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WARNING: bad unlock balance in traverse

Status: upstream: reported C repro on 2025/02/26 21:31
Subsystems: fs
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Reported-by: syzbot+0b16dd9bd622c40b2bbe@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 160d, last: 3d22h
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[syzbot] [fs?] WARNING: bad unlock balance in traverse 0 (2) 2025/02/26 21:53

Sample crash report:
RSP: 002b:00007fffa6f94b78 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000011
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007fffa6f94b90 RCX: 00007f548015e799
RDX: 0000000073528428 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000003
RBP: 0000000000000001 R08: 00007fffa6f94917 R09: 0000000000000140
R10: 0000000000000003 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000001
R13: 00007fffa6f94da8 R14: 00007fffa6f94bb0 R15: 00007fffa6f94ba0
 </TASK>
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WARNING: bad unlock balance detected!
6.15.0-syzkaller-13743-g8630c59e9936 #0 Not tainted
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syz-executor738/5832 is trying to release lock (event_mutex) at:
[<ffffffff823f5690>] traverse.part.0.constprop.0+0x2c0/0x640 fs/seq_file.c:131
but there are no more locks to release!

other info that might help us debug this:
1 lock held by syz-executor738/5832:
 #0: ffff88807dc3c790 (&p->lock){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: seq_read_iter+0xe1/0x12c0 fs/seq_file.c:182

stack backtrace:
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 5832 Comm: syz-executor738 Not tainted 6.15.0-syzkaller-13743-g8630c59e9936 #0 PREEMPT(full) 
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 05/07/2025
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:94 [inline]
 dump_stack_lvl+0x116/0x1f0 lib/dump_stack.c:120
 print_unlock_imbalance_bug kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5301 [inline]
 print_unlock_imbalance_bug+0x11b/0x130 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5275
 __lock_release kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5540 [inline]
 lock_release+0x242/0x2f0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5892
 __mutex_unlock_slowpath+0xa2/0x6a0 kernel/locking/mutex.c:909
 traverse.part.0.constprop.0+0x2c0/0x640 fs/seq_file.c:131
 traverse fs/seq_file.c:98 [inline]
 seq_read_iter+0x932/0x12c0 fs/seq_file.c:195
 seq_read+0x39e/0x4e0 fs/seq_file.c:162
 vfs_read+0x1e1/0xc60 fs/read_write.c:570
 ksys_pread64 fs/read_write.c:763 [inline]
 __do_sys_pread64 fs/read_write.c:771 [inline]
 __se_sys_pread64 fs/read_write.c:768 [inline]
 __x64_sys_pread64+0x1eb/0x250 fs/read_write.c:768
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0xcd/0x490 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x7f548015e799
Code: 28 00 00 00 75 05 48 83 c4 28 c3 e8 a1 1a 00 00 90 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 b8 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48
RSP: 002b:00007fffa6f94b78 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000011
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007fffa6f94b90 RCX: 00007f548015e799
RDX: 0000000073528428 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000003
RBP: 0000000000000001 R08: 00007fffa6f94917 R09: 0000000000000140
R10: 0000000000000003 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000001
R13: 00007fffa6f94da8 R14: 00007fffa6f94bb0 R15: 00007fffa6f94ba0
 </TASK>

Crashes (37):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2025/06/08 07:33 upstream 8630c59e9936 4826c28e .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto WARNING: bad unlock balance in traverse
2025/02/26 21:52 upstream ac9c34d1e45a 6a8fcbc4 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto WARNING: bad unlock balance in traverse
2025/02/26 21:30 upstream ac9c34d1e45a 6a8fcbc4 .config console log report syz / log [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto WARNING: bad unlock balance in traverse
2025/06/30 12:25 upstream d0b3b7b22dfa fc9d8ee5 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto WARNING: bad unlock balance in traverse
2025/06/20 10:25 upstream 41687a5c6f8b ed3e87f7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto WARNING: bad unlock balance in traverse
2025/06/08 06:59 upstream 8630c59e9936 4826c28e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto WARNING: bad unlock balance in traverse
2025/06/06 13:51 upstream e271ed52b344 3d899f2c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto WARNING: bad unlock balance in traverse
2025/06/06 13:51 upstream e271ed52b344 3d899f2c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto WARNING: bad unlock balance in traverse
2025/05/31 16:54 upstream 0f70f5b08a47 3d2f584d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto WARNING: bad unlock balance in traverse
2025/05/25 12:54 upstream d0c22de9995b ed351ea7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto WARNING: bad unlock balance in traverse
2025/05/16 22:08 upstream 3c21441eeffc f41472b0 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto WARNING: bad unlock balance in traverse
2025/05/08 08:39 upstream d76bb1ebb558 dbf35fa1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto WARNING: bad unlock balance in traverse
2025/04/30 17:46 upstream b6ea1680d0ac 937aafd7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto WARNING: bad unlock balance in traverse
2025/04/28 23:23 upstream f15d97df5afa aeb6ec69 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto WARNING: bad unlock balance in traverse
2025/04/18 01:11 upstream b5c6891b2c5b 2a20f901 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto WARNING: bad unlock balance in traverse
2025/04/16 04:19 upstream 1a1d569a75f3 a95239b1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto WARNING: bad unlock balance in traverse
2025/04/16 04:19 upstream 1a1d569a75f3 a95239b1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto WARNING: bad unlock balance in traverse
2025/04/09 03:55 upstream bec7dcbc242c b133e63a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto WARNING: bad unlock balance in traverse
2025/04/08 02:34 upstream 0af2f6be1b42 a2ada0e7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto WARNING: bad unlock balance in traverse
2025/03/26 19:07 upstream 2df0c02dab82 19e40f48 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto WARNING: bad unlock balance in traverse
2025/03/24 18:28 upstream 38fec10eb60d 875573af .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto WARNING: bad unlock balance in traverse
2025/03/24 18:25 upstream 38fec10eb60d 875573af .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto WARNING: bad unlock balance in traverse
2025/03/23 09:59 upstream 183601b78a9b 4e8d3850 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto WARNING: bad unlock balance in traverse
2025/03/22 06:39 upstream d07de43e3f05 c6512ef7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto WARNING: bad unlock balance in traverse
2025/03/17 10:45 upstream 4701f33a1070 948c34e4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto WARNING: bad unlock balance in traverse
2025/03/05 04:24 upstream 48a5eed9ad58 c3901742 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto WARNING: bad unlock balance in traverse
2025/03/03 14:23 upstream 7eb172143d55 c3901742 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto WARNING: bad unlock balance in traverse
2025/03/03 11:31 upstream 7eb172143d55 c3901742 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto WARNING: bad unlock balance in traverse
2025/03/03 09:40 upstream 7eb172143d55 c3901742 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto WARNING: bad unlock balance in traverse
2025/02/28 14:02 upstream 76544811c850 1e7a43e1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto WARNING: bad unlock balance in traverse
2025/02/28 08:29 upstream 1e15510b71c9 6a8fcbc4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto WARNING: bad unlock balance in traverse
2025/02/26 21:16 upstream ac9c34d1e45a 6a8fcbc4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto WARNING: bad unlock balance in traverse
2025/02/26 21:11 upstream ac9c34d1e45a 6a8fcbc4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto WARNING: bad unlock balance in traverse
2025/01/29 14:17 upstream 805ba04cb7cc 08fa8553 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto WARNING: bad unlock balance in traverse
2025/01/25 02:25 upstream ae8b53aac327 9fbd772e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto WARNING: bad unlock balance in traverse
2025/01/24 19:24 upstream 68732c0bf97c 1293872d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto WARNING: bad unlock balance in traverse
2025/01/24 19:24 upstream 68732c0bf97c 1293872d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto WARNING: bad unlock balance in traverse
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.