============================================ WARNING: possible recursive locking detected syzkaller #0 Not tainted -------------------------------------------- syz.4.5570/3944 is trying to acquire lock: ffffffff8e8f6fb8 (qp_broker_list.mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: vmci_qp_broker_detach+0x113/0xf10 drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_queue_pair.c:2095 but task is already holding lock: ffffffff8e8f6fb8 (qp_broker_list.mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: vmci_qp_broker_detach+0x113/0xf10 drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_queue_pair.c:2095 other info that might help us debug this: Possible unsafe locking scenario: CPU0 ---- lock(qp_broker_list.mutex); lock(qp_broker_list.mutex); *** DEADLOCK *** May be due to missing lock nesting notation 1 lock held by syz.4.5570/3944: #0: ffffffff8e8f6fb8 (qp_broker_list.mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: vmci_qp_broker_detach+0x113/0xf10 drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_queue_pair.c:2095 stack backtrace: CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 3944 Comm: syz.4.5570 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 10/25/2025 Call Trace: dump_stack_lvl+0x189/0x250 lib/dump_stack.c:120 print_deadlock_bug+0x28b/0x2a0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3041 check_deadlock kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3093 [inline] validate_chain+0x1a3f/0x2140 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3895 __lock_acquire+0xab9/0xd20 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5237 lock_acquire+0x120/0x360 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5868 __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:598 [inline] __mutex_lock+0x187/0x1350 kernel/locking/mutex.c:760 vmci_qp_broker_detach+0x113/0xf10 drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_queue_pair.c:2095 ctx_free_ctx drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_context.c:424 [inline] kref_put include/linux/kref.h:65 [inline] vmci_ctx_put+0x603/0xbf0 drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_context.c:477 vmci_ctx_enqueue_datagram+0x3ab/0x420 drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_context.c:340 dg_dispatch_as_host drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_datagram.c:276 [inline] vmci_datagram_dispatch+0x43f/0xc10 drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_datagram.c:340 qp_notify_peer drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_queue_pair.c:1481 [inline] vmci_qp_broker_detach+0x8c8/0xf10 drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_queue_pair.c:2188 ctx_free_ctx drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_context.c:424 [inline] kref_put include/linux/kref.h:65 [inline] vmci_ctx_put+0x603/0xbf0 drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_context.c:477 vmci_host_close+0x98/0x160 drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_host.c:143 __fput+0x44c/0xa70 fs/file_table.c:468 fput_close_sync+0x119/0x200 fs/file_table.c:573 __do_sys_close fs/open.c:1589 [inline] __se_sys_close fs/open.c:1574 [inline] __x64_sys_close+0x7f/0x110 fs/open.c:1574 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline] do_syscall_64+0xfa/0xfa0 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f RIP: 0033:0x7f2f0eb8f749 Code: ff ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 40 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 a8 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48 RSP: 002b:00007f2f0f9fc038 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000003 RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f2f0ede5fa0 RCX: 00007f2f0eb8f749 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000004 RBP: 00007f2f0ec13f91 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000 R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000 R13: 00007f2f0ede6038 R14: 00007f2f0ede5fa0 R15: 00007f2f0ef0fa28