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possible deadlock in serial8250_handle_irq (2)

Status: upstream: reported on 2025/10/09 00:28
Reported-by: syzbot+928e94bcd66d9a567ae0@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 242d, last: 1d11h
Similar bugs (6)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
linux-5.15 possible deadlock in serial8250_handle_irq 4 2 358d 423d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/09/22 18:06
upstream possible deadlock in serial8250_handle_irq hams 4 C 180 251d 1052d 29/29 fixed on 2025/10/29 21:02
upstream possible deadlock in serial8250_handle_irq (2) prio:low ppp fs 4 2 77d 144d 0/29 upstream: reported on 2026/01/14 22:52
linux-6.1 possible deadlock in serial8250_handle_irq (2) 4 14 151d 327d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2026/04/17 22:25
linux-6.6 possible deadlock in serial8250_handle_irq 4 2 336d 338d 0/2 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/10/14 13:08
linux-6.1 possible deadlock in serial8250_handle_irq 4 1 537d 537d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/03/27 21:41

Sample crash report:
======================================================
WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected
syzkaller #0 Not tainted
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syz.6.418/6427 is trying to acquire lock:
ffff8880b9039b58 (&pool->lock){-.-.}-{2:2}, at: __queue_work+0x595/0xd50 kernel/workqueue.c:-1

but task is already holding lock:
ffffffff96606340 (&port_lock_key){-.-.}-{2:2}, at: serial8250_handle_irq+0x6c/0x610 drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c:1895

which lock already depends on the new lock.


the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:

-> #2 (&port_lock_key){-.-.}-{2:2}:
       __raw_spin_lock_irqsave include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h:110 [inline]
       _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0xb0/0x100 kernel/locking/spinlock.c:162
       serial8250_console_write+0x178/0x1000 drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c:3368
       call_console_drivers kernel/printk/printk.c:-1 [inline]
       console_unlock+0xb9a/0x1120 kernel/printk/printk.c:2744
       vprintk_emit+0xc0/0x150 kernel/printk/printk.c:2274
       _printk+0xda/0x130 kernel/printk/printk.c:2299
       register_console+0x699/0x980 kernel/printk/printk.c:3107
       univ8250_console_init+0x41/0x50 drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_core.c:690
       console_init+0x177/0x5d0 kernel/printk/printk.c:3207
       start_kernel+0x2fc/0x540 init/main.c:1090
       secondary_startup_64_no_verify+0xb1/0xbb

-> #1 (console_owner){-.-.}-{0:0}:
       console_lock_spinning_enable+0x51/0x60 kernel/printk/printk.c:1805
       console_unlock+0x8b6/0x1120 kernel/printk/printk.c:2741
       vprintk_emit+0xc0/0x150 kernel/printk/printk.c:2274
       _printk+0xda/0x130 kernel/printk/printk.c:2299
       fail_dump lib/fault-inject.c:45 [inline]
       should_fail+0x36d/0x4c0 lib/fault-inject.c:146
       prepare_alloc_pages+0x1e4/0x5f0 mm/page_alloc.c:5277
       __alloc_pages+0x11b/0x480 mm/page_alloc.c:5490
       stack_depot_save+0x342/0x440 lib/stackdepot.c:302
       kasan_save_stack+0x4b/0x60 mm/kasan/common.c:40
       kasan_record_aux_stack+0xb8/0x100 mm/kasan/generic.c:348
       insert_work+0x54/0x3d0 kernel/workqueue.c:1366
       __queue_work+0x9c5/0xd50 kernel/workqueue.c:1532
       queue_work_on+0x124/0x1f0 kernel/workqueue.c:1559
       queue_work include/linux/workqueue.h:512 [inline]
       schedule_work include/linux/workqueue.h:573 [inline]
       __rhashtable_remove_fast_one include/linux/rhashtable.h:1059 [inline]
       __rhashtable_remove_fast include/linux/rhashtable.h:1083 [inline]
       rhashtable_remove_fast include/linux/rhashtable.h:1112 [inline]
       ipc_kht_remove+0x9e3/0xa90 ipc/util.c:450
       ipc_set_key_private+0x19/0x60 ipc/util.c:524
       do_shm_rmid+0xa4/0x180 ipc/shm.c:132
       shmctl_down+0x20e/0x270 ipc/shm.c:1016
       ksys_shmctl ipc/shm.c:1283 [inline]
       __do_sys_shmctl ipc/shm.c:1294 [inline]
       __se_sys_shmctl+0x390/0x690 ipc/shm.c:1292
       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 (&pool->lock){-.-.}-{2:2}:
       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+0x2c42/0x7d10 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5012
       lock_acquire+0x19e/0x400 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5623
       __raw_spin_lock include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h:142 [inline]
       _raw_spin_lock+0x2a/0x40 kernel/locking/spinlock.c:154
       __queue_work+0x595/0xd50 kernel/workqueue.c:-1
       queue_work_on+0x124/0x1f0 kernel/workqueue.c:1559
       serial8250_modem_status+0x196/0x270 drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c:1855
       serial8250_handle_irq+0x438/0x610 drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c:1921
       serial8250_default_handle_irq+0xb4/0x1a0 drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c:1941
       serial8250_interrupt+0x9b/0x1c0 drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_core.c:127
       __handle_irq_event_percpu+0x299/0x9d0 kernel/irq/handle.c:156
       handle_irq_event_percpu kernel/irq/handle.c:196 [inline]
       handle_irq_event+0xa5/0x220 kernel/irq/handle.c:213
       handle_edge_irq+0x243/0xb20 kernel/irq/chip.c:819
       generic_handle_irq_desc include/linux/irqdesc.h:158 [inline]
       handle_irq arch/x86/kernel/irq.c:233 [inline]
       __common_interrupt+0xd7/0x1e0 arch/x86/kernel/irq.c:252
       common_interrupt+0xb0/0xd0 arch/x86/kernel/irq.c:242
       asm_common_interrupt+0x22/0x40 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:667
       __raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h:161 [inline]
       _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0xbc/0x120 kernel/locking/spinlock.c:194
       spin_unlock_irqrestore include/linux/spinlock.h:419 [inline]
       uart_update_mctrl drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c:157 [inline]
       uart_tiocmset+0x22e/0x2c0 drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c:1094
       tty_tiocmset drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2592 [inline]
       tty_ioctl+0x9c8/0xc20 drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2785
       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

other info that might help us debug this:

Chain exists of:
  &pool->lock --> console_owner --> &port_lock_key

 Possible unsafe locking scenario:

       CPU0                    CPU1
       ----                    ----
  lock(&port_lock_key);
                               lock(console_owner);
                               lock(&port_lock_key);
  lock(&pool->lock);

 *** DEADLOCK ***

4 locks held by syz.6.418/6427:
 #0: ffff8881475b0e90 (&port->mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: uart_tiocmset+0x54/0x2c0 drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c:1088
 #1: ffff8880210e3530 (&i->lock){-.-.}-{2:2}, at: spin_lock include/linux/spinlock.h:364 [inline]
 #1: ffff8880210e3530 (&i->lock){-.-.}-{2:2}, at: serial8250_interrupt+0x3e/0x1c0 drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_core.c:117
 #2: ffffffff96606340 (&port_lock_key){-.-.}-{2:2}, at: serial8250_handle_irq+0x6c/0x610 drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c:1895
 #3: ffffffff8c31f360 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: rcu_lock_acquire+0x5/0x30 include/linux/rcupdate.h:312

stack backtrace:
CPU: 0 PID: 6427 Comm: syz.6.418 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 04/18/2026
Call Trace:
 <IRQ>
 dump_stack_lvl+0x188/0x250 lib/dump_stack.c:106
 check_noncircular+0x296/0x330 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+0x2c42/0x7d10 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5012
 lock_acquire+0x19e/0x400 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5623
 __raw_spin_lock include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h:142 [inline]
 _raw_spin_lock+0x2a/0x40 kernel/locking/spinlock.c:154
 __queue_work+0x595/0xd50 kernel/workqueue.c:-1
 queue_work_on+0x124/0x1f0 kernel/workqueue.c:1559
 serial8250_modem_status+0x196/0x270 drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c:1855
 serial8250_handle_irq+0x438/0x610 drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c:1921
 serial8250_default_handle_irq+0xb4/0x1a0 drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c:1941
 serial8250_interrupt+0x9b/0x1c0 drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_core.c:127
 __handle_irq_event_percpu+0x299/0x9d0 kernel/irq/handle.c:156
 handle_irq_event_percpu kernel/irq/handle.c:196 [inline]
 handle_irq_event+0xa5/0x220 kernel/irq/handle.c:213
 handle_edge_irq+0x243/0xb20 kernel/irq/chip.c:819
 generic_handle_irq_desc include/linux/irqdesc.h:158 [inline]
 handle_irq arch/x86/kernel/irq.c:233 [inline]
 __common_interrupt+0xd7/0x1e0 arch/x86/kernel/irq.c:252
 common_interrupt+0xb0/0xd0 arch/x86/kernel/irq.c:242
 </IRQ>
 <TASK>
 asm_common_interrupt+0x22/0x40 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:667
RIP: 0010:__raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h:161 [inline]
RIP: 0010:_raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0xbc/0x120 kernel/locking/spinlock.c:194
Code: c7 44 24 20 00 00 00 00 9c 8f 44 24 20 f7 44 24 20 00 02 00 00 41 c6 04 07 f8 75 4b f7 c3 00 02 00 00 74 01 fb bf 01 00 00 00 <e8> 4f 9d 8b f7 65 8b 05 70 86 3b 76 85 c0 74 3c 48 c7 04 24 0e 36
RSP: 0018:ffffc9000371fdc0 EFLAGS: 00000206
RAX: dffffc0000000004 RBX: 0000000000000a06 RCX: d35ed996d3fa8e00
RDX: dffffc0000000000 RSI: ffffffff8a2b3180 RDI: 0000000000000001
RBP: ffffc9000371fe50 R08: ffffffff901d8117 R09: 1ffffffff203b022
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffffbfff203b023 R12: dffffc0000000000
R13: ffffffff96606478 R14: ffffffff96606328 R15: 1ffff920006e3fb8
 spin_unlock_irqrestore include/linux/spinlock.h:419 [inline]
 uart_update_mctrl drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c:157 [inline]
 uart_tiocmset+0x22e/0x2c0 drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c:1094
 tty_tiocmset drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2592 [inline]
 tty_ioctl+0x9c8/0xc20 drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2785
 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
RIP: 0033:0x7eff6d754e59
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:00007eff6b9ae028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000010
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007eff6d9cdfa0 RCX: 00007eff6d754e59
RDX: 0000200000000000 RSI: 0000000000005418 RDI: 0000000000000003
RBP: 00007eff6d7ead6f R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007eff6d9ce038 R14: 00007eff6d9cdfa0 R15: 00007fff70189df8
 </TASK>
----------------
Code disassembly (best guess):
   0:	c7 44 24 20 00 00 00 	movl   $0x0,0x20(%rsp)
   7:	00
   8:	9c                   	pushf
   9:	8f 44 24 20          	pop    0x20(%rsp)
   d:	f7 44 24 20 00 02 00 	testl  $0x200,0x20(%rsp)
  14:	00
  15:	41 c6 04 07 f8       	movb   $0xf8,(%r15,%rax,1)
  1a:	75 4b                	jne    0x67
  1c:	f7 c3 00 02 00 00    	test   $0x200,%ebx
  22:	74 01                	je     0x25
  24:	fb                   	sti
  25:	bf 01 00 00 00       	mov    $0x1,%edi
* 2a:	e8 4f 9d 8b f7       	call   0xf78b9d7e <-- trapping instruction
  2f:	65 8b 05 70 86 3b 76 	mov    %gs:0x763b8670(%rip),%eax        # 0x763b86a6
  36:	85 c0                	test   %eax,%eax
  38:	74 3c                	je     0x76
  3a:	48                   	rex.W
  3b:	c7                   	.byte 0xc7
  3c:	04 24                	add    $0x24,%al
  3e:	0e                   	(bad)
  3f:	36                   	ss

Crashes (12):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/06/06 21:17 linux-5.15.y dc027a595035 cc095639 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in serial8250_handle_irq
2026/03/23 14:23 linux-5.15.y 91d48252ad4b 4933dba2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in serial8250_handle_irq
2026/03/07 02:21 linux-5.15.y 91d48252ad4b 5cb44a80 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in serial8250_handle_irq
2026/03/06 01:57 linux-5.15.y 91d48252ad4b 31e9c887 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in serial8250_handle_irq
2026/02/27 16:34 linux-5.15.y 3330a8d33e08 2cf092b8 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in serial8250_handle_irq
2026/02/27 00:56 linux-5.15.y 3330a8d33e08 a2f13f71 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in serial8250_handle_irq
2026/02/26 13:03 linux-5.15.y 3330a8d33e08 ffa54287 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in serial8250_handle_irq
2026/02/25 12:35 linux-5.15.y 3330a8d33e08 94a9671e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in serial8250_handle_irq
2026/01/27 00:37 linux-5.15.y 9eec9a14ee10 efb3e894 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in serial8250_handle_irq
2025/12/10 15:43 linux-5.15.y 68efe5a6c16a d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in serial8250_handle_irq
2025/11/20 12:08 linux-5.15.y cc5ec8769306 2cc4c24a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in serial8250_handle_irq
2025/10/09 00:28 linux-5.15.y 29e53a5b1c4f 7e2882b3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in serial8250_handle_irq
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.