====================================================== WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected syzkaller #0 Not tainted ------------------------------------------------------ syz.1.1135/11090 is trying to acquire lock: ffff88802c5373b8 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{4:4}, at: __might_fault+0xaf/0x130 mm/memory.c:7249 but task is already holding lock: ffff8880589e4770 (&ctx->map_changing_lock){.+.+}-{4:4}, at: mfill_get_vma+0x162/0x660 mm/userfaultfd.c:226 which lock already depends on the new lock. the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is: -> #2 (&ctx->map_changing_lock){.+.+}-{4:4}: down_read+0x47/0x2e0 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1568 mfill_get_vma+0x162/0x660 mm/userfaultfd.c:226 mfill_atomic mm/userfaultfd.c:900 [inline] mfill_atomic_continue+0x189/0x12c0 mm/userfaultfd.c:974 userfaultfd_continue fs/userfaultfd.c:1806 [inline] userfaultfd_ioctl+0x232d/0x4c70 fs/userfaultfd.c:2071 vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline] __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:597 [inline] __se_sys_ioctl+0xfc/0x170 fs/ioctl.c:583 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline] do_syscall_64+0x14d/0xf80 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f -> #1 (vm_lock){++++}-{0:0}: __vma_start_exclude_readers+0x28a/0x940 mm/mmap_lock.c:125 __vma_start_write+0xdc/0x290 mm/mmap_lock.c:148 vma_start_write include/linux/mmap_lock.h:303 [inline] mprotect_fixup+0x5eb/0xa80 mm/mprotect.c:768 setup_arg_pages+0x565/0xac0 fs/exec.c:670 load_elf_binary+0xc5e/0x2980 fs/binfmt_elf.c:1029 search_binary_handler fs/exec.c:1664 [inline] exec_binprm fs/exec.c:1696 [inline] bprm_execve+0x949/0x1470 fs/exec.c:1748 kernel_execve+0x844/0x930 fs/exec.c:1892 try_to_run_init_process+0x13/0x60 init/main.c:1514 kernel_init+0xad/0x1d0 init/main.c:1642 ret_from_fork+0x51e/0xb90 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245 -> #0 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{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+0xf0/0x2e0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5868 __might_fault+0xcb/0x130 mm/memory.c:7249 userfaultfd_continue fs/userfaultfd.c:1813 [inline] userfaultfd_ioctl+0x2372/0x4c70 fs/userfaultfd.c:2071 vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline] __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:597 [inline] __se_sys_ioctl+0xfc/0x170 fs/ioctl.c:583 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline] do_syscall_64+0x14d/0xf80 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f other info that might help us debug this: Chain exists of: &mm->mmap_lock --> vm_lock --> &ctx->map_changing_lock Possible unsafe locking scenario: CPU0 CPU1 ---- ---- rlock(&ctx->map_changing_lock); lock(vm_lock); lock(&ctx->map_changing_lock); rlock(&mm->mmap_lock); *** DEADLOCK *** 2 locks held by syz.1.1135/11090: #0: ffff888076c83308 (vm_lock){++++}-{0:0}, at: lock_vma_under_rcu+0x1d1/0x500 mm/mmap_lock.c:310 #1: ffff8880589e4770 (&ctx->map_changing_lock){.+.+}-{4:4}, at: mfill_get_vma+0x162/0x660 mm/userfaultfd.c:226 stack backtrace: CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 11090 Comm: syz.1.1135 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 02/12/2026 Call Trace: 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+0xf0/0x2e0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5868 __might_fault+0xcb/0x130 mm/memory.c:7249 userfaultfd_continue fs/userfaultfd.c:1813 [inline] userfaultfd_ioctl+0x2372/0x4c70 fs/userfaultfd.c:2071 vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline] __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:597 [inline] __se_sys_ioctl+0xfc/0x170 fs/ioctl.c:583 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline] do_syscall_64+0x14d/0xf80 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f RIP: 0033:0x7fca8c99c799 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:00007fca8d8b0028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000010 RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007fca8cc15fa0 RCX: 00007fca8c99c799 RDX: 0000200000000280 RSI: 00000000c020aa07 RDI: 0000000000000004 RBP: 00007fca8ca32c99 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000 R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000 R13: 00007fca8cc16038 R14: 00007fca8cc15fa0 R15: 00007ffc1660a278