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possible deadlock in kernfs_path_from_node

Status: upstream: reported C repro on 2025/10/05 23:40
Bug presence: origin:lts-only
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Reported-by: syzbot+18eb478943431ff9dcf2@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 6d10h, last: 6d04h
Bug presence (2)
Date Name Commit Repro Result
2025/10/06 linux-6.1.y (ToT) 882efbdd9d34 C [report] possible deadlock in kernfs_path_from_node
2025/10/06 upstream (ToT) fd94619c4336 C Didn't crash
Similar bugs (1)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
upstream possible deadlock in kernfs_path_from_node kernfs 4 C error done 5 399d 395d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/12/17 05:29

Sample crash report:
============================================
WARNING: possible recursive locking detected
syzkaller #0 Not tainted
--------------------------------------------
syz-execprog/4267 is trying to acquire lock:
ffffffff8cc81038 (kernfs_rename_lock){..-.}-{2:2}, at: kernfs_path_from_node+0x87/0xd10 fs/kernfs/dir.c:232

but task is already holding lock:
ffffffff8cc81038 (kernfs_rename_lock){..-.}-{2:2}, at: kernfs_path_from_node+0x87/0xd10 fs/kernfs/dir.c:232

other info that might help us debug this:
 Possible unsafe locking scenario:

       CPU0
       ----
  lock(kernfs_rename_lock);
  lock(kernfs_rename_lock);

 *** DEADLOCK ***

 May be due to missing lock nesting notation

4 locks held by syz-execprog/4267:
 #0: ffff88801db2f958 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: mmap_read_trylock include/linux/mmap_lock.h:136 [inline]
 #0: ffff88801db2f958 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: get_mmap_lock_carefully mm/memory.c:5322 [inline]
 #0: ffff88801db2f958 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: lock_mm_and_find_vma+0x2e/0x2f0 mm/memory.c:5384
 #1: ffffffff8cc81038 (kernfs_rename_lock){..-.}-{2:2}, at: kernfs_path_from_node+0x87/0xd10 fs/kernfs/dir.c:232
 #2: ffffffff8cb2abe0 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: rcu_lock_acquire include/linux/rcupdate.h:350 [inline]
 #2: ffffffff8cb2abe0 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: rcu_read_lock include/linux/rcupdate.h:791 [inline]
 #2: ffffffff8cb2abe0 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: __bpf_trace_run kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c:2284 [inline]
 #2: ffffffff8cb2abe0 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: bpf_trace_run2+0xda/0x3b0 kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c:2324
 #3: ffff88801db2f958 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: mmap_read_trylock include/linux/mmap_lock.h:136 [inline]
 #3: ffff88801db2f958 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: stack_map_get_build_id_offset+0x1fd/0x9c0 kernel/bpf/stackmap.c:144

stack backtrace:
CPU: 1 PID: 4267 Comm: syz-execprog Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 08/18/2025
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 dump_stack_lvl+0x168/0x22e lib/dump_stack.c:106
 __lock_acquire+0x122f/0x7c50 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:-1
 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
 kernfs_path_from_node+0x87/0xd10 fs/kernfs/dir.c:232
 kernfs_path include/linux/kernfs.h:595 [inline]
 cgroup_path include/linux/cgroup.h:674 [inline]
 get_mm_memcg_path+0xb9/0x360 mm/mmap_lock.c:82
 __mmap_lock_do_trace_acquire_returned+0x9b/0x330 mm/mmap_lock.c:102
 __mmap_lock_trace_acquire_returned include/linux/mmap_lock.h:36 [inline]
 mmap_read_trylock include/linux/mmap_lock.h:137 [inline]
 stack_map_get_build_id_offset+0x68d/0x9c0 kernel/bpf/stackmap.c:144
 __bpf_get_stack+0x44d/0x4f0 kernel/bpf/stackmap.c:452
 ____bpf_get_stack_raw_tp kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c:1880 [inline]
 bpf_get_stack_raw_tp+0x189/0x1c0 kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c:1870
 bpf_prog_ec3b2eefa702d8d3+0x3a/0x3e
 bpf_dispatcher_nop_func include/linux/bpf.h:1011 [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
 kernfs_path_from_node+0x87/0xd10 fs/kernfs/dir.c:232
 kernfs_path include/linux/kernfs.h:595 [inline]
 cgroup_path include/linux/cgroup.h:674 [inline]
 get_mm_memcg_path+0xb9/0x360 mm/mmap_lock.c:82
 __mmap_lock_do_trace_acquire_returned+0x9b/0x330 mm/mmap_lock.c:102
 __mmap_lock_trace_acquire_returned include/linux/mmap_lock.h:36 [inline]
 mmap_read_trylock include/linux/mmap_lock.h:137 [inline]
 get_mmap_lock_carefully mm/memory.c:5322 [inline]
 lock_mm_and_find_vma+0x21f/0x2f0 mm/memory.c:5384
 do_user_addr_fault+0x2db/0xb10 arch/x86/mm/fault.c:1312
 handle_page_fault arch/x86/mm/fault.c:1431 [inline]
 exc_page_fault+0x60/0x100 arch/x86/mm/fault.c:1487
 asm_exc_page_fault+0x22/0x30 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:608
RIP: 0033:0x47efab
Code: 1f f8 c3 f3 44 0f 7f 3f f3 44 0f 7f 7c 1f f0 c3 f3 44 0f 7f 3f f3 44 0f 7f 7f 10 f3 44 0f 7f 7c 1f e0 f3 44 0f 7f 7c 1f f0 c3 <f3> 44 0f 7f 3f f3 44 0f 7f 7f 10 f3 44 0f 7f 7f 20 f3 44 0f 7f 7f
RSP: 002b:000000c004055248 EFLAGS: 00010246
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000000000080 RCX: 0000000000000010
RDX: 000000c0085a1f80 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 000000c0085a1f80
RBP: 000000c004055260 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: 000000c0085a0000
R10: 0000000000000001 R11: 00007f2c9ac7d000 R12: 000000000002bf00
R13: 0000000000000016 R14: 000000c004030e00 R15: 0000000000000000
 </TASK>

Crashes (1):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2025/10/05 23:39 linux-6.1.y 882efbdd9d34 49379ee0 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf possible deadlock in kernfs_path_from_node
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.