possible deadlock in anon_pipe_prefill_and_lock

Status: upstream: reported on 2026/09/10 04:26
Subsystems: autofs
Labels: prio:low
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Reported-by: syzbot+002fb7b2d0bc53bf7e75@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 4d12h, last: 2d23h
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b105b86a assessment-security DenialOfService: ❌ Exploitable: ❌ FilesystemTrigger: ❌ NetworkTrigger: ❌ PeripheralTrigger: ❌ RemoteTrigger: ❌ Unprivileged: ❌ UserNamespace: ❌ VMGuestTrigger: ❌ VMHostTrigger: ❌ possible deadlock in anon_pipe_prefill_and_lock 2026/09/08 01:24 2026/09/08 01:24 2026/09/08 02:03 680aa3e1
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[syzbot] [autofs?] possible deadlock in anon_pipe_prefill_and_lock 0 (1) 2026/09/10 04:26

Sample crash report:
======================================================
WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected
syzkaller #0 Tainted: G             L     
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syz.3.511/7847 is trying to acquire lock:
ffff88802c68cc60 (&pipe->mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: anon_pipe_prefill_and_lock+0x16c/0x580 fs/pipe.c:165

but task is already holding lock:
ffff88807d378138 (&sbi->pipe_mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: autofs_write fs/autofs/waitq.c:55 [inline]
ffff88807d378138 (&sbi->pipe_mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: autofs_notify_daemon+0x4f8/0xd90 fs/autofs/waitq.c:164

which lock already depends on the new lock.


the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:

-> #2 (&sbi->pipe_mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}:
       lock_acquire kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5908 [inline]
       lock_acquire+0x1d1/0x380 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5865
       __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:646 [inline]
       __mutex_lock+0x1a4/0x1bd0 kernel/locking/mutex.c:821
       autofs_write fs/autofs/waitq.c:55 [inline]
       autofs_notify_daemon+0x4f8/0xd90 fs/autofs/waitq.c:164
       autofs_wait+0x10fd/0x1b50 fs/autofs/waitq.c:426
       autofs_mount_wait+0x132/0x3b0 fs/autofs/root.c:256
       autofs_d_automount+0x490/0x950 fs/autofs/root.c:410
       follow_automount fs/namei.c:1565 [inline]
       __traverse_mounts+0x1b9/0x8a0 fs/namei.c:1618
       traverse_mounts fs/namei.c:1647 [inline]
       handle_mounts fs/namei.c:1749 [inline]
       step_into_slowpath+0xb7e/0xf90 fs/namei.c:2104
       step_into fs/namei.c:2152 [inline]
       walk_component fs/namei.c:2288 [inline]
       lookup_last fs/namei.c:2789 [inline]
       path_lookupat+0x58b/0xc40 fs/namei.c:2813
       filename_lookup+0x202/0x590 fs/namei.c:2842
       kern_path+0x37/0x50 fs/namei.c:3036
       lookup_bdev+0xd8/0x2a0 block/bdev.c:1268
       resume_store+0x1d6/0x460 kernel/power/hibernate.c:1278
       kobj_attr_store+0x58/0x80 lib/kobject.c:842
       sysfs_kf_write+0xf2/0x150 fs/sysfs/file.c:145
       kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x3e0/0x5f0 fs/kernfs/file.c:345
       new_sync_write fs/read_write.c:595 [inline]
       vfs_write+0x6af/0x1050 fs/read_write.c:687
       ksys_write+0x12a/0x250 fs/read_write.c:739
       do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:61 [inline]
       do_syscall_64+0x123/0x790 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:84
       entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

-> #1 (&of->mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}:
       lock_acquire kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5908 [inline]
       lock_acquire+0x1d1/0x380 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5865
       __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:646 [inline]
       __mutex_lock+0x1a4/0x1bd0 kernel/locking/mutex.c:821
       kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x2c2/0x5f0 fs/kernfs/file.c:336
       iter_file_splice_write+0x830/0x10b0 fs/splice.c:736
       do_splice_from fs/splice.c:936 [inline]
       do_splice+0x109c/0x1fa0 fs/splice.c:1349
       __do_splice+0x33b/0x370 fs/splice.c:1431
       __do_sys_splice fs/splice.c:1634 [inline]
       __se_sys_splice fs/splice.c:1616 [inline]
       __x64_sys_splice+0x187/0x250 fs/splice.c:1616
       do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:61 [inline]
       do_syscall_64+0x123/0x790 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:84
       entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

-> #0 (&pipe->mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}:
       check_prev_add+0xeb/0xe60 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3181
       check_prevs_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3300 [inline]
       validate_chain kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3924 [inline]
       __lock_acquire+0x1492/0x1ec0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5254
       lock_acquire kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5908 [inline]
       lock_acquire+0x1d1/0x380 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5865
       __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:646 [inline]
       __mutex_lock+0x1a4/0x1bd0 kernel/locking/mutex.c:821
       anon_pipe_prefill_and_lock+0x16c/0x580 fs/pipe.c:165
       anon_pipe_write+0x164/0x1b50 fs/pipe.c:534
       __kernel_write_iter+0x6bb/0x930 fs/read_write.c:621
       __kernel_write+0xf6/0x140 fs/read_write.c:641
       autofs_write fs/autofs/waitq.c:57 [inline]
       autofs_notify_daemon+0x50d/0xd90 fs/autofs/waitq.c:164
       autofs_wait+0x10fd/0x1b50 fs/autofs/waitq.c:426
       autofs_mount_wait+0x132/0x3b0 fs/autofs/root.c:256
       autofs_d_automount+0x490/0x950 fs/autofs/root.c:410
       follow_automount fs/namei.c:1565 [inline]
       __traverse_mounts+0x1b9/0x8a0 fs/namei.c:1618
       traverse_mounts fs/namei.c:1647 [inline]
       handle_mounts fs/namei.c:1749 [inline]
       step_into_slowpath+0xb7e/0xf90 fs/namei.c:2104
       step_into fs/namei.c:2152 [inline]
       walk_component fs/namei.c:2288 [inline]
       lookup_last fs/namei.c:2789 [inline]
       path_lookupat+0x58b/0xc40 fs/namei.c:2813
       filename_lookup+0x202/0x590 fs/namei.c:2842
       kern_path+0x37/0x50 fs/namei.c:3036
       lookup_bdev+0xd8/0x2a0 block/bdev.c:1268
       resume_store+0x1d6/0x460 kernel/power/hibernate.c:1278
       kobj_attr_store+0x58/0x80 lib/kobject.c:842
       sysfs_kf_write+0xf2/0x150 fs/sysfs/file.c:145
       kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x3e0/0x5f0 fs/kernfs/file.c:345
       new_sync_write fs/read_write.c:595 [inline]
       vfs_write+0x6af/0x1050 fs/read_write.c:687
       ksys_write+0x12a/0x250 fs/read_write.c:739
       do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:61 [inline]
       do_syscall_64+0x123/0x790 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:84
       entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

other info that might help us debug this:

Chain exists of:
  &pipe->mutex --> &of->mutex --> &sbi->pipe_mutex

 Possible unsafe locking scenario:

       CPU0                    CPU1
       ----                    ----
  lock(&sbi->pipe_mutex);
                               lock(&of->mutex);
                               lock(&sbi->pipe_mutex);
  lock(&pipe->mutex);

 *** DEADLOCK ***

locks held by syz.3.511/7847: 5, last CPU#0:
 #0: ffff88807334f430 (&f->f_pos_lock){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: fdget_pos+0x2aa/0x380 fs/file.c:1259
 #1: ffff8880339b4460 (sb_writers#8){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: ksys_write+0x12a/0x250 fs/read_write.c:739
 #2: ffff888056438c80 (&of->mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x2c2/0x5f0 fs/kernfs/file.c:336
 #3: ffff888020ac5f08 (kn->active#71){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: kernfs_get_active_of fs/kernfs/file.c:73 [inline]
 #3: ffff888020ac5f08 (kn->active#71){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x332/0x5f0 fs/kernfs/file.c:337
 #4: ffff88807d378138 (&sbi->pipe_mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: autofs_write fs/autofs/waitq.c:55 [inline]
 #4: ffff88807d378138 (&sbi->pipe_mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: autofs_notify_daemon+0x4f8/0xd90 fs/autofs/waitq.c:164

stack backtrace:
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 7847 Comm: syz.3.511 Tainted: G             L      syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) 
Tainted: [L]=SOFTLOCKUP
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 08/05/2026
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:94 [inline]
 dump_stack_lvl+0x100/0x190 lib/dump_stack.c:120
 print_circular_bug.cold+0x178/0x1be kernel/locking/lockdep.c:2059
 check_noncircular+0x146/0x160 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:2191
 check_prev_add+0xeb/0xe60 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3181
 check_prevs_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3300 [inline]
 validate_chain kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3924 [inline]
 __lock_acquire+0x1492/0x1ec0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5254
 lock_acquire kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5908 [inline]
 lock_acquire+0x1d1/0x380 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5865
 __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:646 [inline]
 __mutex_lock+0x1a4/0x1bd0 kernel/locking/mutex.c:821
 anon_pipe_prefill_and_lock+0x16c/0x580 fs/pipe.c:165
 anon_pipe_write+0x164/0x1b50 fs/pipe.c:534
 __kernel_write_iter+0x6bb/0x930 fs/read_write.c:621
 __kernel_write+0xf6/0x140 fs/read_write.c:641
 autofs_write fs/autofs/waitq.c:57 [inline]
 autofs_notify_daemon+0x50d/0xd90 fs/autofs/waitq.c:164
 autofs_wait+0x10fd/0x1b50 fs/autofs/waitq.c:426
 autofs_mount_wait+0x132/0x3b0 fs/autofs/root.c:256
 autofs_d_automount+0x490/0x950 fs/autofs/root.c:410
 follow_automount fs/namei.c:1565 [inline]
 __traverse_mounts+0x1b9/0x8a0 fs/namei.c:1618
 traverse_mounts fs/namei.c:1647 [inline]
 handle_mounts fs/namei.c:1749 [inline]
 step_into_slowpath+0xb7e/0xf90 fs/namei.c:2104
 step_into fs/namei.c:2152 [inline]
 walk_component fs/namei.c:2288 [inline]
 lookup_last fs/namei.c:2789 [inline]
 path_lookupat+0x58b/0xc40 fs/namei.c:2813
 filename_lookup+0x202/0x590 fs/namei.c:2842
 kern_path+0x37/0x50 fs/namei.c:3036
 lookup_bdev+0xd8/0x2a0 block/bdev.c:1268
 resume_store+0x1d6/0x460 kernel/power/hibernate.c:1278
 kobj_attr_store+0x58/0x80 lib/kobject.c:842
 sysfs_kf_write+0xf2/0x150 fs/sysfs/file.c:145
 kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x3e0/0x5f0 fs/kernfs/file.c:345
 new_sync_write fs/read_write.c:595 [inline]
 vfs_write+0x6af/0x1050 fs/read_write.c:687
 ksys_write+0x12a/0x250 fs/read_write.c:739
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:61 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x123/0x790 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:84
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x7eff3b99e159
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:00007eff3c78c028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000001
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007eff3bc25fa0 RCX: 00007eff3b99e159
RDX: 0000000000000012 RSI: 0000200000000040 RDI: 0000000000000008
RBP: 00007eff3ba35024 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007eff3bc26038 R14: 00007eff3bc25fa0 R15: 00007ffdcf0d0ce8
 </TASK>
PM: Image not found (code -6)

Crashes (5):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/09/06 17:24 upstream 1fc5a74b108f 4f7b22a0 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root possible deadlock in anon_pipe_prefill_and_lock
2026/09/06 13:23 upstream 1fc5a74b108f 4f7b22a0 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root possible deadlock in anon_pipe_prefill_and_lock
2026/09/06 04:21 upstream 9f0346dcbea3 4f7b22a0 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream possible deadlock in anon_pipe_prefill_and_lock
2026/09/07 18:03 upstream df2908090cda 5e4626f5 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 possible deadlock in anon_pipe_prefill_and_lock
2026/09/07 00:09 https://kernel.googlesource.com/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux master 73ae59e97596 4f7b22a0 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu2-arm64-compat possible deadlock in anon_pipe_prefill_and_lock
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.