| Date | Name | Commit | Repro | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/05/30 | upstream (ToT) | f5e5d3509bff | C | [report] possible deadlock in vmci_qp_broker_detach |
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| 2026/05/30 | upstream (ToT) | f5e5d3509bff | C | [report] possible deadlock in vmci_qp_broker_detach |
| Kernel | Title | Rank 🛈 | Repro | Cause bisect | Fix bisect | Count | Last | Reported | Patched | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| linux-6.1 | possible deadlock in vmci_qp_broker_detach origin:lts-only | 4 | C | inconclusive | 29 | 6d12h | 286d | 0/3 | upstream: reported C repro on 2025/08/28 00:49 | |
| upstream | possible deadlock in vmci_qp_broker_detach kernel | 4 | C | unreliable | error | 371 | 7h35m | 1902d | 0/29 | upstream: reported C repro on 2021/03/26 01:19 |
| linux-4.14 | possible deadlock in vmci_qp_broker_detach | 4 | C | error | 7 | 1370d | 1531d | 0/1 | upstream: reported C repro on 2022/04/01 16:43 | |
| linux-4.19 | possible deadlock in vmci_qp_broker_detach | 4 | C | error | 11 | 1496d | 1990d | 0/1 | upstream: reported C repro on 2020/12/28 17:12 | |
| linux-5.15 | possible deadlock in vmci_qp_broker_detach | 4 | syz | 1 | 571d | 571d | 0/3 | auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/02/24 18:46 | ||
| linux-5.15 | possible deadlock in vmci_qp_broker_detach (2) | 4 | C | 10 | 1d00h | 13d | 0/3 | upstream: reported C repro on 2026/05/28 07:57 |
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WARNING: possible recursive locking detected
syzkaller #0 Not tainted
--------------------------------------------
syz.0.78/6202 is trying to acquire lock:
ffffffff8da32e58 (qp_broker_list.mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: vmci_qp_broker_detach+0x118/0xf10 drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_queue_pair.c:2095
but task is already holding lock:
ffffffff8da32e58 (qp_broker_list.mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: vmci_qp_broker_detach+0x118/0xf10 drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_queue_pair.c:2095
other info that might help us debug this:
Possible unsafe locking scenario:
CPU0
----
lock(qp_broker_list.mutex);
lock(qp_broker_list.mutex);
*** DEADLOCK ***
May be due to missing lock nesting notation
1 lock held by syz.0.78/6202:
#0: ffffffff8da32e58 (qp_broker_list.mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: vmci_qp_broker_detach+0x118/0xf10 drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_queue_pair.c:2095
stack backtrace:
CPU: 1 PID: 6202 Comm: syz.0.78 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 03/18/2026
Call Trace:
<TASK>
dump_stack_lvl+0x18c/0x250 lib/dump_stack.c:106
check_deadlock kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3062 [inline]
validate_chain kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3856 [inline]
__lock_acquire+0x5dbc/0x7d40 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5137
lock_acquire+0x19e/0x420 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5754
__mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:603 [inline]
__mutex_lock+0x136/0xcc0 kernel/locking/mutex.c:747
vmci_qp_broker_detach+0x118/0xf10 drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_queue_pair.c:2095
ctx_free_ctx drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_context.c:444 [inline]
kref_put include/linux/kref.h:65 [inline]
vmci_ctx_put+0x62d/0xc10 drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_context.c:497
vmci_ctx_enqueue_datagram+0x3ab/0x420 drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_context.c:360
dg_dispatch_as_host drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_datagram.c:276 [inline]
vmci_datagram_dispatch+0x44d/0xc60 drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_datagram.c:340
qp_notify_peer drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_queue_pair.c:1481 [inline]
vmci_qp_broker_detach+0x8d7/0xf10 drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_queue_pair.c:2188
ctx_free_ctx drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_context.c:444 [inline]
kref_put include/linux/kref.h:65 [inline]
vmci_ctx_put+0x62d/0xc10 drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_context.c:497
vmci_host_close+0x9b/0x160 drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_host.c:143
__fput+0x234/0x970 fs/file_table.c:384
task_work_run+0x1d4/0x260 kernel/task_work.c:245
resume_user_mode_work include/linux/resume_user_mode.h:49 [inline]
exit_to_user_mode_loop+0xe6/0x110 kernel/entry/common.c:177
exit_to_user_mode_prepare+0xee/0x180 kernel/entry/common.c:210
__syscall_exit_to_user_mode_work kernel/entry/common.c:291 [inline]
syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x1a/0x50 kernel/entry/common.c:302
do_syscall_64+0x61/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:82
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2
RIP: 0033:0x7f7e8cd9c819
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:00007f7e8dccd028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 00000000000001b4
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 00007f7e8d016090 RCX: 00007f7e8cd9c819
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffffffffffffff RDI: 0000000000000005
RBP: 00007f7e8ce32c91 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f7e8d016128 R14: 00007f7e8d016090 R15: 00007fffa9ea6138
</TASK>
| Time | Kernel | Commit | Syzkaller | Config | Log | Report | Syz repro | C repro | VM info | Assets (help?) | Manager | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/04/19 06:12 | linux-6.6.y | 9760bf04666d | 303e2802 | .config | console log | report | syz / log | C | [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] | ci2-linux-6-6-kasan | possible deadlock in vmci_qp_broker_detach | |
| 2026/06/04 09:39 | linux-6.6.y | 924b4a879cbb | 197909be | .config | console log | report | info | [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] | ci2-linux-6-6-kasan | possible deadlock in vmci_qp_broker_detach | ||
| 2026/06/04 09:35 | linux-6.6.y | 924b4a879cbb | 197909be | .config | console log | report | info | [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] | ci2-linux-6-6-kasan | possible deadlock in vmci_qp_broker_detach | ||
| 2026/05/12 06:27 | linux-6.6.y | 3b9f64db0496 | d168f260 | .config | console log | report | info | [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] | ci2-linux-6-6-kasan | possible deadlock in vmci_qp_broker_detach | ||
| 2026/05/02 18:29 | linux-6.6.y | 258cf62a6dfd | a0d91488 | .config | console log | report | info | [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] | ci2-linux-6-6-kasan | possible deadlock in vmci_qp_broker_detach | ||
| 2026/05/02 04:14 | linux-6.6.y | 258cf62a6dfd | 753c55b9 | .config | console log | report | info | [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] | ci2-linux-6-6-kasan | possible deadlock in vmci_qp_broker_detach | ||
| 2026/04/18 01:04 | linux-6.6.y | 8cee53b8eaeb | 24ecfc1e | .config | console log | report | info | [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] | ci2-linux-6-6-kasan | possible deadlock in vmci_qp_broker_detach |