possible deadlock in lookup_open

Status: upstream: reported on 2026/08/22 07:43
Subsystems: usb
Labels: prio:low
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Reported-by: syzbot+c39ae720fb00e7e6f14b@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 7d20h, last: 1d10h
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0ed7ee64 assessment-security DenialOfService: ✅ Exploitable: ❌ FilesystemTrigger: ❌ NetworkTrigger: ❌ PeripheralTrigger: ❌ RemoteTrigger: ❌ Unprivileged: ❌ UserNamespace: ❌ VMGuestTrigger: ❌ VMHostTrigger: ❌ possible deadlock in lookup_open 2026/08/20 02:01 2026/08/20 02:01 2026/08/20 02:47 1e72964b
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[syzbot] [usb?] possible deadlock in lookup_open 0 (1) 2026/08/22 07:43

Sample crash report:
Mass Storage Function, version: 2009/09/11
LUN: removable file: (no medium)
======================================================
WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected
syzkaller #0 Not tainted
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syz.0.546/8067 is trying to acquire lock:
ffff88807cdf4460 (sb_writers#6){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: lookup_open+0x150/0x1990 fs/namei.c:4451

but task is already holding lock:
ffff888052a54120 (&common->filesem){++++}-{4:4}, at: fsg_store_file+0x193/0x450 drivers/usb/gadget/function/storage_common.c:452

which lock already depends on the new lock.


the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:

-> #3 (&common->filesem){++++}-{4:4}:
       lock_acquire kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5886 [inline]
       lock_acquire+0x1b9/0x370 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5843
       down_read+0x99/0x4c0 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1574
       fsg_show_file+0x20/0x180 drivers/usb/gadget/function/storage_common.c:339
       fill_read_buffer fs/configfs/file.c:68 [inline]
       configfs_read_iter+0x426/0x6f0 fs/configfs/file.c:88
       __kernel_read+0x397/0xad0 fs/read_write.c:532
       integrity_kernel_read+0x7e/0xb0 security/integrity/iint.c:28
       ima_calc_file_hash_tfm+0x25e/0x350 security/integrity/ima/ima_crypto.c:222
       ima_calc_file_hash+0x1e3/0x380 security/integrity/ima/ima_crypto.c:280
       ima_collect_measurement+0x94f/0xb30 security/integrity/ima/ima_api.c:300
       process_measurement+0xdfe/0x2350 security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c:425
       ima_file_check+0xc3/0x110 security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c:685
       security_file_post_open+0xc4/0x210 security/security.c:2755
       do_open fs/namei.c:4839 [inline]
       path_openat+0x5cd/0x2440 fs/namei.c:5000
       do_file_open+0x20e/0x430 fs/namei.c:5029
       do_sys_openat2+0x10f/0x1e0 fs/open.c:1417
       do_sys_open fs/open.c:1423 [inline]
       __do_sys_openat fs/open.c:1439 [inline]
       __se_sys_openat fs/open.c:1434 [inline]
       __x64_sys_openat+0x12d/0x210 fs/open.c:1434
       do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:61 [inline]
       do_syscall_64+0x123/0x790 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:84
       entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

-> #2 (&p->frag_sem){.+.+}-{4:4}:
       lock_acquire kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5886 [inline]
       lock_acquire+0x1b9/0x370 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5843
       down_read+0x99/0x4c0 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1574
       __configfs_open_file+0xe8/0x9c0 fs/configfs/file.c:304
       do_dentry_open+0x6ab/0x14d0 fs/open.c:996
       vfs_open+0x82/0x3f0 fs/open.c:1101
       dentry_open+0x71/0xd0 fs/open.c:1124
       ima_calc_file_hash+0xe1/0x380 security/integrity/ima/ima_crypto.c:269
       ima_collect_measurement+0x94f/0xb30 security/integrity/ima/ima_api.c:300
       process_measurement+0xdfe/0x2350 security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c:425
       ima_file_check+0xc3/0x110 security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c:685
       security_file_post_open+0xc4/0x210 security/security.c:2755
       do_open fs/namei.c:4839 [inline]
       path_openat+0x5cd/0x2440 fs/namei.c:5000
       do_file_open+0x20e/0x430 fs/namei.c:5029
       do_sys_openat2+0x10f/0x1e0 fs/open.c:1417
       do_sys_open fs/open.c:1423 [inline]
       __do_sys_openat fs/open.c:1439 [inline]
       __se_sys_openat fs/open.c:1434 [inline]
       __x64_sys_openat+0x12d/0x210 fs/open.c:1434
       do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:61 [inline]
       do_syscall_64+0x123/0x790 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:84
       entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

-> #1 (&ima_iint_mutex_key[depth]){+.+.}-{4:4}:
       lock_acquire kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5886 [inline]
       lock_acquire+0x1b9/0x370 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5843
       __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:646 [inline]
       __mutex_lock+0x1a4/0x1bc0 kernel/locking/mutex.c:821
       process_measurement+0x5ab/0x2350 security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c:319
       ima_file_check+0xc3/0x110 security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c:685
       security_file_post_open+0xc4/0x210 security/security.c:2755
       do_open fs/namei.c:4839 [inline]
       path_openat+0x5cd/0x2440 fs/namei.c:5000
       do_file_open+0x20e/0x430 fs/namei.c:5029
       do_sys_openat2+0x10f/0x1e0 fs/open.c:1417
       do_sys_open fs/open.c:1423 [inline]
       __do_sys_openat fs/open.c:1439 [inline]
       __se_sys_openat fs/open.c:1434 [inline]
       __x64_sys_openat+0x12d/0x210 fs/open.c:1434
       do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:61 [inline]
       do_syscall_64+0x123/0x790 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:84
       entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

-> #0 (sb_writers#6){.+.+}-{0:0}:
       check_prev_add+0xeb/0xe60 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3181
       check_prevs_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3300 [inline]
       validate_chain kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3924 [inline]
       __lock_acquire+0x1492/0x1ec0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5253
       lock_acquire kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5886 [inline]
       lock_acquire+0x1b9/0x370 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5843
       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/0x420 fs/namespace.c:494
       lookup_open+0x150/0x1990 fs/namei.c:4451
       open_last_lookups fs/namei.c:4767 [inline]
       path_openat+0xa2c/0x2440 fs/namei.c:4997
       do_file_open+0x20e/0x430 fs/namei.c:5029
       file_open_name+0x1c3/0x3e0 fs/open.c:1375
       filp_open+0x2e/0x50 fs/open.c:1392
       fsg_lun_open+0x6b/0x7b0 drivers/usb/gadget/function/storage_common.c:194
       fsg_store_file+0x1e7/0x450 drivers/usb/gadget/function/storage_common.c:455
       flush_write_buffer fs/configfs/file.c:207 [inline]
       configfs_write_iter+0x302/0x4e0 fs/configfs/file.c:229
       new_sync_write fs/read_write.c:595 [inline]
       vfs_write+0x6af/0x1050 fs/read_write.c:687
       ksys_write+0x12a/0x250 fs/read_write.c:739
       do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:61 [inline]
       do_syscall_64+0x123/0x790 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:84
       entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

other info that might help us debug this:

Chain exists of:
  sb_writers#6 --> &p->frag_sem --> &common->filesem

 Possible unsafe locking scenario:

       CPU0                    CPU1
       ----                    ----
  lock(&common->filesem);
                               lock(&p->frag_sem);
                               lock(&common->filesem);
  rlock(sb_writers#6);

 *** DEADLOCK ***

locks held by syz.0.546/8067: 5, last CPU#0:
 #0: ffff88807d6487f0 (&f->f_pos_lock){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: fdget_pos+0x2aa/0x380 fs/file.c:1259
 #1: ffff8880222e8460 (sb_writers#13){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: ksys_write+0x12a/0x250 fs/read_write.c:739
 #2: ffff888056c91a80 (&buffer->mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: configfs_write_iter+0x76/0x4e0 fs/configfs/file.c:226
 #3: ffff88807303c570 (&p->frag_sem){.+.+}-{4:4}, at: flush_write_buffer fs/configfs/file.c:205 [inline]
 #3: ffff88807303c570 (&p->frag_sem){.+.+}-{4:4}, at: configfs_write_iter+0x218/0x4e0 fs/configfs/file.c:229
 #4: ffff888052a54120 (&common->filesem){++++}-{4:4}, at: fsg_store_file+0x193/0x450 drivers/usb/gadget/function/storage_common.c:452

stack backtrace:
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 8067 Comm: syz.0.546 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) 
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/16/2026
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+0x178/0x1be kernel/locking/lockdep.c:2059
 check_noncircular+0x146/0x160 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:2191
 check_prev_add+0xeb/0xe60 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3181
 check_prevs_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3300 [inline]
 validate_chain kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3924 [inline]
 __lock_acquire+0x1492/0x1ec0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5253
 lock_acquire kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5886 [inline]
 lock_acquire+0x1b9/0x370 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5843
 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/0x420 fs/namespace.c:494
 lookup_open+0x150/0x1990 fs/namei.c:4451
 open_last_lookups fs/namei.c:4767 [inline]
 path_openat+0xa2c/0x2440 fs/namei.c:4997
 do_file_open+0x20e/0x430 fs/namei.c:5029
 file_open_name+0x1c3/0x3e0 fs/open.c:1375
 filp_open+0x2e/0x50 fs/open.c:1392
 fsg_lun_open+0x6b/0x7b0 drivers/usb/gadget/function/storage_common.c:194
 fsg_store_file+0x1e7/0x450 drivers/usb/gadget/function/storage_common.c:455
 flush_write_buffer fs/configfs/file.c:207 [inline]
 configfs_write_iter+0x302/0x4e0 fs/configfs/file.c:229
 new_sync_write fs/read_write.c:595 [inline]
 vfs_write+0x6af/0x1050 fs/read_write.c:687
 ksys_write+0x12a/0x250 fs/read_write.c:739
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:61 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x123/0x790 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:84
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x7f2722d9e0d9
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:00007f2723c29028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000001
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f2723025fa0 RCX: 00007f2722d9e0d9
RDX: 0000000000000005 RSI: 00002000000003c0 RDI: 0000000000000008
RBP: 00007f2722e35024 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f2723026038 R14: 00007f2723025fa0 R15: 00007ffdc0cbeea8
 </TASK>
mass_storage.0/lun.0: unable to open backing file: file0

Crashes (36):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/08/24 12:37 upstream 4352b8aee980 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root possible deadlock in lookup_open
2026/08/24 10:51 upstream 4352b8aee980 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root possible deadlock in lookup_open
2026/08/21 23:33 upstream 531ed942bb0d 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root possible deadlock in lookup_open
2026/08/21 23:12 upstream 531ed942bb0d 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root possible deadlock in lookup_open
2026/08/21 23:10 upstream 531ed942bb0d 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root possible deadlock in lookup_open
2026/08/20 13:05 upstream cb8a75eec087 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root possible deadlock in lookup_open
2026/08/18 22:06 upstream 0f23d56f17fd 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root possible deadlock in lookup_open
2026/08/18 14:02 upstream ff68e5f557f6 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root possible deadlock in lookup_open
2026/08/24 17:27 upstream 818bebeb63dd b55bd4c3 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream possible deadlock in lookup_open
2026/08/24 13:25 upstream 818bebeb63dd b55bd4c3 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream possible deadlock in lookup_open
2026/08/23 19:33 upstream 818bebeb63dd 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream possible deadlock in lookup_open
2026/08/23 18:39 upstream 818bebeb63dd 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream possible deadlock in lookup_open
2026/08/23 04:50 upstream 818bebeb63dd 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream possible deadlock in lookup_open
2026/08/22 14:22 upstream 818bebeb63dd 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream possible deadlock in lookup_open
2026/08/22 00:14 upstream 818bebeb63dd 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream possible deadlock in lookup_open
2026/08/21 22:31 upstream 818bebeb63dd 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream possible deadlock in lookup_open
2026/08/21 22:25 upstream 818bebeb63dd 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream possible deadlock in lookup_open
2026/08/21 18:07 upstream 818bebeb63dd 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream possible deadlock in lookup_open
2026/08/21 10:18 upstream 818bebeb63dd 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream possible deadlock in lookup_open
2026/08/21 03:47 upstream 9d2ed026f031 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream possible deadlock in lookup_open
2026/08/21 00:31 upstream 9d2ed026f031 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream possible deadlock in lookup_open
2026/08/21 00:08 upstream 9d2ed026f031 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream possible deadlock in lookup_open
2026/08/20 21:35 upstream 9d2ed026f031 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream possible deadlock in lookup_open
2026/08/20 17:50 upstream a4ff2be345d0 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream possible deadlock in lookup_open
2026/08/20 10:39 upstream a4ff2be345d0 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream possible deadlock in lookup_open
2026/08/19 23:48 upstream bd5f485f3f02 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream possible deadlock in lookup_open
2026/08/19 09:56 upstream b126f6f5940f 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream possible deadlock in lookup_open
2026/08/19 09:53 upstream b126f6f5940f 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream possible deadlock in lookup_open
2026/08/19 03:08 upstream b126f6f5940f 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream possible deadlock in lookup_open
2026/08/19 00:05 upstream 0f23d56f17fd 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream possible deadlock in lookup_open
2026/08/18 11:03 upstream ff68e5f557f6 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream possible deadlock in lookup_open
2026/08/18 11:03 upstream ff68e5f557f6 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream possible deadlock in lookup_open
2026/08/18 07:37 upstream ff68e5f557f6 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream possible deadlock in lookup_open
2026/08/21 21:23 upstream 818bebeb63dd 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 possible deadlock in lookup_open
2026/08/20 17:12 upstream a4ff2be345d0 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 possible deadlock in lookup_open
2026/08/19 13:55 upstream b126f6f5940f 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 possible deadlock in lookup_open
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.