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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 | 689d | 731d | 0/29 | closed as dup on 2024/03/14 09:27 | |||
| linux-5.15 | possible deadlock in iter_file_splice_write (3) | 4 | 2 | 195d | 199d | 0/3 | auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/12/09 13:52 | |||
| upstream | possible deadlock in iter_file_splice_write overlayfs | 4 | 1 | 2020d | 2016d | 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 | 1694d | 1690d | 0/29 | closed as dup on 2021/07/28 14:57 | |
| linux-5.15 | possible deadlock in iter_file_splice_write (2) | 4 | 1 | 333d | 333d | 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 | 506d | 506d | 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.0.1589/16502 is trying to acquire lock:
ffff88803e740058 (&pipe->mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: iter_file_splice_write+0x1f3/0x10f0 fs/splice.c:682
but task is already holding lock:
ffff88802c382480 (sb_writers#5){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: do_splice+0xe69/0x1940 fs/splice.c:1348
which lock already depends on the new lock.
the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:
-> #4 (sb_writers#5){.+.+}-{0:0}:
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+0x4d/0x1c0 include/linux/fs/super.h:125
mnt_want_write+0x41/0x90 fs/namespace.c:493
ovl_create_object+0x108/0x3d0 fs/overlayfs/dir.c:691
lookup_open fs/namei.c:4483 [inline]
open_last_lookups fs/namei.c:4583 [inline]
path_openat+0x13b4/0x38a0 fs/namei.c:4827
do_file_open+0x23e/0x4a0 fs/namei.c:4859
do_sys_openat2+0x113/0x200 fs/open.c:1366
do_sys_open fs/open.c:1372 [inline]
__do_sys_openat fs/open.c:1388 [inline]
__se_sys_openat fs/open.c:1383 [inline]
__x64_sys_openat+0x138/0x170 fs/open.c:1383
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0x14d/0xf80 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
-> #3 (&ovl_i_mutex_dir_key[depth]){++++}-{4:4}:
down_read+0x97/0x200 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1537
inode_lock_shared include/linux/fs.h:1043 [inline]
lookup_slow+0x46/0x70 fs/namei.c:1932
walk_component fs/namei.c:2279 [inline]
lookup_last fs/namei.c:2780 [inline]
path_lookupat+0x3f5/0x8c0 fs/namei.c:2804
filename_lookup+0x256/0x5d0 fs/namei.c:2833
kern_path+0x3d/0x150 fs/namei.c:3040
lookup_bdev+0xc8/0x290 block/bdev.c:1221
resume_store+0x16f/0x4f0 kernel/power/hibernate.c:1306
kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x3b0/0x540 fs/kernfs/file.c:352
iter_file_splice_write+0x9a6/0x10f0 fs/splice.c:736
do_splice_from fs/splice.c:936 [inline]
direct_splice_actor+0x104/0x160 fs/splice.c:1159
splice_direct_to_actor+0x545/0xc80 fs/splice.c:1103
do_splice_direct_actor fs/splice.c:1202 [inline]
do_splice_direct+0x19b/0x2a0 fs/splice.c:1228
do_sendfile+0x547/0x7e0 fs/read_write.c:1372
__do_sys_sendfile64 fs/read_write.c:1433 [inline]
__se_sys_sendfile64+0x144/0x1a0 fs/read_write.c:1419
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0x14d/0xf80 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
-> #2 (&of->mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}:
__mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/rtmutex_api.c:533 [inline]
mutex_lock_nested+0x5a/0x1d0 kernel/locking/rtmutex_api.c:552
kernfs_seq_start+0x5c/0x420 fs/kernfs/file.c:172
seq_read_iter+0x3f8/0xe20 fs/seq_file.c:226
copy_splice_read+0x605/0xab0 fs/splice.c:362
do_splice_read fs/splice.c:980 [inline]
splice_direct_to_actor+0x483/0xc80 fs/splice.c:1084
do_splice_direct_actor fs/splice.c:1202 [inline]
do_splice_direct+0x19b/0x2a0 fs/splice.c:1228
do_sendfile+0x547/0x7e0 fs/read_write.c:1372
__do_sys_sendfile64 fs/read_write.c:1433 [inline]
__se_sys_sendfile64+0x144/0x1a0 fs/read_write.c:1419
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0x14d/0xf80 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
-> #1 (&p->lock){+.+.}-{4:4}:
__mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/rtmutex_api.c:533 [inline]
mutex_lock_nested+0x5a/0x1d0 kernel/locking/rtmutex_api.c:552
seq_read_iter+0xb8/0xe20 fs/seq_file.c:183
copy_splice_read+0x605/0xab0 fs/splice.c:362
do_splice_read fs/splice.c:980 [inline]
splice_file_to_pipe+0x452/0x6c0 fs/splice.c:1290
do_sendfile+0x4ed/0x7e0 fs/read_write.c:1378
__do_sys_sendfile64 fs/read_write.c:1433 [inline]
__se_sys_sendfile64+0x144/0x1a0 fs/read_write.c:1419
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0x14d/0xf80 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 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3908 [inline]
__lock_acquire+0x15a5/0x2cf0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5237
lock_acquire+0xf0/0x2e0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5868
__mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/rtmutex_api.c:533 [inline]
mutex_lock_nested+0x5a/0x1d0 kernel/locking/rtmutex_api.c:552
iter_file_splice_write+0x1f3/0x10f0 fs/splice.c:682
do_splice_from fs/splice.c:936 [inline]
do_splice+0xef8/0x1940 fs/splice.c:1349
__do_splice fs/splice.c:1431 [inline]
__do_sys_splice fs/splice.c:1634 [inline]
__se_sys_splice+0x353/0x490 fs/splice.c:1616
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0x14d/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:
&pipe->mutex --> &ovl_i_mutex_dir_key[depth] --> sb_writers#5
Possible unsafe locking scenario:
CPU0 CPU1
---- ----
rlock(sb_writers#5);
lock(&ovl_i_mutex_dir_key[depth]);
lock(sb_writers#5);
lock(&pipe->mutex);
*** DEADLOCK ***
1 lock held by syz.0.1589/16502:
#0: ffff88802c382480 (sb_writers#5){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: do_splice+0xe69/0x1940 fs/splice.c:1348
stack backtrace:
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 16502 Comm: syz.0.1589 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT_{RT,(full)}
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 02/12/2026
Call Trace:
<TASK>
dump_stack_lvl+0xe8/0x150 lib/dump_stack.c:120
print_circular_bug+0x2e1/0x300 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:2043
check_noncircular+0x12e/0x150 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+0x15a5/0x2cf0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5237
lock_acquire+0xf0/0x2e0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5868
__mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/rtmutex_api.c:533 [inline]
mutex_lock_nested+0x5a/0x1d0 kernel/locking/rtmutex_api.c:552
iter_file_splice_write+0x1f3/0x10f0 fs/splice.c:682
do_splice_from fs/splice.c:936 [inline]
do_splice+0xef8/0x1940 fs/splice.c:1349
__do_splice fs/splice.c:1431 [inline]
__do_sys_splice fs/splice.c:1634 [inline]
__se_sys_splice+0x353/0x490 fs/splice.c:1616
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0x14d/0xf80 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x7fab2826c629
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:00007fab1e084028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000113
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007fab284e6180 RCX: 00007fab2826c629
RDX: 0000000000000005 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000006
RBP: 00007fab28302b39 R08: 000000000000009b R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007fab284e6218 R14: 00007fab284e6180 R15: 00007ffc28a01118
</TASK>
| Time | Kernel | Commit | Syzkaller | Config | Log | Report | Syz repro | C repro | VM info | Assets (help?) | Manager | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/02/24 09:53 | upstream | 7dff99b35460 | 41d2fa6a | .config | console log | report | info | [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] | ci2-upstream-fs | possible deadlock in iter_file_splice_write | ||
| 2025/11/12 06:23 | upstream | 24172e0d7990 | 4e1406b4 | .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 | ||
| 2025/10/28 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 | ||
| 2026/01/18 09:58 | linux-next | 46fe65a2c28e | d6526ea3 | .config | console log | report | info | [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] | ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce | 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 |