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possible deadlock in __bpf_ringbuf_reserve (2)

Status: upstream: reported C repro on 2025/08/25 17:39
Subsystems: bpf
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Reported-by: syzbot+fa5c2814795b5adca240@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 2d01h, last: 15h32m
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[syzbot] [bpf?] possible deadlock in __bpf_ringbuf_reserve (2) 3 (4) 2025/08/26 02:30
Similar bugs (3)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
linux-6.1 possible deadlock in __bpf_ringbuf_reserve origin:upstream missing-backport 4 C inconclusive 70 19d 535d 0/3 upstream: reported C repro on 2024/03/08 23:13
linux-6.6 possible deadlock in __bpf_ringbuf_reserve origin:lts-only 4 C 6 31d 53d 0/2 upstream: reported C repro on 2025/07/04 03:51
upstream possible deadlock in __bpf_ringbuf_reserve bpf 4 C error 2490 127d 531d 28/29 fixed on 2025/06/10 16:19
Cause bisection attempts (1)
Created Duration User Patch Repo Result
2025/08/24 21:04 6h05m bisect bpf error job log

Sample crash report:
============================================
WARNING: possible recursive locking detected
syzkaller #0 Not tainted
--------------------------------------------
syz-execprog/5866 is trying to acquire lock:
ffffc900048c10d8 (&rb->spinlock){-.-.}-{2:2}, at: __bpf_ringbuf_reserve+0x1c7/0x5a0 kernel/bpf/ringbuf.c:423

but task is already holding lock:
ffffc900048e90d8 (&rb->spinlock){-.-.}-{2:2}, at: __bpf_ringbuf_reserve+0x1c7/0x5a0 kernel/bpf/ringbuf.c:423

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

       CPU0
       ----
  lock(&rb->spinlock);
  lock(&rb->spinlock);

 *** DEADLOCK ***

 May be due to missing lock nesting notation

6 locks held by syz-execprog/5866:
 #0: ffff88807e021588 (vm_lock){++++}-{0:0}, at: lock_vma_under_rcu+0x19f/0x3d0 mm/mmap_lock.c:147
 #1: ffffffff8e139ea0 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:3}, at: rcu_lock_acquire include/linux/rcupdate.h:331 [inline]
 #1: ffffffff8e139ea0 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:3}, at: rcu_read_lock include/linux/rcupdate.h:841 [inline]
 #1: ffffffff8e139ea0 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:3}, at: ___pte_offset_map+0x29/0x250 mm/pgtable-generic.c:286
 #2: ffff8880787b60d8 (ptlock_ptr(ptdesc)#2){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: spin_lock include/linux/spinlock.h:351 [inline]
 #2: ffff8880787b60d8 (ptlock_ptr(ptdesc)#2){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: __pte_offset_map_lock+0x13e/0x210 mm/pgtable-generic.c:401
 #3: ffffffff8e139ea0 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:3}, at: rcu_lock_acquire include/linux/rcupdate.h:331 [inline]
 #3: ffffffff8e139ea0 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:3}, at: rcu_read_lock include/linux/rcupdate.h:841 [inline]
 #3: ffffffff8e139ea0 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:3}, at: __bpf_trace_run kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c:2256 [inline]
 #3: ffffffff8e139ea0 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:3}, at: bpf_trace_run2+0x186/0x4b0 kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c:2298
 #4: ffffc900048e90d8 (&rb->spinlock){-.-.}-{2:2}, at: __bpf_ringbuf_reserve+0x1c7/0x5a0 kernel/bpf/ringbuf.c:423
 #5: ffffffff8e139ea0 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:3}, at: rcu_lock_acquire include/linux/rcupdate.h:331 [inline]
 #5: ffffffff8e139ea0 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:3}, at: rcu_read_lock include/linux/rcupdate.h:841 [inline]
 #5: ffffffff8e139ea0 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:3}, at: trace_call_bpf+0xb7/0x850 kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c:-1

stack backtrace:
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 5866 Comm: syz-execprog Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) 
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/12/2025
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 dump_stack_lvl+0x189/0x250 lib/dump_stack.c:120
 print_deadlock_bug+0x28b/0x2a0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3041
 check_deadlock kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3093 [inline]
 validate_chain+0x1a3f/0x2140 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3895
 __lock_acquire+0xab9/0xd20 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5237
 lock_acquire+0x120/0x360 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5868
 __raw_spin_lock_irqsave include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h:110 [inline]
 _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0xa7/0xf0 kernel/locking/spinlock.c:162
 __bpf_ringbuf_reserve+0x1c7/0x5a0 kernel/bpf/ringbuf.c:423
 ____bpf_ringbuf_reserve kernel/bpf/ringbuf.c:474 [inline]
 bpf_ringbuf_reserve+0x5c/0x70 kernel/bpf/ringbuf.c:466
 bpf_prog_df2ea1bb7efca089+0x36/0x54
 bpf_dispatcher_nop_func include/linux/bpf.h:1332 [inline]
 __bpf_prog_run include/linux/filter.h:718 [inline]
 bpf_prog_run include/linux/filter.h:725 [inline]
 bpf_prog_run_array include/linux/bpf.h:2292 [inline]
 trace_call_bpf+0x326/0x850 kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c:146
 perf_trace_run_bpf_submit+0x78/0x170 kernel/events/core.c:10911
 do_perf_trace_contention_end include/trace/events/lock.h:122 [inline]
 perf_trace_contention_end+0x253/0x2f0 include/trace/events/lock.h:122
 __do_trace_contention_end include/trace/events/lock.h:122 [inline]
 trace_contention_end+0x111/0x140 include/trace/events/lock.h:122
 __pv_queued_spin_lock_slowpath+0x9f9/0xb60 kernel/locking/qspinlock.c:374
 pv_queued_spin_lock_slowpath arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt.h:557 [inline]
 queued_spin_lock_slowpath+0x43/0x50 arch/x86/include/asm/qspinlock.h:51
 queued_spin_lock include/asm-generic/qspinlock.h:114 [inline]
 do_raw_spin_lock+0x21f/0x290 kernel/locking/spinlock_debug.c:116
 __raw_spin_lock_irqsave include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h:111 [inline]
 _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0xb3/0xf0 kernel/locking/spinlock.c:162
 __bpf_ringbuf_reserve+0x1c7/0x5a0 kernel/bpf/ringbuf.c:423
 ____bpf_ringbuf_reserve kernel/bpf/ringbuf.c:474 [inline]
 bpf_ringbuf_reserve+0x5c/0x70 kernel/bpf/ringbuf.c:466
 bpf_prog_6979e45824a16319+0x36/0x66
 bpf_dispatcher_nop_func include/linux/bpf.h:1332 [inline]
 __bpf_prog_run include/linux/filter.h:718 [inline]
 bpf_prog_run include/linux/filter.h:725 [inline]
 __bpf_trace_run kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c:2257 [inline]
 bpf_trace_run2+0x281/0x4b0 kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c:2298
 __bpf_trace_tlb_flush+0xf5/0x150 include/trace/events/tlb.h:38
 __traceiter_tlb_flush+0x76/0xd0 include/trace/events/tlb.h:38
 __do_trace_tlb_flush include/trace/events/tlb.h:38 [inline]
 trace_tlb_flush+0x115/0x140 include/trace/events/tlb.h:38
 native_flush_tlb_multi+0x78/0x140 arch/x86/mm/tlb.c:-1
 __flush_tlb_multi arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt.h:91 [inline]
 flush_tlb_multi arch/x86/mm/tlb.c:1361 [inline]
 flush_tlb_mm_range+0x6b1/0x12d0 arch/x86/mm/tlb.c:1451
 flush_tlb_page arch/x86/include/asm/tlbflush.h:324 [inline]
 ptep_clear_flush+0x120/0x170 mm/pgtable-generic.c:101
 wp_page_copy mm/memory.c:3618 [inline]
 do_wp_page+0x1bc2/0x5800 mm/memory.c:4013
 handle_pte_fault mm/memory.c:6068 [inline]
 __handle_mm_fault+0x1033/0x5440 mm/memory.c:6195
 handle_mm_fault+0x40a/0x8e0 mm/memory.c:6364
 do_user_addr_fault+0xa81/0x1390 arch/x86/mm/fault.c:1336
 handle_page_fault arch/x86/mm/fault.c:1476 [inline]
 exc_page_fault+0x76/0xf0 arch/x86/mm/fault.c:1532
 asm_exc_page_fault+0x26/0x30 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:623
RIP: 0033:0x410964
Code: b9 01 00 00 00 90 e8 3b 36 06 00 84 00 48 8d 50 10 83 3d be 5f d9 02 00 74 10 e8 87 d9 06 00 49 89 13 48 8b 48 10 49 89 4b 08 <48> 89 50 10 48 89 c1 48 8b 54 24 20 48 8b 1a 66 89 59 18 83 3d 92
RSP: 002b:000000c0000e7608 EFLAGS: 00010246
RAX: 000000c0080e0000 RBX: 0000000000000070 RCX: 0000000007b2a8a0
RDX: 000000c0080e0010 RSI: 000000000b1130e1 RDI: 0000000009e14d67
RBP: 000000c0000e7638 R08: 00007f16e8ad96e0 R09: 7fffffffffffffff
R10: 0000000000000001 R11: 00007f16e8a2e000 R12: 000000c0080e0000
R13: 0000000000000049 R14: 000000c0026156c0 R15: 000000c0080c1c20
 </TASK>

Crashes (9):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2025/08/25 07:27 bpf dd9de524183a bf27483f .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-bpf-kasan-gce possible deadlock in __bpf_ringbuf_reserve
2025/08/25 04:26 bpf dd9de524183a bf27483f .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-bpf-kasan-gce possible deadlock in __bpf_ringbuf_reserve
2025/08/25 00:40 bpf dd9de524183a bf27483f .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-bpf-kasan-gce possible deadlock in __bpf_ringbuf_reserve
2025/08/24 18:51 bpf dd9de524183a bf27483f .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-bpf-kasan-gce possible deadlock in __bpf_ringbuf_reserve
2025/08/24 16:24 bpf dd9de524183a bf27483f .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-bpf-kasan-gce possible deadlock in __bpf_ringbuf_reserve
2025/08/24 13:17 bpf dd9de524183a bf27483f .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-bpf-kasan-gce possible deadlock in __bpf_ringbuf_reserve
2025/08/25 21:44 bpf dd9de524183a bf27483f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-bpf-kasan-gce possible deadlock in __bpf_ringbuf_reserve
2025/08/24 13:45 bpf dd9de524183a bf27483f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-bpf-kasan-gce possible deadlock in __bpf_ringbuf_reserve
2025/08/24 11:18 bpf dd9de524183a bf27483f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-bpf-kasan-gce possible deadlock in __bpf_ringbuf_reserve
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.