c:280
 ima_collect_measurement+0x523/0x9d0 security/integrity/ima/ima_api.c:300
 process_measurement+0x12d9/0x1c90 security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c:425
 ima_file_check+0xe1/0x130 security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c:685
 security_file_post_open+0xb3/0x260 security/security.c:2755
 do_open fs/namei.c:4701 [inline]
 path_openat+0x2e88/0x38a0 fs/namei.c:4858
 do_file_open+0x23e/0x4a0 fs/namei.c:4887
 file_open_name+0x162/0x1c0 fs/open.c:1322
 __do_sys_swapon mm/swapfile.c:3574 [inline]
 __se_sys_swapon+0x856/0x2010 mm/swapfile.c:3539
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x15f/0xf80 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x7f4a4d9cc7d7
Code: 73 01 c3 48 c7 c1 e8 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48 83 c8 ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 44 00 00 b8 a7 00 00 00 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:00007ffc336ba3b8 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 00000000000000a7
RAX: ffff[   83.300808][ T5809] RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000000000008 RCX: 00007f4a4d9cc7d7
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000008000 RDI: 00007f4a4da62e5b
RBP: 00007f4a4da62e5b R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000008 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 00007f4a4dc163e0
R13: 00007f4a4da7dd26 R14: 0000000000200000 R15: 00007f4a4dc163a0
 </TASK>

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[ BUG: Invalid wait context ]
syzkaller #0 Tainted: G        W          
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syz-executor/5809 is trying to lock:
ffff8880406185f0 (mapping.invalidate_lock#2){++++}-{4:4}, at: filemap_invalidate_lock_shared include/linux/fs.h:1094 [inline]
ffff8880406185f0 (mapping.invalidate_lock#2){++++}-{4:4}, at: do_page_cache_ra mm/readahead.c:333 [inline]
ffff8880406185f0 (mapping.invalidate_lock#2){++++}-{4:4}, at: page_cache_ra_order+0x2a5/0x490 mm/readahead.c:538
other info that might help us debug this:
context-{5:5}
2 locks held by syz-executor/5809:
 #0: ffff888025b9e458 (&ima_iint_mutex_key[depth]){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: process_measurement+0x7fd/0x1c90 security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c:319
 #1: ffffffff8dfc80c0 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:3}, at: rcu_lock_acquire include/linux/rcupdate.h:300 [inline]
 #1: ffffffff8dfc80c0 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:3}, at: rcu_read_lock include/linux/rcupdate.h:838 [inline]
 #1: ffffffff8dfc80c0 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:3}, at: __rt_spin_lock kernel/locking/spinlock_rt.c:50 [inline]
 #1: ffffffff8dfc80c0 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:3}, at: rt_spin_lock+0x1e0/0x400 kernel/locking/spinlock_rt.c:57
stack backtrace:
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 5809 Comm: syz-executor Tainted: G        W           syzkaller #0 PREEMPT_{RT,(full)} 
Tainted: [W]=WARN
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 03/18/2026
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 dump_stack_lvl+0xe8/0x150 lib/dump_stack.c:120
 print_lock_invalid_wait_context kernel/locking/lockdep.c:4832 [inline]
 check_wait_context kernel/locking/lockdep.c:4904 [inline]
 __lock_acquire+0xec1/0x2cf0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5189
 lock_acquire+0x106/0x350 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5870
 down_read+0x97/0x200 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1568
 filemap_invalidate_lock_shared include/linux/fs.h:1094 [inline]
 do_page_cache_ra mm/readahead.c:333 [inline]
 page_cache_ra_order+0x2a5/0x490 mm/readahead.c:538
 filemap_readahead mm/filemap.c:2663 [inline]
 filemap_get_pages+0x832/0x1e70 mm/filemap.c:2709
 filemap_read+0x44a/0x1240 mm/filemap.c:2805
 __kernel_read+0x50d/0x9c0 fs/read_write.c:532
 integrity_kernel_read+0x89/0xd0 security/integrity/iint.c:28
 ima_calc_file_hash_tfm security/integrity/ima/ima_crypto.c:222 [inline]
 ima_calc_file_hash+0x452/0x870 security/integrity/ima/ima_crypto.c:280
 ima_collect_measurement+0x523/0x9d0 security/integrity/ima/ima_api.c:300
 process_measurement+0x12d9/0x1c90 security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c:425
 ima_file_check+0xe1/0x130 security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c:685
 security_file_post_open+0xb3/0x260 security/security.c:2755
 do_open fs/namei.c:4701 [inline]
 path_openat+0x2e88/0x38a0 fs/namei.c:4858
 do_file_open+0x23e/0x4a0 fs/namei.c:4887
 file_open_name+0x162/0x1c0 fs/open.c:1322
 __do_sys_swapon mm/swapfile.c:3574 [inline]
 __se_sys_swapon+0x856/0x2010 mm/swapfile.c:3539
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x15f/0xf80 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x7f4a4d9cc7d7
Code: 73 01 c3 48 c7 c1 e8 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48 83 c8 ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 44 00 00 b8 a7 00 00 00 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:00007ffc336ba3b8 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 00000000000000a7
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000000000008 RCX: 00007f4a4d9cc7d7
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000008000 RDI: 00007f4a4da62e5b
RBP: 00007f4a4da62e5b R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000008 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 00007f4a4dc163e0
R13: 00007f4a4da7dd26 R14: 0000000000200000 R15: 00007f4a4dc163a0
 </TASK>
------------[ cut here ]------------
Voluntary context switch within RCU read-side critical section!
WARNING: kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h:332 at rcu_note_context_switch+0xcac/0xf40 kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h:332, CPU#0: syz-executor/5809
Modules linked in:
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 5809 Comm: syz-executor Tainted: G        W           syzkaller #0 PREEMPT_{RT,(full)} 
Tainted: [W]=WARN
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 03/18/2026
RIP: 0010:rcu_note_context_switch+0xcac/0xf40 kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h:332
Code: 00 41 c6 45 00 00 48 8b 3d 81 5e e2 0d 48 81 c4 b8 00 00 00 5b 41 5c 41 5d 41 5e 41 5f 5d e9 9b 60 ff ff 48 8d 3d f4 26 e6 0d <67> 48 0f b9 3a e9 1b f4 ff ff 90 0f 0b 90 45 84 e4 0f 84 ea f3 ff
RSP: 0018:ffffc900043b6fb0 EFLAGS: 00010002
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff88803906bd80 RCX: 0000000080000002
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffffff8ba83740 RDI: ffffffff8f907b60
RBP: dffffc0000000000 R08: ffffffff8f8d05f7 R09: 1ffffffff1f1a0be
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffffbfff1f1a0bf R12: 0000000000000000
R13: ffff88803906bd80 R14: ffff8880b883c980 R15: ffff88803906c244
FS:  0000555571f48540(0000) GS:ffff8881260c2000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007f64ae81e7b8 CR3: 000000001a1e4000 CR4: 00000000003526f0
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 __schedule+0x297/0x54f0 kernel/sched/core.c:7043
 __schedule_loop kernel/sched/core.c:7267 [inline]
 schedule+0x164/0x360 kernel/sched/core.c:7282
 schedule_timeout+0x158/0x2c0 kernel/time/sleep_timeout.c:99
 io_schedule_timeout+0x88/0xe0 kernel/sched/core.c:8097
 do_wait_for_common kernel/sched/completion.c:100 [inline]
 __wait_for_common kernel/sched/completion.c:121 [inline]
 wait_for_common_io+0x2d7/0x610 kernel/sched/completion.c:138
 blk_wait_io block/blk.h:102 [inline]
 bio_await block/bio.c:1496 [inline]
 submit_bio_wait+0x16d/0x250 block/bio.c:1513
 blkdev_issue_flush+0xe0/0x150 block/blk-flush.c:475
 ext4_sync_file+0x8b6/0xd60 fs/ext4/fsync.c:179
 iomap_swapfile_activate+0x1e4/0xbe0 fs/iomap/swapfile.c:162
 setup_swap_extents+0x176/0x640 mm/swapfile.c:2890
 __do_sys_swapon mm/swapfile.c:3630 [inline]
 __se_sys_swapon+0xdc9/0x2010 mm/swapfile.c:3539
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x15f/0xf80 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x7f4a4d9cc7d7
Code: 73 01 c3 48 c7 c1 e8 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48 83 c8 ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 44 00 00 b8 a7 00 00 00 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:00007ffc336ba3b8 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 00000000000000a7
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000000000008 RCX: 00007f4a4d9cc7d7
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000008000 RDI: 00007f4a4da62e5b
RBP: 00007f4a4da62e5b R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000008 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 00007f4a4dc163e0
R13: 00007f4a4da7dd26 R14: 0000000000200000 R15: 00007f4a4dc163a0
 </TASK>
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Code disassembly (best guess):
   0:	00 41 c6             	add    %al,-0x3a(%rcx)
   3:	45 00 00             	add    %r8b,(%r8)
   6:	48 8b 3d 81 5e e2 0d 	mov    0xde25e81(%rip),%rdi        # 0xde25e8e
   d:	48 81 c4 b8 00 00 00 	add    $0xb8,%rsp
  14:	5b                   	pop    %rbx
  15:	41 5c                	pop    %r12
  17:	41 5d                	pop    %r13
  19:	41 5e                	pop    %r14
  1b:	41 5f                	pop    %r15
  1d:	5d                   	pop    %rbp
  1e:	e9 9b 60 ff ff       	jmp    0xffff60be
  23:	48 8d 3d f4 26 e6 0d 	lea    0xde626f4(%rip),%rdi        # 0xde6271e
* 2a:	67 48 0f b9 3a       	ud1    (%edx),%rdi <-- trapping instruction
  2f:	e9 1b f4 ff ff       	jmp    0xfffff44f
  34:	90                   	nop
  35:	0f 0b                	ud2
  37:	90                   	nop
  38:	45 84 e4             	test   %r12b,%r12b
  3b:	0f                   	.byte 0xf
  3c:	84 ea                	test   %ch,%dl
  3e:	f3                   	repz
  3f:	ff                   	.byte 0xff

Crashes (1):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/04/13 18:00 linux-next 1c7cc4904160 9530ccf9 .config console log report [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context in page_cache_ra_unbounded
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.