possible deadlock in hugetlb_vma_lock_free (2)

Status: upstream: reported on 2026/07/24 10:02
Subsystems: fs mm
Labels: prio:low
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Reported-by: syzbot+fa1191e3d726401b23b5@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 99d, last: 13d
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e87c4608 repro-c 💥 possible deadlock in hugetlb_vma_lock_free (2) 2026/08/11 14:57 2026/08/11 17:18 2026/08/12 00:36 f8d35649
f4dfe36d repro-c Reproduced: ✅ ❓ possible deadlock in hugetlb_vma_lock_free (2) 2026/08/08 08:31 2026/08/08 14:14 2026/08/08 19:20 5d63f80b
f3d1c575 assessment-security DenialOfService: ❌ Exploitable: ❌ FilesystemTrigger: ❌ NetworkTrigger: ❌ PeripheralTrigger: ❌ RemoteTrigger: ❌ Unprivileged: ❌ UserNamespace: ❌ VMGuestTrigger: ❌ VMHostTrigger: ❌ ❓ possible deadlock in hugetlb_vma_lock_free (2) 2026/07/22 00:01 2026/07/22 00:01 2026/07/22 00:50 0d5a7c31
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[syzbot] [mm?] possible deadlock in hugetlb_vma_lock_free (2) 0 (1) 2026/07/24 10:02
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2026/08/10 07:30 37m nogikh@google.com net-next report log

Sample crash report:
======================================================
WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected
syzkaller #0 Not tainted
------------------------------------------------------
syz.4.5647/26847 is trying to acquire lock:
ffff88802c6ce970 (&vma_lock->rw_sema){++++}-{4:4}, at: hugetlb_vma_lock_free+0xb7/0x1a0 mm/hugetlb.c:421

but task is already holding lock:
ffff888054698140 (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#25){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: inode_lock include/linux/fs.h:1024 [inline]
ffff888054698140 (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#25){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: hugetlbfs_file_mmap+0x2de/0x630 fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c:139

which lock already depends on the new lock.


the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:

-> #9 (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#25){+.+.}-{4:4}:
       down_write+0x96/0x200 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1631
       inode_lock include/linux/fs.h:1024 [inline]
       hugetlbfs_file_mmap+0x2de/0x630 fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c:139
       vfs_mmap include/linux/fs.h:2064 [inline]
       mmap_file mm/internal.h:238 [inline]
       __mmap_new_file_vma mm/vma.c:2618 [inline]
       __mmap_new_vma mm/vma.c:2691 [inline]
       __mmap_region mm/vma.c:2904 [inline]
       mmap_region+0x1bfc/0x25b0 mm/vma.c:2989
       do_mmap+0xe0a/0x1300 mm/mmap.c:573
       vm_mmap_pgoff+0x272/0x4e0 mm/util.c:581
       ksys_mmap_pgoff+0x57d/0x760 mm/mmap.c:619
       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

-> #8 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{4:4}:
       __might_fault+0xcb/0x130 mm/memory.c:7482
       _copy_from_iter+0x100/0x1660 lib/iov_iter.c:271
       copy_from_iter include/linux/uio.h:228 [inline]
       copy_from_iter_full include/linux/uio.h:245 [inline]
       skb_do_copy_data_nocache include/net/sock.h:2329 [inline]
       skb_copy_to_page_nocache include/net/sock.h:2355 [inline]
       tcp_sendmsg_locked+0x20cf/0x5400 net/ipv4/tcp.c:1310
       tcp_sendmsg+0x2f/0x50 net/ipv4/tcp.c:1451
       sock_sendmsg_nosec+0x10e/0x180 net/socket.c:801
       __sock_sendmsg net/socket.c:815 [inline]
       sock_write_iter+0x2de/0x3e0 net/socket.c:1266
       new_sync_write fs/read_write.c:595 [inline]
       vfs_write+0x612/0xba0 fs/read_write.c:687
       ksys_write+0x150/0x270 fs/read_write.c:739
       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

-> #7 (sk_lock-AF_INET){+.+.}-{0:0}:
       lock_sock_nested+0x41/0x100 net/core/sock.c:3837
       lock_sock include/net/sock.h:1713 [inline]
       inet_shutdown+0x6a/0x390 net/ipv4/af_inet.c:913
       nbd_mark_nsock_dead+0x2cb/0x550 drivers/block/nbd.c:319
       recv_work+0x1cee/0x1e10 drivers/block/nbd.c:1030
       process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3396 [inline]
       process_scheduled_works+0xc3d/0x1630 kernel/workqueue.c:3479
       worker_thread+0xa47/0xfb0 kernel/workqueue.c:3560
       kthread+0x38b/0x480 kernel/kthread.c:436
       ret_from_fork+0x514/0xb70 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158
       ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245

-> #6 (&nsock->tx_lock){+.+.}-{4:4}:
       __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:646 [inline]
       __mutex_lock+0x19d/0x1550 kernel/locking/mutex.c:821
       nbd_handle_cmd drivers/block/nbd.c:1143 [inline]
       nbd_queue_rq+0x373/0xff0 drivers/block/nbd.c:1207
       blk_mq_dispatch_rq_list+0x499/0x1990 block/blk-mq.c:2130
       __blk_mq_do_dispatch_sched block/blk-mq-sched.c:168 [inline]
       blk_mq_do_dispatch_sched block/blk-mq-sched.c:182 [inline]
       __blk_mq_sched_dispatch_requests+0xd36/0x1580 block/blk-mq-sched.c:307
       blk_mq_sched_dispatch_requests+0xd7/0x190 block/blk-mq-sched.c:329
       blk_mq_run_work_fn+0x16c/0x300 block/blk-mq.c:2545
       process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3396 [inline]
       process_scheduled_works+0xc3d/0x1630 kernel/workqueue.c:3479
       worker_thread+0xa47/0xfb0 kernel/workqueue.c:3560
       kthread+0x38b/0x480 kernel/kthread.c:436
       ret_from_fork+0x514/0xb70 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158
       ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245

-> #5 (&cmd->lock){+.+.}-{4:4}:
       __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:646 [inline]
       __mutex_lock+0x19d/0x1550 kernel/locking/mutex.c:821
       nbd_queue_rq+0xc1/0xff0 drivers/block/nbd.c:1199
       blk_mq_dispatch_rq_list+0x499/0x1990 block/blk-mq.c:2130
       __blk_mq_do_dispatch_sched block/blk-mq-sched.c:168 [inline]
       blk_mq_do_dispatch_sched block/blk-mq-sched.c:182 [inline]
       __blk_mq_sched_dispatch_requests+0xd36/0x1580 block/blk-mq-sched.c:307
       blk_mq_sched_dispatch_requests+0xd7/0x190 block/blk-mq-sched.c:329
       blk_mq_run_work_fn+0x16c/0x300 block/blk-mq.c:2545
       process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3396 [inline]
       process_scheduled_works+0xc3d/0x1630 kernel/workqueue.c:3479
       worker_thread+0xa47/0xfb0 kernel/workqueue.c:3560
       kthread+0x38b/0x480 kernel/kthread.c:436
       ret_from_fork+0x514/0xb70 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158
       ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245

-> #4 (set->srcu){.+.+}-{0:0}:
       srcu_lock_sync include/linux/srcu.h:210 [inline]
       __synchronize_srcu+0xc9/0x2f0 kernel/rcu/srcutree.c:1462
       elevator_switch+0x1e8/0x7b0 block/elevator.c:576
       elevator_change+0x2fa/0x480 block/elevator.c:681
       elevator_set_default+0x375/0x440 block/elevator.c:754
       blk_register_queue+0x3f3/0x4e0 block/blk-sysfs.c:992
       __add_disk+0x6b8/0xdb0 block/genhd.c:531
       add_disk_fwnode+0x100/0x3a0 block/genhd.c:600
       add_disk include/linux/blkdev.h:798 [inline]
       nbd_dev_add+0x733/0xb60 drivers/block/nbd.c:2026
       nbd_init+0x168/0x1f0 drivers/block/nbd.c:2743
       do_one_initcall+0x250/0x870 init/main.c:1362
       do_initcall_level+0x10a/0x1a0 init/main.c:1424
       do_initcalls+0x59/0xa0 init/main.c:1440
       kernel_init_freeable+0x29d/0x3e0 init/main.c:1675
       kernel_init+0x22/0x1d0 init/main.c:1565
       ret_from_fork+0x514/0xb70 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158
       ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245

-> #3 (&q->elevator_lock){+.+.}-{4:4}:
       __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:646 [inline]
       __mutex_lock+0x19d/0x1550 kernel/locking/mutex.c:821
       elevator_change+0x1af/0x480 block/elevator.c:679
       elevator_set_none+0xb5/0x140 block/elevator.c:769
       blk_mq_elv_switch_none block/blk-mq.c:5113 [inline]
       __blk_mq_update_nr_hw_queues block/blk-mq.c:5158 [inline]
       blk_mq_update_nr_hw_queues+0x5ef/0x19f0 block/blk-mq.c:5223
       nbd_start_device+0x189/0xb30 drivers/block/nbd.c:1530
       nbd_genl_connect+0x167d/0x1cd0 drivers/block/nbd.c:2310
       genl_family_rcv_msg_doit+0x233/0x340 net/netlink/genetlink.c:1114
       genl_family_rcv_msg net/netlink/genetlink.c:1194 [inline]
       genl_rcv_msg+0x614/0x7a0 net/netlink/genetlink.c:1209
       netlink_rcv_skb+0x226/0x4a0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2579
       genl_rcv+0x28/0x40 net/netlink/genetlink.c:1218
       netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1338 [inline]
       netlink_unicast+0x8ef/0xa80 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1364
       netlink_sendmsg+0x813/0xb40 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1923
       sock_sendmsg_nosec+0x13a/0x180 net/socket.c:800
       __sock_sendmsg net/socket.c:815 [inline]
       ____sys_sendmsg+0x54e/0x850 net/socket.c:2713
       ___sys_sendmsg+0x2a5/0x360 net/socket.c:2767
       __sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2799 [inline]
       __do_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2804 [inline]
       __se_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2802 [inline]
       __x64_sys_sendmsg+0x1b1/0x290 net/socket.c:2802
       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

-> #2 (&q->q_usage_counter(io)#49){++++}-{0:0}:
       blk_alloc_queue+0x544/0x690 block/blk-core.c:504
       blk_mq_alloc_queue block/blk-mq.c:4431 [inline]
       __blk_mq_alloc_disk+0x194/0x390 block/blk-mq.c:4478
       nbd_dev_add+0x494/0xb60 drivers/block/nbd.c:1996
       nbd_init+0x168/0x1f0 drivers/block/nbd.c:2743
       do_one_initcall+0x250/0x870 init/main.c:1362
       do_initcall_level+0x10a/0x1a0 init/main.c:1424
       do_initcalls+0x59/0xa0 init/main.c:1440
       kernel_init_freeable+0x29d/0x3e0 init/main.c:1675
       kernel_init+0x22/0x1d0 init/main.c:1565
       ret_from_fork+0x514/0xb70 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158
       ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245

-> #1 (fs_reclaim){+.+.}-{0:0}:
       __fs_reclaim_acquire mm/page_alloc.c:4375 [inline]
       fs_reclaim_acquire+0x71/0x100 mm/page_alloc.c:4389
       might_alloc include/linux/sched/mm.h:316 [inline]
       prepare_alloc_pages+0x149/0x600 mm/page_alloc.c:5113
       __alloc_frozen_pages_noprof+0x185/0x5a0 mm/page_alloc.c:5421
       alloc_pages_mpol+0x21e/0x390 mm/mempolicy.c:2486
       alloc_frozen_pages_noprof mm/mempolicy.c:2557 [inline]
       alloc_pages_noprof+0xb1/0x2b0 mm/mempolicy.c:2577
       pagetable_alloc_noprof include/linux/mm.h:3794 [inline]
       __pud_alloc_one_noprof include/asm-generic/pgalloc.h:181 [inline]
       pud_alloc_one_noprof include/asm-generic/pgalloc.h:206 [inline]
       __pud_alloc+0x3a/0x460 mm/memory.c:6938
       pud_alloc include/linux/mm.h:3704 [inline]
       huge_pte_alloc+0x4f6/0x630 mm/hugetlb.c:7151
       hugetlb_fault+0x412/0x1440 mm/hugetlb.c:6052
       handle_mm_fault+0x24fc/0x3750 mm/memory.c:6874
       faultin_page mm/gup.c:1126 [inline]
       __get_user_pages+0x1675/0x2750 mm/gup.c:1428
       populate_vma_page_range+0x2be/0x3c0 mm/gup.c:1860
       __mm_populate+0x25f/0x390 mm/gup.c:1963
       mm_populate include/linux/mm.h:4288 [inline]
       vm_mmap_pgoff+0x353/0x4e0 mm/util.c:586
       ksys_mmap_pgoff+0x57d/0x760 mm/mmap.c:619
       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 (&vma_lock->rw_sema){++++}-{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+0x96/0x200 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1631
       hugetlb_vma_lock_free+0xb7/0x1a0 mm/hugetlb.c:421
       hugetlb_reserve_pages+0xce6/0x1140 mm/hugetlb.c:6847
       hugetlbfs_file_mmap+0x475/0x630 fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c:153
       vfs_mmap include/linux/fs.h:2064 [inline]
       mmap_file mm/internal.h:238 [inline]
       __mmap_new_file_vma mm/vma.c:2618 [inline]
       __mmap_new_vma mm/vma.c:2691 [inline]
       __mmap_region mm/vma.c:2904 [inline]
       mmap_region+0x1bfc/0x25b0 mm/vma.c:2989
       do_mmap+0xe0a/0x1300 mm/mmap.c:573
       vm_mmap_pgoff+0x272/0x4e0 mm/util.c:581
       ksys_mmap_pgoff+0x57d/0x760 mm/mmap.c:619
       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:
  &vma_lock->rw_sema --> &mm->mmap_lock --> &sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#25

 Possible unsafe locking scenario:

       CPU0                    CPU1
       ----                    ----
  lock(&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#25);
                               lock(&mm->mmap_lock);
                               lock(&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#25);
  lock(&vma_lock->rw_sema);

 *** DEADLOCK ***

locks held by syz.4.5647/26847: 2, last CPU#0:
 #0: ffff88807ba93440 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{4:4}, at: mmap_write_lock_killable include/linux/mmap_lock.h:562 [inline]
 #0: ffff88807ba93440 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{4:4}, at: vm_mmap_pgoff+0x1dd/0x4e0 mm/util.c:579
 #1: ffff888054698140 (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#25){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: inode_lock include/linux/fs.h:1024 [inline]
 #1: ffff888054698140 (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#25){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: hugetlbfs_file_mmap+0x2de/0x630 fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c:139

stack backtrace:
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 26847 Comm: syz.4.5647 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) 
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+0x96/0x200 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1631
 hugetlb_vma_lock_free+0xb7/0x1a0 mm/hugetlb.c:421
 hugetlb_reserve_pages+0xce6/0x1140 mm/hugetlb.c:6847
 hugetlbfs_file_mmap+0x475/0x630 fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c:153
 vfs_mmap include/linux/fs.h:2064 [inline]
 mmap_file mm/internal.h:238 [inline]
 __mmap_new_file_vma mm/vma.c:2618 [inline]
 __mmap_new_vma mm/vma.c:2691 [inline]
 __mmap_region mm/vma.c:2904 [inline]
 mmap_region+0x1bfc/0x25b0 mm/vma.c:2989
 do_mmap+0xe0a/0x1300 mm/mmap.c:573
 vm_mmap_pgoff+0x272/0x4e0 mm/util.c:581
 ksys_mmap_pgoff+0x57d/0x760 mm/mmap.c:619
 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: 0033:0x7ff254d9e2d9
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:00007ff255c0b028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000009
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007ff255026180 RCX: 00007ff254d9e2d9
RDX: 0000000002000002 RSI: 0000000000c00000 RDI: 0000200000000000
RBP: 00007ff254e35888 R08: ffffffffffffffff R09: 00000000aba00000
R10: 0000000000042073 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007ff255026218 R14: 00007ff255026180 R15: 00007ffd19e323f8
 </TASK>

Crashes (6):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/10/14 14:54 net 513444cc62e2 7321cd29 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce possible deadlock in hugetlb_vma_lock_free
2026/10/13 01:23 net 4f6ac74fa594 745a967f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce possible deadlock in hugetlb_vma_lock_free
2026/10/08 19:56 net-next 8df0638138d3 4f6a9fcf .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-kasan-gce possible deadlock in hugetlb_vma_lock_free
2026/09/06 08:27 net-next d76beefca7e5 4f7b22a0 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-kasan-gce possible deadlock in hugetlb_vma_lock_free
2026/07/31 00:40 net-next a5c6ae8de11e aaffb173 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-kasan-gce possible deadlock in hugetlb_vma_lock_free
2026/07/20 09:52 net-next 298bb2b89033 de6a700d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-kasan-gce possible deadlock in hugetlb_vma_lock_free
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.