FAULT_INJECTION: forcing a failure. name fail_usercopy, interval 1, probability 0, space 0, times 0 ====================================================== WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected syzkaller #0 Not tainted ------------------------------------------------------ syz.4.6987/29742 is trying to acquire lock: ffffffff8c91f2e0 (console_owner){-...}-{0:0}, at: console_lock_spinning_enable kernel/printk/printk.c:1818 [inline] ffffffff8c91f2e0 (console_owner){-...}-{0:0}, at: console_emit_next_record+0x82d/0xc90 kernel/printk/printk.c:2774 but task is already holding lock: ffff8880b8f3aad8 (&rq->__lock){-.-.}-{2:2}, at: raw_spin_rq_lock_nested+0x26/0x140 kernel/sched/core.c:537 which lock already depends on the new lock. the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is: -> #4 (&rq->__lock){-.-.}-{2:2}: _raw_spin_lock_nested+0x2e/0x40 kernel/locking/spinlock.c:378 raw_spin_rq_lock_nested+0x26/0x140 kernel/sched/core.c:537 raw_spin_rq_lock kernel/sched/sched.h:1355 [inline] rq_lock kernel/sched/sched.h:1645 [inline] task_fork_fair+0x5c/0x350 kernel/sched/fair.c:11901 sched_cgroup_fork+0x32c/0x3c0 kernel/sched/core.c:4685 copy_process+0x24b8/0x4020 kernel/fork.c:2459 kernel_clone+0x225/0x8b0 kernel/fork.c:2757 user_mode_thread+0xda/0x130 kernel/fork.c:2833 rest_init+0x23/0x300 init/main.c:710 start_kernel+0x0/0x539 init/main.c:905 start_kernel+0x490/0x539 init/main.c:1152 secondary_startup_64_no_verify+0xcf/0xdb -> #3 (&p->pi_lock){-.-.}-{2:2}: __raw_spin_lock_irqsave include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h:110 [inline] _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0xa4/0xf0 kernel/locking/spinlock.c:162 try_to_wake_up+0x5c/0x1080 kernel/sched/core.c:4111 __wake_up_common+0x2a4/0x4e0 kernel/sched/wait.c:107 __wake_up_common_lock kernel/sched/wait.c:138 [inline] __wake_up+0x10e/0x190 kernel/sched/wait.c:160 tty_port_default_wakeup+0x9e/0xf0 drivers/tty/tty_port.c:71 serial8250_tx_chars+0x629/0x830 drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c:1854 serial8250_handle_irq+0x516/0x6d0 drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c:1961 serial8250_default_handle_irq+0xb4/0x1a0 drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c:1981 serial8250_interrupt+0x9b/0x1c0 drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_core.c:126 __handle_irq_event_percpu+0x298/0xa30 kernel/irq/handle.c:158 handle_irq_event_percpu kernel/irq/handle.c:193 [inline] handle_irq_event+0x87/0x1e0 kernel/irq/handle.c:210 handle_edge_irq+0x243/0xb20 kernel/irq/chip.c:819 generic_handle_irq_desc include/linux/irqdesc.h:158 [inline] handle_irq arch/x86/kernel/irq.c:233 [inline] __common_interrupt+0xd7/0x1e0 arch/x86/kernel/irq.c:252 common_interrupt+0xb0/0xd0 arch/x86/kernel/irq.c:242 asm_common_interrupt+0x22/0x40 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:682 native_safe_halt arch/x86/include/asm/irqflags.h:51 [inline] arch_safe_halt arch/x86/include/asm/irqflags.h:89 [inline] default_idle+0xb/0x10 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:741 default_idle_call+0x84/0xc0 kernel/sched/idle.c:109 cpuidle_idle_call kernel/sched/idle.c:191 [inline] do_idle+0x1fc/0x570 kernel/sched/idle.c:303 cpu_startup_entry+0x3f/0x60 kernel/sched/idle.c:401 start_secondary+0xe4/0xf0 arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c:281 secondary_startup_64_no_verify+0xcf/0xdb -> #2 (&tty->write_wait){-.-.}-{2:2}: __raw_spin_lock_irqsave include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h:110 [inline] _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0xa4/0xf0 kernel/locking/spinlock.c:162 __wake_up_common_lock kernel/sched/wait.c:137 [inline] __wake_up+0xf4/0x190 kernel/sched/wait.c:160 tty_port_default_wakeup+0x9e/0xf0 drivers/tty/tty_port.c:71 serial8250_tx_chars+0x629/0x830 drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c:1854 serial8250_handle_irq+0x516/0x6d0 drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c:1961 serial8250_default_handle_irq+0xb4/0x1a0 drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c:1981 serial8250_interrupt+0x9b/0x1c0 drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_core.c:126 __handle_irq_event_percpu+0x298/0xa30 kernel/irq/handle.c:158 handle_irq_event_percpu kernel/irq/handle.c:193 [inline] handle_irq_event+0x87/0x1e0 kernel/irq/handle.c:210 handle_edge_irq+0x243/0xb20 kernel/irq/chip.c:819 generic_handle_irq_desc include/linux/irqdesc.h:158 [inline] handle_irq arch/x86/kernel/irq.c:233 [inline] __common_interrupt+0xd7/0x1e0 arch/x86/kernel/irq.c:252 common_interrupt+0xb0/0xd0 arch/x86/kernel/irq.c:242 asm_common_interrupt+0x22/0x40 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:682 __raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h:152 [inline] _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0xa5/0x100 kernel/locking/spinlock.c:194 spin_unlock_irqrestore include/linux/spinlock.h:406 [inline] uart_write+0x68a/0x910 drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c:602 process_output_block drivers/tty/n_tty.c:586 [inline] n_tty_write+0xd1a/0x11c0 drivers/tty/n_tty.c:2377 do_tty_write drivers/tty/tty_io.c:1018 [inline] file_tty_write+0x4dd/0x860 drivers/tty/tty_io.c:1089 call_write_iter include/linux/fs.h:2265 [inline] new_sync_write fs/read_write.c:491 [inline] vfs_write+0x44c/0x960 fs/read_write.c:584 ksys_write+0x143/0x240 fs/read_write.c:637 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:51 [inline] do_syscall_64+0x4c/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:81 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2 -> #1 (&port_lock_key){-.-.}-{2:2}: __raw_spin_lock_irqsave include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h:110 [inline] _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0xa4/0xf0 kernel/locking/spinlock.c:162 serial8250_console_write+0x169/0x17a0 drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c:3432 call_console_driver kernel/printk/printk.c:1977 [inline] console_emit_next_record+0x947/0xc90 kernel/printk/printk.c:2777 console_flush_all kernel/printk/printk.c:-1 [inline] console_unlock+0x223/0x630 kernel/printk/printk.c:2906 vprintk_emit+0x489/0x680 kernel/printk/printk.c:2303 _printk+0xcc/0x110 kernel/printk/printk.c:2328 register_console+0x6c6/0x9c0 kernel/printk/printk.c:3269 univ8250_console_init+0x41/0x43 drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_core.c:687 console_init+0x1bc/0x78e kernel/printk/printk.c:3359 start_kernel+0x303/0x539 init/main.c:1088 secondary_startup_64_no_verify+0xcf/0xdb -> #0 (console_owner){-...}-{0:0}: 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+0x2cf8/0x7c50 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5049 lock_acquire+0x1b4/0x490 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5662 console_lock_spinning_enable kernel/printk/printk.c:1818 [inline] console_emit_next_record+0x84c/0xc90 kernel/printk/printk.c:2774 console_flush_all kernel/printk/printk.c:-1 [inline] console_unlock+0x223/0x630 kernel/printk/printk.c:2906 vprintk_emit+0x489/0x680 kernel/printk/printk.c:2303 _printk+0xcc/0x110 kernel/printk/printk.c:2328 fail_dump lib/fault-inject.c:45 [inline] should_fail_ex+0x37a/0x4d0 lib/fault-inject.c:147 strncpy_from_user+0x32/0x350 lib/strncpy_from_user.c:118 strncpy_from_user_nofault+0x6d/0x140 mm/maccess.c:186 bpf_probe_read_user_str_common kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c:204 [inline] ____bpf_probe_read_user_str kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c:213 [inline] bpf_probe_read_user_str+0x26/0x70 kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c:210 bpf_prog_02a70dbeb5f742df+0x3a/0x3c bpf_dispatcher_nop_func include/linux/bpf.h:1012 [inline] __bpf_prog_run include/linux/filter.h:603 [inline] bpf_prog_run include/linux/filter.h:610 [inline] __bpf_trace_run kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c:2285 [inline] bpf_trace_run2+0x1cd/0x3b0 kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c:2324 trace_tlb_flush+0x143/0x190 include/trace/events/tlb.h:38 switch_mm_irqs_off+0x758/0xb10 arch/x86/mm/tlb.c:-1 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5229 [inline] __schedule+0xe99/0x40b0 kernel/sched/core.c:6561 preempt_schedule_irq+0xb1/0x150 kernel/sched/core.c:6873 irqentry_exit+0x63/0x70 kernel/entry/common.c:439 asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x16/0x20 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:691 __syscall_enter_from_user_work kernel/entry/common.c:97 [inline] syscall_enter_from_user_mode+0x2e/0x80 kernel/entry/common.c:118 do_syscall_64+0x24/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:77 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2 other info that might help us debug this: Chain exists of: console_owner --> &p->pi_lock --> &rq->__lock Possible unsafe locking scenario: CPU0 CPU1 ---- ---- lock(&rq->__lock); lock(&p->pi_lock); lock(&rq->__lock); lock(console_owner); *** DEADLOCK *** 3 locks held by syz.4.6987/29742: #0: ffff8880b8f3aad8 (&rq->__lock){-.-.}-{2:2}, at: raw_spin_rq_lock_nested+0x26/0x140 kernel/sched/core.c:537 #1: ffffffff8c92b120 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: rcu_lock_acquire include/linux/rcupdate.h:350 [inline] #1: ffffffff8c92b120 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: rcu_read_lock include/linux/rcupdate.h:791 [inline] #1: ffffffff8c92b120 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: __bpf_trace_run kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c:2284 [inline] #1: ffffffff8c92b120 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: bpf_trace_run2+0xda/0x3b0 kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c:2324 #2: ffffffff8c91f3c0 (console_lock){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: _printk+0xcc/0x110 kernel/printk/printk.c:2328 stack backtrace: CPU: 1 PID: 29742 Comm: syz.4.6987 Not tainted syzkaller #0 Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 10/25/2025 Call Trace: dump_stack_lvl+0x168/0x22e lib/dump_stack.c:106 check_noncircular+0x274/0x310 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+0x2cf8/0x7c50 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5049 lock_acquire+0x1b4/0x490 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5662 console_lock_spinning_enable kernel/printk/printk.c:1818 [inline] console_emit_next_record+0x84c/0xc90 kernel/printk/printk.c:2774 console_flush_all kernel/printk/printk.c:-1 [inline] console_unlock+0x223/0x630 kernel/printk/printk.c:2906 vprintk_emit+0x489/0x680 kernel/printk/printk.c:2303 _printk+0xcc/0x110 kernel/printk/printk.c:2328 fail_dump lib/fault-inject.c:45 [inline] should_fail_ex+0x37a/0x4d0 lib/fault-inject.c:147 strncpy_from_user+0x32/0x350 lib/strncpy_from_user.c:118 strncpy_from_user_nofault+0x6d/0x140 mm/maccess.c:186 bpf_probe_read_user_str_common kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c:204 [inline] ____bpf_probe_read_user_str kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c:213 [inline] bpf_probe_read_user_str+0x26/0x70 kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c:210 bpf_prog_02a70dbeb5f742df+0x3a/0x3c bpf_dispatcher_nop_func include/linux/bpf.h:1012 [inline] __bpf_prog_run include/linux/filter.h:603 [inline] bpf_prog_run include/linux/filter.h:610 [inline] __bpf_trace_run kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c:2285 [inline] bpf_trace_run2+0x1cd/0x3b0 kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c:2324 trace_tlb_flush+0x143/0x190 include/trace/events/tlb.h:38 switch_mm_irqs_off+0x758/0xb10 arch/x86/mm/tlb.c:-1 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5229 [inline] __schedule+0xe99/0x40b0 kernel/sched/core.c:6561 preempt_schedule_irq+0xb1/0x150 kernel/sched/core.c:6873 irqentry_exit+0x63/0x70 kernel/entry/common.c:439 asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x16/0x20 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:691 RIP: 0010:__syscall_enter_from_user_work kernel/entry/common.c:99 [inline] RIP: 0010:syscall_enter_from_user_mode+0x2e/0x80 kernel/entry/common.c:118 Code: 89 f3 49 89 fe 48 8b 7c 24 10 e8 ed fa ff ff 66 90 66 90 e8 54 ca 76 f7 e8 cf c8 76 f7 fb 65 48 8b 05 26 fc f1 75 48 8b 70 08 <40> f6 c6 3f 74 0b 4c 89 f7 5b 41 5e e9 81 72 5d f7 48 89 d8 5b 41 RSP: 0018:ffffc90010717f08 EFLAGS: 00000286 RAX: ffff888033d89dc0 RBX: 000000000000002e RCX: 27fdcc09e40b7300 RDX: dffffc0000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: ffffffff8abef920 RBP: ffffc90010717f48 R08: dffffc0000000000 R09: fffffbfff1bfe1c6 R10: fffffbfff1bfe1c6 R11: 1ffffffff1bfe1c5 R12: 0000000000000000 R13: 0000000000000000 R14: ffffc90010717f58 R15: 0000000000000000 do_syscall_64+0x24/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:77 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2 RIP: 0033:0x7ff214d8f749 Code: Unable to access opcode bytes at 0x7ff214d8f71f. RSP: 002b:00007ff215b51038 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000002e RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007ff214fe5fa0 RCX: 00007ff214d8f749 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000200000000000 RDI: 0000000000000005 RBP: 00007ff215b51090 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000 R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000001 R13: 00007ff214fe6038 R14: 00007ff214fe5fa0 R15: 00007ffc1ca456d8 CPU: 1 PID: 29742 Comm: syz.4.6987 Not tainted syzkaller #0 Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 10/25/2025 Call Trace: dump_stack_lvl+0x168/0x22e lib/dump_stack.c:106 fail_dump lib/fault-inject.c:52 [inline] should_fail_ex+0x399/0x4d0 lib/fault-inject.c:147 strncpy_from_user+0x32/0x350 lib/strncpy_from_user.c:118 strncpy_from_user_nofault+0x6d/0x140 mm/maccess.c:186 bpf_probe_read_user_str_common kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c:204 [inline] ____bpf_probe_read_user_str kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c:213 [inline] bpf_probe_read_user_str+0x26/0x70 kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c:210 bpf_prog_02a70dbeb5f742df+0x3a/0x3c bpf_dispatcher_nop_func include/linux/bpf.h:1012 [inline] __bpf_prog_run include/linux/filter.h:603 [inline] bpf_prog_run include/linux/filter.h:610 [inline] __bpf_trace_run kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c:2285 [inline] bpf_trace_run2+0x1cd/0x3b0 kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c:2324 trace_tlb_flush+0x143/0x190 include/trace/events/tlb.h:38 switch_mm_irqs_off+0x758/0xb10 arch/x86/mm/tlb.c:-1 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5229 [inline] __schedule+0xe99/0x40b0 kernel/sched/core.c:6561 preempt_schedule_irq+0xb1/0x150 kernel/sched/core.c:6873 irqentry_exit+0x63/0x70 kernel/entry/common.c:439 asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x16/0x20 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:691 RIP: 0010:__syscall_enter_from_user_work kernel/entry/common.c:99 [inline] RIP: 0010:syscall_enter_from_user_mode+0x2e/0x80 kernel/entry/common.c:118 Code: 89 f3 49 89 fe 48 8b 7c 24 10 e8 ed fa ff ff 66 90 66 90 e8 54 ca 76 f7 e8 cf c8 76 f7 fb 65 48 8b 05 26 fc f1 75 48 8b 70 08 <40> f6 c6 3f 74 0b 4c 89 f7 5b 41 5e e9 81 72 5d f7 48 89 d8 5b 41 RSP: 0018:ffffc90010717f08 EFLAGS: 00000286 RAX: ffff888033d89dc0 RBX: 000000000000002e RCX: 27fdcc09e40b7300 RDX: dffffc0000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: ffffffff8abef920 RBP: ffffc90010717f48 R08: dffffc0000000000 R09: fffffbfff1bfe1c6 R10: fffffbfff1bfe1c6 R11: 1ffffffff1bfe1c5 R12: 0000000000000000 R13: 0000000000000000 R14: ffffc90010717f58 R15: 0000000000000000 do_syscall_64+0x24/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:77 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2 RIP: 0033:0x7ff214d8f749 Code: Unable to access opcode bytes at 0x7ff214d8f71f. RSP: 002b:00007ff215b51038 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000002e RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007ff214fe5fa0 RCX: 00007ff214d8f749 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000200000000000 RDI: 0000000000000005 RBP: 00007ff215b51090 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000 R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000001 R13: 00007ff214fe6038 R14: 00007ff214fe5fa0 R15: 00007ffc1ca456d8 netlink: 'syz.4.6987': attribute type 6 has an invalid length. netlink: 164 bytes leftover after parsing attributes in process `syz.4.6987'. ---------------- Code disassembly (best guess): 0: 89 f3 mov %esi,%ebx 2: 49 89 fe mov %rdi,%r14 5: 48 8b 7c 24 10 mov 0x10(%rsp),%rdi a: e8 ed fa ff ff call 0xfffffafc f: 66 90 xchg %ax,%ax 11: 66 90 xchg %ax,%ax 13: e8 54 ca 76 f7 call 0xf776ca6c 18: e8 cf c8 76 f7 call 0xf776c8ec 1d: fb sti 1e: 65 48 8b 05 26 fc f1 mov %gs:0x75f1fc26(%rip),%rax # 0x75f1fc4c 25: 75 26: 48 8b 70 08 mov 0x8(%rax),%rsi * 2a: 40 f6 c6 3f test $0x3f,%sil <-- trapping instruction 2e: 74 0b je 0x3b 30: 4c 89 f7 mov %r14,%rdi 33: 5b pop %rbx 34: 41 5e pop %r14 36: e9 81 72 5d f7 jmp 0xf75d72bc 3b: 48 89 d8 mov %rbx,%rax 3e: 5b pop %rbx 3f: 41 rex.B