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WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected
syzkaller #0 Not tainted
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syz.0.17/6091 is trying to acquire lock:
ffff8881061287a8 (
&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#8){++++}-{4:4}, at: inode_lock_shared include/linux/fs.h:1042 [inline]
&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#8){++++}-{4:4}, at: blkdev_read_iter+0x19e/0x500 block/fops.c:855
but task is already holding lock:
ffff888012aa0448 (vm_lock){++++}-{0:0}, at: lock_next_vma+0x10e/0xed0 mm/mmap_lock.c:334
which lock already depends on the new lock.
the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:
-> #2 (vm_lock){++++}-{0:0}:
__vma_enter_locked+0x260/0x770 mm/mmap_lock.c:72
__vma_start_write+0x21/0x160 mm/mmap_lock.c:104
vma_start_write include/linux/mmap_lock.h:213 [inline]
mprotect_fixup+0x4e3/0xb80 mm/mprotect.c:768
setup_arg_pages+0x4a2/0xbb0 fs/exec.c:670
load_elf_binary+0xb5b/0x4fe0 fs/binfmt_elf.c:1028
search_binary_handler fs/exec.c:1669 [inline]
exec_binprm fs/exec.c:1701 [inline]
bprm_execve fs/exec.c:1753 [inline]
bprm_execve+0x8c2/0x1620 fs/exec.c:1729
kernel_execve+0x2ef/0x3b0 fs/exec.c:1919
try_to_run_init_process init/main.c:1506 [inline]
kernel_init+0x14a/0x2b0 init/main.c:1634
ret_from_fork+0x983/0xb10 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158
ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:246
-> #1 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{4:4}:
__might_fault mm/memory.c:7174 [inline]
__might_fault+0x113/0x190 mm/memory.c:7168
_copy_to_iter+0x1c2/0x1710 lib/iov_iter.c:196
copy_page_to_iter lib/iov_iter.c:374 [inline]
copy_page_to_iter+0x12a/0x1e0 lib/iov_iter.c:361
copy_folio_to_iter include/linux/uio.h:204 [inline]
filemap_read+0x6b1/0xe40 mm/filemap.c:2851
blkdev_read_iter+0x1ac/0x500 block/fops.c:856
new_sync_read fs/read_write.c:491 [inline]
vfs_read+0x8bf/0xcf0 fs/read_write.c:572
ksys_read+0x12a/0x250 fs/read_write.c:715
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0xcd/0xf80 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
-> #0 (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#8){++++}-{4:4}:
check_prev_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3165 [inline]
check_prevs_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3284 [inline]
validate_chain kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3908 [inline]
__lock_acquire+0x1669/0x2890 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5237
lock_acquire kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5868 [inline]
lock_acquire+0x179/0x330 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5825
down_read+0x9b/0x460 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1537
inode_lock_shared include/linux/fs.h:1042 [inline]
blkdev_read_iter+0x19e/0x500 block/fops.c:855
__kernel_read+0x3f3/0xbf0 fs/read_write.c:530
freader_fetch+0x1d7/0x9d0 lib/buildid.c:100
__build_id_parse.isra.0+0xdd/0x6c0 lib/buildid.c:297
do_procmap_query+0xb0e/0x1080 fs/proc/task_mmu.c:733
procfs_procmap_ioctl+0x9d/0xe0 fs/proc/task_mmu.c:813
vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline]
__do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:597 [inline]
__se_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:583 [inline]
__x64_sys_ioctl+0x18e/0x210 fs/ioctl.c:583
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0xcd/0xf80 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
other info that might help us debug this:
Chain exists of:
&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#8 --> &mm->mmap_lock --> vm_lock
Possible unsafe locking scenario:
CPU0 CPU1
---- ----
rlock(vm_lock);
lock(&mm->mmap_lock);
lock(vm_lock);
rlock(&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#8);
*** DEADLOCK ***
1 lock held by syz.0.17/6091:
#0: ffff888012aa0448 (vm_lock){++++}-{0:0}, at: lock_next_vma+0x10e/0xed0 mm/mmap_lock.c:334
stack backtrace:
CPU: 2 UID: 0 PID: 6091 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~bpo12+1 04/01/2014
Call Trace:
<TASK>
__dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:94 [inline]
dump_stack_lvl+0x116/0x1f0 lib/dump_stack.c:120
print_circular_bug+0x275/0x340 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:2043
check_noncircular+0x146/0x160 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:2175
check_prev_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3165 [inline]
check_prevs_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3284 [inline]
validate_chain kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3908 [inline]
__lock_acquire+0x1669/0x2890 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5237
lock_acquire kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5868 [inline]
lock_acquire+0x179/0x330 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5825
down_read+0x9b/0x460 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1537
inode_lock_shared include/linux/fs.h:1042 [inline]
blkdev_read_iter+0x19e/0x500 block/fops.c:855
__kernel_read+0x3f3/0xbf0 fs/read_write.c:530
freader_fetch+0x1d7/0x9d0 lib/buildid.c:100
__build_id_parse.isra.0+0xdd/0x6c0 lib/buildid.c:297
do_procmap_query+0xb0e/0x1080 fs/proc/task_mmu.c:733
procfs_procmap_ioctl+0x9d/0xe0 fs/proc/task_mmu.c:813
vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline]
__do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:597 [inline]
__se_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:583 [inline]
__x64_sys_ioctl+0x18e/0x210 fs/ioctl.c:583
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0xcd/0xf80 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x7ff1a238f7c9
Code: ff ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 40 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 a8 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48
RSP: 002b:00007ffebbe538b8 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000010
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007ff1a25e5fa0 RCX: 00007ff1a238f7c9
RDX: 0000200000000180 RSI: 00000000c0686611 RDI: 0000000000000004
RBP: 00007ff1a2413f91 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007ff1a25e5fa0 R14: 00007ff1a25e5fa0 R15: 0000000000000003
</TASK>
| Time | Kernel | Commit | Syzkaller | Config | Log | Report | Syz repro | C repro | VM info | Assets (help?) | Manager | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/01/20 00:07 | upstream | 24d479d26b25 | d1b870e1 | .config | console log | report | syz / log | C | [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] | ci-qemu-upstream | possible deadlock in blkdev_read_iter | |
| 2026/01/19 23:36 | upstream | 24d479d26b25 | d1b870e1 | .config | console log | report | syz / log | C | [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] | ci-qemu-upstream | possible deadlock in blkdev_read_iter | |
| 2026/01/20 16:15 | upstream | 24d479d26b25 | d1b870e1 | .config | console log | report | info | [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] | ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto | possible deadlock in blkdev_read_iter | ||
| 2026/01/23 00:52 | upstream | a66191c590b3 | 82c9c083 | .config | console log | report | [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] | ci-snapshot-upstream-root | possible deadlock in blkdev_read_iter | |||
| 2026/01/23 00:52 | upstream | a66191c590b3 | 82c9c083 | .config | console log | report | [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] | ci-snapshot-upstream-root | possible deadlock in blkdev_read_iter | |||
| 2026/01/20 08:38 | upstream | 24d479d26b25 | d1b870e1 | .config | console log | report | info | [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] | ci-qemu-upstream | possible deadlock in blkdev_read_iter | ||
| 2026/01/20 08:37 | upstream | 24d479d26b25 | d1b870e1 | .config | console log | report | info | [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] | ci-qemu-upstream | possible deadlock in blkdev_read_iter | ||
| 2026/01/19 23:04 | upstream | 24d479d26b25 | d1b870e1 | .config | console log | report | info | [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] | ci-qemu-upstream | possible deadlock in blkdev_read_iter |