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possible deadlock in filename_create (2)

Status: upstream: reported C repro on 2024/03/02 21:45
Bug presence: origin:lts-only
Labels: missing-backport
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Reported-by: syzbot+6002e4561fb277938809@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 610d, last: 8d13h
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 filename_create (log)
Repro: C syz .config
  
Bug presence (2)
Date Name Commit Repro Result
2025/10/25 linux-6.1.y (ToT) 8e6e2188d949 C [report] possible deadlock in filename_create
2025/10/25 upstream (ToT) 566771afc7a8 C Didn't crash
Similar bugs (6)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
linux-4.19 possible deadlock in filename_create reiserfs 4 1 993d 993d 0/1 upstream: reported on 2023/02/13 11:59
linux-5.15 possible deadlock in filename_create 4 23 739d 961d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/02/02 20:22
linux-6.1 possible deadlock in filename_create 4 15 749d 950d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/01/23 21:11
linux-4.14 possible deadlock in filename_create reiserfs 4 1 1027d 1027d 0/1 upstream: reported on 2023/01/10 15:41
linux-5.15 possible deadlock in filename_create (2) missing-backport origin:lts-only 4 C done 25 34d 582d 0/3 upstream: reported C repro on 2024/03/30 13:42
upstream possible deadlock in filename_create fs 4 C 97 657d 1089d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/03/25 04:40
Fix bisection attempts (7)
Created Duration User Patch Repo Result
2025/02/06 20:07 8h35m fix candidate upstream OK (1) job log
2024/11/12 19:41 3h20m bisect fix linux-6.1.y OK (0) job log log
2024/10/08 19:45 1h51m bisect fix linux-6.1.y OK (0) job log log
2024/08/25 19:47 1h59m bisect fix linux-6.1.y OK (0) job log log
2024/07/16 17:57 2h33m bisect fix linux-6.1.y OK (0) job log log
2024/06/04 20:36 1h36m bisect fix linux-6.1.y OK (0) job log log
2024/04/01 21:50 2h26m 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 tea hash to sort names
REISERFS (device loop0): Created .reiserfs_priv - reserved for xattr storage.
======================================================
WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected
syzkaller #0 Not tainted
------------------------------------------------------
syz.0.22/4439 is trying to acquire lock:
ffff88805b4996c0 (&type->i_mutex_dir_key#8/1){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: inode_lock_nested include/linux/fs.h:793 [inline]
ffff88805b4996c0 (&type->i_mutex_dir_key#8/1){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: filename_create+0x1f2/0x450 fs/namei.c:3884

but task is already holding lock:
ffff8880728de460 (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_one_qstr_excl+0x10e/0x240 fs/namei.c:1613
       filename_create+0x21e/0x450 fs/namei.c:3885
       do_mkdirat+0x9d/0x430 fs/namei.c:4129
       __do_sys_mkdirat fs/namei.c:4154 [inline]
       __se_sys_mkdirat fs/namei.c:4152 [inline]
       __x64_sys_mkdirat+0x85/0x90 fs/namei.c:4152
       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#8/1){+.+.}-{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_nested+0x39/0x60 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1689
       inode_lock_nested include/linux/fs.h:793 [inline]
       filename_create+0x1f2/0x450 fs/namei.c:3884
       do_mkdirat+0x9d/0x430 fs/namei.c:4129
       __do_sys_mkdirat fs/namei.c:4154 [inline]
       __se_sys_mkdirat fs/namei.c:4152 [inline]
       __x64_sys_mkdirat+0x85/0x90 fs/namei.c:4152
       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#8/1 --> &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#8/1);

 *** DEADLOCK ***

1 lock held by syz.0.22/4439:
 #0: ffff8880728de460 (sb_writers#13){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: mnt_want_write+0x3d/0x90 fs/namespace.c:402

stack backtrace:
CPU: 1 PID: 4439 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_nested+0x39/0x60 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1689
 inode_lock_nested include/linux/fs.h:793 [inline]
 filename_create+0x1f2/0x450 fs/namei.c:3884
 do_mkdirat+0x9d/0x430 fs/namei.c:4129
 __do_sys_mkdirat fs/namei.c:4154 [inline]
 __se_sys_mkdirat fs/namei.c:4152 [inline]
 __x64_sys_mkdirat+0x85/0x90 fs/namei.c:4152
 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: 0033:0x7f58e6d8efc9
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:00007ffe60293da8 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000102
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f58e6fe5fa0 RCX: 00007f58e6d8efc9
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000200000000180 RDI: ffffffffffffff9c
RBP: 00007f58e6e11f91 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f58e6fe5fa0 R14: 00007f58e6fe5fa0 R15: 0000000000000003
 </TASK>

Crashes (20):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2025/10/24 16:15 linux-6.1.y 8e6e2188d949 c0460fcd .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 filename_create
2025/01/08 17:29 linux-6.1.y 7dc732d24ff7 f3558dbf .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro #1] [mounted in repro #2] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in filename_create
2024/03/02 21:44 linux-6.1.y a3eb3a74aa8c 25905f5d .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 filename_create
2024/04/27 20:15 linux-6.1.y f2295faba5e8 07b455f9 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan possible deadlock in filename_create
2025/06/10 13:11 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 filename_create
2025/05/28 16:53 linux-6.1.y da3c5173c55f 3d2f584d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in filename_create
2025/05/26 16:28 linux-6.1.y da3c5173c55f 874a1386 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in filename_create
2025/05/26 16:28 linux-6.1.y da3c5173c55f 874a1386 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in filename_create
2025/03/18 16:17 linux-6.1.y 344a09659766 22a6c2b1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in filename_create
2024/05/03 12:09 linux-6.1.y 909ba1f1b414 dd26401e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in filename_create
2024/04/30 12:17 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 filename_create
2024/04/29 12:36 linux-6.1.y dcbc050cb0d3 27e33c58 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in filename_create
2024/04/29 12:36 linux-6.1.y dcbc050cb0d3 27e33c58 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in filename_create
2024/04/29 12:36 linux-6.1.y dcbc050cb0d3 27e33c58 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in filename_create
2024/04/29 00:30 linux-6.1.y f2295faba5e8 07b455f9 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in filename_create
2024/04/27 05:04 linux-6.1.y 6741e066ec76 07b455f9 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in filename_create
2024/04/22 13:19 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 filename_create
2024/04/22 05:28 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 filename_create
2024/04/19 16:10 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 filename_create
2024/04/02 15:26 linux-6.1.y e5cd595e23c1 eb2966c4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in filename_create
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.