possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set

Status: upstream: reported on 2025/06/19 18:15
Reported-by: syzbot+368e77cd4b3143bb3cba@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 489d, last: 43d
▶ ▼ Similar bugs (3)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
linux-5.15 possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set 4 494 42d 768d 0/3 upstream: reported on 2024/09/14 01:11
upstream possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set prio:high ocfs2 4 9410 now 771d 0/29 upstream: reported on 2024/09/10 05:07
linux-6.1 possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set 4 959 41d 756d 0/3 upstream: reported on 2024/09/25 09:02

Sample crash report:
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WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected
syzkaller #0 Not tainted
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syz.3.8517/24655 is trying to acquire lock:
ffff888076f8ed98 (&ocfs2_sysfile_lock_key[args->fi_sysfile_type]#5){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: inode_lock include/linux/fs.h:804 [inline]
ffff888076f8ed98 (&ocfs2_sysfile_lock_key[args->fi_sysfile_type]#5){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: ocfs2_xattr_set+0xbe8/0x13a0 fs/ocfs2/xattr.c:3628

but task is already holding lock:
ffff888076f886f8 (&oi->ip_xattr_sem){++++}-{3:3}, at: ocfs2_xattr_set+0x495/0x13a0 fs/ocfs2/xattr.c:3589

which lock already depends on the new lock.


the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:

-> #4 (&oi->ip_xattr_sem){++++}-{3:3}:
       down_read+0x46/0x2e0 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1520
       ocfs2_init_acl+0x30a/0x770 fs/ocfs2/acl.c:366
       ocfs2_mknod+0x1427/0x2310 fs/ocfs2/namei.c:410
       vfs_mknod+0x325/0x360 fs/namei.c:4046
       do_mknodat+0x386/0x500 fs/namei.c:-1
       __do_sys_mknod fs/namei.c:4129 [inline]
       __se_sys_mknod fs/namei.c:4127 [inline]
       __x64_sys_mknod+0x8e/0xa0 fs/namei.c:4127
       do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:46 [inline]
       do_syscall_64+0x55/0xb0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:76
       entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2

-> #3 (&journal->j_trans_barrier){.+.+}-{3:3}:
       down_read+0x46/0x2e0 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1520
       ocfs2_start_trans+0x3a8/0x6f0 fs/ocfs2/journal.c:372
       ocfs2_mknod+0xf33/0x2310 fs/ocfs2/namei.c:361
       ocfs2_create+0x196/0x430 fs/ocfs2/namei.c:674
       lookup_open fs/namei.c:3539 [inline]
       open_last_lookups fs/namei.c:3607 [inline]
       path_openat+0x1705/0x3270 fs/namei.c:3841
       do_filp_open+0x1f2/0x430 fs/namei.c:3871
       do_sys_openat2+0x134/0x1d0 fs/open.c:1422
       do_sys_open fs/open.c:1437 [inline]
       __do_sys_open fs/open.c:1445 [inline]
       __se_sys_open fs/open.c:1441 [inline]
       __x64_sys_open+0x11f/0x140 fs/open.c:1441
       do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:46 [inline]
       do_syscall_64+0x55/0xb0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:76
       entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2

-> #2 (sb_internal#2){.+.+}-{0:0}:
       percpu_down_read include/linux/percpu-rwsem.h:51 [inline]
       __sb_start_write include/linux/fs.h:1633 [inline]
       sb_start_intwrite include/linux/fs.h:1755 [inline]
       ocfs2_start_trans+0x2a9/0x6f0 fs/ocfs2/journal.c:370
       ocfs2_shutdown_local_alloc+0x1f7/0xac0 fs/ocfs2/localalloc.c:416
       ocfs2_dismount_volume+0x1e5/0x890 fs/ocfs2/super.c:1881
       generic_shutdown_super+0x134/0x2b0 fs/super.c:693
       kill_block_super+0x44/0x90 fs/super.c:1668
       deactivate_locked_super+0x97/0x100 fs/super.c:481
       cleanup_mnt+0x3d7/0x460 fs/namespace.c:1259
       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+0x61/0xb0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:82
       entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2

-> #1 (&ocfs2_sysfile_lock_key[args->fi_sysfile_type]#6){+.+.}-{3:3}:
       down_write+0x97/0x200 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1573
       inode_lock include/linux/fs.h:804 [inline]
       __ocfs2_flush_truncate_log+0x352/0x1130 fs/ocfs2/alloc.c:6046
       ocfs2_flush_truncate_log+0x4f/0x60 fs/ocfs2/alloc.c:6076
       ocfs2_sync_fs+0x11d/0x330 fs/ocfs2/super.c:402
       sync_filesystem+0x1c2/0x220 fs/sync.c:66
       ocfs2_remount+0x119/0xb40 fs/ocfs2/super.c:611
       reconfigure_super+0x229/0x8e0 fs/super.c:1151
       do_remount fs/namespace.c:2927 [inline]
       path_mount+0xcfe/0xfa0 fs/namespace.c:3705
       do_mount fs/namespace.c:3726 [inline]
       __do_sys_mount fs/namespace.c:3935 [inline]
       __se_sys_mount+0x2e7/0x3d0 fs/namespace.c:3912
       do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:46 [inline]
       do_syscall_64+0x55/0xb0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:76
       entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2

-> #0 (&ocfs2_sysfile_lock_key[args->fi_sysfile_type]#5){+.+.}-{3:3}:
       check_prev_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3134 [inline]
       check_prevs_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3253 [inline]
       validate_chain kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3869 [inline]
       __lock_acquire+0x37ef/0x7d80 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5137
       lock_acquire+0x19e/0x420 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5754
       down_write+0x97/0x200 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1573
       inode_lock include/linux/fs.h:804 [inline]
       ocfs2_xattr_set+0xbe8/0x13a0 fs/ocfs2/xattr.c:3628
       __vfs_setxattr+0x437/0x470 fs/xattr.c:201
       __vfs_setxattr_noperm+0x12a/0x5e0 fs/xattr.c:235
       vfs_setxattr+0x16b/0x2f0 fs/xattr.c:322
       do_setxattr fs/xattr.c:630 [inline]
       path_setxattr+0x33a/0x590 fs/xattr.c:659
       __do_sys_lsetxattr fs/xattr.c:684 [inline]
       __se_sys_lsetxattr fs/xattr.c:680 [inline]
       __x64_sys_lsetxattr+0xb8/0xd0 fs/xattr.c:680
       do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:46 [inline]
       do_syscall_64+0x55/0xb0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:76
       entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2

other info that might help us debug this:

Chain exists of:
  &ocfs2_sysfile_lock_key[args->fi_sysfile_type]#5 --> &journal->j_trans_barrier --> &oi->ip_xattr_sem

 Possible unsafe locking scenario:

       CPU0                    CPU1
       ----                    ----
  lock(&oi->ip_xattr_sem);
                               lock(&journal->j_trans_barrier);
                               lock(&oi->ip_xattr_sem);
  lock(&ocfs2_sysfile_lock_key[args->fi_sysfile_type]#5);

 *** DEADLOCK ***

3 locks held by syz.3.8517/24655:
 #0: ffff8880246e4418 (sb_writers#14){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: mnt_want_write+0x41/0x90 fs/namespace.c:412
 #1: ffff888076f889d8 (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#21){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: inode_lock include/linux/fs.h:804 [inline]
 #1: ffff888076f889d8 (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#21){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: vfs_setxattr+0x144/0x2f0 fs/xattr.c:321
 #2: ffff888076f886f8 (&oi->ip_xattr_sem){++++}-{3:3}, at: ocfs2_xattr_set+0x495/0x13a0 fs/ocfs2/xattr.c:3589

stack backtrace:
CPU: 0 PID: 24655 Comm: syz.3.8517 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/24/2026
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 dump_stack_lvl+0x18c/0x250 lib/dump_stack.c:106
 check_noncircular+0x2fc/0x400 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:2187
 check_prev_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3134 [inline]
 check_prevs_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3253 [inline]
 validate_chain kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3869 [inline]
 __lock_acquire+0x37ef/0x7d80 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5137
 lock_acquire+0x19e/0x420 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5754
 down_write+0x97/0x200 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1573
 inode_lock include/linux/fs.h:804 [inline]
 ocfs2_xattr_set+0xbe8/0x13a0 fs/ocfs2/xattr.c:3628
 __vfs_setxattr+0x437/0x470 fs/xattr.c:201
 __vfs_setxattr_noperm+0x12a/0x5e0 fs/xattr.c:235
 vfs_setxattr+0x16b/0x2f0 fs/xattr.c:322
 do_setxattr fs/xattr.c:630 [inline]
 path_setxattr+0x33a/0x590 fs/xattr.c:659
 __do_sys_lsetxattr fs/xattr.c:684 [inline]
 __se_sys_lsetxattr fs/xattr.c:680 [inline]
 __x64_sys_lsetxattr+0xb8/0xd0 fs/xattr.c:680
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:46 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x55/0xb0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:76
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2
RIP: 0033:0x7f7e2e59e159
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:00007f7e2f480028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 00000000000000bd
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f7e2e825fa0 RCX: 00007f7e2e59e159
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000200000000200 RDI: 0000200000000280
RBP: 00007f7e2e63503b R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f7e2e826038 R14: 00007f7e2e825fa0 R15: 00007ffd5146a478
 </TASK>

Crashes (453):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/09/08 15:58 linux-6.6.y 8b73de7da85f 243b72f1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2026/09/06 13:47 linux-6.6.y 8b73de7da85f 4f7b22a0 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2026/09/04 05:57 linux-6.6.y 8b73de7da85f 801f0966 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2026/08/26 14:33 linux-6.6.y dc6160265ffc a2b77b9e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2026/08/17 12:14 linux-6.6.y d27334b2888c 905244d6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2026/08/05 20:49 linux-6.6.y aa0e49877a2e cd5b1963 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2026/08/05 03:58 linux-6.6.y aa0e49877a2e 52aa2820 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2026/07/28 02:37 linux-6.6.y c5596480c50e 45ae1df4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2026/07/20 19:13 linux-6.6.y da47cbc25466 de6a700d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2026/07/16 14:31 linux-6.6.y da47cbc25466 71b49442 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2026/07/14 02:43 linux-6.6.y da47cbc25466 2130f682 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2026/07/08 10:13 linux-6.6.y da47cbc25466 88a4b44c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2026/07/03 05:43 linux-6.6.y d1cfde2d5d15 58bf2096 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2026/06/30 05:14 linux-6.6.y d1cfde2d5d15 fff8d0a0 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2026/06/29 14:46 linux-6.6.y d1cfde2d5d15 6a0c72dc .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2026/06/22 20:19 linux-6.6.y d1cfde2d5d15 5a630be6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2026/06/22 19:00 linux-6.6.y d1cfde2d5d15 5a630be6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2026/06/21 13:05 linux-6.6.y d1cfde2d5d15 43bfcdb0 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2026/06/19 16:23 linux-6.6.y d1cfde2d5d15 570c59ee .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2026/06/18 04:22 linux-6.6.y 924b4a879cbb b62b3ded .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2026/06/17 23:17 linux-6.6.y 924b4a879cbb b62b3ded .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2026/06/17 01:29 linux-6.6.y 924b4a879cbb 62cc6db3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2026/05/29 08:52 linux-6.6.y 0a40c6fbd105 4624854e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2026/05/26 14:51 linux-6.6.y 0a40c6fbd105 a3e47276 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2026/05/18 11:01 linux-6.6.y eac8889a3a1c 55156e84 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2026/05/16 04:04 linux-6.6.y 4d922539ad7d 81fb92f3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2026/05/11 22:39 linux-6.6.y 3b9f64db0496 d168f260 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2026/05/08 15:21 linux-6.6.y 3b9f64db0496 b2988c17 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2026/05/08 10:09 linux-6.6.y 3b9f64db0496 5633175a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2026/05/04 09:53 linux-6.6.y 258cf62a6dfd 85f1bcf2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2026/05/03 14:12 linux-6.6.y 258cf62a6dfd a0d91488 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2026/04/29 19:13 linux-6.6.y 142cd8382222 7ca9e4d8 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2026/04/28 06:23 linux-6.6.y 142cd8382222 ce741359 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2026/04/23 12:32 linux-6.6.y 9760bf04666d 4c3406dc .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2026/04/23 00:06 linux-6.6.y 9760bf04666d b10da5ec .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2026/04/20 17:05 linux-6.6.y 9760bf04666d e65da4ee .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2026/04/16 12:20 linux-6.6.y 8cee53b8eaeb 4743f87d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2026/04/15 01:38 linux-6.6.y 8cee53b8eaeb e2e976a8 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2026/04/15 01:34 linux-6.6.y 8cee53b8eaeb e2e976a8 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2026/04/11 21:05 linux-6.6.y 8cee53b8eaeb 38c8e246 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2026/04/11 09:12 linux-6.6.y 80de0a958133 38c8e246 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2026/04/08 05:56 linux-6.6.y 80de0a958133 2c961e87 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2026/04/08 00:57 linux-6.6.y 80de0a958133 2c961e87 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2025/06/19 18:14 linux-6.6.y 6282921b6825 ed3e87f7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.