netlink: 'syz.3.13682': attribute type 3 has an invalid length. ============================================ WARNING: possible recursive locking detected syzkaller #0 Not tainted -------------------------------------------- syz.3.13682/23927 is trying to acquire lock: ffff88805d530d38 (&dev_instance_lock_key#24){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: netdev_lock include/linux/netdevice.h:2781 [inline] ffff88805d530d38 (&dev_instance_lock_key#24){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: netdev_lock_ops include/net/netdev_lock.h:42 [inline] ffff88805d530d38 (&dev_instance_lock_key#24){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: netdev_sync_lower_features net/core/dev.c:10849 [inline] ffff88805d530d38 (&dev_instance_lock_key#24){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: __netdev_update_features+0xcdc/0x1de0 net/core/dev.c:11019 but task is already holding lock: ffff88805d530d38 (&dev_instance_lock_key#24){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: netdev_lock include/linux/netdevice.h:2781 [inline] ffff88805d530d38 (&dev_instance_lock_key#24){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: netdev_lock_ops include/net/netdev_lock.h:42 [inline] ffff88805d530d38 (&dev_instance_lock_key#24){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: __dev_ethtool net/ethtool/ioctl.c:3303 [inline] ffff88805d530d38 (&dev_instance_lock_key#24){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: dev_ethtool+0x754/0x1ae0 net/ethtool/ioctl.c:3572 and the lock comparison function returns 0: other info that might help us debug this: Possible unsafe locking scenario: CPU0 ---- lock(&dev_instance_lock_key#24); lock(&dev_instance_lock_key#24); *** DEADLOCK *** May be due to missing lock nesting notation 2 locks held by syz.3.13682/23927: #0: ffffffff8f9ac188 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: dev_ethtool+0x1e1/0x1ae0 net/ethtool/ioctl.c:3571 #1: ffff88805d530d38 (&dev_instance_lock_key#24){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: netdev_lock include/linux/netdevice.h:2781 [inline] #1: ffff88805d530d38 (&dev_instance_lock_key#24){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: netdev_lock_ops include/net/netdev_lock.h:42 [inline] #1: ffff88805d530d38 (&dev_instance_lock_key#24){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: __dev_ethtool net/ethtool/ioctl.c:3303 [inline] #1: ffff88805d530d38 (&dev_instance_lock_key#24){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: dev_ethtool+0x754/0x1ae0 net/ethtool/ioctl.c:3572 stack backtrace: CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 23927 Comm: syz.3.13682 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 01/24/2026 Call Trace: dump_stack_lvl+0xe8/0x150 lib/dump_stack.c:120 print_deadlock_bug+0x279/0x290 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3041 check_deadlock kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3093 [inline] validate_chain kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3895 [inline] __lock_acquire+0x253f/0x2cf0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5237 lock_acquire+0x106/0x330 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5868 __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:614 [inline] __mutex_lock+0x19f/0x1300 kernel/locking/mutex.c:776 netdev_lock include/linux/netdevice.h:2781 [inline] netdev_lock_ops include/net/netdev_lock.h:42 [inline] netdev_sync_lower_features net/core/dev.c:10849 [inline] __netdev_update_features+0xcdc/0x1de0 net/core/dev.c:11019 netdev_change_features net/core/dev.c:11093 [inline] netdev_compute_master_upper_features+0x8eb/0xac0 net/core/dev.c:12845 bond_slave_netdev_event drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c:3951 [inline] bond_netdev_event+0x71f/0xfc0 drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c:3996 notifier_call_chain+0x19d/0x3a0 kernel/notifier.c:85 call_netdevice_notifiers_extack net/core/dev.c:2281 [inline] call_netdevice_notifiers net/core/dev.c:2295 [inline] netdev_features_change+0x8d/0xd0 net/core/dev.c:1584 __dev_ethtool net/ethtool/ioctl.c:3539 [inline] dev_ethtool+0x162c/0x1ae0 net/ethtool/ioctl.c:3572 dev_ioctl+0x392/0x1150 net/core/dev_ioctl.c:777 sock_do_ioctl+0x23e/0x320 net/socket.c:1268 sock_ioctl+0x5c6/0x7f0 net/socket.c:1375 vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline] __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:597 [inline] __se_sys_ioctl+0xfc/0x170 fs/ioctl.c:583 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline] do_syscall_64+0xe2/0xf80 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f RIP: 0033:0x7f8a4dd9aeb9 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:00007f8a4ed27028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000010 RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f8a4e015fa0 RCX: 00007f8a4dd9aeb9 RDX: 0000200000000080 RSI: 0000000000008946 RDI: 0000000000000006 RBP: 00007f8a4de08c1f R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000 R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000 R13: 00007f8a4e016038 R14: 00007f8a4e015fa0 R15: 00007fff26ccbc08