possible deadlock in digi_set_modem_signals

Status: upstream: reported C repro on 2026/07/31 17:15
Subsystems: usb
Labels: prio:high
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Reported-by: syzbot+2051460e19471eeb42c3@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 2d19h, last: 2d12h
Cause bisection: failed (error log, bisect log)
  
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[PATCH] USB: serial: digi_acceleport: add port lock nesting annotation 1 (1) 2026/08/01 12:58
[syzbot] [usb?] possible deadlock in digi_set_modem_signals 0 (1) 2026/07/31 17:15

Sample crash report:
============================================
WARNING: possible recursive locking detected
syzkaller #0 Not tainted
--------------------------------------------
syz-executor164/5616 is trying to acquire lock:
ffff888037675858 (&priv->dp_port_lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: spin_lock include/linux/spinlock_rt.h:45 [inline]
ffff888037675858 (&priv->dp_port_lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: digi_set_modem_signals+0x19d/0x8c0 drivers/usb/serial/digi_acceleport.c:525

but task is already holding lock:
ffff888037676058 (&priv->dp_port_lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: spin_lock include/linux/spinlock_rt.h:45 [inline]
ffff888037676058 (&priv->dp_port_lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: digi_set_modem_signals+0x195/0x8c0 drivers/usb/serial/digi_acceleport.c:524

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

       CPU0
       ----
  lock(&priv->dp_port_lock);
  lock(&priv->dp_port_lock);

 *** DEADLOCK ***

 May be due to missing lock nesting notation

3 locks held by syz-executor164/5616:
 #0: ffff8880379d71a0 (&tty->legacy_mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: tty_init_dev+0x74/0x4d0 drivers/tty/tty_io.c:1406
 #1: ffff888037676058 (&priv->dp_port_lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: spin_lock include/linux/spinlock_rt.h:45 [inline]
 #1: ffff888037676058 (&priv->dp_port_lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: digi_set_modem_signals+0x195/0x8c0 drivers/usb/serial/digi_acceleport.c:524
 #2: ffffffff8e1c3000 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:3}, at: rcu_lock_acquire include/linux/rcupdate.h:300 [inline]
 #2: ffffffff8e1c3000 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:3}, at: rcu_read_lock include/linux/rcupdate.h:840 [inline]
 #2: ffffffff8e1c3000 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:3}, at: __rt_spin_lock kernel/locking/spinlock_rt.c:50 [inline]
 #2: ffffffff8e1c3000 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:3}, at: rt_spin_lock+0x1e0/0x400 kernel/locking/spinlock_rt.c:57

stack backtrace:
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 5616 Comm: syz-executor164 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT_{RT,(full)} 
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/24/2026
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 dump_stack_lvl+0xe8/0x150 lib/dump_stack.c:120
 print_deadlock_bug+0x279/0x290 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3041
 check_deadlock kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3093 [inline]
 validate_chain kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3895 [inline]
 __lock_acquire+0x24df/0x2ce0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5237
 lock_acquire+0x106/0x350 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5868
 rt_spin_lock+0x83/0x400 kernel/locking/spinlock_rt.c:56
 spin_lock include/linux/spinlock_rt.h:45 [inline]
 digi_set_modem_signals+0x19d/0x8c0 drivers/usb/serial/digi_acceleport.c:525
 tty_port_raise_dtr_rts drivers/tty/tty_port.c:456 [inline]
 tty_port_block_til_ready+0x386/0x890 drivers/tty/tty_port.c:540
 tty_open+0x496/0xcd0 drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2137
 chrdev_open+0x4dc/0x600 fs/char_dev.c:411
 do_dentry_open+0x849/0x1420 fs/open.c:947
 vfs_open+0x3b/0x350 fs/open.c:1052
 do_open fs/namei.c:4700 [inline]
 path_openat+0x2e60/0x3850 fs/namei.c:4863
 do_file_open+0x23e/0x4a0 fs/namei.c:4892
 do_sys_openat2+0x115/0x200 fs/open.c:1368
 do_sys_open fs/open.c:1374 [inline]
 __do_sys_openat fs/open.c:1390 [inline]
 __se_sys_openat fs/open.c:1385 [inline]
 __x64_sys_openat+0x138/0x170 fs/open.c:1385
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x174/0x580 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x7f2dafacdfc9
Code: c0 79 93 eb d5 48 8d 7c 1d 00 eb 99 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 d8 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48
RSP: 002b:00007ffe4d880a08 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000101
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000200000000400 RCX: 00007f2dafacdfc9
RDX: 000000000000e002 RSI: 0000200000000400 RDI: 00000000ffffff9c
RBP: 0000200000000408 R08: 0000000000000006 R09: 0000000000000006
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 00007ffe4d880b78
R13: 431bde82d7b634db R14: 00007f2dafb61c40 R15: 0000000000000002
 </TASK>

Crashes (5):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/07/30 17:44 upstream 11028ab62899 2377cd3d .config strace log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root possible deadlock in digi_set_modem_signals
2026/07/30 15:26 upstream 11028ab62899 2377cd3d .config strace log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root possible deadlock in digi_set_modem_signals
2026/07/30 12:59 upstream 11028ab62899 2377cd3d .config strace log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root possible deadlock in digi_set_modem_signals
2026/07/30 10:33 upstream 11028ab62899 2377cd3d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root possible deadlock in digi_set_modem_signals
2026/07/30 12:55 upstream 11028ab62899 abc81b93 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 possible deadlock in digi_set_modem_signals
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.