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possible deadlock in chmod_common (3)

Status: upstream: reported C repro on 2026/01/08 18:05
Reported-by: syzbot+8771aa70602d6ed0037d@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 3d08h, last: 3d08h
Similar bugs (5)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
linux-6.1 possible deadlock in chmod_common origin:upstream missing-backport 4 C done 3 299d 634d 0/3 upstream: reported C repro on 2024/04/17 21:24
linux-5.15 possible deadlock in chmod_common (2) 4 2 299d 299d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/06/26 15:47
linux-5.15 possible deadlock in chmod_common 4 1 725d 725d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/04/27 02:03
upstream possible deadlock in chmod_common (2) fs 4 C 4 738d 793d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/04/13 10:57
upstream possible deadlock in chmod_common fs 4 1 995d 993d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/08/20 18:23

Sample crash report:
REISERFS (device loop2): checking transaction log (loop2)
REISERFS (device loop2): Using tea hash to sort names
REISERFS (device loop2): Created .reiserfs_priv - reserved for xattr storage.
======================================================
WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected
syzkaller #0 Not tainted
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syz.2.65/4556 is trying to acquire lock:
ffff88805bbc3140 (&type->i_mutex_dir_key#8){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: inode_lock include/linux/fs.h:787 [inline]
ffff88805bbc3140 (&type->i_mutex_dir_key#8){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: chmod_common+0x184/0x3f0 fs/open.c:576

but task is already holding lock:
ffff88802237e460 (sb_writers#13){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: mnt_want_write+0x3d/0x90 fs/namespace.c:386

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:1811 [inline]
       sb_start_write+0x4f/0x1c0 include/linux/fs.h:1881
       mnt_want_write_file+0x5c/0x200 fs/namespace.c:430
       reiserfs_ioctl+0x10a/0x330 fs/reiserfs/ioctl.c:103
       vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline]
       __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:874 [inline]
       __se_sys_ioctl+0xfa/0x170 fs/ioctl.c:860
       do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline]
       do_syscall_64+0x4c/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80
       entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x66/0xd0

-> #1 (&sbi->lock){+.+.}-{3:3}:
       __mutex_lock_common+0x1eb/0x2390 kernel/locking/mutex.c:596
       __mutex_lock kernel/locking/mutex.c:729 [inline]
       mutex_lock_nested+0x17/0x20 kernel/locking/mutex.c:743
       reiserfs_write_lock+0x75/0xd0 fs/reiserfs/lock.c:27
       reiserfs_lookup+0x137/0x420 fs/reiserfs/namei.c:364
       __lookup_slow+0x27d/0x3d0 fs/namei.c:1671
       lookup_one_len+0x18e/0x2c0 fs/namei.c:2726
       reiserfs_lookup_privroot+0x85/0x1e0 fs/reiserfs/xattr.c:980
       reiserfs_fill_super+0x1760/0x23e0 fs/reiserfs/super.c:2196
       mount_bdev+0x287/0x3c0 fs/super.c:1400
       legacy_get_tree+0xe6/0x180 fs/fs_context.c:611
       vfs_get_tree+0x88/0x270 fs/super.c:1530
       do_new_mount+0x24a/0xa40 fs/namespace.c:3034
       do_mount fs/namespace.c:3377 [inline]
       __do_sys_mount fs/namespace.c:3585 [inline]
       __se_sys_mount+0x2d6/0x3c0 fs/namespace.c:3562
       do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline]
       do_syscall_64+0x4c/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80
       entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x66/0xd0

-> #0 (&type->i_mutex_dir_key#8){+.+.}-{3:3}:
       check_prev_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3053 [inline]
       check_prevs_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3172 [inline]
       validate_chain kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3788 [inline]
       __lock_acquire+0x2c33/0x7c60 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5012
       lock_acquire+0x197/0x3f0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5623
       down_write+0x38/0x60 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1551
       inode_lock include/linux/fs.h:787 [inline]
       chmod_common+0x184/0x3f0 fs/open.c:576
       vfs_fchmod fs/open.c:598 [inline]
       __do_sys_fchmod fs/open.c:607 [inline]
       __se_sys_fchmod fs/open.c:601 [inline]
       __x64_sys_fchmod+0xee/0x150 fs/open.c:601
       do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline]
       do_syscall_64+0x4c/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80
       entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x66/0xd0

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.2.65/4556:
 #0: ffff88802237e460 (sb_writers#13){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: mnt_want_write+0x3d/0x90 fs/namespace.c:386

stack backtrace:
CPU: 0 PID: 4556 Comm: syz.2.65 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 10/25/2025
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 dump_stack_lvl+0x168/0x230 lib/dump_stack.c:106
 check_noncircular+0x274/0x310 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:2133
 check_prev_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3053 [inline]
 check_prevs_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3172 [inline]
 validate_chain kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3788 [inline]
 __lock_acquire+0x2c33/0x7c60 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5012
 lock_acquire+0x197/0x3f0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5623
 down_write+0x38/0x60 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1551
 inode_lock include/linux/fs.h:787 [inline]
 chmod_common+0x184/0x3f0 fs/open.c:576
 vfs_fchmod fs/open.c:598 [inline]
 __do_sys_fchmod fs/open.c:607 [inline]
 __se_sys_fchmod fs/open.c:601 [inline]
 __x64_sys_fchmod+0xee/0x150 fs/open.c:601
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x4c/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x66/0xd0
RIP: 0033:0x7f7f1bbaf749
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:00007ffd023ad9f8 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000005b
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f7f1be05fa0 RCX: 00007f7f1bbaf749
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 74528231644fc490 RDI: 0000000000000005
RBP: 00007f7f1bc33f91 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f7f1be05fa0 R14: 00007f7f1be05fa0 R15: 0000000000000002
 </TASK>

Crashes (1):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/01/08 18:04 linux-5.15.y 68efe5a6c16a 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-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in chmod_common
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.