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possible deadlock in padata_do_serial

Status: upstream: reported C repro on 2026/05/17 19:58
Bug presence: origin:lts-only
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Reported-by: syzbot+e3d4090c4aca807a9ac5@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 23d, last: 7h41m
Bug presence (2)
Date Name Commit Repro Result
2026/06/05 linux-6.6.y (ToT) 924b4a879cbb C [report] possible deadlock in padata_do_serial
2026/06/05 upstream (ToT) ddd664bbff63 C Didn't crash
Similar bugs (3)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
linux-5.15 possible deadlock in padata_do_serial origin:lts-only 4 C 35 9h05m 8d11h 0/3 upstream: reported C repro on 2026/06/02 00:13
linux-6.1 possible deadlock in padata_do_serial 4 47 8h36m 8d10h 0/3 upstream: reported on 2026/06/02 01:27
upstream possible deadlock in padata_do_serial crypto 4 C 40877 183d 346d 29/29 fixed on 2026/01/07 12:29

Sample crash report:
wlan0: Created IBSS using preconfigured BSSID 50:50:50:50:50:50
wlan0: Creating new IBSS network, BSSID 50:50:50:50:50:50
============================================
WARNING: possible recursive locking detected
syzkaller #0 Not tainted
--------------------------------------------
kworker/u4:7/1085 is trying to acquire lock:
ffffe8ffffd265b0 (&pd_list->lock){+...}-{2:2}, at: spin_lock include/linux/spinlock.h:351 [inline]
ffffe8ffffd265b0 (&pd_list->lock){+...}-{2:2}, at: padata_find_next kernel/padata.c:272 [inline]
ffffe8ffffd265b0 (&pd_list->lock){+...}-{2:2}, at: padata_reorder kernel/padata.c:325 [inline]
ffffe8ffffd265b0 (&pd_list->lock){+...}-{2:2}, at: padata_do_serial+0x644/0xa70 kernel/padata.c:395

but task is already holding lock:
ffffe8ffffc266a8 (&pd_list->lock){+...}-{2:2}, at: spin_lock include/linux/spinlock.h:351 [inline]
ffffe8ffffc266a8 (&pd_list->lock){+...}-{2:2}, at: padata_reorder kernel/padata.c:316 [inline]
ffffe8ffffc266a8 (&pd_list->lock){+...}-{2:2}, at: padata_do_serial+0x4db/0xa70 kernel/padata.c:395

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

       CPU0
       ----
  lock(&pd_list->lock);
  lock(&pd_list->lock);

 *** DEADLOCK ***

 May be due to missing lock nesting notation

3 locks held by kworker/u4:7/1085:
 #0: ffff88814005cd38 ((wq_completion)pencrypt_parallel){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:2628 [inline]
 #0: ffff88814005cd38 ((wq_completion)pencrypt_parallel){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_scheduled_works+0x96f/0x15d0 kernel/workqueue.c:2730
 #1: ffffc900049afd00 ((work_completion)(&pw->pw_work)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:2628 [inline]
 #1: ffffc900049afd00 ((work_completion)(&pw->pw_work)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_scheduled_works+0x96f/0x15d0 kernel/workqueue.c:2730
 #2: ffffe8ffffc266a8 (&pd_list->lock){+...}-{2:2}, at: spin_lock include/linux/spinlock.h:351 [inline]
 #2: ffffe8ffffc266a8 (&pd_list->lock){+...}-{2:2}, at: padata_reorder kernel/padata.c:316 [inline]
 #2: ffffe8ffffc266a8 (&pd_list->lock){+...}-{2:2}, at: padata_do_serial+0x4db/0xa70 kernel/padata.c:395

stack backtrace:
CPU: 0 PID: 1085 Comm: kworker/u4:7 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 04/18/2026
Workqueue: pencrypt_parallel padata_parallel_worker
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 dump_stack_lvl+0x18c/0x250 lib/dump_stack.c:106
 check_deadlock kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3062 [inline]
 validate_chain kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3856 [inline]
 __lock_acquire+0x5dbc/0x7d40 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5137
 lock_acquire+0x19e/0x420 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5754
 __raw_spin_lock include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h:133 [inline]
 _raw_spin_lock+0x2e/0x40 kernel/locking/spinlock.c:154
 spin_lock include/linux/spinlock.h:351 [inline]
 padata_find_next kernel/padata.c:272 [inline]
 padata_reorder kernel/padata.c:325 [inline]
 padata_do_serial+0x644/0xa70 kernel/padata.c:395
 padata_parallel_worker+0x6f/0x1c0 kernel/padata.c:168
 process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:2653 [inline]
 process_scheduled_works+0xa5d/0x15d0 kernel/workqueue.c:2730
 worker_thread+0xa55/0xfc0 kernel/workqueue.c:2811
 kthread+0x2fa/0x390 kernel/kthread.c:388
 ret_from_fork+0x48/0x80 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:152
 ret_from_fork_asm+0x11/0x20 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:293
 </TASK>

Crashes (127):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/05/25 22:20 linux-6.6.y 0a40c6fbd105 c69befb3 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in padata_do_serial
2026/06/10 04:16 linux-6.6.y 924b4a879cbb 34dab4be .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in padata_do_serial
2026/06/10 03:04 linux-6.6.y 924b4a879cbb 34dab4be .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in padata_do_serial
2026/06/10 03:02 linux-6.6.y 924b4a879cbb 34dab4be .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in padata_do_serial
2026/06/09 14:43 linux-6.6.y 924b4a879cbb c36c07f6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in padata_do_serial
2026/06/09 10:17 linux-6.6.y 924b4a879cbb 656e94c6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in padata_do_serial
2026/06/08 17:58 linux-6.6.y 924b4a879cbb 656e94c6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in padata_do_serial
2026/06/08 03:34 linux-6.6.y 924b4a879cbb cc095639 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in padata_do_serial
2026/06/07 21:34 linux-6.6.y 924b4a879cbb cc095639 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in padata_do_serial
2026/06/06 23:14 linux-6.6.y 924b4a879cbb cc095639 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in padata_do_serial
2026/06/06 10:11 linux-6.6.y 924b4a879cbb cc095639 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in padata_do_serial
2026/06/06 04:52 linux-6.6.y 924b4a879cbb cc095639 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in padata_do_serial
2026/06/06 03:43 linux-6.6.y 924b4a879cbb cc095639 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in padata_do_serial
2026/06/06 02:35 linux-6.6.y 924b4a879cbb cc095639 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in padata_do_serial
2026/06/05 14:02 linux-6.6.y 924b4a879cbb 48b6c3fa .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in padata_do_serial
2026/06/04 06:11 linux-6.6.y 924b4a879cbb 197909be .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in padata_do_serial
2026/06/04 05:02 linux-6.6.y 924b4a879cbb 197909be .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in padata_do_serial
2026/06/04 03:48 linux-6.6.y 924b4a879cbb 197909be .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in padata_do_serial
2026/06/03 22:16 linux-6.6.y 924b4a879cbb 234057e5 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in padata_do_serial
2026/06/03 15:34 linux-6.6.y 924b4a879cbb 234057e5 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in padata_do_serial
2026/06/03 03:57 linux-6.6.y 924b4a879cbb 3c0d2131 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in padata_do_serial
2026/06/02 19:42 linux-6.6.y 924b4a879cbb 62fe1528 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in padata_do_serial
2026/06/02 15:26 linux-6.6.y 924b4a879cbb 62fe1528 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in padata_do_serial
2026/06/02 09:09 linux-6.6.y 924b4a879cbb 1095583b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in padata_do_serial
2026/06/02 01:22 linux-6.6.y 924b4a879cbb 1095583b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in padata_do_serial
2026/06/02 00:30 linux-6.6.y 924b4a879cbb 1095583b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in padata_do_serial
2026/06/01 16:42 linux-6.6.y 0a40c6fbd105 8d8eeb3a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in padata_do_serial
2026/06/01 12:21 linux-6.6.y 0a40c6fbd105 8d8eeb3a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in padata_do_serial
2026/06/01 04:29 linux-6.6.y 0a40c6fbd105 6b4a8443 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in padata_do_serial
2026/05/31 13:32 linux-6.6.y 0a40c6fbd105 6b4a8443 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in padata_do_serial
2026/05/31 04:50 linux-6.6.y 0a40c6fbd105 6b4a8443 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in padata_do_serial
2026/05/31 00:46 linux-6.6.y 0a40c6fbd105 6b4a8443 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in padata_do_serial
2026/05/30 22:43 linux-6.6.y 0a40c6fbd105 6b4a8443 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in padata_do_serial
2026/05/29 16:08 linux-6.6.y 0a40c6fbd105 6b4a8443 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in padata_do_serial
2026/05/29 15:51 linux-6.6.y 0a40c6fbd105 6b4a8443 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in padata_do_serial
2026/05/29 08:49 linux-6.6.y 0a40c6fbd105 4624854e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in padata_do_serial
2026/05/29 03:36 linux-6.6.y 0a40c6fbd105 4624854e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in padata_do_serial
2026/05/28 16:58 linux-6.6.y 0a40c6fbd105 681715f7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in padata_do_serial
2026/05/28 04:52 linux-6.6.y 0a40c6fbd105 4c36e7e5 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in padata_do_serial
2026/05/28 03:48 linux-6.6.y 0a40c6fbd105 4c36e7e5 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in padata_do_serial
2026/05/27 20:23 linux-6.6.y 0a40c6fbd105 8777bdc3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in padata_do_serial
2026/05/27 16:32 linux-6.6.y 0a40c6fbd105 8777bdc3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in padata_do_serial
2026/05/27 01:54 linux-6.6.y 0a40c6fbd105 2b01f00e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in padata_do_serial
2026/05/26 20:16 linux-6.6.y 0a40c6fbd105 a3e47276 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in padata_do_serial
2026/05/17 19:57 linux-6.6.y eac8889a3a1c de5aae85 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan possible deadlock in padata_do_serial
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.