possible deadlock in rfkill_epo

Status: upstream: reported C repro on 2023/10/25 15:01
Bug presence: origin:lts-only
Labels: missing-backport
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Reported-by: syzbot+9b8d3d01564bddc23b05@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 1023d, last: 1h44m
Bug presence (2)
Date Name Commit Repro Result
2025/08/14 linux-5.15.y (ToT) c79648372d02 C [report] possible deadlock in rfkill_epo
2025/08/14 upstream (ToT) 0cc53520e68b C Didn't crash
Fix bisection attempts (8)
Created Duration User Patch Repo Result
2025/10/13 05:29 3h40m fix candidate upstream OK (0) job log
2025/07/13 14:24 3m fix candidate upstream error job log
2024/12/07 02:34 5m fix candidate upstream error job log
2024/10/15 08:25 0m fix candidate upstream error job log
2024/08/08 08:52 1m fix candidate upstream error job log
2024/06/12 17:55 1m fix candidate upstream error job log
2024/03/25 09:44 4m fix candidate upstream error job log
2024/02/13 13:25 21m fix candidate upstream error job log

Sample crash report:
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WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected
syzkaller #0 Not tainted
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kworker/0:12/4253 is trying to acquire lock:
ffff8880790ed028 ((work_completion)(&hdev->bg_scan_update)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: __flush_work+0xfa/0x210 kernel/workqueue.c:3090

but task is already holding lock:
ffffffff8d6d5ea8 (rfkill_global_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rfkill_epo+0x43/0x170 net/rfkill/core.c:465

which lock already depends on the new lock.


the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:

-> #4 (rfkill_global_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}:
       __mutex_lock_common+0x1e5/0x2400 kernel/locking/mutex.c:596
       __mutex_lock kernel/locking/mutex.c:729 [inline]
       mutex_lock_nested+0x17/0x20 kernel/locking/mutex.c:743
       rfkill_register+0x2f/0x970 net/rfkill/core.c:1060
       hci_register_dev+0x459/0x980 net/bluetooth/hci_core.c:3987
       __vhci_create_device drivers/bluetooth/hci_vhci.c:129 [inline]
       vhci_create_device+0x32e/0x5c0 drivers/bluetooth/hci_vhci.c:153
       vhci_get_user drivers/bluetooth/hci_vhci.c:210 [inline]
       vhci_write+0x389/0x440 drivers/bluetooth/hci_vhci.c:290
       call_write_iter include/linux/fs.h:2173 [inline]
       new_sync_write fs/read_write.c:507 [inline]
       vfs_write+0x748/0xd70 fs/read_write.c:594
       ksys_write+0x153/0x260 fs/read_write.c:647
       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

-> #3 (&data->open_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}:
       __mutex_lock_common+0x1e5/0x2400 kernel/locking/mutex.c:596
       __mutex_lock kernel/locking/mutex.c:729 [inline]
       mutex_lock_nested+0x17/0x20 kernel/locking/mutex.c:743
       vhci_send_frame+0x88/0x100 drivers/bluetooth/hci_vhci.c:71
       hci_send_frame+0x1a9/0x2e0 net/bluetooth/hci_core.c:4286
       hci_sched_acl_pkt net/bluetooth/hci_core.c:4811 [inline]
       hci_sched_acl net/bluetooth/hci_core.c:4896 [inline]
       hci_tx_work+0x9b5/0x16d0 net/bluetooth/hci_core.c:4962
       process_one_work+0x867/0xff0 kernel/workqueue.c:2310
       worker_thread+0xad7/0x12a0 kernel/workqueue.c:2457
       kthread+0x42e/0x520 kernel/kthread.c:334
       ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:287

-> #2 ((work_completion)(&hdev->tx_work)){+.+.}-{0:0}:
       __flush_work+0x116/0x210 kernel/workqueue.c:3090
       hci_dev_do_close+0x201/0x1020 net/bluetooth/hci_core.c:1774
       hci_unregister_dev+0x2eb/0x590 net/bluetooth/hci_core.c:4070
       vhci_release+0x73/0xc0 drivers/bluetooth/hci_vhci.c:345
       __fput+0x212/0x8c0 fs/file_table.c:311
       task_work_run+0x125/0x1a0 kernel/task_work.c:188
       exit_task_work include/linux/task_work.h:33 [inline]
       do_exit+0x635/0x2110 kernel/exit.c:890
       do_group_exit+0x12c/0x2f0 kernel/exit.c:1004
       get_signal+0x7eb/0x12e0 kernel/signal.c:2909
       arch_do_signal_or_restart+0xe6/0x12a0 arch/x86/kernel/signal.c:867
       handle_signal_work kernel/entry/common.c:154 [inline]
       exit_to_user_mode_loop+0x9e/0x130 kernel/entry/common.c:178
       exit_to_user_mode_prepare+0xee/0x180 kernel/entry/common.c:214
       __syscall_exit_to_user_mode_work kernel/entry/common.c:296 [inline]
       syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x16/0x40 kernel/entry/common.c:307
       do_syscall_64+0x58/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:86
       entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x66/0xd0

-> #1 (&hdev->req_lock){+.+.}-{3:3}:
       __mutex_lock_common+0x1e5/0x2400 kernel/locking/mutex.c:596
       __mutex_lock kernel/locking/mutex.c:729 [inline]
       mutex_lock_nested+0x17/0x20 kernel/locking/mutex.c:743
       hci_req_sync net/bluetooth/hci_request.c:278 [inline]
       bg_scan_update+0x44/0x3b0 net/bluetooth/hci_request.c:2952
       process_one_work+0x867/0xff0 kernel/workqueue.c:2310
       worker_thread+0xad7/0x12a0 kernel/workqueue.c:2457
       kthread+0x42e/0x520 kernel/kthread.c:334
       ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:287

-> #0 ((work_completion)(&hdev->bg_scan_update)){+.+.}-{0:0}:
       check_prev_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3053 [inline]
       check_prevs_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3172 [inline]
       validate_chain kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3788 [inline]
       __lock_acquire+0x2c66/0x7b50 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5012
       lock_acquire+0x19e/0x400 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5623
       __flush_work+0x116/0x210 kernel/workqueue.c:3090
       __cancel_work_timer+0x3f4/0x560 kernel/workqueue.c:3181
       hci_request_cancel_all+0xcc/0x300 net/bluetooth/hci_request.c:3522
       hci_dev_do_close+0x4e/0x1020 net/bluetooth/hci_core.c:1754
       hci_rfkill_set_block+0x101/0x180 net/bluetooth/hci_core.c:2253
       rfkill_set_block+0x1c1/0x3c0 net/rfkill/core.c:360
       rfkill_epo+0x75/0x170 net/rfkill/core.c:469
       __rfkill_handle_global_op net/rfkill/input.c:60 [inline]
       rfkill_op_handler+0x76/0x220 net/rfkill/input.c:108
       process_one_work+0x867/0xff0 kernel/workqueue.c:2310
       worker_thread+0xad7/0x12a0 kernel/workqueue.c:2457
       kthread+0x42e/0x520 kernel/kthread.c:334
       ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:287

other info that might help us debug this:

Chain exists of:
  (work_completion)(&hdev->bg_scan_update) --> &data->open_mutex --> rfkill_global_mutex

 Possible unsafe locking scenario:

       CPU0                    CPU1
       ----                    ----
  lock(rfkill_global_mutex);
                               lock(&data->open_mutex);
                               lock(rfkill_global_mutex);
  lock((work_completion)(&hdev->bg_scan_update));

 *** DEADLOCK ***

3 locks held by kworker/0:12/4253:
 #0: ffff888016c70938 ((wq_completion)events){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x75c/0xff0 kernel/workqueue.c:-1
 #1: ffffc90002fcfd00 ((rfkill_op_work).work){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x79e/0xff0 kernel/workqueue.c:2285
 #2: ffffffff8d6d5ea8 (rfkill_global_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rfkill_epo+0x43/0x170 net/rfkill/core.c:465

stack backtrace:
CPU: 0 PID: 4253 Comm: kworker/0:12 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/24/2026
Workqueue: events rfkill_op_handler
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 dump_stack_lvl+0x188/0x250 lib/dump_stack.c:106
 check_noncircular+0x296/0x330 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:2133
 check_prev_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3053 [inline]
 check_prevs_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3172 [inline]
 validate_chain kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3788 [inline]
 __lock_acquire+0x2c66/0x7b50 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5012
 lock_acquire+0x19e/0x400 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5623
 __flush_work+0x116/0x210 kernel/workqueue.c:3090
 __cancel_work_timer+0x3f4/0x560 kernel/workqueue.c:3181
 hci_request_cancel_all+0xcc/0x300 net/bluetooth/hci_request.c:3522
 hci_dev_do_close+0x4e/0x1020 net/bluetooth/hci_core.c:1754
 hci_rfkill_set_block+0x101/0x180 net/bluetooth/hci_core.c:2253
 rfkill_set_block+0x1c1/0x3c0 net/rfkill/core.c:360
 rfkill_epo+0x75/0x170 net/rfkill/core.c:469
 __rfkill_handle_global_op net/rfkill/input.c:60 [inline]
 rfkill_op_handler+0x76/0x220 net/rfkill/input.c:108
 process_one_work+0x867/0xff0 kernel/workqueue.c:2310
 worker_thread+0xad7/0x12a0 kernel/workqueue.c:2457
 kthread+0x42e/0x520 kernel/kthread.c:334
 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:287
 </TASK>

Crashes (4932):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/07/31 03:50 linux-5.15.y 6e2fd6534337 aaffb173 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in rfkill_epo
2026/02/21 20:47 linux-5.15.y 3330a8d33e08 6e7b5511 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in rfkill_epo
2025/11/13 09:28 linux-5.15.y cc5ec8769306 07e030de .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in rfkill_epo
2025/11/13 08:29 linux-5.15.y cc5ec8769306 07e030de .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in rfkill_epo
2025/08/09 14:05 linux-5.15.y c79648372d02 32a0e5ed .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in rfkill_epo
2024/05/05 08:21 linux-5.15.y 284087d4f7d5 610f2a54 .config console log report syz C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in rfkill_epo
2024/02/10 01:28 linux-5.15.y 6139f2a02fe0 77b23aa1 .config console log report syz C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in rfkill_epo
2023/10/28 14:50 linux-5.15.y 12952a23a5da 3c418d72 .config console log report syz C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in rfkill_epo
2026/06/27 22:35 linux-5.15.y eceeec79dbc6 fb92f11c .config console log report syz / log [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in rfkill_epo
2026/06/02 07:49 linux-5.15.y dc027a595035 1095583b .config console log report syz / log [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in rfkill_epo
2025/11/13 10:16 linux-5.15.y cc5ec8769306 07e030de .config console log report syz / log [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in rfkill_epo
2025/11/13 07:13 linux-5.15.y cc5ec8769306 07e030de .config console log report syz / log [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in rfkill_epo
2025/02/15 13:10 linux-5.15.y c16c81c81336 40a34ec9 .config console log report syz / log [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in rfkill_epo
2024/11/07 04:56 linux-5.15.y 72244eab0dad df3dc63b .config console log report syz / log [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in rfkill_epo
2026/08/14 06:25 linux-5.15.y aabd761612db b13552fe .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in rfkill_epo
2026/08/11 22:25 linux-5.15.y aabd761612db 71790083 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in rfkill_epo
2026/08/11 19:21 linux-5.15.y aabd761612db 71790083 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in rfkill_epo
2026/08/10 21:43 linux-5.15.y aabd761612db 508909ea .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in rfkill_epo
2026/08/10 02:40 linux-5.15.y aabd761612db 5d63f80b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in rfkill_epo
2026/08/09 01:38 linux-5.15.y aabd761612db 5d63f80b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in rfkill_epo
2026/08/08 09:18 linux-5.15.y aabd761612db 5d63f80b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in rfkill_epo
2026/08/05 04:40 linux-5.15.y 6e2fd6534337 52aa2820 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in rfkill_epo
2026/08/04 15:06 linux-5.15.y 6e2fd6534337 d4abbeac .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in rfkill_epo
2026/08/04 00:39 linux-5.15.y 6e2fd6534337 9451e17e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in rfkill_epo
2026/08/03 17:31 linux-5.15.y 6e2fd6534337 6b7c9f71 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in rfkill_epo
2026/08/03 15:03 linux-5.15.y 6e2fd6534337 6b7c9f71 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in rfkill_epo
2026/08/03 12:11 linux-5.15.y 6e2fd6534337 6b7c9f71 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in rfkill_epo
2026/08/02 14:15 linux-5.15.y 6e2fd6534337 e611ffe1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in rfkill_epo
2026/08/01 15:19 linux-5.15.y 6e2fd6534337 e611ffe1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in rfkill_epo
2026/08/01 10:39 linux-5.15.y 6e2fd6534337 e611ffe1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in rfkill_epo
2026/08/01 07:02 linux-5.15.y 6e2fd6534337 e611ffe1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in rfkill_epo
2026/08/01 01:20 linux-5.15.y 6e2fd6534337 7664cf44 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in rfkill_epo
2026/07/30 15:01 linux-5.15.y 6e2fd6534337 2377cd3d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in rfkill_epo
2026/07/30 10:08 linux-5.15.y 674f684f7c61 2377cd3d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in rfkill_epo
2026/07/29 17:35 linux-5.15.y 674f684f7c61 6ef5c1e2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in rfkill_epo
2026/07/29 04:11 linux-5.15.y 674f684f7c61 19622d9d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in rfkill_epo
2026/07/28 16:29 linux-5.15.y 674f684f7c61 edc8a875 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in rfkill_epo
2026/07/28 03:59 linux-5.15.y 674f684f7c61 45ae1df4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in rfkill_epo
2026/07/27 20:33 linux-5.15.y 674f684f7c61 aae9036b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in rfkill_epo
2026/07/27 14:00 linux-5.15.y 674f684f7c61 aae9036b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in rfkill_epo
2026/07/22 00:36 linux-5.15.y c86c4726e7f0 b561ce9c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in rfkill_epo
2026/07/21 12:03 linux-5.15.y c86c4726e7f0 7c5de9c3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in rfkill_epo
2026/07/21 07:24 linux-5.15.y c86c4726e7f0 de6a700d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in rfkill_epo
2026/07/20 09:12 linux-5.15.y c86c4726e7f0 72524a66 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in rfkill_epo
2026/07/19 22:06 linux-5.15.y c86c4726e7f0 72524a66 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in rfkill_epo
2026/07/18 16:46 linux-5.15.y c86c4726e7f0 72524a66 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in rfkill_epo
2026/07/17 18:01 linux-5.15.y c86c4726e7f0 8aaff637 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in rfkill_epo
2026/07/17 05:43 linux-5.15.y c86c4726e7f0 7f27c57a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in rfkill_epo
2026/07/16 18:43 linux-5.15.y c86c4726e7f0 71b49442 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in rfkill_epo
2026/07/11 05:10 linux-5.15.y c86c4726e7f0 d78ea535 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in rfkill_epo
2026/07/11 00:28 linux-5.15.y c86c4726e7f0 99e64375 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in rfkill_epo
2026/07/10 15:44 linux-5.15.y c86c4726e7f0 99e64375 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in rfkill_epo
2026/07/10 15:41 linux-5.15.y c86c4726e7f0 99e64375 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in rfkill_epo
2026/07/09 08:12 linux-5.15.y c86c4726e7f0 b9f1ceaa .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in rfkill_epo
2026/07/09 03:27 linux-5.15.y c86c4726e7f0 b9f1ceaa .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in rfkill_epo
2026/07/08 10:45 linux-5.15.y c86c4726e7f0 88a4b44c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in rfkill_epo
2025/08/28 03:27 linux-5.15.y c79648372d02 e12e5ba4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in rfkill_epo
2023/10/25 15:00 linux-5.15.y 12952a23a5da 17e6d526 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in rfkill_epo
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.