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| Kernel | Title | Rank 🛈 | Repro | Cause bisect | Fix bisect | Count | Last | Reported | Patched | Status |
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| upstream | possible deadlock in iter_file_splice_write (3) overlayfs | 4 | 24 | 556d | 598d | 0/29 | closed as dup on 2024/03/14 09:27 | |||
| linux-5.15 | possible deadlock in iter_file_splice_write (3) | 4 | 2 | 63d | 67d | 0/3 | upstream: reported on 2025/08/27 15:45 | |||
| upstream | possible deadlock in iter_file_splice_write overlayfs | 4 | 1 | 1888d | 1884d | 0/29 | auto-closed as invalid on 2020/12/30 21:45 | |||
| upstream | possible deadlock in iter_file_splice_write (2) overlayfs | 4 | C | done | 2 | 1562d | 1558d | 0/29 | closed as dup on 2021/07/28 14:57 | |
| linux-5.15 | possible deadlock in iter_file_splice_write (2) | 4 | 1 | 201d | 201d | 0/3 | auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/07/24 12:07 | |||
| linux-5.15 | possible deadlock in iter_file_splice_write | 4 | 1 | 374d | 374d | 0/3 | auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/02/01 14:50 |
======================================================
WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected
syzkaller #0 Not tainted
------------------------------------------------------
syz.1.3313/20789 is trying to acquire lock:
ffff888068a74468 (&pipe->mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: iter_file_splice_write+0x1e0/0x10e0 fs/splice.c:683
but task is already holding lock:
ffff88802f694420 (sb_writers#5){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: do_splice+0xbff/0x1660 fs/splice.c:1350
which lock already depends on the new lock.
the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:
-> #4 (sb_writers#5){.+.+}-{0:0}:
lock_acquire+0x120/0x360 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5868
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.h:1916 [inline]
sb_start_write+0x4d/0x1c0 include/linux/fs.h:2052
mnt_want_write+0x41/0x90 fs/namespace.c:508
ovl_create_object+0xfc/0x310 fs/overlayfs/dir.c:678
lookup_open fs/namei.c:3796 [inline]
open_last_lookups fs/namei.c:3895 [inline]
path_openat+0x14f4/0x3830 fs/namei.c:4131
do_filp_open+0x1fa/0x410 fs/namei.c:4161
do_sys_openat2+0x121/0x1c0 fs/open.c:1437
do_sys_open fs/open.c:1452 [inline]
__do_sys_openat fs/open.c:1468 [inline]
__se_sys_openat fs/open.c:1463 [inline]
__x64_sys_openat+0x138/0x170 fs/open.c:1463
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0xfa/0xfa0 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
-> #3 (&ovl_i_mutex_dir_key[depth]#2){++++}-{4:4}:
lock_acquire+0x120/0x360 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5868
down_read+0x46/0x2e0 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1537
inode_lock_shared include/linux/fs.h:995 [inline]
lookup_slow+0x46/0x70 fs/namei.c:1832
walk_component+0x2d2/0x400 fs/namei.c:2151
lookup_last fs/namei.c:2652 [inline]
path_lookupat+0x163/0x430 fs/namei.c:2676
filename_lookup+0x212/0x570 fs/namei.c:2705
kern_path+0x35/0x50 fs/namei.c:2863
lookup_bdev+0xc0/0x280 block/bdev.c:1205
resume_store+0x169/0x460 kernel/power/hibernate.c:1309
kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x3af/0x540 fs/kernfs/file.c:352
new_sync_write fs/read_write.c:593 [inline]
vfs_write+0x5c9/0xb30 fs/read_write.c:686
ksys_write+0x145/0x250 fs/read_write.c:738
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0xfa/0xfa0 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
-> #2 (&of->mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}:
lock_acquire+0x120/0x360 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5868
__mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:598 [inline]
__mutex_lock+0x187/0x1350 kernel/locking/mutex.c:760
kernfs_seq_start+0x5c/0x420 fs/kernfs/file.c:172
traverse+0x164/0x580 fs/seq_file.c:106
seq_read_iter+0xd08/0xe20 fs/seq_file.c:195
do_iter_readv_writev+0x623/0x8c0 fs/read_write.c:-1
vfs_readv+0x253/0x850 fs/read_write.c:1018
do_preadv fs/read_write.c:1132 [inline]
__do_sys_preadv fs/read_write.c:1179 [inline]
__se_sys_preadv fs/read_write.c:1174 [inline]
__x64_sys_preadv+0x197/0x2a0 fs/read_write.c:1174
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0xfa/0xfa0 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
-> #1 (&p->lock){+.+.}-{4:4}:
lock_acquire+0x120/0x360 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5868
__mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:598 [inline]
__mutex_lock+0x187/0x1350 kernel/locking/mutex.c:760
seq_read_iter+0xb7/0xe20 fs/seq_file.c:182
proc_reg_read_iter+0x1b7/0x280 fs/proc/inode.c:299
copy_splice_read+0x5d4/0xa50 fs/splice.c:363
do_splice_read fs/splice.c:982 [inline]
splice_file_to_pipe+0x273/0x440 fs/splice.c:1292
do_sendfile+0x475/0x7e0 fs/read_write.c:1376
__do_sys_sendfile64 fs/read_write.c:1431 [inline]
__se_sys_sendfile64+0x13e/0x190 fs/read_write.c:1417
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0xfa/0xfa0 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
-> #0 (&pipe->mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}:
check_prev_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3165 [inline]
check_prevs_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3284 [inline]
validate_chain+0xb9b/0x2140 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3908
__lock_acquire+0xab9/0xd20 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5237
lock_acquire+0x120/0x360 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5868
__mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:598 [inline]
__mutex_lock+0x187/0x1350 kernel/locking/mutex.c:760
iter_file_splice_write+0x1e0/0x10e0 fs/splice.c:683
do_splice_from fs/splice.c:938 [inline]
do_splice+0xc79/0x1660 fs/splice.c:1351
__do_splice fs/splice.c:1433 [inline]
__do_sys_splice fs/splice.c:1636 [inline]
__se_sys_splice+0x2e1/0x460 fs/splice.c:1618
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0xfa/0xfa0 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:
&pipe->mutex --> &ovl_i_mutex_dir_key[depth]#2 --> sb_writers#5
Possible unsafe locking scenario:
CPU0 CPU1
---- ----
rlock(sb_writers#5);
lock(&ovl_i_mutex_dir_key[depth]#2);
lock(sb_writers#5);
lock(&pipe->mutex);
*** DEADLOCK ***
1 lock held by syz.1.3313/20789:
#0: ffff88802f694420 (sb_writers#5){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: do_splice+0xbff/0x1660 fs/splice.c:1350
stack backtrace:
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 20789 Comm: syz.1.3313 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full)
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 10/02/2025
Call Trace:
<TASK>
dump_stack_lvl+0x189/0x250 lib/dump_stack.c:120
print_circular_bug+0x2ee/0x310 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:2043
check_noncircular+0x134/0x160 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+0xb9b/0x2140 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3908
__lock_acquire+0xab9/0xd20 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5237
lock_acquire+0x120/0x360 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5868
__mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:598 [inline]
__mutex_lock+0x187/0x1350 kernel/locking/mutex.c:760
iter_file_splice_write+0x1e0/0x10e0 fs/splice.c:683
do_splice_from fs/splice.c:938 [inline]
do_splice+0xc79/0x1660 fs/splice.c:1351
__do_splice fs/splice.c:1433 [inline]
__do_sys_splice fs/splice.c:1636 [inline]
__se_sys_splice+0x2e1/0x460 fs/splice.c:1618
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0xfa/0xfa0 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x7fc9d378efc9
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:00007fc9d461b038 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000113
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007fc9d39e5fa0 RCX: 00007fc9d378efc9
RDX: 0000000000000007 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000005
RBP: 00007fc9d3811f91 R08: 0000000000000005 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007fc9d39e6038 R14: 00007fc9d39e5fa0 R15: 00007fffd3ace9d8
</TASK>
| Time | Kernel | Commit | Syzkaller | Config | Log | Report | Syz repro | C repro | VM info | Assets (help?) | Manager | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/10/28 04:47 | upstream | fd57572253bc | fd2207e7 | .config | console log | report | info | [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] | ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root | possible deadlock in iter_file_splice_write | ||
| 2025/10/28 04:47 | upstream | fd57572253bc | fd2207e7 | .config | console log | report | info | [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] | ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root | possible deadlock in iter_file_splice_write | ||
| 2025/07/30 04:42 | upstream | 038d61fd6422 | f8f2b4da | .config | console log | report | info | [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] | ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root | possible deadlock in iter_file_splice_write | ||
| 2025/07/21 20:21 | upstream | 89be9a83ccf1 | 0b3788a0 | .config | console log | report | info | [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] | ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root | possible deadlock in iter_file_splice_write | ||
| 2025/07/19 14:18 | upstream | 4871b7cb27f4 | 7117feec | .config | console log | report | info | [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] | ci2-upstream-fs | possible deadlock in iter_file_splice_write | ||
| 2025/07/19 05:07 | upstream | d786aba32000 | 7117feec | .config | console log | report | info | [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] | ci2-upstream-fs | possible deadlock in iter_file_splice_write | ||
| 2025/07/16 09:34 | upstream | 155a3c003e55 | 124ec9cc | .config | console log | report | info | [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] | ci2-upstream-fs | possible deadlock in iter_file_splice_write | ||
| 2025/04/26 23:46 | upstream | 5bc1018675ec | c6b4fb39 | .config | console log | report | info | [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] | ci2-upstream-fs | possible deadlock in iter_file_splice_write | ||
| 2025/04/24 16:15 | upstream | a79be02bba5c | 9882047a | .config | console log | report | info | [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] | ci2-upstream-fs | possible deadlock in iter_file_splice_write | ||
| 2025/02/24 04:45 | upstream | d082ecbc71e9 | d34966d1 | .config | console log | report | info | [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] | ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root | possible deadlock in iter_file_splice_write | ||
| 2024/12/13 20:21 | upstream | f932fb9b4074 | 7cbfbb3a | .config | console log | report | info | [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] | ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root | possible deadlock in iter_file_splice_write | ||
| 2024/12/13 03:58 | upstream | 150b567e0d57 | 3547e30f | .config | console log | report | info | [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] | ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root | possible deadlock in iter_file_splice_write | ||
| 2024/11/25 07:56 | upstream | 9f16d5e6f220 | 68da6d95 | .config | console log | report | info | [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] | ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root | possible deadlock in iter_file_splice_write | ||
| 2024/11/23 08:26 | upstream | 06afb0f36106 | 68da6d95 | .config | console log | report | info | [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] | ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root | possible deadlock in iter_file_splice_write | ||
| 2024/11/23 08:18 | upstream | 06afb0f36106 | 68da6d95 | .config | console log | report | info | [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] | ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root | possible deadlock in iter_file_splice_write | ||
| 2024/11/14 19:33 | upstream | 0a9b9d17f3a7 | 77f3eeb7 | .config | console log | report | info | [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] | ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root | possible deadlock in iter_file_splice_write | ||
| 2024/11/10 18:44 | upstream | de2f378f2b77 | 6b856513 | .config | console log | report | info | [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] | ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root | possible deadlock in iter_file_splice_write | ||
| 2024/11/04 05:20 | upstream | b9021de3ec2f | f00eed24 | .config | console log | report | info | [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] | ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root | possible deadlock in iter_file_splice_write | ||
| 2024/11/02 02:22 | upstream | 6c52d4da1c74 | f00eed24 | .config | console log | report | info | [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] | ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root | possible deadlock in iter_file_splice_write | ||
| 2024/09/12 20:31 | upstream | 77f587896757 | 60e1a995 | .config | console log | report | info | [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] | ci2-upstream-fs | possible deadlock in iter_file_splice_write | ||
| 2024/09/10 16:28 | upstream | bc83b4d1f086 | 86aa7bd7 | .config | console log | report | info | [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] | ci2-upstream-fs | possible deadlock in iter_file_splice_write | ||
| 2024/09/10 16:16 | upstream | bc83b4d1f086 | 86aa7bd7 | .config | console log | report | info | [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] | ci2-upstream-fs | possible deadlock in iter_file_splice_write | ||
| 2024/08/24 14:54 | upstream | d2bafcf224f3 | d7d32352 | .config | console log | report | info | [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] | ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root | possible deadlock in iter_file_splice_write | ||
| 2024/06/18 07:55 | upstream | 2ccbdf43d5e7 | ce6011bc | .config | console log | report | info | [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] | ci2-upstream-fs | possible deadlock in iter_file_splice_write | ||
| 2024/06/17 02:29 | upstream | 2ccbdf43d5e7 | f429ab00 | .config | console log | report | info | [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] | ci2-upstream-fs | possible deadlock in iter_file_splice_write | ||
| 2024/06/06 03:36 | upstream | 2df0193e62cf | 121701b6 | .config | console log | report | info | [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] | ci2-upstream-fs | possible deadlock in iter_file_splice_write | ||
| 2024/06/06 01:20 | upstream | 71d7b52cc33b | 5aa1a7c9 | .config | console log | report | info | [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] | ci2-upstream-fs | possible deadlock in iter_file_splice_write | ||
| 2024/06/05 21:34 | upstream | 71d7b52cc33b | 5aa1a7c9 | .config | console log | report | info | [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] | ci2-upstream-fs | possible deadlock in iter_file_splice_write | ||
| 2024/06/05 00:36 | upstream | 32f88d65f01b | e1e2c66e | .config | console log | report | info | [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] | ci2-upstream-fs | possible deadlock in iter_file_splice_write | ||
| 2024/06/04 00:37 | upstream | f06ce441457d | a1feae05 | .config | console log | report | info | [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] | ci2-upstream-fs | possible deadlock in iter_file_splice_write | ||
| 2024/06/03 16:09 | upstream | c3f38fa61af7 | 0aba2352 | .config | console log | report | info | [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] | ci2-upstream-fs | possible deadlock in iter_file_splice_write | ||
| 2024/06/02 15:18 | upstream | 83814698cf48 | 3113787f | .config | console log | report | info | [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] | ci2-upstream-fs | possible deadlock in iter_file_splice_write | ||
| 2024/05/31 22:40 | upstream | d8ec19857b09 | 3113787f | .config | console log | report | info | [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] | ci2-upstream-fs | possible deadlock in iter_file_splice_write | ||
| 2024/05/31 18:46 | upstream | 4a4be1ad3a6e | 0c378259 | .config | console log | report | info | [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] | ci2-upstream-fs | possible deadlock in iter_file_splice_write | ||
| 2025/10/29 02:18 | linux-next | f7d2388eeec2 | fd2207e7 | .config | console log | report | info | [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] | ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce | possible deadlock in iter_file_splice_write | ||
| 2025/08/07 06:45 | linux-next | b7d4e259682c | 4bd24a3e | .config | console log | report | info | [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] | ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce | possible deadlock in iter_file_splice_write | ||
| 2025/06/01 14:26 | linux-next | 3a83b350b5be | 3d2f584d | .config | console log | report | info | [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] | ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root | possible deadlock in iter_file_splice_write | ||
| 2025/02/23 07:01 | linux-next | e5d3fd687aac | d34966d1 | .config | console log | report | info | [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] | ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root | possible deadlock in iter_file_splice_write |