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possible deadlock in path_openat (5)
Status:
upstream: reported C repro on 2026/07/29 03:36
Subsystems:
fs
Labels:
prio:low
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Reported-by: syzbot+4c9318af45f0bf2af153@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 5d18h, last: 2h18m
Sample crash report:
Mass Storage Function, version: 2009/09/11
LUN: removable file: (no medium)
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WARNING: possible recursive locking detected
syzkaller #0 Not tainted
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syz.0.17/5931 is trying to acquire lock:
ffff888022ef8450 (sb_writers#13){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: open_last_lookups fs/namei.c:4597 [inline]
ffff888022ef8450 (sb_writers#13){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: path_openat+0xad9/0x4280 fs/namei.c:4860
but task is already holding lock:
ffff888022ef8450 (sb_writers#13){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: ksys_write+0x12a/0x250 fs/read_write.c:739
other info that might help us debug this:
Possible unsafe locking scenario:
CPU0
----
lock(sb_writers#13);
lock(sb_writers#13);
*** DEADLOCK ***
May be due to missing lock nesting notation
4 locks held by syz.0.17/5931:
#0: ffff888022ef8450 (sb_writers#13){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: ksys_write+0x12a/0x250 fs/read_write.c:739
#1: ffff88803c6e8480 (&buffer->mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: configfs_write_iter+0x76/0x4e0 fs/configfs/file.c:226
#2: ffff888022ac4670 (&p->frag_sem){.+.+}-{4:4}, at: flush_write_buffer fs/configfs/file.c:205 [inline]
#2: ffff888022ac4670 (&p->frag_sem){.+.+}-{4:4}, at: configfs_write_iter+0x218/0x4e0 fs/configfs/file.c:229
#3: ffff888026567120 (&common->filesem){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: fsg_store_file+0x193/0x450 drivers/usb/gadget/function/storage_common.c:452
stack backtrace:
CPU: 2 UID: 0 PID: 5931 Comm: syz.0.17 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full)
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.16.3-debian-1.16.3-2 04/01/2014
Call Trace:
<TASK>
__dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:94 [inline]
dump_stack_lvl+0x100/0x190 lib/dump_stack.c:120
print_deadlock_bug.cold+0xbd/0xca kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3041
check_deadlock kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3093 [inline]
validate_chain kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3895 [inline]
__lock_acquire+0x1256/0x1a40 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5237
lock_acquire kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5868 [inline]
lock_acquire+0x1b9/0x370 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5825
percpu_down_read_internal include/linux/percpu-rwsem.h:53 [inline]
percpu_down_read_freezable include/linux/percpu-rwsem.h:83 [inline]
__sb_start_write include/linux/fs/super.h:19 [inline]
sb_start_write include/linux/fs/super.h:125 [inline]
mnt_want_write+0x6f/0x410 fs/namespace.c:494
open_last_lookups fs/namei.c:4597 [inline]
path_openat+0xad9/0x4280 fs/namei.c:4860
do_file_open+0x20e/0x430 fs/namei.c:4892
file_open_name+0x1c3/0x3e0 fs/open.c:1326
filp_open+0x2e/0x50 fs/open.c:1343
fsg_lun_open+0x6b/0x7b0 drivers/usb/gadget/function/storage_common.c:194
fsg_store_file+0x1e7/0x450 drivers/usb/gadget/function/storage_common.c:455
flush_write_buffer fs/configfs/file.c:207 [inline]
configfs_write_iter+0x302/0x4e0 fs/configfs/file.c:229
new_sync_write fs/read_write.c:595 [inline]
vfs_write+0x6ac/0x1050 fs/read_write.c:687
ksys_write+0x12a/0x250 fs/read_write.c:739
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0x115/0x870 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x7f4dab39de99
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:00007ffcc2fe5d18 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000001
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f4dab625fa0 RCX: 00007f4dab39de99
RDX: 0000000000000002 RSI: 0000200000000f00 RDI: 0000000000000003
RBP: 00007f4dab433eaf R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f4dab625fac R14: 00007f4dab625fa0 R15: 00007f4dab625fa0
</TASK>
mass_storage.usb0/lun.0: unable to open backing file: fi
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.