possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set_handle (2)

Status: upstream: reported on 2026/10/15 07:48
Subsystems: ocfs2
Labels: prio:high
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Reported-by: syzbot+b4732eab3dcd27c32ae6@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 4d04h, last: 4d04h
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f0812c32 assessment-security DenialOfService: ❌ Exploitable: ❌ FilesystemTrigger: ✅ NetworkTrigger: ❌ PeripheralTrigger: ❌ RemoteTrigger: ❌ Unprivileged: ✅ UserNamespace: ✅ VMGuestTrigger: ✅ VMHostTrigger: ❌ ❓ possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set_handle (2) 2026/10/13 10:52 2026/10/13 10:52 2026/10/13 11:25 745a967f
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[syzbot] [ocfs2?] possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set_handle (2) 0 (1) 2026/10/15 07:48
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Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
upstream possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set_handle ocfs2 4 syz, C 2441 250d 756d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2026/07/11 17:22

Sample crash report:
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WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected
syzkaller #0 Tainted: G                   Y
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syz.1.1388/11252 is trying to acquire lock:
ffff88805079b058 (&oi->ip_alloc_sem/1){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: ocfs2_xattr_set_handle+0x3fc/0x820 fs/ocfs2/xattr.c:3888

but task is already holding lock:
ffff888036ee0ce0 (&journal->j_trans_barrier){.+.+}-{4:4}, at: ocfs2_start_trans+0x3a9/0x6f0 fs/ocfs2/journal.c:370

which lock already depends on the new lock.


the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:

-> #2 (&journal->j_trans_barrier){.+.+}-{4:4}:
       down_read+0x45/0x320 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1574
       ocfs2_start_trans+0x3a9/0x6f0 fs/ocfs2/journal.c:370
       ocfs2_mknod+0xf07/0x2190 fs/ocfs2/namei.c:364
       ocfs2_create+0x195/0x460 fs/ocfs2/namei.c:677
       lookup_open+0xedc/0x1970 fs/namei.c:4598
       open_last_lookups fs/namei.c:4798 [inline]
       path_openat+0x673/0x1da0 fs/namei.c:5037
       do_file_open+0x23e/0x4a0 fs/namei.c:5069
       do_sys_openat2+0x115/0x200 fs/open.c:1442
       do_sys_open fs/open.c:1448 [inline]
       __do_sys_open fs/open.c:1780 [inline]
       __se_sys_open fs/open.c:1776 [inline]
       __x64_sys_open+0x11e/0x150 fs/open.c:1776
       do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:61 [inline]
       do_syscall_64+0x166/0x520 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:84
       entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

-> #1 (sb_internal#4){.+.+}-{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_intwrite include/linux/fs/super.h:177 [inline]
       ocfs2_start_trans+0x2a7/0x6f0 fs/ocfs2/journal.c:368
       ocfs2_duplicate_inline_data+0x16a/0x570 fs/ocfs2/refcounttree.c:3988
       ocfs2_reflink_remap_blocks+0x4aa/0x1ab0 fs/ocfs2/refcounttree.c:4681
       ocfs2_remap_file_range+0x451/0x6f0 fs/ocfs2/file.c:2752
       vfs_copy_file_range+0xd70/0x1340 fs/read_write.c:2309
       __do_sys_copy_file_range fs/read_write.c:2392 [inline]
       __se_sys_copy_file_range+0x2fb/0x480 fs/read_write.c:2359
       do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:61 [inline]
       do_syscall_64+0x166/0x520 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:84
       entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

-> #0 (&oi->ip_alloc_sem/1){+.+.}-{4:4}:
       check_prev_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3209 [inline]
       check_prevs_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3328 [inline]
       validate_chain kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3952 [inline]
       __lock_acquire+0x164c/0x2de0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5288
       lock_acquire+0x115/0x350 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5942
       down_write_nested+0x98/0x200 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1757
       ocfs2_xattr_set_handle+0x3fc/0x820 fs/ocfs2/xattr.c:3888
       ocfs2_set_acl+0x6d1/0x7b0 fs/ocfs2/acl.c:250
       ocfs2_init_acl+0x1fe/0x420 fs/ocfs2/acl.c:428
       ocfs2_mknod+0x1383/0x2190 fs/ocfs2/namei.c:413
       ocfs2_mkdir+0x180/0x430 fs/ocfs2/namei.c:661
       vfs_mkdir+0x40e/0x630 fs/namei.c:5452
       filename_mkdirat+0x285/0x510 fs/namei.c:5485
       __do_sys_mkdirat fs/namei.c:5506 [inline]
       __se_sys_mkdirat+0x35/0x150 fs/namei.c:5503
       do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:61 [inline]
       do_syscall_64+0x166/0x520 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:84
       entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

other info that might help us debug this:

Chain exists of:
  &oi->ip_alloc_sem/1 --> sb_internal#4 --> &journal->j_trans_barrier

 Possible unsafe locking scenario:

       CPU0                    CPU1
       ----                    ----
  rlock(&journal->j_trans_barrier);
                               lock(sb_internal#4);
                               lock(&journal->j_trans_barrier);
  lock(&oi->ip_alloc_sem/1);

 *** DEADLOCK ***

locks held by syz.1.1388/11252: 8, last CPU#1:
 #0: ffff888067e4c460 (sb_writers#24){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: mnt_want_write+0x41/0x90 fs/namespace.c:527
 #1: ffff8880507db3a0 (&type->i_mutex_dir_key#11/1){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: inode_lock_nested include/linux/fs.h:1069 [inline]
 #1: ffff8880507db3a0 (&type->i_mutex_dir_key#11/1){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: __start_dirop fs/namei.c:2947 [inline]
 #1: ffff8880507db3a0 (&type->i_mutex_dir_key#11/1){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: start_dirop fs/namei.c:2971 [inline]
 #1: ffff8880507db3a0 (&type->i_mutex_dir_key#11/1){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: filename_create+0x200/0x370 fs/namei.c:5132
 #2: ffff8880507e4fa0 (&ocfs2_sysfile_lock_key[INODE_ALLOC_SYSTEM_INODE]){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: inode_lock include/linux/fs.h:1024 [inline]
 #2: ffff8880507e4fa0 (&ocfs2_sysfile_lock_key[INODE_ALLOC_SYSTEM_INODE]){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: ocfs2_reserve_suballoc_bits+0x170/0x4850 fs/ocfs2/suballoc.c:904
 #3: ffff8880507e5da0 (&ocfs2_sysfile_lock_key[EXTENT_ALLOC_SYSTEM_INODE]){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: inode_lock include/linux/fs.h:1024 [inline]
 #3: ffff8880507e5da0 (&ocfs2_sysfile_lock_key[EXTENT_ALLOC_SYSTEM_INODE]){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: ocfs2_reserve_suballoc_bits+0x170/0x4850 fs/ocfs2/suballoc.c:904
 #4: ffff8880507e33a0 (&ocfs2_sysfile_lock_key[LOCAL_ALLOC_SYSTEM_INODE]){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: inode_lock include/linux/fs.h:1024 [inline]
 #4: ffff8880507e33a0 (&ocfs2_sysfile_lock_key[LOCAL_ALLOC_SYSTEM_INODE]){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: ocfs2_reserve_local_alloc_bits+0x11f/0x2680 fs/ocfs2/localalloc.c:636
 #5: ffff888067e4c650 (sb_internal#4){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: ocfs2_mknod+0xf07/0x2190 fs/ocfs2/namei.c:364
 #6: ffff888036ee0ce0 (&journal->j_trans_barrier){.+.+}-{4:4}, at: ocfs2_start_trans+0x3a9/0x6f0 fs/ocfs2/journal.c:370
 #7: ffff88802ecae950 (jbd2_handle#2){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: start_this_handle+0x1fb0/0x21f0 fs/jbd2/transaction.c:444

stack backtrace:
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 11252 Comm: syz.1.1388 Tainted: G                   Y syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) 
Tainted: [Y]=FORCED_BIND
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/24/2026
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 dump_stack_lvl+0xe8/0x150 lib/dump_stack.c:120
 print_circular_bug+0x2e2/0x300 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:2087
 check_noncircular+0x12f/0x150 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:2219
 check_prev_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3209 [inline]
 check_prevs_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3328 [inline]
 validate_chain kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3952 [inline]
 __lock_acquire+0x164c/0x2de0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5288
 lock_acquire+0x115/0x350 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5942
 down_write_nested+0x98/0x200 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1757
 ocfs2_xattr_set_handle+0x3fc/0x820 fs/ocfs2/xattr.c:3888
 ocfs2_set_acl+0x6d1/0x7b0 fs/ocfs2/acl.c:250
 ocfs2_init_acl+0x1fe/0x420 fs/ocfs2/acl.c:428
 ocfs2_mknod+0x1383/0x2190 fs/ocfs2/namei.c:413
 ocfs2_mkdir+0x180/0x430 fs/ocfs2/namei.c:661
 vfs_mkdir+0x40e/0x630 fs/namei.c:5452
 filename_mkdirat+0x285/0x510 fs/namei.c:5485
 __do_sys_mkdirat fs/namei.c:5506 [inline]
 __se_sys_mkdirat+0x35/0x150 fs/namei.c:5503
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:61 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x166/0x520 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:84
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x7fbdd239e1d9
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:00007fbdd3317028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000102
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007fbdd2626090 RCX: 00007fbdd239e1d9
RDX: 00000000000001ff RSI: 0000200000000040 RDI: ffffffffffffff9c
RBP: 00007fbdd2435888 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007fbdd2626128 R14: 00007fbdd2626090 R15: 00007ffdaf0dd208
 </TASK>

Crashes (1):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/10/11 07:41 linux-next becb95e45ef0 4f92358f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set_handle
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.