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possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set

Status: upstream: reported on 2024/09/25 09:02
Reported-by: syzbot+c0d46b51c54922dc038f@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 633d, last: 4h26m
Similar bugs (3)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
linux-5.15 possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set 4 471 23h37m 644d 0/3 upstream: reported on 2024/09/14 01:11
upstream possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set prio:high ocfs2 4 9187 5d04h 648d 0/29 upstream: reported on 2024/09/10 05:07
linux-6.6 possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set 4 428 1d04h 366d 0/2 upstream: reported on 2025/06/19 18:15

Sample crash report:
loop4: detected capacity change from 0 to 32768
JBD2: Ignoring recovery information on journal
ocfs2: Mounting device (7,4) on (node local, slot 0) with ordered data mode.
======================================================
WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected
syzkaller #0 Not tainted
------------------------------------------------------
syz.4.5573/18856 is trying to acquire lock:
ffff888054396d88 (&ocfs2_sysfile_lock_key[args->fi_sysfile_type]#7){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: inode_lock include/linux/fs.h:758 [inline]
ffff888054396d88 (&ocfs2_sysfile_lock_key[args->fi_sysfile_type]#7){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: ocfs2_xattr_set+0xba0/0x13e0 fs/ocfs2/xattr.c:3626

but task is already holding lock:
ffff8880542e5c78 (&oi->ip_xattr_sem){++++}-{3:3}, at: ocfs2_xattr_set+0x472/0x13e0 fs/ocfs2/xattr.c:3587

which lock already depends on the new lock.


the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:

-> #2 (&oi->ip_xattr_sem){++++}-{3:3}:
       down_read+0x42/0x2d0 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1520
       ocfs2_init_acl+0x307/0x770 fs/ocfs2/acl.c:365
       ocfs2_mknod+0x15e8/0x25b0 fs/ocfs2/namei.c:410
       ocfs2_mkdir+0x1b6/0x4b0 fs/ocfs2/namei.c:657
       vfs_mkdir+0x387/0x570 fs/namei.c:4114
       do_mkdirat+0x1d8/0x440 fs/namei.c:4139
       __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:46 [inline]
       do_syscall_64+0x4c/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:76
       entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2

-> #1 (jbd2_handle){++++}-{0:0}:
       jbd2_journal_lock_updates+0xa8/0x390 fs/jbd2/transaction.c:880
       __ocfs2_flush_truncate_log+0x2cf/0x1220 fs/ocfs2/alloc.c:6029
       ocfs2_flush_truncate_log+0x4b/0x60 fs/ocfs2/alloc.c:6076
       ocfs2_sync_fs+0x119/0x330 fs/ocfs2/super.c:402
       sync_filesystem+0x1be/0x220 fs/sync.c:66
       ocfs2_remount+0x115/0xb70 fs/ocfs2/super.c:611
       reconfigure_super+0x219/0x8a0 fs/super.c:977
       vfs_fsconfig_locked+0x18d/0x3f0 fs/fsopen.c:260
       __do_sys_fsconfig fs/fsopen.c:445 [inline]
       __se_sys_fsconfig+0x65a/0x790 fs/fsopen.c:320
       do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:46 [inline]
       do_syscall_64+0x4c/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:76
       entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2

-> #0 (&ocfs2_sysfile_lock_key[args->fi_sysfile_type]#7){+.+.}-{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+0x2d07/0x7d10 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5049
       lock_acquire+0x1bb/0x4a0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5662
       down_write+0x36/0x60 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1573
       inode_lock include/linux/fs.h:758 [inline]
       ocfs2_xattr_set+0xba0/0x13e0 fs/ocfs2/xattr.c:3626
       __vfs_setxattr+0x3e0/0x420 fs/xattr.c:182
       __vfs_setxattr_noperm+0x129/0x5e0 fs/xattr.c:216
       vfs_setxattr+0x167/0x2e0 fs/xattr.c:309
       do_setxattr fs/xattr.c:594 [inline]
       setxattr+0x346/0x360 fs/xattr.c:617
       path_setxattr+0x147/0x290 fs/xattr.c:636
       __do_sys_setxattr fs/xattr.c:652 [inline]
       __se_sys_setxattr fs/xattr.c:648 [inline]
       __x64_sys_setxattr+0xb7/0xd0 fs/xattr.c:648
       do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:46 [inline]
       do_syscall_64+0x4c/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:76
       entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2

other info that might help us debug this:

Chain exists of:
  &ocfs2_sysfile_lock_key[args->fi_sysfile_type]#7 --> jbd2_handle --> &oi->ip_xattr_sem

 Possible unsafe locking scenario:

       CPU0                    CPU1
       ----                    ----
  lock(&oi->ip_xattr_sem);
                               lock(jbd2_handle);
                               lock(&oi->ip_xattr_sem);
  lock(&ocfs2_sysfile_lock_key[args->fi_sysfile_type]#7);

 *** DEADLOCK ***

3 locks held by syz.4.5573/18856:
 #0: ffff88807cc30460 (sb_writers#16){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: mnt_want_write+0x3d/0x90 fs/namespace.c:402
 #1: ffff8880542e5f48 (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#37){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: inode_lock include/linux/fs.h:758 [inline]
 #1: ffff8880542e5f48 (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#37){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: vfs_setxattr+0x140/0x2e0 fs/xattr.c:308
 #2: ffff8880542e5c78 (&oi->ip_xattr_sem){++++}-{3:3}, at: ocfs2_xattr_set+0x472/0x13e0 fs/ocfs2/xattr.c:3587

stack backtrace:
CPU: 1 PID: 18856 Comm: syz.4.5573 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 05/09/2026
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 dump_stack_lvl+0x188/0x24e lib/dump_stack.c:106
 check_noncircular+0x296/0x330 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+0x2d07/0x7d10 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5049
 lock_acquire+0x1bb/0x4a0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5662
 down_write+0x36/0x60 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1573
 inode_lock include/linux/fs.h:758 [inline]
 ocfs2_xattr_set+0xba0/0x13e0 fs/ocfs2/xattr.c:3626
 __vfs_setxattr+0x3e0/0x420 fs/xattr.c:182
 __vfs_setxattr_noperm+0x129/0x5e0 fs/xattr.c:216
 vfs_setxattr+0x167/0x2e0 fs/xattr.c:309
 do_setxattr fs/xattr.c:594 [inline]
 setxattr+0x346/0x360 fs/xattr.c:617
 path_setxattr+0x147/0x290 fs/xattr.c:636
 __do_sys_setxattr fs/xattr.c:652 [inline]
 __se_sys_setxattr fs/xattr.c:648 [inline]
 __x64_sys_setxattr+0xb7/0xd0 fs/xattr.c:648
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:46 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x4c/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:76
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2
RIP: 0033:0x7f288439ce59
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:00007f2885337028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 00000000000000bc
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f2884615fa0 RCX: 00007f288439ce59
RDX: 0000200000000200 RSI: 0000200000000140 RDI: 0000200000000100
RBP: 00007f2884432e6f R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000009 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f2884616038 R14: 00007f2884615fa0 R15: 00007ffd7465c538
 </TASK>

Crashes (859):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/06/18 11:08 linux-6.1.y 228da13e907e a776b0d0 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2026/06/17 23:15 linux-6.1.y 228da13e907e b62b3ded .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2026/06/16 04:35 linux-6.1.y 228da13e907e 50bb0618 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2026/06/12 17:02 linux-6.1.y 228da13e907e 1d2f3589 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2026/06/12 02:56 linux-6.1.y 228da13e907e e93da63e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2026/06/10 12:30 linux-6.1.y 228da13e907e f79bac11 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2026/05/14 02:22 linux-6.1.y ad16b162f21d 6ccb967e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2026/05/08 20:39 linux-6.1.y 128a674368bf b2988c17 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2026/05/04 20:21 linux-6.1.y 4931e0e1673d a898ba9c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2026/05/04 04:03 linux-6.1.y 4931e0e1673d a0d91488 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2026/04/30 12:49 linux-6.1.y 4931e0e1673d a7464baf .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2026/04/29 21:19 linux-6.1.y 7c87defbd336 005438fc .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2026/04/27 22:29 linux-6.1.y 7c87defbd336 ce741359 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2026/04/27 22:26 linux-6.1.y 7c87defbd336 ce741359 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2026/04/23 12:05 linux-6.1.y 7c87defbd336 4c3406dc .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2026/04/18 07:42 linux-6.1.y 8e8fc038cad5 303e2802 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2026/04/18 03:30 linux-6.1.y 8e8fc038cad5 5be7a9de .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2026/04/16 04:46 linux-6.1.y 8e8fc038cad5 df15c5f3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2026/04/14 23:20 linux-6.1.y 8e8fc038cad5 e2e976a8 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2026/04/11 13:58 linux-6.1.y 8e8fc038cad5 38c8e246 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2026/04/11 13:57 linux-6.1.y 8e8fc038cad5 38c8e246 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2026/04/09 02:42 linux-6.1.y 1989cd3d56e2 38c8e246 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2024/09/25 09:02 linux-6.1.y e526b12bf916 349a68c4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2026/06/20 16:34 linux-6.1.y fdb6fcb41cc7 43bfcdb0 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2026/06/19 02:49 linux-6.1.y 228da13e907e a776b0d0 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2026/06/18 05:09 linux-6.1.y 228da13e907e b62b3ded .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2026/06/14 20:27 linux-6.1.y 228da13e907e 1d2f3589 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2026/06/07 18:33 linux-6.1.y 228da13e907e cc095639 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2026/06/06 14:49 linux-6.1.y 228da13e907e cc095639 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2026/06/03 23:31 linux-6.1.y 228da13e907e 234057e5 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2026/05/23 18:41 linux-6.1.y dcbcab9d7079 c69befb3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2026/05/19 08:57 linux-6.1.y c27210688955 9f74d399 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2026/05/17 17:46 linux-6.1.y c27210688955 de5aae85 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2026/05/16 14:04 linux-6.1.y c27210688955 a15a64a6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2026/05/15 19:48 linux-6.1.y c27210688955 9cd3beaa .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2026/05/11 00:43 linux-6.1.y 128a674368bf 29233ece .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2026/05/06 12:55 linux-6.1.y 4931e0e1673d 1dddfd3d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2026/05/04 22:34 linux-6.1.y 4931e0e1673d a898ba9c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2026/05/02 08:55 linux-6.1.y 4931e0e1673d a0d91488 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2026/04/30 16:00 linux-6.1.y 4931e0e1673d a7464baf .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2026/04/27 15:33 linux-6.1.y 7c87defbd336 0f700595 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2026/04/27 11:01 linux-6.1.y 7c87defbd336 0f700595 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2026/04/24 01:17 linux-6.1.y 7c87defbd336 9cfb3ca7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2026/04/18 22:47 linux-6.1.y 7c87defbd336 303e2802 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2026/04/14 15:14 linux-6.1.y 8e8fc038cad5 362d1323 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2026/04/14 12:57 linux-6.1.y 8e8fc038cad5 362d1323 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2026/04/13 15:19 linux-6.1.y 8e8fc038cad5 9530ccf9 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2026/04/10 10:26 linux-6.1.y 1989cd3d56e2 38c8e246 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
2026/04/09 03:48 linux-6.1.y 1989cd3d56e2 38c8e246 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in ocfs2_xattr_set
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.