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possible deadlock in debug_check_no_obj_freed (2)

Status: upstream: reported on 2025/09/29 09:14
Reported-by: syzbot+03904286561714603295@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 88d, last: 48d
Similar bugs (4)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
upstream possible deadlock in debug_check_no_obj_freed (2) serial 4 11 198d 214d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/08/20 16:08
upstream possible deadlock in debug_check_no_obj_freed bpf 4 1 438d 434d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/01/22 14:24
linux-6.1 possible deadlock in debug_check_no_obj_freed 4 1 306d 306d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/06/02 22:49
linux-6.6 possible deadlock in debug_check_no_obj_freed 4 3 110d 155d 0/2 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/12/16 21:24

Sample crash report:
======================================================
WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected
syzkaller #0 Not tainted
------------------------------------------------------
syz.2.1839/11842 is trying to acquire lock:
ffffffff96df44f0 (&obj_hash[i].lock){-.-.}-{2:2}, at: __debug_check_no_obj_freed lib/debugobjects.c:968 [inline]
ffffffff96df44f0 (&obj_hash[i].lock){-.-.}-{2:2}, at: debug_check_no_obj_freed+0x136/0x530 lib/debugobjects.c:1009

but task is already holding lock:
ffff8880591b4238 (&trie->lock){-.-.}-{2:2}, at: trie_update_elem+0xc4/0xe90 kernel/bpf/lpm_trie.c:335

which lock already depends on the new lock.


the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:

-> #1 (&trie->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
       trie_delete_elem+0x90/0x690 kernel/bpf/lpm_trie.c:467
       0xffffffffa00009aa
       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_contention_end+0x13f/0x190 include/trace/events/lock.h:122
       __pv_queued_spin_lock_slowpath+0x7e8/0x9c0 kernel/locking/qspinlock.c:560
       pv_queued_spin_lock_slowpath arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt.h:591 [inline]
       queued_spin_lock_slowpath+0x43/0x50 arch/x86/include/asm/qspinlock.h:51
       queued_spin_lock include/asm-generic/qspinlock.h:114 [inline]
       do_raw_spin_lock+0x217/0x280 kernel/locking/spinlock_debug.c:115
       __raw_spin_lock_irqsave include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h:111 [inline]
       _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0xb0/0xf0 kernel/locking/spinlock.c:162
       __debug_check_no_obj_freed lib/debugobjects.c:968 [inline]
       debug_check_no_obj_freed+0x136/0x530 lib/debugobjects.c:1009
       slab_free_hook mm/slub.c:1704 [inline]
       slab_free_freelist_hook+0xd2/0x1a0 mm/slub.c:1755
       slab_free mm/slub.c:3687 [inline]
       kmem_cache_free+0xf7/0x290 mm/slub.c:3709
       kfree_skb include/linux/skbuff.h:1220 [inline]
       ieee80211_iface_work+0x7b3/0xc80 net/mac80211/iface.c:1727
       process_one_work+0x898/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2292
       worker_thread+0xaa2/0x1250 kernel/workqueue.c:2439
       kthread+0x29d/0x330 kernel/kthread.c:376
       ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:295

-> #0 (&obj_hash[i].lock){-.-.}-{2:2}:
       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
       __raw_spin_lock_irqsave include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h:110 [inline]
       _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0xa4/0xf0 kernel/locking/spinlock.c:162
       __debug_check_no_obj_freed lib/debugobjects.c:968 [inline]
       debug_check_no_obj_freed+0x136/0x530 lib/debugobjects.c:1009
       slab_free_hook mm/slub.c:1704 [inline]
       slab_free_freelist_hook+0xd2/0x1a0 mm/slub.c:1755
       slab_free mm/slub.c:3687 [inline]
       __kmem_cache_free+0xb6/0x1f0 mm/slub.c:3700
       trie_update_elem+0x6c1/0xe90 kernel/bpf/lpm_trie.c:444
       bpf_map_update_value+0x59e/0x670 kernel/bpf/syscall.c:228
       generic_map_update_batch+0x569/0x850 kernel/bpf/syscall.c:1709
       bpf_map_do_batch+0x466/0x600 kernel/bpf/syscall.c:-1
       __sys_bpf+0x65f/0x6d0 kernel/bpf/syscall.c:-1
       __do_sys_bpf kernel/bpf/syscall.c:5131 [inline]
       __se_sys_bpf kernel/bpf/syscall.c:5129 [inline]
       __x64_sys_bpf+0x78/0x90 kernel/bpf/syscall.c:5129
       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

other info that might help us debug this:

 Possible unsafe locking scenario:

       CPU0                    CPU1
       ----                    ----
  lock(&trie->lock);
                               lock(&obj_hash[i].lock);
                               lock(&trie->lock);
  lock(&obj_hash[i].lock);

 *** DEADLOCK ***

2 locks held by syz.2.1839/11842:
 #0: ffffffff8cb2aca0 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: rcu_lock_acquire include/linux/rcupdate.h:350 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8cb2aca0 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: rcu_read_lock include/linux/rcupdate.h:791 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8cb2aca0 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: bpf_map_update_value+0x375/0x670 kernel/bpf/syscall.c:227
 #1: ffff8880591b4238 (&trie->lock){-.-.}-{2:2}, at: trie_update_elem+0xc4/0xe90 kernel/bpf/lpm_trie.c:335

stack backtrace:
CPU: 1 PID: 11842 Comm: syz.2.1839 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 10/02/2025
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 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
 __raw_spin_lock_irqsave include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h:110 [inline]
 _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0xa4/0xf0 kernel/locking/spinlock.c:162
 __debug_check_no_obj_freed lib/debugobjects.c:968 [inline]
 debug_check_no_obj_freed+0x136/0x530 lib/debugobjects.c:1009
 slab_free_hook mm/slub.c:1704 [inline]
 slab_free_freelist_hook+0xd2/0x1a0 mm/slub.c:1755
 slab_free mm/slub.c:3687 [inline]
 __kmem_cache_free+0xb6/0x1f0 mm/slub.c:3700
 trie_update_elem+0x6c1/0xe90 kernel/bpf/lpm_trie.c:444
 bpf_map_update_value+0x59e/0x670 kernel/bpf/syscall.c:228
 generic_map_update_batch+0x569/0x850 kernel/bpf/syscall.c:1709
 bpf_map_do_batch+0x466/0x600 kernel/bpf/syscall.c:-1
 __sys_bpf+0x65f/0x6d0 kernel/bpf/syscall.c:-1
 __do_sys_bpf kernel/bpf/syscall.c:5131 [inline]
 __se_sys_bpf kernel/bpf/syscall.c:5129 [inline]
 __x64_sys_bpf+0x78/0x90 kernel/bpf/syscall.c:5129
 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
RIP: 0033:0x7f53c6f8f6c9
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:00007f53c7ef3038 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000141
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f53c71e5fa0 RCX: 00007f53c6f8f6c9
RDX: 0000000000000038 RSI: 0000200000000240 RDI: 000000000000001a
RBP: 00007f53c7011f91 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f53c71e6038 R14: 00007f53c71e5fa0 R15: 00007ffe0e194b68
 </TASK>

Crashes (2):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2025/11/08 03:53 linux-6.1.y f6e38ae624cf 4e1406b4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf possible deadlock in debug_check_no_obj_freed
2025/09/29 09:14 linux-6.1.y 7b34dc04e4ff 001c9061 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf possible deadlock in debug_check_no_obj_freed
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.