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possible deadlock in __bpf_ringbuf_reserve

Status: upstream: reported C repro on 2025/07/04 03:51
Bug presence: origin:lts-only
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Reported-by: syzbot+33bfc46927a4ecf45b6d@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 99d, last: 16d
Bug presence (2)
Date Name Commit Repro Result
2025/07/07 linux-6.6.y (ToT) a5df3a702b2c C [report] possible deadlock in __bpf_ringbuf_reserve
2025/07/07 upstream (ToT) d7b8f8e20813 C Didn't crash
Similar bugs (4)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
linux-6.1 possible deadlock in __bpf_ringbuf_reserve origin:upstream missing-backport 4 C inconclusive 79 4d07h 581d 0/3 upstream: reported C repro on 2024/03/08 23:13
upstream possible deadlock in __bpf_ringbuf_reserve (2) bpf 4 C done 22 32d 46d 0/29 upstream: reported C repro on 2025/08/25 17:39
linux-5.15 possible deadlock in __bpf_ringbuf_reserve 4 1 36d 36d 0/3 upstream: reported on 2025/09/04 22:27
upstream possible deadlock in __bpf_ringbuf_reserve bpf 4 C error 2490 173d 577d 28/29 fixed on 2025/06/10 16:19
Fix bisection attempts (1)
Created Duration User Patch Repo Result
2025/08/29 07:46 1h28m bisect fix linux-6.6.y OK (0) job log log

Sample crash report:
============================================
WARNING: possible recursive locking detected
syzkaller #0 Not tainted
--------------------------------------------
syz-executor/14945 is trying to acquire lock:
ffffc9000e2550d8 (&rb->spinlock){-.-.}-{2:2}, at: __bpf_ringbuf_reserve+0x1c8/0x5a0 kernel/bpf/ringbuf.c:423

but task is already holding lock:
ffffc9000e14d0d8 (&rb->spinlock){-.-.}-{2:2}, at: __bpf_ringbuf_reserve+0x1c8/0x5a0 kernel/bpf/ringbuf.c:423

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

       CPU0
       ----
  lock(&rb->spinlock);
  lock(&rb->spinlock);

 *** DEADLOCK ***

 May be due to missing lock nesting notation

4 locks held by syz-executor/14945:
 #0: ffffffff8e028ee8 (nf_sockopt_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: nf_sockopt_find net/netfilter/nf_sockopt.c:67 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8e028ee8 (nf_sockopt_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: nf_getsockopt+0x34/0x280 net/netfilter/nf_sockopt.c:113
 #1: ffffffff8cd2fe20 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: rcu_lock_acquire include/linux/rcupdate.h:334 [inline]
 #1: ffffffff8cd2fe20 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: rcu_read_lock include/linux/rcupdate.h:786 [inline]
 #1: ffffffff8cd2fe20 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: __bpf_trace_run kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c:2321 [inline]
 #1: ffffffff8cd2fe20 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: bpf_trace_run2+0xde/0x3c0 kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c:2361
 #2: ffffc9000e14d0d8 (&rb->spinlock){-.-.}-{2:2}, at: __bpf_ringbuf_reserve+0x1c8/0x5a0 kernel/bpf/ringbuf.c:423
 #3: ffffffff8cd2fe20 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: rcu_lock_acquire include/linux/rcupdate.h:334 [inline]
 #3: ffffffff8cd2fe20 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: rcu_read_lock include/linux/rcupdate.h:786 [inline]
 #3: ffffffff8cd2fe20 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: __bpf_trace_run kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c:2321 [inline]
 #3: ffffffff8cd2fe20 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: bpf_trace_run2+0xde/0x3c0 kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c:2361

stack backtrace:
CPU: 0 PID: 14945 Comm: syz-executor Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 08/18/2025
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 dump_stack_lvl+0x16c/0x230 lib/dump_stack.c:106
 check_deadlock kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3062 [inline]
 validate_chain kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3856 [inline]
 __lock_acquire+0x5d40/0x7c80 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5137
 lock_acquire+0x197/0x410 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5754
 __raw_spin_lock_irqsave include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h:110 [inline]
 _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0xa8/0xf0 kernel/locking/spinlock.c:162
 __bpf_ringbuf_reserve+0x1c8/0x5a0 kernel/bpf/ringbuf.c:423
 ____bpf_ringbuf_reserve kernel/bpf/ringbuf.c:474 [inline]
 bpf_ringbuf_reserve+0x5c/0x70 kernel/bpf/ringbuf.c:466
 bpf_prog_fe0ed97373b08409+0x2d/0x4a
 bpf_dispatcher_nop_func include/linux/bpf.h:1223 [inline]
 __bpf_prog_run include/linux/filter.h:612 [inline]
 bpf_prog_run include/linux/filter.h:619 [inline]
 __bpf_trace_run kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c:2322 [inline]
 bpf_trace_run2+0x1d1/0x3c0 kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c:2361
 __bpf_trace_contention_end+0xdd/0x130 include/trace/events/lock.h:122
 __traceiter_contention_end+0x78/0xb0 include/trace/events/lock.h:122
 trace_contention_end+0xe6/0x110 include/trace/events/lock.h:122
 __pv_queued_spin_lock_slowpath+0x7ec/0x9d0 kernel/locking/qspinlock.c:560
 pv_queued_spin_lock_slowpath arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt.h:586 [inline]
 queued_spin_lock_slowpath arch/x86/include/asm/qspinlock.h:51 [inline]
 queued_spin_lock include/asm-generic/qspinlock.h:114 [inline]
 do_raw_spin_lock+0x24e/0x2c0 kernel/locking/spinlock_debug.c:115
 __raw_spin_lock_irqsave include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h:111 [inline]
 _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0xb4/0xf0 kernel/locking/spinlock.c:162
 __bpf_ringbuf_reserve+0x1c8/0x5a0 kernel/bpf/ringbuf.c:423
 ____bpf_ringbuf_reserve kernel/bpf/ringbuf.c:474 [inline]
 bpf_ringbuf_reserve+0x5c/0x70 kernel/bpf/ringbuf.c:466
 bpf_prog_fe0ed97373b08409+0x2d/0x4a
 bpf_dispatcher_nop_func include/linux/bpf.h:1223 [inline]
 __bpf_prog_run include/linux/filter.h:612 [inline]
 bpf_prog_run include/linux/filter.h:619 [inline]
 __bpf_trace_run kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c:2322 [inline]
 bpf_trace_run2+0x1d1/0x3c0 kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c:2361
 __bpf_trace_contention_end+0xdd/0x130 include/trace/events/lock.h:122
 __traceiter_contention_end+0x78/0xb0 include/trace/events/lock.h:122
 trace_contention_end+0xc5/0xe0 include/trace/events/lock.h:122
 __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:612 [inline]
 __mutex_lock+0x2fa/0xcc0 kernel/locking/mutex.c:747
 nf_sockopt_find net/netfilter/nf_sockopt.c:67 [inline]
 nf_getsockopt+0x34/0x280 net/netfilter/nf_sockopt.c:113
 ip_getsockopt+0x1c1/0x210 net/ipv4/ip_sockglue.c:1790
 do_sock_getsockopt+0x368/0x440 net/socket.c:2384
 __sys_getsockopt net/socket.c:2413 [inline]
 __do_sys_getsockopt net/socket.c:2423 [inline]
 __se_sys_getsockopt net/socket.c:2420 [inline]
 __x64_sys_getsockopt+0x1d6/0x280 net/socket.c:2420
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:51 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x55/0xb0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:81
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2
RIP: 0033:0x7f8082590c0a
Code: ff c3 66 0f 1f 44 00 00 48 c7 c2 a8 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 02 b8 ff ff ff ff eb b8 0f 1f 44 00 00 49 89 ca b8 37 00 00 00 0f 05 <48> 3d 00 f0 ff ff 77 06 c3 0f 1f 44 00 00 48 c7 c2 a8 ff ff ff f7
RSP: 002b:00007fff00c96d58 EFLAGS: 00000242 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000037
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007fff00c96d80 RCX: 00007f8082590c0a
RDX: 0000000000000040 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000003
RBP: 0000000000000003 R08: 00007fff00c96d7c R09: 00007fff00c97197
R10: 00007fff00c96d80 R11: 0000000000000242 R12: 00007f80827b5be0
R13: 00007fff00c96d7c R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 00007f80827b7020
 </TASK>

Crashes (20):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2025/09/25 07:28 linux-6.6.y af1544b5d072 0abd0691 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf possible deadlock in __bpf_ringbuf_reserve
2025/09/12 16:52 linux-6.6.y 60a9e718726f e2beed91 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf possible deadlock in __bpf_ringbuf_reserve
2025/09/10 06:56 linux-6.6.y fe9731e10004 fdeaa69b .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf possible deadlock in __bpf_ringbuf_reserve
2025/09/09 23:04 linux-6.6.y fe9731e10004 d291dd2d .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf possible deadlock in __bpf_ringbuf_reserve
2025/09/09 17:24 linux-6.6.y 355bd0b51d2f d291dd2d .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf possible deadlock in __bpf_ringbuf_reserve
2025/07/25 20:15 linux-6.6.y dbcb8d8e4163 fb8f743d .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf possible deadlock in __bpf_ringbuf_reserve
2025/07/07 09:05 linux-6.6.y a5df3a702b2c 4f67c4ae .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in __bpf_ringbuf_reserve
2025/09/18 15:36 linux-6.6.y 60a9e718726f e2beed91 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in __bpf_ringbuf_reserve
2025/09/18 15:35 linux-6.6.y 60a9e718726f e2beed91 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in __bpf_ringbuf_reserve
2025/09/17 21:34 linux-6.6.y 60a9e718726f e2beed91 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in __bpf_ringbuf_reserve
2025/09/17 21:32 linux-6.6.y 60a9e718726f e2beed91 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in __bpf_ringbuf_reserve
2025/09/13 19:27 linux-6.6.y 60a9e718726f e2beed91 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in __bpf_ringbuf_reserve
2025/09/13 19:26 linux-6.6.y 60a9e718726f e2beed91 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in __bpf_ringbuf_reserve
2025/09/13 19:16 linux-6.6.y 60a9e718726f e2beed91 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf possible deadlock in __bpf_ringbuf_reserve
2025/09/13 19:06 linux-6.6.y 60a9e718726f e2beed91 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf possible deadlock in __bpf_ringbuf_reserve
2025/09/10 21:07 linux-6.6.y fe9731e10004 fdeaa69b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf possible deadlock in __bpf_ringbuf_reserve
2025/07/10 21:25 linux-6.6.y 59a2de10b81a 3cda49cf .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in __bpf_ringbuf_reserve
2025/07/06 15:19 linux-6.6.y a5df3a702b2c 4f67c4ae .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in __bpf_ringbuf_reserve
2025/07/04 18:38 linux-6.6.y 3f5b4c104b7d d869b261 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in __bpf_ringbuf_reserve
2025/07/04 03:51 linux-6.6.y 3f5b4c104b7d 76ad128c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in __bpf_ringbuf_reserve
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.