possible deadlock in lookup_open

Status: upstream: reported C repro on 2026/08/22 07:43
Subsystems: usb
Labels: prio:low
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Reported-by: syzbot+c39ae720fb00e7e6f14b@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 53d, last: 15h45m
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c69ed8ec patching 💥 possible deadlock in lookup_open 2026/09/29 14:13 2026/09/29 14:13 2026/09/29 18:26 328436b3
0ed7ee64 assessment-security DenialOfService: ✅ Exploitable: ❌ FilesystemTrigger: ❌ NetworkTrigger: ❌ PeripheralTrigger: ❌ RemoteTrigger: ❌ Unprivileged: ❌ UserNamespace: ❌ VMGuestTrigger: ❌ VMHostTrigger: ❌ ❓ possible deadlock in lookup_open 2026/08/20 02:01 2026/08/20 02:01 2026/08/20 02:47 1e72964b
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[syzbot] [usb?] possible deadlock in lookup_open 0 (2) 2026/09/25 08:02

Sample crash report:
LUN: removable file: (no medium)
============================================
WARNING: possible recursive locking detected
syzkaller #0 Not tainted
--------------------------------------------
syz.0.17/5921 is trying to acquire lock:
ffff888022716460 (sb_writers#12){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: lookup_open+0x150/0x1990 fs/namei.c:4451

but task is already holding lock:
ffff888022716460 (sb_writers#12){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: ksys_write+0x12a/0x250 fs/read_write.c:739

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

       CPU0
       ----
  lock(sb_writers#12);
  lock(sb_writers#12);

 *** DEADLOCK ***

 May be due to missing lock nesting notation

locks held by syz.0.17/5921: 4, last CPU#1:
 #0: ffff888022716460 (sb_writers#12){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: ksys_write+0x12a/0x250 fs/read_write.c:739
 #1: ffff88802a22f280 (&buffer->mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: configfs_write_iter+0x76/0x4e0 fs/configfs/file.c:226
 #2: ffff888023773970 (&p->frag_sem){.+.+}-{4:4}, at: flush_write_buffer fs/configfs/file.c:205 [inline]
 #2: ffff888023773970 (&p->frag_sem){.+.+}-{4:4}, at: configfs_write_iter+0x218/0x4e0 fs/configfs/file.c:229
 #3: ffff888024051120 (&common->filesem){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: fsg_store_file+0x193/0x450 drivers/usb/gadget/function/storage_common.c:452

stack backtrace:
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 5921 Comm: syz.0.17 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) 
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.16.3-debian-1.16.3-2 04/01/2014
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:94 [inline]
 dump_stack_lvl+0x100/0x190 lib/dump_stack.c:120
 print_deadlock_bug.cold+0xbd/0xca kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3085
 check_deadlock kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3137 [inline]
 validate_chain kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3939 [inline]
 __lock_acquire+0x13f4/0x1f40 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5288
 lock_acquire kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5942 [inline]
 lock_acquire+0x1d1/0x380 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5899
 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_write include/linux/fs/super.h:125 [inline]
 mnt_want_write+0x6f/0x420 fs/namespace.c:494
 lookup_open+0x150/0x1990 fs/namei.c:4451
 open_last_lookups fs/namei.c:4767 [inline]
 path_openat+0xa2c/0x2440 fs/namei.c:4997
 do_file_open+0x20e/0x430 fs/namei.c:5029
 file_open_name+0x1c3/0x3e0 fs/open.c:1375
 filp_open+0x2e/0x50 fs/open.c:1392
 fsg_lun_open+0x6b/0x7b0 drivers/usb/gadget/function/storage_common.c:194
 fsg_store_file+0x1e7/0x450 drivers/usb/gadget/function/storage_common.c:455
 flush_write_buffer fs/configfs/file.c:207 [inline]
 configfs_write_iter+0x302/0x4e0 fs/configfs/file.c:229
 new_sync_write fs/read_write.c:595 [inline]
 vfs_write+0x6af/0x1050 fs/read_write.c:687
 ksys_write+0x12a/0x250 fs/read_write.c:739
 do_syscall_32_irqs_on arch/x86/entry/syscall_32.c:79 [inline]
 __do_fast_syscall_32+0x13a/0x8b0 arch/x86/entry/syscall_32.c:291
 do_fast_syscall_32+0x32/0x70 arch/x86/entry/syscall_32.c:316
 entry_SYSENTER_compat_after_hwframe+0x84/0x8e
RIP: 0023:0xf701efec
Code: Unable to access opcode bytes at 0xf701efc2.
RSP: 002b:00000000ff91c89c EFLAGS: 00000292 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000004
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000000000003 RCX: 00000000800003c0
RDX: 0000000000000005 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000000
RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000000
 </TASK>
mass_storage.0/lun.0: unable to open backing file: file0

Crashes (105):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/09/25 08:02 upstream 5fc5768c7ca9 27d05fb3 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 possible deadlock in lookup_open
2026/10/10 07:30 upstream 3857c2fe5449 4f92358f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root possible deadlock in lookup_open
2026/10/09 08:49 upstream 6c377d19d4a5 b2734a59 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-badwrites-root possible deadlock in lookup_open
2026/10/09 08:49 upstream 6c377d19d4a5 b2734a59 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-badwrites-root possible deadlock in lookup_open
2026/09/06 04:05 upstream 0d9ff90a5422 4f7b22a0 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-badwrites-root possible deadlock in lookup_open
2026/09/04 19:01 upstream 841e384b841a 3f042c7b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root possible deadlock in lookup_open
2026/09/01 22:57 upstream 786262be6048 587f6b29 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-badwrites-root possible deadlock in lookup_open
2026/08/28 15:01 upstream 1b78070aaef6 bcbc8ceb .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root possible deadlock in lookup_open
2026/08/28 04:15 upstream 73e3f0710014 e2fa417d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root possible deadlock in lookup_open
2026/08/27 21:49 upstream 73e3f0710014 e2fa417d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root possible deadlock in lookup_open
2026/08/21 23:33 upstream 531ed942bb0d 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root possible deadlock in lookup_open
2026/08/18 22:06 upstream 0f23d56f17fd 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root possible deadlock in lookup_open
2026/10/06 19:03 upstream 69f80fef3153 f7710056 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream possible deadlock in lookup_open
2026/10/06 18:01 upstream 69f80fef3153 f7710056 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream possible deadlock in lookup_open
2026/10/06 01:44 upstream 67f0943b394d f7710056 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream possible deadlock in lookup_open
2026/09/27 08:34 upstream fd179f8a05be a3c7249d .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream possible deadlock in lookup_open
2026/09/22 03:46 upstream f0100363d8c3 a8efa948 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream possible deadlock in lookup_open
2026/09/10 01:29 upstream 50d05c7c76c9 4e8b1cc6 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream possible deadlock in lookup_open
2026/09/08 15:53 upstream 28924df2a08f 351387c4 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream possible deadlock in lookup_open
2026/09/08 12:57 upstream 28924df2a08f 351387c4 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream possible deadlock in lookup_open
2026/09/07 16:36 upstream df2908090cda 5e4626f5 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream possible deadlock in lookup_open
2026/09/04 23:12 upstream 654ae5d73c05 4f7b22a0 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream possible deadlock in lookup_open
2026/09/03 09:08 upstream 940de590b839 6a988719 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream possible deadlock in lookup_open
2026/09/03 03:17 upstream 940de590b839 6a988719 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream possible deadlock in lookup_open
2026/09/02 16:45 upstream 89a312991dc6 74e93e68 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream possible deadlock in lookup_open
2026/09/02 14:46 upstream 89a312991dc6 74e93e68 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream possible deadlock in lookup_open
2026/08/31 06:54 upstream a23cbb05744b 2f52988a .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream possible deadlock in lookup_open
2026/08/30 00:10 upstream 08dbfad3f504 2f52988a .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream possible deadlock in lookup_open
2026/08/29 21:40 upstream 08dbfad3f504 2f52988a .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream possible deadlock in lookup_open
2026/08/29 01:13 upstream 818bebeb63dd 2f52988a .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream possible deadlock in lookup_open
2026/08/28 05:17 upstream 818bebeb63dd e2fa417d .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream possible deadlock in lookup_open
2026/08/18 07:37 upstream ff68e5f557f6 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream possible deadlock in lookup_open
2026/10/09 16:15 upstream af32da41b032 549ef7e3 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 possible deadlock in lookup_open
2026/09/25 07:34 upstream 5fc5768c7ca9 27d05fb3 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 possible deadlock in lookup_open
2026/09/16 03:01 upstream 50d05c7c76c9 12a0a44a .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 possible deadlock in lookup_open
2026/09/15 14:03 upstream 50d05c7c76c9 f41e228a .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 possible deadlock in lookup_open
2026/09/15 10:17 upstream 50d05c7c76c9 81a27d1a .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 possible deadlock in lookup_open
2026/09/05 03:44 upstream 654ae5d73c05 4f7b22a0 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 possible deadlock in lookup_open
2026/09/03 19:46 upstream 8ab1afb2eb24 d2e5fb95 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 possible deadlock in lookup_open
2026/09/03 12:57 upstream 940de590b839 d2e5fb95 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 possible deadlock in lookup_open
2026/09/03 11:10 upstream 940de590b839 d2e5fb95 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 possible deadlock in lookup_open
2026/09/03 00:55 upstream 940de590b839 6a988719 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 possible deadlock in lookup_open
2026/09/02 10:38 upstream 89a312991dc6 74e93e68 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 possible deadlock in lookup_open
2026/09/02 03:37 upstream 786262be6048 587f6b29 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 possible deadlock in lookup_open
2026/09/01 15:47 upstream 786262be6048 587f6b29 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 possible deadlock in lookup_open
2026/09/01 10:57 upstream abdf623ddb75 316d9396 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 possible deadlock in lookup_open
2026/09/01 06:42 upstream abdf623ddb75 316d9396 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 possible deadlock in lookup_open
2026/09/01 01:28 upstream cee9395acd80 00e9c810 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 possible deadlock in lookup_open
2026/08/31 02:05 upstream a23cbb05744b 2f52988a .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 possible deadlock in lookup_open
2026/08/29 10:32 upstream 548e7bcd0c54 2f52988a .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 possible deadlock in lookup_open
2026/08/28 18:12 upstream 1b78070aaef6 41d151d4 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 possible deadlock in lookup_open
2026/09/30 17:30 linux-next 6c2cb8b8b843 892a21ec .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root possible deadlock in lookup_open
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.