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possible deadlock in path_openat

Status: upstream: reported C repro on 2023/03/13 16:18
Bug presence: origin:upstream
Labels: missing-backport
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Reported-by: syzbot+5065469deff7539fdec3@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 995d, last: 4d21h
Fix commit to backport (bisect log) :
tree: upstream
commit fb6f20ecb121cef4d7946f834a6ee867c4e21b4a
Author: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Date: Thu Oct 17 10:28:23 2024 +0000

  reiserfs: The last commit

  
Fix bisection: the issue occurs on the latest tested release (bisect log)
Crash: possible deadlock in path_openat (log)
Repro: C syz .config
  
Bug presence (3)
Date Name Commit Repro Result
2024/12/13 linux-6.1.y (ToT) e4d90d63d385 C [report] possible deadlock in path_openat
2023/06/19 upstream (ToT) 45a3e24f65e9 C [report] possible deadlock in path_openat
2024/12/13 upstream (ToT) 243f750a2df0 C Didn't crash
Similar bugs (7)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
upstream possible deadlock in path_openat fs 4 C done unreliable 349 2070d 2624d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2022/09/16 21:43
upstream possible deadlock in path_openat (3) fs 4 1 93d 93d 29/29 fixed on 2025/10/29 21:02
android-49 possible deadlock in path_openat 4 5 2199d 2214d 0/3 auto-closed as invalid on 2020/03/24 08:43
upstream possible deadlock in path_openat (2) fs 4 C error done 305 672d 1148d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/06/02 07:09
linux-4.14 possible deadlock in path_openat reiserfs 4 C error 327 1006d 2414d 0/1 upstream: reported C repro on 2019/04/24 01:40
linux-5.15 possible deadlock in path_openat missing-backport origin:upstream 4 C done 181 10d 991d 0/3 upstream: reported C repro on 2023/03/17 13:15
linux-4.19 possible deadlock in path_openat 4 C error 859 1002d 2362d 0/1 upstream: reported C repro on 2019/06/15 07:08
Fix bisection attempts (11)
Created Duration User Patch Repo Result
2025/03/03 04:35 6h17m fix candidate upstream OK (1) job log
2025/02/22 10:08 1h36m bisect fix linux-6.1.y OK (0) job log log
2025/01/22 08:49 1h13m bisect fix linux-6.1.y OK (0) job log log
2024/12/10 03:16 2h06m bisect fix linux-6.1.y OK (0) job log log
2024/10/28 23:24 1h19m bisect fix linux-6.1.y OK (0) job log log
2024/09/28 19:28 1h34m bisect fix linux-6.1.y OK (0) job log log
2024/08/21 06:16 1h28m bisect fix linux-6.1.y OK (0) job log log
2024/06/19 04:43 1h21m bisect fix linux-6.1.y OK (0) job log log
2024/02/21 17:37 2h47m bisect fix linux-6.1.y OK (0) job log log
2024/01/11 06:29 1h51m bisect fix linux-6.1.y OK (0) job log log
2023/12/12 02:42 1h00m bisect fix linux-6.1.y OK (0) job log log

Sample crash report:
REISERFS (device loop0): journal params: device loop0, size 512, journal first block 18, max trans len 256, max batch 225, max commit age 30, max trans age 30
REISERFS (device loop0): checking transaction log (loop0)
REISERFS (device loop0): Using r5 hash to sort names
REISERFS (device loop0): using 3.5.x disk format
REISERFS (device loop0): Created .reiserfs_priv - reserved for xattr storage.
======================================================
WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected
syzkaller #0 Not tainted
------------------------------------------------------
syz.0.22/4434 is trying to acquire lock:
ffff88805f4a9d60 (&type->i_mutex_dir_key#8){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: inode_lock include/linux/fs.h:758 [inline]
ffff88805f4a9d60 (&type->i_mutex_dir_key#8){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: open_last_lookups fs/namei.c:3555 [inline]
ffff88805f4a9d60 (&type->i_mutex_dir_key#8){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: path_openat+0x7c2/0x2e70 fs/namei.c:3788

but task is already holding lock:
ffff888026f7a460 (sb_writers#13){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: mnt_want_write+0x3d/0x90 fs/namespace.c:402

which lock already depends on the new lock.


the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:

-> #2 (sb_writers#13){.+.+}-{0:0}:
       percpu_down_read include/linux/percpu-rwsem.h:51 [inline]
       __sb_start_write include/linux/fs.h:1891 [inline]
       sb_start_write+0x4d/0x1c0 include/linux/fs.h:1966
       mnt_want_write_file+0x5c/0x200 fs/namespace.c:446
       reiserfs_ioctl+0x10a/0x330 fs/reiserfs/ioctl.c:103
       vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline]
       __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:870 [inline]
       __se_sys_ioctl+0xfa/0x170 fs/ioctl.c:856
       do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:51 [inline]
       do_syscall_64+0x4c/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:81
       entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2

-> #1 (&sbi->lock){+.+.}-{3:3}:
       __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:603 [inline]
       __mutex_lock+0x120/0xaf0 kernel/locking/mutex.c:747
       reiserfs_write_lock+0x75/0xd0 fs/reiserfs/lock.c:27
       reiserfs_lookup+0x137/0x420 fs/reiserfs/namei.c:364
       __lookup_slow+0x27d/0x3a0 fs/namei.c:1698
       lookup_one_len+0x18e/0x2c0 fs/namei.c:2748
       reiserfs_lookup_privroot+0x85/0x1e0 fs/reiserfs/xattr.c:973
       reiserfs_fill_super+0x1f40/0x2340 fs/reiserfs/super.c:2174
       mount_bdev+0x287/0x3c0 fs/super.c:1443
       legacy_get_tree+0xe6/0x180 fs/fs_context.c:632
       vfs_get_tree+0x88/0x270 fs/super.c:1573
       do_new_mount+0x24a/0xa40 fs/namespace.c:3078
       do_mount fs/namespace.c:3421 [inline]
       __do_sys_mount fs/namespace.c:3629 [inline]
       __se_sys_mount+0x2d6/0x3c0 fs/namespace.c:3606
       do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:51 [inline]
       do_syscall_64+0x4c/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:81
       entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2

-> #0 (&type->i_mutex_dir_key#8){+.+.}-{3:3}:
       check_prev_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3090 [inline]
       check_prevs_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3209 [inline]
       validate_chain kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3825 [inline]
       __lock_acquire+0x2cf8/0x7c50 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5049
       lock_acquire+0x1b4/0x490 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5662
       down_write+0x36/0x60 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1573
       inode_lock include/linux/fs.h:758 [inline]
       open_last_lookups fs/namei.c:3555 [inline]
       path_openat+0x7c2/0x2e70 fs/namei.c:3788
       do_filp_open+0x1c1/0x3c0 fs/namei.c:3818
       do_sys_openat2+0x142/0x490 fs/open.c:1318
       do_sys_open fs/open.c:1334 [inline]
       __do_sys_openat fs/open.c:1350 [inline]
       __se_sys_openat fs/open.c:1345 [inline]
       __x64_sys_openat+0x135/0x160 fs/open.c:1345
       do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:51 [inline]
       do_syscall_64+0x4c/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:81
       entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2

other info that might help us debug this:

Chain exists of:
  &type->i_mutex_dir_key#8 --> &sbi->lock --> sb_writers#13

 Possible unsafe locking scenario:

       CPU0                    CPU1
       ----                    ----
  lock(sb_writers#13);
                               lock(&sbi->lock);
                               lock(sb_writers#13);
  lock(&type->i_mutex_dir_key#8);

 *** DEADLOCK ***

1 lock held by syz.0.22/4434:
 #0: ffff888026f7a460 (sb_writers#13){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: mnt_want_write+0x3d/0x90 fs/namespace.c:402

stack backtrace:
CPU: 1 PID: 4434 Comm: syz.0.22 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 10/02/2025
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 dump_stack_lvl+0x168/0x22e lib/dump_stack.c:106
 check_noncircular+0x274/0x310 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:2170
 check_prev_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3090 [inline]
 check_prevs_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3209 [inline]
 validate_chain kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3825 [inline]
 __lock_acquire+0x2cf8/0x7c50 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5049
 lock_acquire+0x1b4/0x490 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5662
 down_write+0x36/0x60 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1573
 inode_lock include/linux/fs.h:758 [inline]
 open_last_lookups fs/namei.c:3555 [inline]
 path_openat+0x7c2/0x2e70 fs/namei.c:3788
 do_filp_open+0x1c1/0x3c0 fs/namei.c:3818
 do_sys_openat2+0x142/0x490 fs/open.c:1318
 do_sys_open fs/open.c:1334 [inline]
 __do_sys_openat fs/open.c:1350 [inline]
 __se_sys_openat fs/open.c:1345 [inline]
 __x64_sys_openat+0x135/0x160 fs/open.c:1345
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:51 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x4c/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:81
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2
RIP: 0033:0x7f143598f749
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:00007ffed1d05f88 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000101
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f1435be5fa0 RCX: 00007f143598f749
RDX: 000000000000275a RSI: 00002000000004c0 RDI: ffffffffffffff9c
RBP: 00007f1435a13f91 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f1435be5fa0 R14: 00007f1435be5fa0 R15: 0000000000000004
 </TASK>

Crashes (186):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2025/11/28 01:31 linux-6.1.y f6e38ae624cf d6526ea3 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro #1 (corrupt fs)] [mounted in repro #2 (corrupt fs)] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan possible deadlock in path_openat
2023/06/18 17:20 linux-6.1.y ca87e77a2ef8 f3921d4d .config console log report syz C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan possible deadlock in path_openat
2024/03/06 13:52 linux-6.1.y a3eb3a74aa8c f39a7eed .config console log report syz C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro #1] [mounted in repro #2] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in path_openat
2025/11/03 18:14 linux-6.1.y f6e38ae624cf 2c50b6a9 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan possible deadlock in path_openat
2025/06/09 01:30 linux-6.1.y 58485ff1a74f 4826c28e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan possible deadlock in path_openat
2025/06/08 14:47 linux-6.1.y 58485ff1a74f 4826c28e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan possible deadlock in path_openat
2024/07/10 06:41 linux-6.1.y 7753af06eebf bc144f9a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan possible deadlock in path_openat
2024/07/09 10:49 linux-6.1.y 7753af06eebf bc23a442 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan possible deadlock in path_openat
2024/07/02 15:10 linux-6.1.y 99e6a620de00 07f0a0a0 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan possible deadlock in path_openat
2024/07/01 15:34 linux-6.1.y 99e6a620de00 b294e901 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan possible deadlock in path_openat
2024/05/15 14:01 linux-6.1.y 909ba1f1b414 94b087b1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan possible deadlock in path_openat
2024/05/15 01:15 linux-6.1.y 909ba1f1b414 fdb4c10c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan possible deadlock in path_openat
2024/05/14 06:44 linux-6.1.y 909ba1f1b414 fdb4c10c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan possible deadlock in path_openat
2024/05/13 21:55 linux-6.1.y 909ba1f1b414 9026e142 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan possible deadlock in path_openat
2024/04/28 21:49 linux-6.1.y f2295faba5e8 07b455f9 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan possible deadlock in path_openat
2024/04/26 15:20 linux-6.1.y 6741e066ec76 059e9963 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan possible deadlock in path_openat
2024/04/26 07:39 linux-6.1.y 6741e066ec76 8bdc0f22 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan possible deadlock in path_openat
2024/04/24 21:29 linux-6.1.y 6741e066ec76 8bdc0f22 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan possible deadlock in path_openat
2024/04/22 02:18 linux-6.1.y 6741e066ec76 af24b050 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan possible deadlock in path_openat
2024/04/21 19:16 linux-6.1.y 6741e066ec76 af24b050 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan possible deadlock in path_openat
2024/04/20 11:47 linux-6.1.y 6741e066ec76 af24b050 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan possible deadlock in path_openat
2024/04/01 09:27 linux-6.1.y e5cd595e23c1 6baf5069 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan possible deadlock in path_openat
2025/06/14 06:50 linux-6.1.y 58485ff1a74f 0e8da31f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in path_openat
2025/06/12 00:20 linux-6.1.y 58485ff1a74f 98683f8f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in path_openat
2025/06/12 00:20 linux-6.1.y 58485ff1a74f 98683f8f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in path_openat
2025/06/11 00:39 linux-6.1.y 58485ff1a74f 5d7e17ca .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in path_openat
2025/06/10 20:44 linux-6.1.y 58485ff1a74f 5d7e17ca .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in path_openat
2025/06/08 22:44 linux-6.1.y 58485ff1a74f 4826c28e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in path_openat
2025/05/24 21:32 linux-6.1.y da3c5173c55f ed351ea7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in path_openat
2025/05/24 18:30 linux-6.1.y da3c5173c55f ed351ea7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in path_openat
2025/03/18 04:42 linux-6.1.y 344a09659766 ce3352cd .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in path_openat
2024/05/12 15:02 linux-6.1.y 909ba1f1b414 9026e142 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in path_openat
2024/05/02 21:52 linux-6.1.y 909ba1f1b414 ddfc15a1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in path_openat
2024/05/01 04:59 linux-6.1.y dcbc050cb0d3 3ba885bc .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in path_openat
2024/04/30 15:18 linux-6.1.y dcbc050cb0d3 3ce4924c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in path_openat
2024/04/30 09:58 linux-6.1.y dcbc050cb0d3 f10afd69 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in path_openat
2024/04/29 20:36 linux-6.1.y dcbc050cb0d3 f10afd69 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in path_openat
2024/04/26 13:42 linux-6.1.y 6741e066ec76 059e9963 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in path_openat
2024/04/24 18:02 linux-6.1.y 6741e066ec76 8bdc0f22 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in path_openat
2024/04/24 06:51 linux-6.1.y 6741e066ec76 21339d7b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in path_openat
2024/04/22 10:59 linux-6.1.y 6741e066ec76 36c961ad .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in path_openat
2024/04/22 05:26 linux-6.1.y 6741e066ec76 af24b050 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in path_openat
2024/04/22 01:11 linux-6.1.y 6741e066ec76 af24b050 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in path_openat
2024/04/21 06:48 linux-6.1.y 6741e066ec76 af24b050 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in path_openat
2024/04/20 00:53 linux-6.1.y 6741e066ec76 af24b050 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in path_openat
2024/04/19 16:12 linux-6.1.y 6741e066ec76 af24b050 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in path_openat
2024/04/04 06:35 linux-6.1.y 347385861c50 51c4dcff .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in path_openat
2024/04/04 01:57 linux-6.1.y 347385861c50 51c4dcff .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in path_openat
2023/03/13 16:18 linux-6.1.y 6449a0ba6843 026e2200 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in path_openat
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.