====================================================== [ INFO: possible circular locking dependency detected ] 4.4.170+ #4 Not tainted ------------------------------------------------------- syz-executor174/2083 is trying to acquire lock: (&pipe->mutex/1){+.+.+.}, at: [] __pipe_lock fs/pipe.c:86 [inline] (&pipe->mutex/1){+.+.+.}, at: [] fifo_open+0x15d/0xa00 fs/pipe.c:896 but task is already holding lock: (&sig->cred_guard_mutex){+.+.+.}, at: [] prepare_bprm_creds+0x55/0x120 fs/exec.c:1225 which lock already depends on the new lock. the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is: [] lock_acquire+0x15e/0x450 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3592 [] __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:521 [inline] [] mutex_lock_interruptible_nested+0xd2/0xce0 kernel/locking/mutex.c:650 [] proc_pid_attr_write+0x1a8/0x2a0 fs/proc/base.c:2524 [] __vfs_write+0x116/0x3d0 fs/read_write.c:489 [] __kernel_write+0x112/0x370 fs/read_write.c:511 [] write_pipe_buf+0x15d/0x1f0 fs/splice.c:1074 [] splice_from_pipe_feed fs/splice.c:776 [inline] [] __splice_from_pipe+0x37e/0x7a0 fs/splice.c:901 [] splice_from_pipe+0x108/0x170 fs/splice.c:936 [] default_file_splice_write+0x3c/0x80 fs/splice.c:1086 [] do_splice_from fs/splice.c:1128 [inline] [] do_splice fs/splice.c:1404 [inline] [] SYSC_splice fs/splice.c:1707 [inline] [] SyS_splice+0xd71/0x13a0 fs/splice.c:1690 [] do_syscall_32_irqs_on arch/x86/entry/common.c:330 [inline] [] do_fast_syscall_32+0x32d/0xa90 arch/x86/entry/common.c:397 [] sysenter_flags_fixed+0xd/0x1a [] check_prev_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:1853 [inline] [] check_prevs_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:1958 [inline] [] validate_chain kernel/locking/lockdep.c:2144 [inline] [] __lock_acquire+0x37d6/0x4f50 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3213 [] lock_acquire+0x15e/0x450 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3592 [] __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:521 [inline] [] mutex_lock_nested+0xc1/0xb80 kernel/locking/mutex.c:621 [] __pipe_lock fs/pipe.c:86 [inline] [] fifo_open+0x15d/0xa00 fs/pipe.c:896 [] do_dentry_open+0x38f/0xbd0 fs/open.c:749 [] vfs_open+0x10b/0x210 fs/open.c:862 [] do_last fs/namei.c:3269 [inline] [] path_openat+0x136f/0x4470 fs/namei.c:3406 [] do_filp_open+0x1a1/0x270 fs/namei.c:3440 [] do_open_execat+0x10c/0x6e0 fs/exec.c:805 [] do_execveat_common.isra.0+0x6f6/0x1e90 fs/exec.c:1577 [] compat_do_execve fs/exec.c:1710 [inline] [] C_SYSC_execve fs/exec.c:1785 [inline] [] compat_SyS_execve+0x48/0x60 fs/exec.c:1781 [] do_syscall_32_irqs_on arch/x86/entry/common.c:330 [inline] [] do_fast_syscall_32+0x32d/0xa90 arch/x86/entry/common.c:397 [] sysenter_flags_fixed+0xd/0x1a other info that might help us debug this: Possible unsafe locking scenario: CPU0 CPU1 ---- ---- lock(&sig->cred_guard_mutex); lock(&pipe->mutex/1); lock(&sig->cred_guard_mutex); lock(&pipe->mutex/1); *** DEADLOCK *** 1 lock held by syz-executor174/2083: #0: (&sig->cred_guard_mutex){+.+.+.}, at: [] prepare_bprm_creds+0x55/0x120 fs/exec.c:1225 stack backtrace: CPU: 0 PID: 2083 Comm: syz-executor174 Not tainted 4.4.170+ #4 0000000000000000 a387b8da4ee3c28a ffff8801d47d74c0 ffffffff81aaddc1 ffffffff84055a80 ffff8800b7144740 ffffffff83abb100 ffffffff83ab4500 ffffffff83abb100 ffff8801d47d7510 ffffffff813abad4 ffff8801d47d75f0 Call Trace: [] __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:15 [inline] [] dump_stack+0xc1/0x120 lib/dump_stack.c:51 [] print_circular_bug.cold+0x2f7/0x44e kernel/locking/lockdep.c:1226 [] check_prev_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:1853 [inline] [] check_prevs_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:1958 [inline] [] validate_chain kernel/locking/lockdep.c:2144 [inline] [] __lock_acquire+0x37d6/0x4f50 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3213 [] lock_acquire+0x15e/0x450 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3592 [] __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:521 [inline] [] mutex_lock_nested+0xc1/0xb80 kernel/locking/mutex.c:621 [] __pipe_lock fs/pipe.c:86 [inline] [] fifo_open+0x15d/0xa00 fs/pipe.c:896 [] do_dentry_open+0x38f/0xbd0 fs/open.c:749 [] vfs_open+0x10b/0x210 fs/open.c:862 [] do_last fs/namei.c:3269 [inline] [] path_openat+0x136f/0x4470 fs/namei.c:3406 [] do_filp_open+0x1a1/0x270 fs/namei.c:3440 [] do_open_execat+0x10c/0x6e0 fs/exec.c:805 [] do_execveat_common.isra.0+0x6f6/0x1e90 fs/exec.c:1577 [] compat_do_execve fs/exec.c:1710 [inline] [] C_SYSC_execve fs/exec.c:1785 [inline] [] compat_SyS_execve+0x48/0x60 fs/exec.c:1781 [] do_syscall_32_irqs_on arch/x86/entry/common.c:330 [inline] [] do_fast_syscall_32+0x32d/0xa90 arch/x86/entry/common.c:397 [] sysenter_flags_fixed+0xd/0x1a