inconsistent lock state in htab_map_delete_elem

Status: upstream: reported C repro on 2025/11/29 21:34
Bug presence: origin:lts-only
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Reported-by: syzbot+33a29bcf8af10436a5c7@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 256d, last: 2h15m
Fix bisection: failed (error log, bisect log)
  
Bug presence (2)
Date Name Commit Repro Result
2025/11/30 linux-5.15.y (ToT) cc5ec8769306 C [report] inconsistent lock state in htab_map_delete_elem
2025/11/30 upstream (ToT) 6bda50f4333f C Didn't crash
Last patch testing requests (1)
Created Duration User Patch Repo Result
2025/12/21 14:54 12m retest repro linux-5.15.y report log
Fix bisection attempts (5)
Created Duration User Patch Repo Result
2026/05/27 08:30 20m fix candidate upstream error job log
2026/03/23 22:27 1m fix candidate upstream error job log
2026/02/21 09:29 1m fix candidate upstream error job log
2026/01/22 08:43 1m fix candidate upstream error job log
2026/01/21 20:51 0m bisect fix linux-5.15.y error job log

Sample crash report:
================================
WARNING: inconsistent lock state
syzkaller #0 Not tainted
--------------------------------
inconsistent {INITIAL USE} -> {IN-NMI} usage.
syz.0.17/4333 [HC1[1]:SC0[0]:HE0:SE1] takes:
ffff88807ba6b218 (&htab->lockdep_key){....}-{2:2}, at: htab_lock_bucket kernel/bpf/hashtab.c:183 [inline]
ffff88807ba6b218 (&htab->lockdep_key){....}-{2:2}, at: htab_map_delete_elem+0x1b0/0x520 kernel/bpf/hashtab.c:1355
{INITIAL USE} state was registered at:
  lock_acquire+0x19e/0x400 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5623
  __raw_spin_lock_irqsave include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h:110 [inline]
  _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0xb0/0x100 kernel/locking/spinlock.c:162
  htab_lock_bucket kernel/bpf/hashtab.c:183 [inline]
  htab_map_update_elem+0x223/0xa40 kernel/bpf/hashtab.c:1080
  bpf_map_update_value+0x57c/0x650 kernel/bpf/syscall.c:223
  map_update_elem+0x603/0x760 kernel/bpf/syscall.c:1194
  __sys_bpf+0x46b/0x6f0 kernel/bpf/syscall.c:4645
  __do_sys_bpf kernel/bpf/syscall.c:4761 [inline]
  __se_sys_bpf kernel/bpf/syscall.c:4759 [inline]
  __x64_sys_bpf+0x78/0x90 kernel/bpf/syscall.c:4759
  do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline]
  do_syscall_64+0x4c/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80
  entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x66/0xd0
irq event stamp: 2610
hardirqs last  enabled at (2609): [<ffffffff89bff0b6>] exc_debug_kernel arch/x86/kernel/traps.c:947 [inline]
hardirqs last  enabled at (2609): [<ffffffff89bff0b6>] exc_debug+0xe6/0x130 arch/x86/kernel/traps.c:1029
hardirqs last disabled at (2610): [<ffffffff89bff03e>] exc_debug_kernel arch/x86/kernel/traps.c:893 [inline]
hardirqs last disabled at (2610): [<ffffffff89bff03e>] exc_debug+0x6e/0x130 arch/x86/kernel/traps.c:1029
softirqs last  enabled at (2520): [<ffffffff8186ab6e>] bpf_prog_load+0x10ee/0x14e0 kernel/bpf/syscall.c:2380
softirqs last disabled at (2518): [<ffffffff81850e38>] spin_lock_bh include/linux/spinlock.h:369 [inline]
softirqs last disabled at (2518): [<ffffffff81850e38>] bpf_ksym_add+0x28/0x330 kernel/bpf/core.c:633

other info that might help us debug this:
 Possible unsafe locking scenario:

       CPU0
       ----
  lock(&htab->lockdep_key);
  <Interrupt>
    lock(&htab->lockdep_key);

 *** DEADLOCK ***

no locks held by syz.0.17/4333.

stack backtrace:
CPU: 0 PID: 4333 Comm: syz.0.17 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/24/2026
Call Trace:
 <#DB>
 dump_stack_lvl+0x188/0x250 lib/dump_stack.c:106
 lock_acquire+0x2c3/0x400 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5614
 __raw_spin_lock_irqsave include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h:110 [inline]
 _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0xb0/0x100 kernel/locking/spinlock.c:162
 htab_lock_bucket kernel/bpf/hashtab.c:183 [inline]
 htab_map_delete_elem+0x1b0/0x520 kernel/bpf/hashtab.c:1355
 bpf_prog_2c29ac5cdc6b1842+0x3a/0x46c
 bpf_dispatcher_nop_func include/linux/bpf.h:889 [inline]
 __bpf_prog_run include/linux/filter.h:628 [inline]
 bpf_prog_run include/linux/filter.h:635 [inline]
 bpf_overflow_handler+0x1c2/0x4a0 kernel/events/core.c:10297
 __perf_event_overflow+0x35f/0x550 kernel/events/core.c:9515
 perf_swevent_overflow kernel/events/core.c:9591 [inline]
 perf_swevent_event+0x4b8/0x540 kernel/events/core.c:9629
 perf_bp_event+0x276/0x320 kernel/events/core.c:10484
 hw_breakpoint_handler arch/x86/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c:555 [inline]
 hw_breakpoint_exceptions_notify+0x14d/0x470 arch/x86/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c:586
 notifier_call_chain kernel/notifier.c:83 [inline]
 atomic_notifier_call_chain+0x15d/0x280 kernel/notifier.c:198
 notify_die+0x141/0x1a0 kernel/notifier.c:529
 notify_debug+0x20/0x30 arch/x86/kernel/traps.c:872
 exc_debug_kernel arch/x86/kernel/traps.c:929 [inline]
 exc_debug+0xcf/0x130 arch/x86/kernel/traps.c:1029
 asm_exc_debug+0x1a/0x40 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:642
RIP: 0010:copy_user_enhanced_fast_string+0xe/0x40 arch/x86/lib/copy_user_64.S:206
Code: 89 d1 c1 e9 03 83 e2 07 f3 48 a5 89 d1 f3 a4 31 c0 0f 01 ca c3 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 0f 01 cb 83 fa 40 0f 82 70 ff ff ff 89 d1 <f3> a4 31 c0 0f 01 ca c3 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 89 d1 83 f8
RSP: 0018:ffffc90002faf6d8 EFLAGS: 00050206
RAX: ffffffff83e66901 RBX: 00007ffffffff000 RCX: 00000000000000fa
RDX: 00000000000000fe RSI: 0000200000000304 RDI: ffff88807ba6d804
RBP: ffffc90002faf828 R08: ffff88807ba6d8fd R09: 1ffff1100f74db1f
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: ffffed100f74db20 R12: dffffc00000000ff
R13: 0000200000000300 R14: ffff88807ba6d800 R15: 00000000000000fe
 </#DB>
 <TASK>
 copy_user_generic arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess_64.h:37 [inline]
 raw_copy_from_user arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess_64.h:52 [inline]
 copyin lib/iov_iter.c:168 [inline]
 _copy_from_iter+0x4ff/0x1160 lib/iov_iter.c:777
 copy_from_iter include/linux/uio.h:167 [inline]
 skb_copy_datagram_from_iter+0xf1/0x6c0 net/core/datagram.c:567
 unix_dgram_sendmsg+0x9a8/0x19c0 net/unix/af_unix.c:1822
 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:706 [inline]
 __sock_sendmsg net/socket.c:718 [inline]
 ____sys_sendmsg+0x5be/0x8f0 net/socket.c:2446
 ___sys_sendmsg+0x236/0x2e0 net/socket.c:2500
 __sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2529 [inline]
 __do_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2538 [inline]
 __se_sys_sendmsg+0x1b7/0x2a0 net/socket.c:2536
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x4c/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x66/0xd0
RIP: 0033:0x7f20464cc0d9
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:00007ffc2ca70e18 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000002e
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f2046753fa0 RCX: 00007f20464cc0d9
RDX: 0000000004000080 RSI: 0000200000000540 RDI: 0000000000000008
RBP: 00007f2046563024 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f2046753fac R14: 00007f2046753fa0 R15: 00007f2046753fa0
 </TASK>
----------------
Code disassembly (best guess):
   0:	89 d1                	mov    %edx,%ecx
   2:	c1 e9 03             	shr    $0x3,%ecx
   5:	83 e2 07             	and    $0x7,%edx
   8:	f3 48 a5             	rep movsq %ds:(%rsi),%es:(%rdi)
   b:	89 d1                	mov    %edx,%ecx
   d:	f3 a4                	rep movsb %ds:(%rsi),%es:(%rdi)
   f:	31 c0                	xor    %eax,%eax
  11:	0f 01 ca             	clac
  14:	c3                   	ret
  15:	90                   	nop
  16:	90                   	nop
  17:	90                   	nop
  18:	90                   	nop
  19:	90                   	nop
  1a:	90                   	nop
  1b:	90                   	nop
  1c:	0f 01 cb             	stac
  1f:	83 fa 40             	cmp    $0x40,%edx
  22:	0f 82 70 ff ff ff    	jb     0xffffff98
  28:	89 d1                	mov    %edx,%ecx
* 2a:	f3 a4                	rep movsb %ds:(%rsi),%es:(%rdi) <-- trapping instruction
  2c:	31 c0                	xor    %eax,%eax
  2e:	0f 01 ca             	clac
  31:	c3                   	ret
  32:	90                   	nop
  33:	90                   	nop
  34:	90                   	nop
  35:	90                   	nop
  36:	90                   	nop
  37:	90                   	nop
  38:	90                   	nop
  39:	90                   	nop
  3a:	90                   	nop
  3b:	90                   	nop
  3c:	89 d1                	mov    %edx,%ecx
  3e:	83                   	.byte 0x83
  3f:	f8                   	clc

Crashes (5572):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/08/12 15:45 linux-5.15.y aabd761612db f8d35649 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf inconsistent lock state in htab_map_delete_elem
2026/05/05 01:56 linux-5.15.y ef251c45f1cd a898ba9c .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf inconsistent lock state in htab_map_delete_elem
2026/05/04 18:58 linux-5.15.y ef251c45f1cd 85f1bcf2 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf inconsistent lock state in htab_map_delete_elem
2026/05/04 16:21 linux-5.15.y ef251c45f1cd 85f1bcf2 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf inconsistent lock state in htab_map_delete_elem
2026/03/16 23:45 linux-5.15.y 91d48252ad4b 0737c18f .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf inconsistent lock state in htab_map_delete_elem
2025/11/29 21:33 linux-5.15.y cc5ec8769306 d6526ea3 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf inconsistent lock state in htab_map_delete_elem
2025/12/06 04:33 linux-5.15.y cc5ec8769306 d6526ea3 .config console log report syz / log [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf inconsistent lock state in htab_map_delete_elem
2026/08/13 12:17 linux-5.15.y aabd761612db 359b2492 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf inconsistent lock state in htab_map_delete_elem
2026/08/13 11:00 linux-5.15.y aabd761612db 359b2492 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf inconsistent lock state in htab_map_delete_elem
2026/08/13 09:04 linux-5.15.y aabd761612db 359b2492 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf inconsistent lock state in htab_map_delete_elem
2026/08/13 07:52 linux-5.15.y aabd761612db 359b2492 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf inconsistent lock state in htab_map_delete_elem
2026/08/13 06:25 linux-5.15.y aabd761612db 359b2492 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf inconsistent lock state in htab_map_delete_elem
2026/08/13 05:07 linux-5.15.y aabd761612db 359b2492 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf inconsistent lock state in htab_map_delete_elem
2026/08/13 05:00 linux-5.15.y aabd761612db 359b2492 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf inconsistent lock state in htab_map_delete_elem
2026/08/12 17:19 linux-5.15.y aabd761612db f8d35649 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf inconsistent lock state in htab_map_delete_elem
2026/08/12 13:39 linux-5.15.y aabd761612db f8d35649 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf inconsistent lock state in htab_map_delete_elem
2026/08/12 12:19 linux-5.15.y aabd761612db f8d35649 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf inconsistent lock state in htab_map_delete_elem
2026/08/12 10:57 linux-5.15.y aabd761612db f8d35649 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf inconsistent lock state in htab_map_delete_elem
2026/08/12 09:40 linux-5.15.y aabd761612db f8d35649 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf inconsistent lock state in htab_map_delete_elem
2026/08/12 08:35 linux-5.15.y aabd761612db f8d35649 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf inconsistent lock state in htab_map_delete_elem
2026/08/12 03:53 linux-5.15.y aabd761612db f8d35649 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf inconsistent lock state in htab_map_delete_elem
2026/08/12 00:10 linux-5.15.y aabd761612db 71790083 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf inconsistent lock state in htab_map_delete_elem
2026/08/11 23:57 linux-5.15.y aabd761612db 71790083 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf inconsistent lock state in htab_map_delete_elem
2026/08/11 17:17 linux-5.15.y aabd761612db 71790083 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf inconsistent lock state in htab_map_delete_elem
2026/08/11 15:51 linux-5.15.y aabd761612db 71790083 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf inconsistent lock state in htab_map_delete_elem
2026/08/11 12:11 linux-5.15.y aabd761612db 508909ea .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf inconsistent lock state in htab_map_delete_elem
2026/08/11 10:51 linux-5.15.y aabd761612db 508909ea .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf inconsistent lock state in htab_map_delete_elem
2026/08/11 09:21 linux-5.15.y aabd761612db 508909ea .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf inconsistent lock state in htab_map_delete_elem
2026/08/11 07:49 linux-5.15.y aabd761612db 508909ea .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf inconsistent lock state in htab_map_delete_elem
2026/08/11 06:21 linux-5.15.y aabd761612db 508909ea .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf inconsistent lock state in htab_map_delete_elem
2026/08/11 05:05 linux-5.15.y aabd761612db 508909ea .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf inconsistent lock state in htab_map_delete_elem
2026/08/11 04:53 linux-5.15.y aabd761612db 508909ea .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf inconsistent lock state in htab_map_delete_elem
2026/08/11 02:53 linux-5.15.y aabd761612db 508909ea .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf inconsistent lock state in htab_map_delete_elem
2026/08/11 00:48 linux-5.15.y aabd761612db 508909ea .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf inconsistent lock state in htab_map_delete_elem
2026/08/10 21:08 linux-5.15.y aabd761612db 508909ea .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf inconsistent lock state in htab_map_delete_elem
2026/08/10 16:20 linux-5.15.y aabd761612db 5d63f80b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf inconsistent lock state in htab_map_delete_elem
2026/08/10 12:53 linux-5.15.y aabd761612db 5d63f80b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf inconsistent lock state in htab_map_delete_elem
2026/08/10 11:24 linux-5.15.y aabd761612db 5d63f80b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf inconsistent lock state in htab_map_delete_elem
2026/08/10 09:53 linux-5.15.y aabd761612db 5d63f80b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf inconsistent lock state in htab_map_delete_elem
2026/08/10 08:47 linux-5.15.y aabd761612db 5d63f80b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf inconsistent lock state in htab_map_delete_elem
2026/08/10 08:10 linux-5.15.y aabd761612db 5d63f80b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf inconsistent lock state in htab_map_delete_elem
2026/08/10 07:09 linux-5.15.y aabd761612db 5d63f80b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf inconsistent lock state in htab_map_delete_elem
2026/08/10 05:56 linux-5.15.y aabd761612db 5d63f80b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf inconsistent lock state in htab_map_delete_elem
2026/08/10 04:22 linux-5.15.y aabd761612db 5d63f80b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf inconsistent lock state in htab_map_delete_elem
2026/08/10 03:12 linux-5.15.y aabd761612db 5d63f80b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf inconsistent lock state in htab_map_delete_elem
2026/08/10 01:45 linux-5.15.y aabd761612db 5d63f80b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf inconsistent lock state in htab_map_delete_elem
2026/08/10 00:36 linux-5.15.y aabd761612db 5d63f80b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf inconsistent lock state in htab_map_delete_elem
2026/08/09 23:31 linux-5.15.y aabd761612db 5d63f80b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf inconsistent lock state in htab_map_delete_elem
2026/08/09 23:27 linux-5.15.y aabd761612db 5d63f80b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf inconsistent lock state in htab_map_delete_elem
2026/08/09 22:23 linux-5.15.y aabd761612db 5d63f80b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf inconsistent lock state in htab_map_delete_elem
2026/08/09 20:36 linux-5.15.y aabd761612db 5d63f80b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf inconsistent lock state in htab_map_delete_elem
2026/08/09 19:29 linux-5.15.y aabd761612db 5d63f80b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf inconsistent lock state in htab_map_delete_elem
2026/08/09 18:04 linux-5.15.y aabd761612db 5d63f80b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf inconsistent lock state in htab_map_delete_elem
2026/08/09 16:27 linux-5.15.y aabd761612db 5d63f80b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf inconsistent lock state in htab_map_delete_elem
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.