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possible deadlock in bpf_lru_push_free

Status: upstream: reported C repro on 2025/11/12 20:01
Bug presence: origin:upstream
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Reported-by: syzbot+8684f2927c0123fe0326@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 4d15h, last: 4d14h
Bug presence (1)
Date Name Commit Repro Result
2025/11/14 upstream (ToT) 6da43bbeb691 C [report] possible deadlock in bpf_lru_push_free
Similar bugs (2)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
upstream possible deadlock in bpf_lru_push_free bpf 4 C done 609 2094d 2101d 15/29 fixed on 2020/04/15 17:19
upstream possible deadlock in bpf_lru_push_free (2) bpf 4 C error 1 4d15h 4d06h 0/29 upstream: reported C repro on 2025/11/13 04:26

Sample crash report:
============================================
WARNING: possible recursive locking detected
syzkaller #0 Not tainted
--------------------------------------------
syz.1.30/4449 is trying to acquire lock:
ffffe8ffffd5e978 (&loc_l->lock){....}-{2:2}, at: bpf_common_lru_push_free kernel/bpf/bpf_lru_list.c:522 [inline]
ffffe8ffffd5e978 (&loc_l->lock){....}-{2:2}, at: bpf_lru_push_free+0x32e/0xb90 kernel/bpf/bpf_lru_list.c:561

but task is already holding lock:
ffffe8ffffd5e978 (&loc_l->lock){....}-{2:2}, at: bpf_common_lru_pop_free kernel/bpf/bpf_lru_list.c:448 [inline]
ffffe8ffffd5e978 (&loc_l->lock){....}-{2:2}, at: bpf_lru_pop_free+0x198/0x1c60 kernel/bpf/bpf_lru_list.c:504

other info that might help us debug this:
 Possible unsafe locking scenario:

       CPU0
       ----
  lock(&loc_l->lock);
  lock(&loc_l->lock);

 *** DEADLOCK ***

 May be due to missing lock nesting notation

3 locks held by syz.1.30/4449:
 #0: ffffffff8cb2aca0 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: rcu_lock_acquire include/linux/rcupdate.h:350 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8cb2aca0 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: rcu_read_lock include/linux/rcupdate.h:791 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8cb2aca0 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: bpf_percpu_hash_update+0x27/0x200 kernel/bpf/hashtab.c:2334
 #1: ffffe8ffffd5e978 (&loc_l->lock){....}-{2:2}, at: bpf_common_lru_pop_free kernel/bpf/bpf_lru_list.c:448 [inline]
 #1: ffffe8ffffd5e978 (&loc_l->lock){....}-{2:2}, at: bpf_lru_pop_free+0x198/0x1c60 kernel/bpf/bpf_lru_list.c:504
 #2: ffffffff8cb2aca0 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: rcu_lock_acquire include/linux/rcupdate.h:350 [inline]
 #2: ffffffff8cb2aca0 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: rcu_read_lock include/linux/rcupdate.h:791 [inline]
 #2: ffffffff8cb2aca0 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: __bpf_trace_run kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c:2284 [inline]
 #2: ffffffff8cb2aca0 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: bpf_trace_run2+0xda/0x3b0 kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c:2324

stack backtrace:
CPU: 1 PID: 4449 Comm: syz.1.30 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
 __lock_acquire+0x122f/0x7c50 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:-1
 lock_acquire+0x1b4/0x490 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5662
 __raw_spin_lock_irqsave include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h:110 [inline]
 _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0xa4/0xf0 kernel/locking/spinlock.c:162
 bpf_common_lru_push_free kernel/bpf/bpf_lru_list.c:522 [inline]
 bpf_lru_push_free+0x32e/0xb90 kernel/bpf/bpf_lru_list.c:561
 htab_lru_push_free kernel/bpf/hashtab.c:1175 [inline]
 htab_lru_map_delete_elem+0x631/0x760 kernel/bpf/hashtab.c:1451
 bpf_prog_2c29ac5cdc6b1842+0x3a/0x3e
 bpf_dispatcher_nop_func include/linux/bpf.h:1012 [inline]
 __bpf_prog_run include/linux/filter.h:603 [inline]
 bpf_prog_run include/linux/filter.h:610 [inline]
 __bpf_trace_run kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c:2285 [inline]
 bpf_trace_run2+0x1cd/0x3b0 kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c:2324
 trace_contention_end+0x13f/0x190 include/trace/events/lock.h:122
 __pv_queued_spin_lock_slowpath+0x7e8/0x9c0 kernel/locking/qspinlock.c:560
 pv_queued_spin_lock_slowpath arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt.h:591 [inline]
 queued_spin_lock_slowpath+0x43/0x50 arch/x86/include/asm/qspinlock.h:51
 queued_spin_lock include/asm-generic/qspinlock.h:114 [inline]
 do_raw_spin_lock+0x217/0x280 kernel/locking/spinlock_debug.c:115
 __raw_spin_lock_irqsave include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h:111 [inline]
 _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0xb0/0xf0 kernel/locking/spinlock.c:162
 bpf_common_lru_pop_free kernel/bpf/bpf_lru_list.c:448 [inline]
 bpf_lru_pop_free+0x198/0x1c60 kernel/bpf/bpf_lru_list.c:504
 prealloc_lru_pop kernel/bpf/hashtab.c:296 [inline]
 __htab_lru_percpu_map_update_elem+0x1ff/0x8c0 kernel/bpf/hashtab.c:1333
 bpf_percpu_hash_update+0x115/0x200 kernel/bpf/hashtab.c:2336
 bpf_map_update_value+0x310/0x670 kernel/bpf/syscall.c:202
 generic_map_update_batch+0x569/0x850 kernel/bpf/syscall.c:1709
 bpf_map_do_batch+0x466/0x600 kernel/bpf/syscall.c:-1
 __sys_bpf+0x65f/0x6d0 kernel/bpf/syscall.c:-1
 __do_sys_bpf kernel/bpf/syscall.c:5131 [inline]
 __se_sys_bpf kernel/bpf/syscall.c:5129 [inline]
 __x64_sys_bpf+0x78/0x90 kernel/bpf/syscall.c:5129
 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: 0033:0x7f45ce38f6c9
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:00007f45cd9fe038 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000141
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f45ce5e5fa0 RCX: 00007f45ce38f6c9
RDX: 0000000000000038 RSI: 0000200000000200 RDI: 000000000000001a
RBP: 00007f45ce411f91 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f45ce5e6038 R14: 00007f45ce5e5fa0 R15: 00007ffc1814a218
 </TASK>

Crashes (2):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2025/11/12 20:49 linux-6.1.y f6e38ae624cf 07e030de .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf possible deadlock in bpf_lru_push_free
2025/11/12 20:00 linux-6.1.y f6e38ae624cf 07e030de .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf possible deadlock in bpf_lru_push_free
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.