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possible deadlock in ntfs_file_mmap

Status: upstream: reported C repro on 2024/08/03 10:10
Bug presence: origin:lts-only
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Reported-by: syzbot+cc755c7ab634df04bf66@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 339d, last: 6d00h
Bug presence (2)
Date Name Commit Repro Result
2024/11/29 linux-6.1.y (ToT) e4d90d63d385 C [report] possible deadlock in ntfs_file_mmap
2024/11/29 upstream (ToT) 7af08b57bcb9 C Didn't crash
Similar bugs (3)
Kernel Title Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
linux-6.6 possible deadlock in ntfs_file_mmap 2 5d02h 5d02h 0/2 upstream: reported on 2025/07/04 01:12
linux-5.15 possible deadlock in ntfs_file_mmap origin:lts-only C error 454 3d01h 323d 0/3 upstream: reported C repro on 2024/08/19 06:49
upstream possible deadlock in ntfs_file_mmap ntfs3 C done 3439 3h19m 388d 0/29 upstream: reported C repro on 2024/06/15 07:17
Fix bisection attempts (1)
Created Duration User Patch Repo Result
2025/06/23 07:49 15m fix candidate upstream error job log

Sample crash report:
======================================================
WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected
6.1.141-syzkaller #0 Not tainted
------------------------------------------------------
syz-executor921/4307 is trying to acquire lock:
ffff0000e2732120 (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#17){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: inode_lock include/linux/fs.h:758 [inline]
ffff0000e2732120 (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#17){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: ntfs_file_mmap+0x3e8/0x55c fs/ntfs3/file.c:320

but task is already holding lock:
ffff0000d4914f48 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: mmap_write_lock_killable include/linux/mmap_lock.h:87 [inline]
ffff0000d4914f48 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: vm_mmap_pgoff+0x138/0x284 mm/util.c:518

which lock already depends on the new lock.


the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:

-> #1 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{3:3}:
       __might_fault+0xc4/0x124 mm/memory.c:5852
       fault_in_readable+0x118/0x3e0 mm/gup.c:1908
       fault_in_iov_iter_readable+0xc0/0x2c4 lib/iov_iter.c:356
       generic_perform_write+0x17c/0x4b0 mm/filemap.c:3836
       __generic_file_write_iter+0x168/0x37c mm/filemap.c:3974
       ntfs_file_write_iter+0x4d4/0x584 fs/ntfs3/file.c:1081
       call_write_iter include/linux/fs.h:2265 [inline]
       new_sync_write fs/read_write.c:491 [inline]
       vfs_write+0x5ac/0x7c4 fs/read_write.c:584
       ksys_write+0x120/0x210 fs/read_write.c:637
       __do_sys_write fs/read_write.c:649 [inline]
       __se_sys_write fs/read_write.c:646 [inline]
       __arm64_sys_write+0x7c/0x90 fs/read_write.c:646
       __invoke_syscall arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:38 [inline]
       invoke_syscall+0x98/0x2bc arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:52
       el0_svc_common+0x138/0x258 arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:140
       do_el0_svc+0x58/0x13c arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:204
       el0_svc+0x58/0x138 arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:637
       el0t_64_sync_handler+0x84/0xf0 arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:655
       el0t_64_sync+0x18c/0x190 arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S:585

-> #0 (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#17){+.+.}-{3:3}:
       check_prev_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3090 [inline]
       check_prevs_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3209 [inline]
       validate_chain kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3825 [inline]
       __lock_acquire+0x293c/0x6544 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5049
       lock_acquire+0x20c/0x644 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5662
       down_write+0x5c/0x88 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1573
       inode_lock include/linux/fs.h:758 [inline]
       ntfs_file_mmap+0x3e8/0x55c fs/ntfs3/file.c:320
       call_mmap include/linux/fs.h:2270 [inline]
       mmap_file+0x6c/0xc8 mm/util.c:1109
       __mmap_region mm/mmap.c:2760 [inline]
       mmap_region+0xcc8/0x1860 mm/mmap.c:2904
       do_mmap+0x978/0x10dc mm/mmap.c:1424
       vm_mmap_pgoff+0x184/0x284 mm/util.c:520
       ksys_mmap_pgoff+0x3b8/0x5a0 mm/mmap.c:1470
       __do_sys_mmap arch/arm64/kernel/sys.c:28 [inline]
       __se_sys_mmap arch/arm64/kernel/sys.c:21 [inline]
       __arm64_sys_mmap+0xf8/0x110 arch/arm64/kernel/sys.c:21
       __invoke_syscall arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:38 [inline]
       invoke_syscall+0x98/0x2bc arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:52
       el0_svc_common+0x138/0x258 arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:140
       do_el0_svc+0x58/0x13c arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:204
       el0_svc+0x58/0x138 arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:637
       el0t_64_sync_handler+0x84/0xf0 arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:655
       el0t_64_sync+0x18c/0x190 arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S:585

other info that might help us debug this:

 Possible unsafe locking scenario:

       CPU0                    CPU1
       ----                    ----
  lock(&mm->mmap_lock);
                               lock(&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#17);
                               lock(&mm->mmap_lock);
  lock(&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#17);

 *** DEADLOCK ***

1 lock held by syz-executor921/4307:
 #0: ffff0000d4914f48 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: mmap_write_lock_killable include/linux/mmap_lock.h:87 [inline]
 #0: ffff0000d4914f48 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: vm_mmap_pgoff+0x138/0x284 mm/util.c:518

stack backtrace:
CPU: 0 PID: 4307 Comm: syz-executor921 Not tainted 6.1.141-syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 05/07/2025
Call trace:
 dump_backtrace+0x1c8/0x1f4 arch/arm64/kernel/stacktrace.c:158
 show_stack+0x2c/0x3c arch/arm64/kernel/stacktrace.c:165
 __dump_stack+0x30/0x40 lib/dump_stack.c:88
 dump_stack_lvl+0xf8/0x160 lib/dump_stack.c:106
 dump_stack+0x1c/0x5c lib/dump_stack.c:113
 print_circular_bug+0x148/0x1b0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:2048
 check_noncircular+0x240/0x2d4 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:2170
 check_prev_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3090 [inline]
 check_prevs_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3209 [inline]
 validate_chain kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3825 [inline]
 __lock_acquire+0x293c/0x6544 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5049
 lock_acquire+0x20c/0x644 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5662
 down_write+0x5c/0x88 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1573
 inode_lock include/linux/fs.h:758 [inline]
 ntfs_file_mmap+0x3e8/0x55c fs/ntfs3/file.c:320
 call_mmap include/linux/fs.h:2270 [inline]
 mmap_file+0x6c/0xc8 mm/util.c:1109
 __mmap_region mm/mmap.c:2760 [inline]
 mmap_region+0xcc8/0x1860 mm/mmap.c:2904
 do_mmap+0x978/0x10dc mm/mmap.c:1424
 vm_mmap_pgoff+0x184/0x284 mm/util.c:520
 ksys_mmap_pgoff+0x3b8/0x5a0 mm/mmap.c:1470
 __do_sys_mmap arch/arm64/kernel/sys.c:28 [inline]
 __se_sys_mmap arch/arm64/kernel/sys.c:21 [inline]
 __arm64_sys_mmap+0xf8/0x110 arch/arm64/kernel/sys.c:21
 __invoke_syscall arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:38 [inline]
 invoke_syscall+0x98/0x2bc arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:52
 el0_svc_common+0x138/0x258 arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:140
 do_el0_svc+0x58/0x13c arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:204
 el0_svc+0x58/0x138 arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:637
 el0t_64_sync_handler+0x84/0xf0 arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:655
 el0t_64_sync+0x18c/0x190 arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S:585

Crashes (355):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2025/06/22 18:06 linux-6.1.y 58485ff1a74f d6cdfb8a .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in ntfs_file_mmap
2024/11/29 05:55 linux-6.1.y e4d90d63d385 5df23865 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in ntfs_file_mmap
2025/06/28 11:00 linux-6.1.y 7e69c33e4858 fc9d8ee5 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan possible deadlock in ntfs_file_mmap
2025/06/26 09:52 linux-6.1.y 58485ff1a74f 26d77996 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan possible deadlock in ntfs_file_mmap
2025/06/16 17:28 linux-6.1.y 58485ff1a74f d1716036 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan possible deadlock in ntfs_file_mmap
2025/06/10 12:48 linux-6.1.y 58485ff1a74f 4826c28e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan possible deadlock in ntfs_file_mmap
2025/06/02 02:09 linux-6.1.y da3c5173c55f 3d2f584d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan possible deadlock in ntfs_file_mmap
2025/05/11 18:41 linux-6.1.y 02b72ccb5f9d 77908e5f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan possible deadlock in ntfs_file_mmap
2025/05/05 19:20 linux-6.1.y ac7079a42ea5 6ca47dd8 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan possible deadlock in ntfs_file_mmap
2025/04/30 01:05 linux-6.1.y 535ec20c5027 85a5a23f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan possible deadlock in ntfs_file_mmap
2025/04/28 08:08 linux-6.1.y 535ec20c5027 c6b4fb39 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan possible deadlock in ntfs_file_mmap
2025/04/18 03:29 linux-6.1.y 420102835862 2a20f901 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan possible deadlock in ntfs_file_mmap
2025/04/15 13:12 linux-6.1.y 420102835862 23b969b7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan possible deadlock in ntfs_file_mmap
2025/04/08 23:51 linux-6.1.y 3dfebb87d7eb a775275d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan possible deadlock in ntfs_file_mmap
2025/04/02 08:18 linux-6.1.y 8e60a714ba3b c799dfdd .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan possible deadlock in ntfs_file_mmap
2025/04/01 17:31 linux-6.1.y 8e60a714ba3b b8645499 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan possible deadlock in ntfs_file_mmap
2024/08/03 10:10 linux-6.1.y 48d525b0e463 1786a2a8 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan possible deadlock in ntfs_file_mmap
2025/07/03 03:30 linux-6.1.y 7e69c33e4858 bc80e4f0 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in ntfs_file_mmap
2025/06/26 20:27 linux-6.1.y 58485ff1a74f 803ce19b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in ntfs_file_mmap
2025/06/25 14:00 linux-6.1.y 58485ff1a74f 26d77996 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in ntfs_file_mmap
2025/06/24 16:35 linux-6.1.y 58485ff1a74f e2f27c35 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in ntfs_file_mmap
2025/06/24 14:07 linux-6.1.y 58485ff1a74f e2f27c35 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in ntfs_file_mmap
2025/06/22 17:04 linux-6.1.y 58485ff1a74f d6cdfb8a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in ntfs_file_mmap
2025/06/16 03:19 linux-6.1.y 58485ff1a74f 5f4b362d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in ntfs_file_mmap
2025/06/14 23:32 linux-6.1.y 58485ff1a74f 5f4b362d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in ntfs_file_mmap
2025/06/14 20:24 linux-6.1.y 58485ff1a74f 5f4b362d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in ntfs_file_mmap
2025/06/14 03:49 linux-6.1.y 58485ff1a74f 0e8da31f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in ntfs_file_mmap
2025/06/12 21:15 linux-6.1.y 58485ff1a74f 98683f8f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in ntfs_file_mmap
2025/06/12 00:15 linux-6.1.y 58485ff1a74f 98683f8f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in ntfs_file_mmap
2025/06/11 20:47 linux-6.1.y 58485ff1a74f 98683f8f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in ntfs_file_mmap
2025/06/10 23:58 linux-6.1.y 58485ff1a74f 5d7e17ca .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in ntfs_file_mmap
2025/06/10 09:28 linux-6.1.y 58485ff1a74f 4826c28e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in ntfs_file_mmap
2025/06/09 19:22 linux-6.1.y 58485ff1a74f 4826c28e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in ntfs_file_mmap
2025/06/06 13:44 linux-6.1.y 58485ff1a74f 9fa58bba .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in ntfs_file_mmap
2025/06/04 18:06 linux-6.1.y 58485ff1a74f e565f08d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in ntfs_file_mmap
2025/06/04 00:50 linux-6.1.y da3c5173c55f a30356b7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in ntfs_file_mmap
2025/05/31 23:33 linux-6.1.y da3c5173c55f 3d2f584d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in ntfs_file_mmap
2025/05/30 11:47 linux-6.1.y da3c5173c55f 3d2f584d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in ntfs_file_mmap
2025/05/14 15:43 linux-6.1.y 02b72ccb5f9d a4fa04ef .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in ntfs_file_mmap
2025/05/14 12:30 linux-6.1.y 02b72ccb5f9d 7344edeb .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in ntfs_file_mmap
2025/05/11 16:15 linux-6.1.y 02b72ccb5f9d 77908e5f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in ntfs_file_mmap
2025/05/10 11:18 linux-6.1.y 02b72ccb5f9d 77908e5f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in ntfs_file_mmap
2025/05/07 00:21 linux-6.1.y ac7079a42ea5 350f4ffc .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in ntfs_file_mmap
2025/05/05 01:34 linux-6.1.y b6736e03756f b0714e37 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in ntfs_file_mmap
2025/05/04 20:14 linux-6.1.y b6736e03756f b0714e37 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in ntfs_file_mmap
2025/05/03 20:53 linux-6.1.y b6736e03756f b0714e37 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in ntfs_file_mmap
2025/05/03 14:34 linux-6.1.y b6736e03756f b0714e37 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in ntfs_file_mmap
2025/05/02 18:49 linux-6.1.y b6736e03756f b0714e37 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in ntfs_file_mmap
2025/05/01 20:19 linux-6.1.y 535ec20c5027 51b137cd .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in ntfs_file_mmap
2025/05/01 14:36 linux-6.1.y 535ec20c5027 51b137cd .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in ntfs_file_mmap
2025/04/30 19:20 linux-6.1.y 535ec20c5027 85a5a23f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in ntfs_file_mmap
2025/04/23 23:13 linux-6.1.y 420102835862 73a168d0 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in ntfs_file_mmap
2025/04/22 22:46 linux-6.1.y 420102835862 53a8b9bd .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in ntfs_file_mmap
2025/04/19 13:26 linux-6.1.y 420102835862 2a20f901 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in ntfs_file_mmap
2025/04/14 11:21 linux-6.1.y 420102835862 0bd6db41 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in ntfs_file_mmap
2025/04/01 00:03 linux-6.1.y 8e60a714ba3b d3999433 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in ntfs_file_mmap
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.