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possible deadlock in ax25_setsockopt

Status: upstream: reported on 2025/03/23 19:09
Reported-by: syzbot+e639d398eb30645338c5@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 118d, last: 2d00h
Similar bugs (1)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
upstream possible deadlock in ax25_setsockopt hams 4 2 192d 200d 28/29 fixed on 2025/05/09 08:02

Sample crash report:
======================================================
WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected
5.15.188-syzkaller #0 Not tainted
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syz.7.1542/12296 is trying to acquire lock:
ffffffff8d235e88 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: ax25_setsockopt+0x830/0xa40 net/ax25/af_ax25.c:676

but task is already holding lock:
ffff888054b31120 (sk_lock-AF_AX25){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: lock_sock include/net/sock.h:1694 [inline]
ffff888054b31120 (sk_lock-AF_AX25){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: ax25_setsockopt+0x1d2/0xa40 net/ax25/af_ax25.c:570

which lock already depends on the new lock.


the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:

-> #1 (sk_lock-AF_AX25){+.+.}-{0:0}:
       lock_sock_nested+0x44/0x100 net/core/sock.c:3251
       lock_sock include/net/sock.h:1694 [inline]
       ax25_kill_by_device net/ax25/af_ax25.c:99 [inline]
       ax25_device_event+0x217/0x4f0 net/ax25/af_ax25.c:142
       notifier_call_chain kernel/notifier.c:83 [inline]
       raw_notifier_call_chain+0xcb/0x160 kernel/notifier.c:391
       call_netdevice_notifiers_extack net/core/dev.c:2061 [inline]
       call_netdevice_notifiers net/core/dev.c:2075 [inline]
       dev_close_many+0x28d/0x400 net/core/dev.c:1650
       dev_close+0x14c/0x200 net/core/dev.c:1672
       bpq_device_event+0x2f4/0x9c0 drivers/net/hamradio/bpqether.c:548
       notifier_call_chain kernel/notifier.c:83 [inline]
       raw_notifier_call_chain+0xcb/0x160 kernel/notifier.c:391
       call_netdevice_notifiers_extack net/core/dev.c:2061 [inline]
       call_netdevice_notifiers net/core/dev.c:2075 [inline]
       dev_close_many+0x28d/0x400 net/core/dev.c:1650
       dev_close+0x14c/0x200 net/core/dev.c:1672
       bond_setup_by_slave+0x61/0x3a0 drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c:1471
       bond_enslave+0x77c/0x3a40 drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c:1855
       bond_do_ioctl+0x2a2/0x8c0 drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c:4238
       dev_ifsioc+0xc01/0xe70 net/core/dev_ioctl.c:417
       dev_ioctl+0x55f/0xe50 net/core/dev_ioctl.c:587
       sock_do_ioctl+0x222/0x2f0 net/socket.c:1154
       sock_ioctl+0x4ed/0x6e0 net/socket.c:1257
       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

-> #0 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{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
       __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
       ax25_setsockopt+0x830/0xa40 net/ax25/af_ax25.c:676
       __sys_setsockopt+0x2bf/0x3d0 net/socket.c:2203
       __do_sys_setsockopt net/socket.c:2214 [inline]
       __se_sys_setsockopt net/socket.c:2211 [inline]
       __x64_sys_setsockopt+0xb1/0xc0 net/socket.c:2211
       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:

 Possible unsafe locking scenario:

       CPU0                    CPU1
       ----                    ----
  lock(sk_lock-AF_AX25);
                               lock(rtnl_mutex);
                               lock(sk_lock-AF_AX25);
  lock(rtnl_mutex);

 *** DEADLOCK ***

1 lock held by syz.7.1542/12296:
 #0: ffff888054b31120 (sk_lock-AF_AX25){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: lock_sock include/net/sock.h:1694 [inline]
 #0: ffff888054b31120 (sk_lock-AF_AX25){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: ax25_setsockopt+0x1d2/0xa40 net/ax25/af_ax25.c:570

stack backtrace:
CPU: 0 PID: 12296 Comm: syz.7.1542 Not tainted 5.15.188-syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 05/07/2025
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
 __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
 ax25_setsockopt+0x830/0xa40 net/ax25/af_ax25.c:676
 __sys_setsockopt+0x2bf/0x3d0 net/socket.c:2203
 __do_sys_setsockopt net/socket.c:2214 [inline]
 __se_sys_setsockopt net/socket.c:2211 [inline]
 __x64_sys_setsockopt+0xb1/0xc0 net/socket.c:2211
 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: 0033:0x7f8b58fc3929
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:00007f8b56de9038 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000036
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f8b591eb160 RCX: 00007f8b58fc3929
RDX: 0000000000000019 RSI: 0000000000000101 RDI: 000000000000000b
RBP: 00007f8b59045ca1 R08: 0000000000000010 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000200000000040 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 00007f8b591eb160 R15: 00007ffcdc87e718
 </TASK>

Crashes (20):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2025/07/17 20:45 linux-5.15.y 89950c454265 0d1223f1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ax25_setsockopt
2025/07/17 20:45 linux-5.15.y 89950c454265 0d1223f1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ax25_setsockopt
2025/06/29 00:46 linux-5.15.y 3dea0e7f549e fc9d8ee5 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ax25_setsockopt
2025/06/02 19:45 linux-5.15.y 98f47d0e9b8c b396b4bf .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ax25_setsockopt
2025/05/30 14:49 linux-5.15.y 98f47d0e9b8c 3d2f584d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ax25_setsockopt
2025/05/29 12:19 linux-5.15.y 98f47d0e9b8c 3d2f584d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ax25_setsockopt
2025/05/21 19:56 linux-5.15.y a68c15152131 dc5d3808 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ax25_setsockopt
2025/05/19 16:35 linux-5.15.y a68c15152131 b84f0537 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ax25_setsockopt
2025/05/16 06:26 linux-5.15.y 3b8db0e4f263 cfde8269 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ax25_setsockopt
2025/04/18 19:46 linux-5.15.y f7347f400572 2a20f901 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ax25_setsockopt
2025/04/18 19:45 linux-5.15.y f7347f400572 2a20f901 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ax25_setsockopt
2025/04/14 22:16 linux-5.15.y f7347f400572 0bd6db41 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ax25_setsockopt
2025/04/13 15:55 linux-5.15.y f7347f400572 0bd6db41 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ax25_setsockopt
2025/04/13 12:43 linux-5.15.y f7347f400572 0bd6db41 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ax25_setsockopt
2025/04/13 12:43 linux-5.15.y f7347f400572 0bd6db41 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ax25_setsockopt
2025/04/13 01:49 linux-5.15.y f7347f400572 0bd6db41 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ax25_setsockopt
2025/04/09 14:34 linux-5.15.y 0c935c049b5c 47d015b1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ax25_setsockopt
2025/04/04 03:07 linux-5.15.y 0c935c049b5c d7ae3a11 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ax25_setsockopt
2025/03/23 19:09 linux-5.15.y 0c935c049b5c 4e8d3850 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ax25_setsockopt
2025/03/23 19:09 linux-5.15.y 0c935c049b5c 4e8d3850 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan possible deadlock in ax25_setsockopt
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.