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possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set

Status: upstream: reported on 2025/06/19 18:15
Reported-by: syzbot+368e77cd4b3143bb3cba@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 220d, last: 1d11h
Similar bugs (3)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
linux-5.15 possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set 4 443 5d11h 499d 0/3 upstream: reported on 2024/09/14 01:11
upstream possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set ocfs2 4 7583 51m 503d 0/29 upstream: reported on 2024/09/10 05:07
linux-6.1 possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set 4 734 4d22h 487d 0/3 upstream: reported on 2024/09/25 09:02

Sample crash report:
loop0: detected capacity change from 0 to 32768
ocfs2: Mounting device (7,0) on (node local, slot 0) with ordered data mode.
======================================================
WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected
syzkaller #0 Not tainted
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syz.0.645/9336 is trying to acquire lock:
ffff88805dda6d98 (&ocfs2_sysfile_lock_key[args->fi_sysfile_type]#6){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: inode_lock include/linux/fs.h:804 [inline]
ffff88805dda6d98 (&ocfs2_sysfile_lock_key[args->fi_sysfile_type]#6){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: ocfs2_xattr_set+0xba4/0x13e0 fs/ocfs2/xattr.c:3622

but task is already holding lock:
ffff88805746bff8 (&oi->ip_xattr_sem){++++}-{3:3}, at: ocfs2_xattr_set+0x476/0x13e0 fs/ocfs2/xattr.c:3583

which lock already depends on the new lock.


the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:

-> #3 (&oi->ip_xattr_sem){++++}-{3:3}:
       down_read+0x46/0x2e0 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1520
       ocfs2_init_acl+0x30a/0x770 fs/ocfs2/acl.c:366
       ocfs2_mknod+0x140f/0x2300 fs/ocfs2/namei.c:410
       ocfs2_create+0x196/0x430 fs/ocfs2/namei.c:674
       lookup_open fs/namei.c:3496 [inline]
       open_last_lookups fs/namei.c:3564 [inline]
       path_openat+0x12a0/0x3230 fs/namei.c:3794
       do_filp_open+0x1f5/0x430 fs/namei.c:3824
       do_sys_openat2+0x134/0x1d0 fs/open.c:1421
       do_sys_open fs/open.c:1436 [inline]
       __do_sys_open fs/open.c:1444 [inline]
       __se_sys_open fs/open.c:1440 [inline]
       __x64_sys_open+0x11f/0x140 fs/open.c:1440
       do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:46 [inline]
       do_syscall_64+0x55/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:76
       entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2

-> #2 (&journal->j_trans_barrier){.+.+}-{3:3}:
       down_read+0x46/0x2e0 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1520
       ocfs2_start_trans+0x3a8/0x6f0 fs/ocfs2/journal.c:372
       ocfs2_mknod+0xf1d/0x2300 fs/ocfs2/namei.c:361
       ocfs2_create+0x196/0x430 fs/ocfs2/namei.c:674
       lookup_open fs/namei.c:3496 [inline]
       open_last_lookups fs/namei.c:3564 [inline]
       path_openat+0x12a0/0x3230 fs/namei.c:3794
       do_filp_open+0x1f5/0x430 fs/namei.c:3824
       do_sys_openat2+0x134/0x1d0 fs/open.c:1421
       do_sys_open fs/open.c:1436 [inline]
       __do_sys_open fs/open.c:1444 [inline]
       __se_sys_open fs/open.c:1440 [inline]
       __x64_sys_open+0x11f/0x140 fs/open.c:1440
       do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:46 [inline]
       do_syscall_64+0x55/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:76
       entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2

-> #1 (sb_internal#4){.+.+}-{0:0}:
       percpu_down_read include/linux/percpu-rwsem.h:51 [inline]
       __sb_start_write include/linux/fs.h:1633 [inline]
       sb_start_intwrite include/linux/fs.h:1755 [inline]
       ocfs2_start_trans+0x2a9/0x6f0 fs/ocfs2/journal.c:370
       ocfs2_remove_btree_range+0x849/0x15e0 fs/ocfs2/alloc.c:5752
       ocfs2_remove_inode_range+0xf32/0x2560 fs/ocfs2/file.c:1906
       __ocfs2_change_file_space+0x837/0xea0 fs/ocfs2/file.c:2027
       ocfs2_fallocate+0x1f5/0x240 fs/ocfs2/file.c:2137
       vfs_fallocate+0x58e/0x700 fs/open.c:324
       ksys_fallocate fs/open.c:347 [inline]
       __do_sys_fallocate fs/open.c:355 [inline]
       __se_sys_fallocate fs/open.c:353 [inline]
       __x64_sys_fallocate+0xc1/0x110 fs/open.c:353
       do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:46 [inline]
       do_syscall_64+0x55/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:76
       entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2

-> #0 (&ocfs2_sysfile_lock_key[args->fi_sysfile_type]#6){+.+.}-{3:3}:
       check_prev_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3134 [inline]
       check_prevs_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3253 [inline]
       validate_chain kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3869 [inline]
       __lock_acquire+0x2df1/0x7d40 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5137
       lock_acquire+0x19e/0x420 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5754
       down_write+0x97/0x200 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1573
       inode_lock include/linux/fs.h:804 [inline]
       ocfs2_xattr_set+0xba4/0x13e0 fs/ocfs2/xattr.c:3622
       __vfs_setxattr+0x431/0x470 fs/xattr.c:201
       __vfs_setxattr_noperm+0x12d/0x5e0 fs/xattr.c:235
       vfs_setxattr+0x16b/0x2f0 fs/xattr.c:322
       do_setxattr fs/xattr.c:630 [inline]
       path_setxattr+0x3f3/0x5d0 fs/xattr.c:659
       __do_sys_setxattr fs/xattr.c:677 [inline]
       __se_sys_setxattr fs/xattr.c:673 [inline]
       __x64_sys_setxattr+0xbb/0xd0 fs/xattr.c:673
       do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:46 [inline]
       do_syscall_64+0x55/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:76
       entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2

other info that might help us debug this:

Chain exists of:
  &ocfs2_sysfile_lock_key[args->fi_sysfile_type]#6 --> &journal->j_trans_barrier --> &oi->ip_xattr_sem

 Possible unsafe locking scenario:

       CPU0                    CPU1
       ----                    ----
  lock(&oi->ip_xattr_sem);
                               lock(&journal->j_trans_barrier);
                               lock(&oi->ip_xattr_sem);
  lock(&ocfs2_sysfile_lock_key[args->fi_sysfile_type]#6);

 *** DEADLOCK ***

3 locks held by syz.0.645/9336:
 #0: ffff888054d9e418 (sb_writers#23){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: mnt_want_write+0x41/0x90 fs/namespace.c:412
 #1: ffff88805746c2d8 (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#29){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: inode_lock include/linux/fs.h:804 [inline]
 #1: ffff88805746c2d8 (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#29){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: vfs_setxattr+0x144/0x2f0 fs/xattr.c:321
 #2: ffff88805746bff8 (&oi->ip_xattr_sem){++++}-{3:3}, at: ocfs2_xattr_set+0x476/0x13e0 fs/ocfs2/xattr.c:3583

stack backtrace:
CPU: 1 PID: 9336 Comm: syz.0.645 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 10/25/2025
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 dump_stack_lvl+0x18c/0x250 lib/dump_stack.c:106
 check_noncircular+0x2fc/0x400 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:2187
 check_prev_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3134 [inline]
 check_prevs_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3253 [inline]
 validate_chain kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3869 [inline]
 __lock_acquire+0x2df1/0x7d40 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5137
 lock_acquire+0x19e/0x420 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5754
 down_write+0x97/0x200 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1573
 inode_lock include/linux/fs.h:804 [inline]
 ocfs2_xattr_set+0xba4/0x13e0 fs/ocfs2/xattr.c:3622
 __vfs_setxattr+0x431/0x470 fs/xattr.c:201
 __vfs_setxattr_noperm+0x12d/0x5e0 fs/xattr.c:235
 vfs_setxattr+0x16b/0x2f0 fs/xattr.c:322
 do_setxattr fs/xattr.c:630 [inline]
 path_setxattr+0x3f3/0x5d0 fs/xattr.c:659
 __do_sys_setxattr fs/xattr.c:677 [inline]
 __se_sys_setxattr fs/xattr.c:673 [inline]
 __x64_sys_setxattr+0xbb/0xd0 fs/xattr.c:673
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:46 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x55/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:76
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2
RIP: 0033:0x7f1aab99acb9
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:00007f1aac7fa028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 00000000000000bc
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f1aabc15fa0 RCX: 00007f1aab99acb9
RDX: 00002000000013c0 RSI: 0000200000000140 RDI: 0000200000000100
RBP: 00007f1aaba08bf7 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000700 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f1aabc16038 R14: 00007f1aabc15fa0 R15: 00007ffd758e39d8
 </TASK>

Crashes (362):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/01/24 18:38 linux-6.6.y cbb31f77b879 40acda8a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2026/01/23 04:30 linux-6.6.y cbb31f77b879 82c9c083 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2026/01/23 04:06 linux-6.6.y cbb31f77b879 82c9c083 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2026/01/22 18:36 linux-6.6.y cbb31f77b879 82c9c083 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2026/01/22 16:17 linux-6.6.y cbb31f77b879 a16aed1d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2026/01/22 08:08 linux-6.6.y cbb31f77b879 a16aed1d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2026/01/22 03:00 linux-6.6.y cbb31f77b879 8fc37797 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2026/01/21 19:42 linux-6.6.y cbb31f77b879 8fc37797 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2026/01/21 06:02 linux-6.6.y cbb31f77b879 6f1aa2f9 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2026/01/20 20:13 linux-6.6.y cbb31f77b879 06648d9c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2026/01/20 14:00 linux-6.6.y cbb31f77b879 06648d9c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2026/01/20 07:45 linux-6.6.y cbb31f77b879 572effc1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2026/01/20 04:03 linux-6.6.y cbb31f77b879 572effc1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2026/01/19 20:06 linux-6.6.y cbb31f77b879 a9fc5226 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2026/01/19 13:53 linux-6.6.y cbb31f77b879 a9fc5226 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2026/01/19 13:53 linux-6.6.y cbb31f77b879 a9fc5226 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2026/01/19 11:10 linux-6.6.y cbb31f77b879 a9fc5226 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2026/01/17 22:30 linux-6.6.y cbb31f77b879 20d37d28 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2026/01/17 20:56 linux-6.6.y cbb31f77b879 20d37d28 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2026/01/17 19:40 linux-6.6.y cbb31f77b879 20d37d28 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2026/01/17 05:32 linux-6.6.y c596736dadab 20d37d28 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2026/01/16 22:52 linux-6.6.y c596736dadab 20d37d28 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2026/01/15 07:18 linux-6.6.y c596736dadab d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2026/01/12 03:23 linux-6.6.y c596736dadab d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2026/01/11 21:38 linux-6.6.y c596736dadab d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2026/01/11 21:36 linux-6.6.y c596736dadab d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2026/01/11 20:36 linux-6.6.y c596736dadab d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2026/01/11 17:54 linux-6.6.y c596736dadab d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2026/01/11 13:49 linux-6.6.y 5fa4793a2d2d d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2026/01/10 23:00 linux-6.6.y 5fa4793a2d2d d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2026/01/10 21:12 linux-6.6.y 5fa4793a2d2d d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2026/01/10 11:40 linux-6.6.y 5fa4793a2d2d d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2026/01/10 08:25 linux-6.6.y 5fa4793a2d2d d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2026/01/10 03:09 linux-6.6.y 5fa4793a2d2d d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2026/01/10 00:44 linux-6.6.y 5fa4793a2d2d d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2026/01/09 00:43 linux-6.6.y 5fa4793a2d2d d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2026/01/08 18:38 linux-6.6.y 5fa4793a2d2d d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2026/01/08 00:20 linux-6.6.y 5fa4793a2d2d d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2026/01/07 19:28 linux-6.6.y 5fa4793a2d2d d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2026/01/07 18:06 linux-6.6.y 5fa4793a2d2d d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2026/01/06 22:31 linux-6.6.y 5fa4793a2d2d d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2026/01/06 17:49 linux-6.6.y 5fa4793a2d2d d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2026/01/06 14:50 linux-6.6.y 5fa4793a2d2d d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2025/06/19 18:14 linux-6.6.y 6282921b6825 ed3e87f7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.