====================================================== WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected 6.16.0-syzkaller #0 Not tainted ------------------------------------------------------ syz.2.552/9095 is trying to acquire lock: ffff88805a690730 (&ovl_i_mutex_dir_key[depth]){++++}-{4:4}, at: inode_lock_shared include/linux/fs.h:884 [inline] ffff88805a690730 (&ovl_i_mutex_dir_key[depth]){++++}-{4:4}, at: lookup_slow+0x46/0x70 fs/namei.c:1833 but task is already holding lock: ffff88807b4a7c88 (&of->mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x1e0/0x4f0 fs/kernfs/file.c:325 which lock already depends on the new lock. the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is: -> #3 (&of->mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}: lock_acquire+0x120/0x360 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5871 __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:602 [inline] __mutex_lock+0x182/0xe80 kernel/locking/mutex.c:747 kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x1e0/0x4f0 fs/kernfs/file.c:325 iter_file_splice_write+0x937/0x1000 fs/splice.c:738 do_splice_from fs/splice.c:935 [inline] do_splice+0xc79/0x1660 fs/splice.c:1348 __do_splice fs/splice.c:1430 [inline] __do_sys_splice fs/splice.c:1633 [inline] __se_sys_splice+0x2e1/0x460 fs/splice.c:1615 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline] do_syscall_64+0xfa/0x3b0 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f -> #2 (&pipe->mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}: lock_acquire+0x120/0x360 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5871 __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:602 [inline] __mutex_lock+0x182/0xe80 kernel/locking/mutex.c:747 iter_file_splice_write+0x1e6/0x1000 fs/splice.c:683 do_splice_from fs/splice.c:935 [inline] do_splice+0xc79/0x1660 fs/splice.c:1348 __do_splice fs/splice.c:1430 [inline] __do_sys_splice fs/splice.c:1633 [inline] __se_sys_splice+0x2e1/0x460 fs/splice.c:1615 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline] do_syscall_64+0xfa/0x3b0 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f -> #1 (sb_writers#5){.+.+}-{0:0}: lock_acquire+0x120/0x360 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5871 percpu_down_read_internal include/linux/percpu-rwsem.h:53 [inline] percpu_down_read_freezable include/linux/percpu-rwsem.h:83 [inline] __sb_start_write include/linux/fs.h:1795 [inline] sb_start_write+0x4d/0x1c0 include/linux/fs.h:1931 mnt_want_write+0x41/0x90 fs/namespace.c:557 ovl_setattr+0x2c8/0x550 fs/overlayfs/inode.c:76 notify_change+0xb36/0xe40 fs/attr.c:552 vfs_utimes+0x3fb/0x570 fs/utimes.c:66 do_utimes_path fs/utimes.c:99 [inline] do_utimes+0x1bd/0x2a0 fs/utimes.c:140 __do_sys_utime fs/utimes.c:221 [inline] __se_sys_utime fs/utimes.c:210 [inline] __x64_sys_utime+0x13e/0x200 fs/utimes.c:210 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline] do_syscall_64+0xfa/0x3b0 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f -> #0 (&ovl_i_mutex_dir_key[depth]){++++}-{4:4}: check_prev_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3168 [inline] check_prevs_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3287 [inline] validate_chain+0xb9b/0x2140 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3911 __lock_acquire+0xab9/0xd20 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5240 lock_acquire+0x120/0x360 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5871 down_read+0x46/0x2e0 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1524 inode_lock_shared include/linux/fs.h:884 [inline] lookup_slow+0x46/0x70 fs/namei.c:1833 walk_component+0x2d2/0x400 fs/namei.c:2138 lookup_last fs/namei.c:2639 [inline] path_lookupat+0x163/0x430 fs/namei.c:2663 filename_lookup+0x212/0x570 fs/namei.c:2692 kern_path+0x35/0x50 fs/namei.c:2825 lookup_bdev+0xc0/0x280 block/bdev.c:1205 resume_store+0x169/0x460 kernel/power/hibernate.c:1269 kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x378/0x4f0 fs/kernfs/file.c:334 new_sync_write fs/read_write.c:593 [inline] vfs_write+0x54b/0xa90 fs/read_write.c:686 ksys_write+0x145/0x250 fs/read_write.c:738 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline] do_syscall_64+0xfa/0x3b0 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: &ovl_i_mutex_dir_key[depth] --> &pipe->mutex --> &of->mutex Possible unsafe locking scenario: CPU0 CPU1 ---- ---- lock(&of->mutex); lock(&pipe->mutex); lock(&of->mutex); rlock(&ovl_i_mutex_dir_key[depth]); *** DEADLOCK *** 4 locks held by syz.2.552/9095: #0: ffff88807a95d7b8 (&f->f_pos_lock){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: fdget_pos+0x247/0x320 fs/file.c:1217 #1: ffff888031502428 (sb_writers#7){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: file_start_write include/linux/fs.h:3096 [inline] #1: ffff888031502428 (sb_writers#7){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: vfs_write+0x211/0xa90 fs/read_write.c:682 #2: ffff88807b4a7c88 (&of->mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x1e0/0x4f0 fs/kernfs/file.c:325 #3: ffff88801eade008 (kn->active#69){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x203/0x4f0 fs/kernfs/file.c:326 stack backtrace: CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 9095 Comm: syz.2.552 Not tainted 6.16.0-syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/12/2025 Call Trace: dump_stack_lvl+0x189/0x250 lib/dump_stack.c:120 print_circular_bug+0x2ee/0x310 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:2046 check_noncircular+0x134/0x160 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:2178 check_prev_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3168 [inline] check_prevs_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3287 [inline] validate_chain+0xb9b/0x2140 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3911 __lock_acquire+0xab9/0xd20 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5240 lock_acquire+0x120/0x360 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5871 down_read+0x46/0x2e0 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1524 inode_lock_shared include/linux/fs.h:884 [inline] lookup_slow+0x46/0x70 fs/namei.c:1833 walk_component+0x2d2/0x400 fs/namei.c:2138 lookup_last fs/namei.c:2639 [inline] path_lookupat+0x163/0x430 fs/namei.c:2663 filename_lookup+0x212/0x570 fs/namei.c:2692 kern_path+0x35/0x50 fs/namei.c:2825 lookup_bdev+0xc0/0x280 block/bdev.c:1205 resume_store+0x169/0x460 kernel/power/hibernate.c:1269 kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x378/0x4f0 fs/kernfs/file.c:334 new_sync_write fs/read_write.c:593 [inline] vfs_write+0x54b/0xa90 fs/read_write.c:686 ksys_write+0x145/0x250 fs/read_write.c:738 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline] do_syscall_64+0xfa/0x3b0 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f RIP: 0033:0x7ff91e58ebe9 Code: ff ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 40 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 a8 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48 RSP: 002b:00007ff91f3cd038 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000001 RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007ff91e7b6180 RCX: 00007ff91e58ebe9 RDX: 0000000000000012 RSI: 0000200000000040 RDI: 0000000000000009 RBP: 00007ff91e611e19 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000 R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000 R13: 00007ff91e7b6218 R14: 00007ff91e7b6180 R15: 00007ffe170bfce8 block device autoloading is deprecated and will be removed. syz.2.552: attempt to access beyond end of device md0: rw=2048, sector=0, nr_sectors = 8 limit=0 PM: Image not found (code -5)