====================================================== WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected syzkaller #0 Not tainted ------------------------------------------------------ syz.0.89/4635 is trying to acquire lock: ffff0000c9dd4b98 (&sbi->s_writepages_rwsem){++++}-{0:0}, at: ext4_writepages+0x188/0x284c fs/ext4/inode.c:2715 but task is already holding lock: ffff0000e1fec700 (&ei->xattr_sem){++++}-{3:3}, at: ext4_write_trylock_xattr fs/ext4/xattr.h:162 [inline] ffff0000e1fec700 (&ei->xattr_sem){++++}-{3:3}, at: ext4_try_to_expand_extra_isize fs/ext4/inode.c:6019 [inline] ffff0000e1fec700 (&ei->xattr_sem){++++}-{3:3}, at: __ext4_mark_inode_dirty+0x37c/0x790 fs/ext4/inode.c:6100 which lock already depends on the new lock. the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is: -> #1 (&ei->xattr_sem){++++}-{3:3}: down_read+0x64/0x304 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1520 ext4_xattr_get+0xec/0x544 fs/ext4/xattr.c:660 ext4_get_acl+0x94/0x5f0 fs/ext4/acl.c:165 get_acl+0x160/0x33c fs/posix_acl.c:153 posix_acl_create+0x104/0x3d0 fs/posix_acl.c:632 ext4_init_acl+0xac/0x340 fs/ext4/acl.c:283 __ext4_new_inode+0x27b8/0x3340 fs/ext4/ialloc.c:1327 ext4_ext_migrate+0x498/0xbfc fs/ext4/migrate.c:455 __ext4_ioctl fs/ext4/ioctl.c:1396 [inline] ext4_ioctl+0x1a38/0x4198 fs/ext4/ioctl.c:1614 vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline] __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:870 [inline] __se_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:856 [inline] __arm64_sys_ioctl+0x14c/0x1c8 fs/ioctl.c:856 __invoke_syscall arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:38 [inline] invoke_syscall+0x98/0x2bc arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:52 el0_svc_common+0x138/0x258 arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:140 do_el0_svc+0x58/0x13c arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:204 el0_svc+0x58/0x138 arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:637 el0t_64_sync_handler+0x84/0xf0 arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:655 el0t_64_sync+0x18c/0x190 arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S:585 -> #0 (&sbi->s_writepages_rwsem){++++}-{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+0x293c/0x6544 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5049 lock_acquire+0x20c/0x644 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5662 percpu_down_read+0x70/0x2a8 include/linux/percpu-rwsem.h:51 ext4_writepages+0x188/0x284c fs/ext4/inode.c:2715 do_writepages+0x2c0/0x4fc mm/page-writeback.c:2491 __writeback_single_inode+0x164/0x157c fs/fs-writeback.c:1622 writeback_single_inode+0x1c0/0x720 fs/fs-writeback.c:1743 write_inode_now+0x144/0x1b0 fs/fs-writeback.c:2780 iput_final fs/inode.c:1821 [inline] iput+0x5cc/0x7f4 fs/inode.c:1860 ext4_xattr_block_set+0x17a4/0x2810 fs/ext4/xattr.c:2162 ext4_xattr_move_to_block fs/ext4/xattr.c:2630 [inline] ext4_xattr_make_inode_space fs/ext4/xattr.c:2705 [inline] ext4_expand_extra_isize_ea+0xcb8/0x15cc fs/ext4/xattr.c:2797 __ext4_expand_extra_isize+0x298/0x358 fs/ext4/inode.c:5979 ext4_try_to_expand_extra_isize fs/ext4/inode.c:6022 [inline] __ext4_mark_inode_dirty+0x3e4/0x790 fs/ext4/inode.c:6100 ext4_evict_inode+0xb58/0x1270 fs/ext4/inode.c:279 evict+0x3c8/0x810 fs/inode.c:705 iput_final fs/inode.c:1834 [inline] iput+0x764/0x7f4 fs/inode.c:1860 ext4_process_orphan+0x240/0x2b4 fs/ext4/orphan.c:358 ext4_orphan_cleanup+0x908/0x104c fs/ext4/orphan.c:472 __ext4_fill_super fs/ext4/super.c:5556 [inline] ext4_fill_super+0x610c/0x6598 fs/ext4/super.c:5687 get_tree_bdev+0x358/0x544 fs/super.c:1366 ext4_get_tree+0x28/0x38 fs/ext4/super.c:5717 vfs_get_tree+0x90/0x274 fs/super.c:1573 do_new_mount+0x228/0x810 fs/namespace.c:3078 path_mount+0x5b4/0xe78 fs/namespace.c:3408 do_mount fs/namespace.c:3421 [inline] __do_sys_mount fs/namespace.c:3629 [inline] __se_sys_mount fs/namespace.c:3606 [inline] __arm64_sys_mount+0x49c/0x584 fs/namespace.c:3606 __invoke_syscall arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:38 [inline] invoke_syscall+0x98/0x2bc arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:52 el0_svc_common+0x138/0x258 arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:140 do_el0_svc+0x58/0x13c arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:204 el0_svc+0x58/0x138 arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:637 el0t_64_sync_handler+0x84/0xf0 arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:655 el0t_64_sync+0x18c/0x190 arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S:585 other info that might help us debug this: Possible unsafe locking scenario: CPU0 CPU1 ---- ---- lock(&ei->xattr_sem); lock(&sbi->s_writepages_rwsem); lock(&ei->xattr_sem); lock(&sbi->s_writepages_rwsem); *** DEADLOCK *** 3 locks held by syz.0.89/4635: #0: ffff0000f5dd00e0 (&type->s_umount_key#26/1){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: alloc_super+0x1a4/0x804 fs/super.c:228 #1: ffff0000f5dd0650 (sb_internal){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: __sb_start_write include/linux/fs.h:1891 [inline] #1: ffff0000f5dd0650 (sb_internal){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: sb_start_intwrite include/linux/fs.h:2013 [inline] #1: ffff0000f5dd0650 (sb_internal){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: ext4_evict_inode+0x3dc/0x1270 fs/ext4/inode.c:240 #2: ffff0000e1fec700 (&ei->xattr_sem){++++}-{3:3}, at: ext4_write_trylock_xattr fs/ext4/xattr.h:162 [inline] #2: ffff0000e1fec700 (&ei->xattr_sem){++++}-{3:3}, at: ext4_try_to_expand_extra_isize fs/ext4/inode.c:6019 [inline] #2: ffff0000e1fec700 (&ei->xattr_sem){++++}-{3:3}, at: __ext4_mark_inode_dirty+0x37c/0x790 fs/ext4/inode.c:6100 stack backtrace: CPU: 1 PID: 4635 Comm: syz.0.89 Not tainted syzkaller #0 Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 10/03/2025 Call trace: dump_backtrace+0x1c8/0x1f4 arch/arm64/kernel/stacktrace.c:158 show_stack+0x2c/0x3c arch/arm64/kernel/stacktrace.c:165 __dump_stack+0x30/0x40 lib/dump_stack.c:88 dump_stack_lvl+0xf8/0x160 lib/dump_stack.c:106 dump_stack+0x1c/0x5c lib/dump_stack.c:113 print_circular_bug+0x148/0x1b0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:2048 check_noncircular+0x240/0x2d4 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+0x293c/0x6544 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5049 lock_acquire+0x20c/0x644 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5662 percpu_down_read+0x70/0x2a8 include/linux/percpu-rwsem.h:51 ext4_writepages+0x188/0x284c fs/ext4/inode.c:2715 do_writepages+0x2c0/0x4fc mm/page-writeback.c:2491 __writeback_single_inode+0x164/0x157c fs/fs-writeback.c:1622 writeback_single_inode+0x1c0/0x720 fs/fs-writeback.c:1743 write_inode_now+0x144/0x1b0 fs/fs-writeback.c:2780 iput_final fs/inode.c:1821 [inline] iput+0x5cc/0x7f4 fs/inode.c:1860 ext4_xattr_block_set+0x17a4/0x2810 fs/ext4/xattr.c:2162 ext4_xattr_move_to_block fs/ext4/xattr.c:2630 [inline] ext4_xattr_make_inode_space fs/ext4/xattr.c:2705 [inline] ext4_expand_extra_isize_ea+0xcb8/0x15cc fs/ext4/xattr.c:2797 __ext4_expand_extra_isize+0x298/0x358 fs/ext4/inode.c:5979 ext4_try_to_expand_extra_isize fs/ext4/inode.c:6022 [inline] __ext4_mark_inode_dirty+0x3e4/0x790 fs/ext4/inode.c:6100 ext4_evict_inode+0xb58/0x1270 fs/ext4/inode.c:279 evict+0x3c8/0x810 fs/inode.c:705 iput_final fs/inode.c:1834 [inline] iput+0x764/0x7f4 fs/inode.c:1860 ext4_process_orphan+0x240/0x2b4 fs/ext4/orphan.c:358 ext4_orphan_cleanup+0x908/0x104c fs/ext4/orphan.c:472 __ext4_fill_super fs/ext4/super.c:5556 [inline] ext4_fill_super+0x610c/0x6598 fs/ext4/super.c:5687 get_tree_bdev+0x358/0x544 fs/super.c:1366 ext4_get_tree+0x28/0x38 fs/ext4/super.c:5717 vfs_get_tree+0x90/0x274 fs/super.c:1573 do_new_mount+0x228/0x810 fs/namespace.c:3078 path_mount+0x5b4/0xe78 fs/namespace.c:3408 do_mount fs/namespace.c:3421 [inline] __do_sys_mount fs/namespace.c:3629 [inline] __se_sys_mount fs/namespace.c:3606 [inline] __arm64_sys_mount+0x49c/0x584 fs/namespace.c:3606 __invoke_syscall arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:38 [inline] invoke_syscall+0x98/0x2bc arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:52 el0_svc_common+0x138/0x258 arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:140 do_el0_svc+0x58/0x13c arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:204 el0_svc+0x58/0x138 arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:637 el0t_64_sync_handler+0x84/0xf0 arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:655 el0t_64_sync+0x18c/0x190 arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S:585 ------------[ cut here ]------------ EA inode 11 i_nlink=2 WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 4635 at fs/ext4/xattr.c:1022 ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref+0x42c/0x470 fs/ext4/xattr.c:1020 Modules linked in: CPU: 1 PID: 4635 Comm: syz.0.89 Not tainted syzkaller #0 Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 10/03/2025 pstate: 62400005 (nZCv daif +PAN -UAO +TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--) pc : ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref+0x42c/0x470 fs/ext4/xattr.c:1020 lr : ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref+0x42c/0x470 fs/ext4/xattr.c:1020 sp : ffff800020df6e00 x29: ffff800020df6ea0 x28: 0000000000000000 x27: dfff800000000000 x26: 1fffe0001c3fdd1f x25: ffff7000041bedc4 x24: 0000000000000000 x23: ffff800017a17000 x22: ffff0000e1fee740 x21: 0000000000000002 x20: 0000000000000001 x19: ffff0000e1fee700 x18: ffff800011a6bd40 x17: 1fffe00033eeb97e x16: ffff800008042d90 x15: 0000000040000000 x14: 0000000000000002 x13: 0000000000ff0100 x12: 0000000000ff0100 x11: ff0080000804801c x10: 0000000040000002 x9 : 319e178547e59d00 x8 : 319e178547e59d00 x7 : 0000000000000004 x6 : ffff800008254344 x5 : 0000000000000000 x4 : 0000000000000001 x3 : 0000000000000000 x2 : ffff800020df69a0 x1 : 0000000000000000 x0 : ffff8000082543d8 Call trace: ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref+0x42c/0x470 fs/ext4/xattr.c:1020 ext4_xattr_inode_dec_ref fs/ext4/xattr.c:1045 [inline] ext4_xattr_set_entry+0x918/0x15ac fs/ext4/xattr.c:1687 ext4_xattr_ibody_set+0x204/0x600 fs/ext4/xattr.c:2234 ext4_xattr_move_to_block fs/ext4/xattr.c:2637 [inline] ext4_xattr_make_inode_space fs/ext4/xattr.c:2705 [inline] ext4_expand_extra_isize_ea+0xd00/0x15cc fs/ext4/xattr.c:2797 __ext4_expand_extra_isize+0x298/0x358 fs/ext4/inode.c:5979 ext4_try_to_expand_extra_isize fs/ext4/inode.c:6022 [inline] __ext4_mark_inode_dirty+0x3e4/0x790 fs/ext4/inode.c:6100 ext4_evict_inode+0xb58/0x1270 fs/ext4/inode.c:279 evict+0x3c8/0x810 fs/inode.c:705 iput_final fs/inode.c:1834 [inline] iput+0x764/0x7f4 fs/inode.c:1860 ext4_process_orphan+0x240/0x2b4 fs/ext4/orphan.c:358 ext4_orphan_cleanup+0x908/0x104c fs/ext4/orphan.c:472 __ext4_fill_super fs/ext4/super.c:5556 [inline] ext4_fill_super+0x610c/0x6598 fs/ext4/super.c:5687 get_tree_bdev+0x358/0x544 fs/super.c:1366 ext4_get_tree+0x28/0x38 fs/ext4/super.c:5717 vfs_get_tree+0x90/0x274 fs/super.c:1573 do_new_mount+0x228/0x810 fs/namespace.c:3078 path_mount+0x5b4/0xe78 fs/namespace.c:3408 do_mount fs/namespace.c:3421 [inline] __do_sys_mount fs/namespace.c:3629 [inline] __se_sys_mount fs/namespace.c:3606 [inline] __arm64_sys_mount+0x49c/0x584 fs/namespace.c:3606 __invoke_syscall arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:38 [inline] invoke_syscall+0x98/0x2bc arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:52 el0_svc_common+0x138/0x258 arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:140 do_el0_svc+0x58/0x13c arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:204 el0_svc+0x58/0x138 arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:637 el0t_64_sync_handler+0x84/0xf0 arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:655 el0t_64_sync+0x18c/0x190 arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S:585 irq event stamp: 2917 hardirqs last enabled at (2917): [] __raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h:151 [inline] hardirqs last enabled at (2917): [] _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x48/0xac kernel/locking/spinlock.c:194 hardirqs last disabled at (2916): [] __raw_spin_lock_irqsave include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h:108 [inline] hardirqs last disabled at (2916): [] _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0xa4/0xb4 kernel/locking/spinlock.c:162 softirqs last enabled at (218): [] local_bh_enable+0x10/0x34 include/linux/bottom_half.h:32 softirqs last disabled at (216): [] local_bh_disable+0x10/0x34 include/linux/bottom_half.h:19 ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]--- EXT4-fs error (device loop0): ext4_xattr_inode_iget:404: inode #18: comm syz.0.89: iget: bad extra_isize 90 (inode size 256) EXT4-fs (loop0): Remounting filesystem read-only EXT4-fs error (device loop0): ext4_xattr_inode_iget:409: comm syz.0.89: error while reading EA inode 18 err=-117 EXT4-fs (loop0): Remounting filesystem read-only EXT4-fs error (device loop0): ext4_xattr_inode_iget:404: inode #18: comm syz.0.89: iget: bad extra_isize 90 (inode size 256) EXT4-fs (loop0): Remounting filesystem read-only EXT4-fs error (device loop0): ext4_xattr_inode_iget:409: comm syz.0.89: error while reading EA inode 18 err=-117 EXT4-fs (loop0): Remounting filesystem read-only EXT4-fs (loop0): 1 orphan inode deleted EXT4-fs (loop0): mounted filesystem without journal. Quota mode: none.