possible deadlock in configfs_read_iter

Status: upstream: reported C repro on 2026/07/29 05:27
Subsystems: integrity lsm
Labels: prio:low
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Reported-by: syzbot+d2085ac2d653b9e383e2@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 53d, last: 11d
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ID Workflow Result Correct Bug Created Started Finished Revision
cd81b74f patching 💥 possible deadlock in configfs_read_iter 2026/09/07 16:54 2026/09/07 16:54 2026/09/07 17:28 680aa3e1
abb9b4b0 assessment-security DenialOfService: ❌ Exploitable: ❌ FilesystemTrigger: ❌ NetworkTrigger: ❌ PeripheralTrigger: ❌ RemoteTrigger: ❌ Unprivileged: ❌ UserNamespace: ❌ VMGuestTrigger: ❌ VMHostTrigger: ❌ possible deadlock in configfs_read_iter 2026/07/28 02:16 2026/07/28 02:16 2026/07/28 02:20 4cb2b096
8dacd9a3 assessment-security 💥 possible deadlock in configfs_read_iter 2026/07/27 01:38 2026/07/27 01:38 2026/07/27 01:38 492bab15
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[syzbot] [fs?] possible deadlock in configfs_read_iter 0 (2) 2026/09/03 08:04

Sample crash report:
nvmet: adding nsid 1 to subsystem testsubsys
======================================================
WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected
syzkaller #0 Not tainted
------------------------------------------------------
syz.0.17/5927 is trying to acquire lock:
ffff88802cf0e080 (&buffer->mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: configfs_read_iter+0x79/0x6f0 fs/configfs/file.c:86

but task is already holding lock:
ffff88802405fe48 (&ima_iint_mutex_key[depth]){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: process_measurement+0x5ab/0x2350 security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c:319

which lock already depends on the new lock.


the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:

-> #3 (&ima_iint_mutex_key[depth]){+.+.}-{4:4}:
       lock_acquire kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5908 [inline]
       lock_acquire+0x1d1/0x380 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5865
       __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:646 [inline]
       __mutex_lock+0x1a4/0x1bd0 kernel/locking/mutex.c:821
       process_measurement+0x5ab/0x2350 security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c:319
       ima_file_check+0xc3/0x110 security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c:685
       security_file_post_open+0xc4/0x210 security/security.c:2755
       do_open fs/namei.c:4839 [inline]
       path_openat+0x5cd/0x2440 fs/namei.c:5000
       do_file_open+0x20e/0x430 fs/namei.c:5029
       file_open_name+0x1c3/0x3e0 fs/open.c:1375
       filp_open+0x2e/0x50 fs/open.c:1392
       nvmet_file_ns_enable+0x95/0x420 drivers/nvme/target/io-cmd-file.c:41
       nvmet_ns_enable+0x35f/0x5d0 drivers/nvme/target/core.c:596
       nvmet_ns_enable_store+0x11e/0x160 drivers/nvme/target/configfs.c:737
       flush_write_buffer fs/configfs/file.c:207 [inline]
       configfs_write_iter+0x302/0x4e0 fs/configfs/file.c:229
       new_sync_write fs/read_write.c:595 [inline]
       vfs_write+0x6af/0x1050 fs/read_write.c:687
       ksys_write+0x12a/0x250 fs/read_write.c:739
       do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:61 [inline]
       do_syscall_64+0x123/0x790 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:84
       entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

-> #2 (&subsys->lock){+.+.}-{4:4}:
       lock_acquire kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5908 [inline]
       lock_acquire+0x1d1/0x380 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5865
       __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:646 [inline]
       __mutex_lock+0x1a4/0x1bd0 kernel/locking/mutex.c:821
       nvmet_ns_device_path_store+0x57/0x1c0 drivers/nvme/target/configfs.c:538
       flush_write_buffer fs/configfs/file.c:207 [inline]
       configfs_write_iter+0x302/0x4e0 fs/configfs/file.c:229
       new_sync_write fs/read_write.c:595 [inline]
       vfs_write+0x6af/0x1050 fs/read_write.c:687
       ksys_write+0x12a/0x250 fs/read_write.c:739
       do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:61 [inline]
       do_syscall_64+0x123/0x790 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:84
       entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

-> #1 (&p->frag_sem){.+.+}-{4:4}:
       lock_acquire kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5908 [inline]
       lock_acquire+0x1d1/0x380 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5865
       down_read+0x99/0x4c0 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1574
       flush_write_buffer fs/configfs/file.c:205 [inline]
       configfs_write_iter+0x218/0x4e0 fs/configfs/file.c:229
       new_sync_write fs/read_write.c:595 [inline]
       vfs_write+0x6af/0x1050 fs/read_write.c:687
       ksys_write+0x12a/0x250 fs/read_write.c:739
       do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:61 [inline]
       do_syscall_64+0x123/0x790 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:84
       entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

-> #0 (&buffer->mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}:
       check_prev_add+0xeb/0xe60 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3181
       check_prevs_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3300 [inline]
       validate_chain kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3924 [inline]
       __lock_acquire+0x1492/0x1ec0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5254
       lock_acquire kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5908 [inline]
       lock_acquire+0x1d1/0x380 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5865
       __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:646 [inline]
       __mutex_lock+0x1a4/0x1bd0 kernel/locking/mutex.c:821
       configfs_read_iter+0x79/0x6f0 fs/configfs/file.c:86
       __kernel_read+0x397/0xad0 fs/read_write.c:532
       integrity_kernel_read+0x7e/0xb0 security/integrity/iint.c:28
       ima_calc_file_hash_tfm+0x25e/0x350 security/integrity/ima/ima_crypto.c:222
       ima_calc_file_hash+0x1e3/0x380 security/integrity/ima/ima_crypto.c:280
       ima_collect_measurement+0x94f/0xb30 security/integrity/ima/ima_api.c:300
       process_measurement+0xdfe/0x2350 security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c:425
       ima_file_check+0xc3/0x110 security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c:685
       security_file_post_open+0xc4/0x210 security/security.c:2755
       do_open fs/namei.c:4839 [inline]
       path_openat+0x5cd/0x2440 fs/namei.c:5000
       do_file_open+0x20e/0x430 fs/namei.c:5029
       do_sys_openat2+0x10f/0x1e0 fs/open.c:1417
       do_sys_open fs/open.c:1423 [inline]
       __do_sys_openat fs/open.c:1439 [inline]
       __se_sys_openat fs/open.c:1434 [inline]
       __x64_sys_openat+0x12d/0x210 fs/open.c:1434
       do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:61 [inline]
       do_syscall_64+0x123/0x790 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:
  &buffer->mutex --> &subsys->lock --> &ima_iint_mutex_key[depth]

 Possible unsafe locking scenario:

       CPU0                    CPU1
       ----                    ----
  lock(&ima_iint_mutex_key[depth]);
                               lock(&subsys->lock);
                               lock(&ima_iint_mutex_key[depth]);
  lock(&buffer->mutex);

 *** DEADLOCK ***

locks held by syz.0.17/5927: 1, last CPU#3:
 #0: ffff88802405fe48 (&ima_iint_mutex_key[depth]){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: process_measurement+0x5ab/0x2350 security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c:319

stack backtrace:
CPU: 3 UID: 0 PID: 5927 Comm: syz.0.17 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 lib/dump_stack.c:94 [inline]
 dump_stack_lvl+0x100/0x190 lib/dump_stack.c:120
 print_circular_bug.cold+0x178/0x1be kernel/locking/lockdep.c:2059
 check_noncircular+0x146/0x160 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:2191
 check_prev_add+0xeb/0xe60 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3181
 check_prevs_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3300 [inline]
 validate_chain kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3924 [inline]
 __lock_acquire+0x1492/0x1ec0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5254
 lock_acquire kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5908 [inline]
 lock_acquire+0x1d1/0x380 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5865
 __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:646 [inline]
 __mutex_lock+0x1a4/0x1bd0 kernel/locking/mutex.c:821
 configfs_read_iter+0x79/0x6f0 fs/configfs/file.c:86
 __kernel_read+0x397/0xad0 fs/read_write.c:532
 integrity_kernel_read+0x7e/0xb0 security/integrity/iint.c:28
 ima_calc_file_hash_tfm+0x25e/0x350 security/integrity/ima/ima_crypto.c:222
 ima_calc_file_hash+0x1e3/0x380 security/integrity/ima/ima_crypto.c:280
 ima_collect_measurement+0x94f/0xb30 security/integrity/ima/ima_api.c:300
 process_measurement+0xdfe/0x2350 security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c:425
 ima_file_check+0xc3/0x110 security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c:685
 security_file_post_open+0xc4/0x210 security/security.c:2755
 do_open fs/namei.c:4839 [inline]
 path_openat+0x5cd/0x2440 fs/namei.c:5000
 do_file_open+0x20e/0x430 fs/namei.c:5029
 do_sys_openat2+0x10f/0x1e0 fs/open.c:1417
 do_sys_open fs/open.c:1423 [inline]
 __do_sys_openat fs/open.c:1439 [inline]
 __se_sys_openat fs/open.c:1434 [inline]
 __x64_sys_openat+0x12d/0x210 fs/open.c:1434
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:61 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x123/0x790 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:84
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x7f57f139e159
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:00007ffd81407e38 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000101
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f57f1625fa0 RCX: 00007f57f139e159
RDX: 0000000000000002 RSI: 0000200000000240 RDI: ffffffffffffff9c
RBP: 00007f57f1435024 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f57f1625fac R14: 00007f57f1625fa0 R15: 00007f57f1625fa0
 </TASK>

Crashes (22):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/09/03 08:04 upstream 940de590b839 6a988719 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream possible deadlock in configfs_read_iter
2026/08/30 12:14 upstream 08dbfad3f504 2f52988a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root possible deadlock in configfs_read_iter
2026/08/28 23:45 upstream 1b78070aaef6 bcbc8ceb .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-badwrites-root possible deadlock in configfs_read_iter
2026/08/28 16:23 upstream 1b78070aaef6 bcbc8ceb .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root possible deadlock in configfs_read_iter
2026/08/28 16:23 upstream 1b78070aaef6 bcbc8ceb .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root possible deadlock in configfs_read_iter
2026/08/25 08:32 upstream 66498c75b4f8 23caa175 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root possible deadlock in configfs_read_iter
2026/08/20 19:24 upstream a4ff2be345d0 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs possible deadlock in configfs_read_iter
2026/07/27 14:53 upstream f5098b6bae76 4cb2b096 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root possible deadlock in configfs_read_iter
2026/09/03 14:01 upstream 940de590b839 d2e5fb95 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream possible deadlock in configfs_read_iter
2026/09/03 06:45 upstream 940de590b839 6a988719 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream possible deadlock in configfs_read_iter
2026/08/27 05:23 upstream 818bebeb63dd a2b77b9e .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root possible deadlock in configfs_read_iter
2026/08/24 17:41 upstream 818bebeb63dd b55bd4c3 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream possible deadlock in configfs_read_iter
2026/08/22 11:30 upstream 818bebeb63dd 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream possible deadlock in configfs_read_iter
2026/08/06 15:50 upstream 0d8395707651 cc56899a .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream possible deadlock in configfs_read_iter
2026/09/05 14:52 upstream 4d7d9486c04d 4f7b22a0 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 possible deadlock in configfs_read_iter
2026/09/05 14:51 upstream 4d7d9486c04d 4f7b22a0 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 possible deadlock in configfs_read_iter
2026/08/28 18:36 upstream 1b78070aaef6 41d151d4 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 possible deadlock in configfs_read_iter
2026/08/28 18:36 upstream 1b78070aaef6 41d151d4 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 possible deadlock in configfs_read_iter
2026/08/28 18:35 upstream 1b78070aaef6 41d151d4 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 possible deadlock in configfs_read_iter
2026/08/28 18:24 upstream 1b78070aaef6 41d151d4 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 possible deadlock in configfs_read_iter
2026/08/28 18:14 upstream 1b78070aaef6 41d151d4 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 possible deadlock in configfs_read_iter
2026/07/25 05:22 upstream 48a5a7ab8d6a 4a865b71 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 possible deadlock in configfs_read_iter
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.