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possible deadlock in map_mft_record (2)

Status: upstream: reported on 2026/03/28 01:29
Reported-by: syzbot+f39315374e982347d17f@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 3d07h, last: 3d07h
Similar bugs (8)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
linux-6.1 possible deadlock in map_mft_record 4 13 729d 1105d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/07/09 13:58
linux-6.1 possible deadlock in map_mft_record (2) 4 17 52d 562d 0/3 upstream: reported on 2024/09/14 09:25
upstream possible deadlock in map_mft_record ntfs3 4 C error done 845 790d 1259d 25/29 fixed on 2024/03/20 11:33
linux-4.14 possible deadlock in map_mft_record ntfs 4 C 5 1138d 1232d 0/1 upstream: reported C repro on 2022/11/15 01:41
upstream possible deadlock in map_mft_record (2) fs 4 1 725d 721d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/07/04 04:55
linux-5.15 possible deadlock in map_mft_record 4 52 134d 1109d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2026/02/24 09:06
linux-4.19 possible deadlock in map_mft_record ntfs 4 C error 11 1157d 1268d 0/1 upstream: reported C repro on 2022/10/09 19:52
linux-6.6 possible deadlock in map_mft_record 4 1 106d 106d 0/2 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2026/03/24 19:46

Sample crash report:
ntfs: volume version 3.1.
======================================================
WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected
syzkaller #0 Not tainted
------------------------------------------------------
syz.5.3050/12736 is trying to acquire lock:
ffff888060442ad0 (&ni->mrec_lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: map_mft_record+0x50/0x650 fs/ntfs/mft.c:154

but task is already holding lock:
ffff888060442a40 (&rl->lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: ntfs_truncate+0x218/0x28a0 fs/ntfs/inode.c:2378

which lock already depends on the new lock.


the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:

-> #1 (&rl->lock){++++}-{3:3}:
       down_read+0x46/0x2e0 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1520
       ntfs_read_block fs/ntfs/aops.c:248 [inline]
       ntfs_read_folio+0x145d/0x2990 fs/ntfs/aops.c:436
       filemap_read_folio+0x172/0x760 mm/filemap.c:2420
       do_read_cache_folio+0x468/0x7d0 mm/filemap.c:3804
       do_read_cache_page+0x32/0x250 mm/filemap.c:3870
       read_mapping_page include/linux/pagemap.h:892 [inline]
       ntfs_map_page fs/ntfs/aops.h:75 [inline]
       ntfs_sync_mft_mirror+0x253/0x1ac0 fs/ntfs/mft.c:480
       write_mft_record_nolock+0x1424/0x18f0 fs/ntfs/mft.c:805
       write_mft_record+0x136/0x300 fs/ntfs/mft.h:95
       __ntfs_write_inode+0x731/0xc00 fs/ntfs/inode.c:3051
       ntfs_commit_inode fs/ntfs/inode.h:300 [inline]
       ntfs_put_super+0xa7/0x1070 fs/ntfs/super.c:2268
       generic_shutdown_super+0x134/0x2b0 fs/super.c:693
       kill_block_super+0x44/0x90 fs/super.c:1660
       deactivate_locked_super+0x97/0x100 fs/super.c:481
       cleanup_mnt+0x43b/0x4d0 fs/namespace.c:1259
       task_work_run+0x1d4/0x260 kernel/task_work.c:245
       resume_user_mode_work include/linux/resume_user_mode.h:49 [inline]
       exit_to_user_mode_loop+0xe6/0x110 kernel/entry/common.c:177
       exit_to_user_mode_prepare+0xee/0x180 kernel/entry/common.c:210
       __syscall_exit_to_user_mode_work kernel/entry/common.c:291 [inline]
       syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x1a/0x50 kernel/entry/common.c:302
       do_syscall_64+0x61/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:82
       entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2

-> #0 (&ni->mrec_lock){+.+.}-{3:3}:
       check_prev_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3134 [inline]
       check_prevs_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3253 [inline]
       validate_chain kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3869 [inline]
       __lock_acquire+0x2df1/0x7d40 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5137
       lock_acquire+0x19e/0x420 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5754
       __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:603 [inline]
       __mutex_lock+0x136/0xcc0 kernel/locking/mutex.c:747
       map_mft_record+0x50/0x650 fs/ntfs/mft.c:154
       ntfs_truncate+0x28a/0x28a0 fs/ntfs/inode.c:2383
       ntfs_truncate_vfs fs/ntfs/inode.c:2863 [inline]
       ntfs_setattr+0x34a/0x430 fs/ntfs/inode.c:2915
       notify_change+0xb0d/0xe10 fs/attr.c:499
       do_truncate+0x1b0/0x240 fs/open.c:66
       vfs_truncate+0x266/0x300 fs/open.c:112
       do_sys_truncate+0xf6/0x1c0 fs/open.c:135
       do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:46 [inline]
       do_syscall_64+0x55/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:76
       entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2

other info that might help us debug this:

 Possible unsafe locking scenario:

       CPU0                    CPU1
       ----                    ----
  lock(&rl->lock);
                               lock(&ni->mrec_lock);
                               lock(&rl->lock);
  lock(&ni->mrec_lock);

 *** DEADLOCK ***

3 locks held by syz.5.3050/12736:
 #0: ffff8880240da418 (sb_writers#26){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: mnt_want_write+0x41/0x90 fs/namespace.c:412
 #1: ffff888060442dc0 (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#36){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: inode_lock include/linux/fs.h:804 [inline]
 #1: ffff888060442dc0 (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#36){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: do_truncate+0x19c/0x240 fs/open.c:64
 #2: ffff888060442a40 (&rl->lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: ntfs_truncate+0x218/0x28a0 fs/ntfs/inode.c:2378

stack backtrace:
CPU: 1 PID: 12736 Comm: syz.5.3050 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 02/12/2026
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 dump_stack_lvl+0x18c/0x250 lib/dump_stack.c:106
 check_noncircular+0x2fc/0x400 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:2187
 check_prev_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3134 [inline]
 check_prevs_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3253 [inline]
 validate_chain kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3869 [inline]
 __lock_acquire+0x2df1/0x7d40 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5137
 lock_acquire+0x19e/0x420 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5754
 __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:603 [inline]
 __mutex_lock+0x136/0xcc0 kernel/locking/mutex.c:747
 map_mft_record+0x50/0x650 fs/ntfs/mft.c:154
 ntfs_truncate+0x28a/0x28a0 fs/ntfs/inode.c:2383
 ntfs_truncate_vfs fs/ntfs/inode.c:2863 [inline]
 ntfs_setattr+0x34a/0x430 fs/ntfs/inode.c:2915
 notify_change+0xb0d/0xe10 fs/attr.c:499
 do_truncate+0x1b0/0x240 fs/open.c:66
 vfs_truncate+0x266/0x300 fs/open.c:112
 do_sys_truncate+0xf6/0x1c0 fs/open.c:135
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:46 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x55/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:76
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2
RIP: 0033:0x7f38d239c799
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:00007f38d05f6028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000004c
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f38d2615fa0 RCX: 00007f38d239c799
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000001bf8 RDI: 0000200000000280
RBP: 00007f38d2432c99 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f38d2616038 R14: 00007f38d2615fa0 R15: 00007ffc306a6f98
 </TASK>

Crashes (1):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/03/28 01:28 linux-6.6.y c09fbcd31ae6 356bdfc9 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in map_mft_record
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.