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possible deadlock in ocfs2_remove_refcount_tree

Status: upstream: reported on 2026/06/04 11:18
Subsystems: ocfs2
Labels: prio:high
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Reported-by: syzbot+ad7eca1cdf5d9c9db672@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 5d09h, last: 5d09h
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de6115d3-968e-4dd2-a4cd-6375b2d06b10 assessment-security DenialOfService: ✅ Exploitable: ❌ FilesystemTrigger: ✅ NetworkTrigger: ❌ PeripheralTrigger: ✅ RemoteTrigger: ❌ Unprivileged: ✅ UserNamespace: ✅ VMGuestTrigger: ❌ VMHostTrigger: ❌ possible deadlock in ocfs2_remove_refcount_tree 2026/06/03 00:32 2026/06/03 00:32 2026/06/03 01:33 62fe15281f5011cd203d8845b8767b10e7443aa5
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[syzbot] [ocfs2?] possible deadlock in ocfs2_remove_refcount_tree 0 (1) 2026/06/04 11:18

Sample crash report:
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WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected
syzkaller #0 Not tainted
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syz.0.0/5329 is trying to acquire lock:
ffff888047a9c1a0 (&ocfs2_sysfile_lock_key[EXTENT_ALLOC_SYSTEM_INODE]){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: inode_lock include/linux/fs.h:1029 [inline]
ffff888047a9c1a0 (&ocfs2_sysfile_lock_key[EXTENT_ALLOC_SYSTEM_INODE]){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: ocfs2_remove_refcount_tree+0x58d/0xe50 fs/ocfs2/refcounttree.c:803

but task is already holding lock:
ffff888012277090 (&new->rf_sem){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: __ocfs2_lock_refcount_tree fs/ocfs2/refcounttree.c:428 [inline]
ffff888012277090 (&new->rf_sem){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: ocfs2_lock_refcount_tree+0x1b7/0xa40 fs/ocfs2/refcounttree.c:463

which lock already depends on the new lock.


the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:

-> #2 (&new->rf_sem){+.+.}-{4:4}:
       down_write+0x96/0x200 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1625
       __ocfs2_lock_refcount_tree fs/ocfs2/refcounttree.c:428 [inline]
       ocfs2_lock_refcount_tree+0x1b7/0xa40 fs/ocfs2/refcounttree.c:463
       ocfs2_remove_refcount_tree+0x245/0xe50 fs/ocfs2/refcounttree.c:775
       ocfs2_wipe_inode fs/ocfs2/inode.c:890 [inline]
       ocfs2_delete_inode fs/ocfs2/inode.c:1157 [inline]
       ocfs2_evict_inode+0x142b/0x43b0 fs/ocfs2/inode.c:1299
       evict+0x61e/0xb10 fs/inode.c:841
       ocfs2_dentry_iput+0x24d/0x390 fs/ocfs2/dcache.c:407
       __dentry_kill+0x1a2/0x690 fs/dcache.c:718
       finish_dput+0xc9/0x480 fs/dcache.c:927
       __fput+0x691/0xa60 fs/file_table.c:518
       task_work_run+0x1d9/0x270 kernel/task_work.c:233
       resume_user_mode_work include/linux/resume_user_mode.h:50 [inline]
       __exit_to_user_mode_loop kernel/entry/common.c:67 [inline]
       exit_to_user_mode_loop+0x193/0x680 kernel/entry/common.c:98
       __exit_to_user_mode_prepare include/linux/irq-entry-common.h:207 [inline]
       syscall_exit_to_user_mode_prepare include/linux/irq-entry-common.h:230 [inline]
       syscall_exit_to_user_mode include/linux/entry-common.h:318 [inline]
       do_syscall_64+0x353/0x580 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:100
       entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

-> #1 (&ocfs2_sysfile_lock_key[ORPHAN_DIR_SYSTEM_INODE]){+.+.}-{4:4}:
       down_write+0x96/0x200 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1625
       inode_lock include/linux/fs.h:1029 [inline]
       ocfs2_del_inode_from_orphan+0x12e/0x7a0 fs/ocfs2/namei.c:2728
       ocfs2_dio_end_io_write fs/ocfs2/aops.c:2379 [inline]
       ocfs2_dio_end_io+0xf9c/0x1370 fs/ocfs2/aops.c:2418
       dio_complete+0x25b/0x790 fs/direct-io.c:281
       __blockdev_direct_IO+0x2e5d/0x34e0 fs/direct-io.c:1303
       ocfs2_direct_IO+0x251/0x2c0 fs/ocfs2/aops.c:2455
       generic_file_direct_write+0x1db/0x3e0 mm/filemap.c:4259
       __generic_file_write_iter+0x11d/0x230 mm/filemap.c:4428
       ocfs2_file_write_iter+0x1663/0x1e70 fs/ocfs2/file.c:2476
       iter_file_splice_write+0x9a1/0x10f0 fs/splice.c:736
       do_splice_from fs/splice.c:936 [inline]
       direct_splice_actor+0x101/0x160 fs/splice.c:1159
       splice_direct_to_actor+0x53a/0xc70 fs/splice.c:1103
       do_splice_direct_actor fs/splice.c:1202 [inline]
       do_splice_direct+0x195/0x290 fs/splice.c:1228
       do_sendfile+0x535/0x7d0 fs/read_write.c:1372
       __do_sys_sendfile64 fs/read_write.c:1433 [inline]
       __se_sys_sendfile64+0x144/0x1a0 fs/read_write.c:1419
       do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
       do_syscall_64+0x174/0x580 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
       entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

-> #0 (&ocfs2_sysfile_lock_key[EXTENT_ALLOC_SYSTEM_INODE]){+.+.}-{4:4}:
       check_prev_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3165 [inline]
       check_prevs_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3284 [inline]
       validate_chain kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3908 [inline]
       __lock_acquire+0x15a5/0x2cf0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5237
       lock_acquire+0x106/0x350 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5868
       down_write+0x96/0x200 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1625
       inode_lock include/linux/fs.h:1029 [inline]
       ocfs2_remove_refcount_tree+0x58d/0xe50 fs/ocfs2/refcounttree.c:803
       ocfs2_wipe_inode fs/ocfs2/inode.c:890 [inline]
       ocfs2_delete_inode fs/ocfs2/inode.c:1157 [inline]
       ocfs2_evict_inode+0x142b/0x43b0 fs/ocfs2/inode.c:1299
       evict+0x61e/0xb10 fs/inode.c:841
       ocfs2_dentry_iput+0x24d/0x390 fs/ocfs2/dcache.c:407
       __dentry_kill+0x1a2/0x690 fs/dcache.c:718
       finish_dput+0xc9/0x480 fs/dcache.c:927
       __fput+0x691/0xa60 fs/file_table.c:518
       task_work_run+0x1d9/0x270 kernel/task_work.c:233
       resume_user_mode_work include/linux/resume_user_mode.h:50 [inline]
       __exit_to_user_mode_loop kernel/entry/common.c:67 [inline]
       exit_to_user_mode_loop+0x193/0x680 kernel/entry/common.c:98
       __exit_to_user_mode_prepare include/linux/irq-entry-common.h:207 [inline]
       syscall_exit_to_user_mode_prepare include/linux/irq-entry-common.h:230 [inline]
       syscall_exit_to_user_mode include/linux/entry-common.h:318 [inline]
       do_syscall_64+0x353/0x580 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:100
       entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

other info that might help us debug this:

Chain exists of:
  &ocfs2_sysfile_lock_key[EXTENT_ALLOC_SYSTEM_INODE] --> &ocfs2_sysfile_lock_key[ORPHAN_DIR_SYSTEM_INODE] --> &new->rf_sem

 Possible unsafe locking scenario:

       CPU0                    CPU1
       ----                    ----
  lock(&new->rf_sem);
                               lock(&ocfs2_sysfile_lock_key[ORPHAN_DIR_SYSTEM_INODE]);
                               lock(&new->rf_sem);
  lock(&ocfs2_sysfile_lock_key[EXTENT_ALLOC_SYSTEM_INODE]);

 *** DEADLOCK ***

3 locks held by syz.0.0/5329:
 #0: ffff888012048bc0 (&osb->nfs_sync_rwlock){.+.+}-{4:4}, at: ocfs2_nfs_sync_lock+0x106/0x270 fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.c:2875
 #1: ffff888047a9cfa0 (&ocfs2_sysfile_lock_key[ORPHAN_DIR_SYSTEM_INODE]){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: inode_lock include/linux/fs.h:1029 [inline]
 #1: ffff888047a9cfa0 (&ocfs2_sysfile_lock_key[ORPHAN_DIR_SYSTEM_INODE]){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: ocfs2_wipe_inode fs/ocfs2/inode.c:854 [inline]
 #1: ffff888047a9cfa0 (&ocfs2_sysfile_lock_key[ORPHAN_DIR_SYSTEM_INODE]){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: ocfs2_delete_inode fs/ocfs2/inode.c:1157 [inline]
 #1: ffff888047a9cfa0 (&ocfs2_sysfile_lock_key[ORPHAN_DIR_SYSTEM_INODE]){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: ocfs2_evict_inode+0xe97/0x43b0 fs/ocfs2/inode.c:1299
 #2: ffff888012277090 (&new->rf_sem){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: __ocfs2_lock_refcount_tree fs/ocfs2/refcounttree.c:428 [inline]
 #2: ffff888012277090 (&new->rf_sem){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: ocfs2_lock_refcount_tree+0x1b7/0xa40 fs/ocfs2/refcounttree.c:463

stack backtrace:
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 5329 Comm: syz.0.0 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) 
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.16.3-debian-1.16.3-2 04/01/2014
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 dump_stack_lvl+0xe8/0x150 lib/dump_stack.c:120
 print_circular_bug+0x2e1/0x300 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:2043
 check_noncircular+0x12e/0x150 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:2175
 check_prev_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3165 [inline]
 check_prevs_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3284 [inline]
 validate_chain kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3908 [inline]
 __lock_acquire+0x15a5/0x2cf0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5237
 lock_acquire+0x106/0x350 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5868
 down_write+0x96/0x200 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1625
 inode_lock include/linux/fs.h:1029 [inline]
 ocfs2_remove_refcount_tree+0x58d/0xe50 fs/ocfs2/refcounttree.c:803
 ocfs2_wipe_inode fs/ocfs2/inode.c:890 [inline]
 ocfs2_delete_inode fs/ocfs2/inode.c:1157 [inline]
 ocfs2_evict_inode+0x142b/0x43b0 fs/ocfs2/inode.c:1299
 evict+0x61e/0xb10 fs/inode.c:841
 ocfs2_dentry_iput+0x24d/0x390 fs/ocfs2/dcache.c:407
 __dentry_kill+0x1a2/0x690 fs/dcache.c:718
 finish_dput+0xc9/0x480 fs/dcache.c:927
 __fput+0x691/0xa60 fs/file_table.c:518
 task_work_run+0x1d9/0x270 kernel/task_work.c:233
 resume_user_mode_work include/linux/resume_user_mode.h:50 [inline]
 __exit_to_user_mode_loop kernel/entry/common.c:67 [inline]
 exit_to_user_mode_loop+0x193/0x680 kernel/entry/common.c:98
 __exit_to_user_mode_prepare include/linux/irq-entry-common.h:207 [inline]
 syscall_exit_to_user_mode_prepare include/linux/irq-entry-common.h:230 [inline]
 syscall_exit_to_user_mode include/linux/entry-common.h:318 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x353/0x580 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:100
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x7f1074f9ce59
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:00007ffcfa6825f8 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 00000000000001b4
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 00007ffcfa6826e0 RCX: 00007f1074f9ce59
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 000000000000001e RDI: 0000000000000003
RBP: 0000000000012125 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 00007f1074dff030 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 00007ffcfa682720
R13: 00007f1075215fac R14: 0000000000012813 R15: 00007f1075215fa0
 </TASK>

Crashes (1):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/05/31 11:08 upstream 174914ea5513 6b4a8443 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root possible deadlock in ocfs2_remove_refcount_tree
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.