====================================================== WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected syzkaller #0 Tainted: G L ------------------------------------------------------ syz.9.4637/23190 is trying to acquire lock: ffff888080607138 (&sbi->pipe_mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: autofs_write fs/autofs/waitq.c:55 [inline] ffff888080607138 (&sbi->pipe_mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: autofs_notify_daemon+0x4f8/0xd90 fs/autofs/waitq.c:164 but task is already holding lock: ffff888054815c80 (&of->mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x2c2/0x5f0 fs/kernfs/file.c:336 which lock already depends on the new lock. the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is: -> #3 (&of->mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}: lock_acquire kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5942 [inline] lock_acquire+0x1d1/0x380 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5899 __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:646 [inline] __mutex_lock+0x1a4/0x1bd0 kernel/locking/mutex.c:821 kernfs_seq_start+0x4f/0x2a0 fs/kernfs/file.c:165 traverse.part.0.constprop.0+0xaf/0x650 fs/seq_file.c:107 traverse fs/seq_file.c:99 [inline] seq_read_iter+0x93f/0x1270 fs/seq_file.c:196 kernfs_fop_read_iter+0x46c/0x610 fs/kernfs/file.c:290 lo_rw_aio.isra.0+0x70a/0xdf0 drivers/block/loop.c:401 do_req_filebacked drivers/block/loop.c:432 [inline] loop_handle_cmd drivers/block/loop.c:1949 [inline] loop_process_work+0x86f/0x11c0 drivers/block/loop.c:1984 process_one_work+0xac7/0x1b10 kernel/workqueue.c:3396 process_scheduled_works kernel/workqueue.c:3479 [inline] worker_thread+0x5ef/0xe50 kernel/workqueue.c:3560 kthread+0x373/0x450 kernel/kthread.c:436 ret_from_fork+0x730/0xd60 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245 -> #2 (&p->lock){+.+.}-{4:4}: lock_acquire kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5942 [inline] lock_acquire+0x1d1/0x380 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5899 __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:646 [inline] __mutex_lock+0x1a4/0x1bd0 kernel/locking/mutex.c:821 seq_read_iter+0xe1/0x1270 fs/seq_file.c:183 proc_reg_read_iter+0x220/0x310 fs/proc/inode.c:299 copy_splice_read+0x4ba/0xbb0 fs/splice.c:362 do_splice_read fs/splice.c:980 [inline] do_splice_read+0x285/0x370 fs/splice.c:954 splice_file_to_pipe+0x82/0x120 fs/splice.c:1290 do_sendfile+0x366/0xe20 fs/read_write.c:1377 __do_sys_sendfile64 fs/read_write.c:1432 [inline] __se_sys_sendfile64 fs/read_write.c:1418 [inline] __x64_sys_sendfile64+0x1d8/0x220 fs/read_write.c:1418 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 (&pipe->mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}: lock_acquire kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5942 [inline] lock_acquire+0x1d1/0x380 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5899 __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:646 [inline] __mutex_lock+0x1a4/0x1bd0 kernel/locking/mutex.c:821 anon_pipe_prefill_and_lock+0x3fb/0x580 fs/pipe.c:153 anon_pipe_write+0x164/0x1b50 fs/pipe.c:534 __kernel_write_iter+0x6bb/0x930 fs/read_write.c:621 __kernel_write+0xf6/0x140 fs/read_write.c:641 autofs_write fs/autofs/waitq.c:57 [inline] autofs_notify_daemon+0x50d/0xd90 fs/autofs/waitq.c:164 autofs_wait+0x10fd/0x1b50 fs/autofs/waitq.c:426 autofs_do_expire_multi+0x149/0x4f0 fs/autofs/expire.c:593 autofs_expire_multi+0x68/0x90 fs/autofs/expire.c:619 autofs_root_ioctl_unlocked+0x589/0x900 fs/autofs/root.c:900 autofs_root_ioctl+0x41/0x60 fs/autofs/root.c:913 vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline] __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:597 [inline] __se_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:583 [inline] __x64_sys_ioctl+0x18e/0x210 fs/ioctl.c:583 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 (&sbi->pipe_mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}: check_prev_add+0xeb/0xe60 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3209 check_prevs_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3328 [inline] validate_chain kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3952 [inline] __lock_acquire+0x1528/0x1f40 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5288 lock_acquire kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5942 [inline] lock_acquire+0x1d1/0x380 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5899 __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:646 [inline] __mutex_lock+0x1a4/0x1bd0 kernel/locking/mutex.c:821 autofs_write fs/autofs/waitq.c:55 [inline] autofs_notify_daemon+0x4f8/0xd90 fs/autofs/waitq.c:164 autofs_wait+0x10fd/0x1b50 fs/autofs/waitq.c:426 autofs_mount_wait+0x132/0x3b0 fs/autofs/root.c:256 autofs_d_automount+0x490/0x950 fs/autofs/root.c:410 follow_automount fs/namei.c:1565 [inline] __traverse_mounts+0x1b9/0x8a0 fs/namei.c:1618 traverse_mounts fs/namei.c:1647 [inline] handle_mounts fs/namei.c:1749 [inline] step_into_slowpath+0xb7e/0xf90 fs/namei.c:2104 step_into fs/namei.c:2152 [inline] walk_component fs/namei.c:2288 [inline] lookup_last fs/namei.c:2789 [inline] path_lookupat+0x58b/0xc40 fs/namei.c:2813 filename_lookup+0x202/0x590 fs/namei.c:2842 kern_path+0x37/0x50 fs/namei.c:3036 lookup_bdev+0xd8/0x2a0 block/bdev.c:1268 resume_store+0x1d6/0x460 kernel/power/hibernate.c:1278 kobj_attr_store+0x58/0x80 lib/kobject.c:842 sysfs_kf_write+0xf2/0x150 fs/sysfs/file.c:145 kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x3e0/0x5f0 fs/kernfs/file.c:345 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 other info that might help us debug this: Chain exists of: &sbi->pipe_mutex --> &p->lock --> &of->mutex Possible unsafe locking scenario: CPU0 CPU1 ---- ---- lock(&of->mutex); lock(&p->lock); lock(&of->mutex); lock(&sbi->pipe_mutex); *** DEADLOCK *** locks held by syz.9.4637/23190: 4, last CPU#1: #0: ffff88807d2677b0 (&f->f_pos_lock){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: fdget_pos+0x2aa/0x380 fs/file.c:1259 #1: ffff8880339f6460 (sb_writers#8){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: ksys_write+0x12a/0x250 fs/read_write.c:739 #2: ffff888054815c80 (&of->mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x2c2/0x5f0 fs/kernfs/file.c:336 #3: ffff888020e89878 (kn->active#89){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: kernfs_get_active_of fs/kernfs/file.c:73 [inline] #3: ffff888020e89878 (kn->active#89){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x332/0x5f0 fs/kernfs/file.c:337 stack backtrace: CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 23190 Comm: syz.9.4637 Tainted: G L syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) Tainted: [L]=SOFTLOCKUP Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 08/05/2026 Call Trace: __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:2087 check_noncircular+0x146/0x160 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:2219 check_prev_add+0xeb/0xe60 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3209 check_prevs_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3328 [inline] validate_chain kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3952 [inline] __lock_acquire+0x1528/0x1f40 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5288 lock_acquire kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5942 [inline] lock_acquire+0x1d1/0x380 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5899 __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:646 [inline] __mutex_lock+0x1a4/0x1bd0 kernel/locking/mutex.c:821 autofs_write fs/autofs/waitq.c:55 [inline] autofs_notify_daemon+0x4f8/0xd90 fs/autofs/waitq.c:164 autofs_wait+0x10fd/0x1b50 fs/autofs/waitq.c:426 autofs_mount_wait+0x132/0x3b0 fs/autofs/root.c:256 autofs_d_automount+0x490/0x950 fs/autofs/root.c:410 follow_automount fs/namei.c:1565 [inline] __traverse_mounts+0x1b9/0x8a0 fs/namei.c:1618 traverse_mounts fs/namei.c:1647 [inline] handle_mounts fs/namei.c:1749 [inline] step_into_slowpath+0xb7e/0xf90 fs/namei.c:2104 step_into fs/namei.c:2152 [inline] walk_component fs/namei.c:2288 [inline] lookup_last fs/namei.c:2789 [inline] path_lookupat+0x58b/0xc40 fs/namei.c:2813 filename_lookup+0x202/0x590 fs/namei.c:2842 kern_path+0x37/0x50 fs/namei.c:3036 lookup_bdev+0xd8/0x2a0 block/bdev.c:1268 resume_store+0x1d6/0x460 kernel/power/hibernate.c:1278 kobj_attr_store+0x58/0x80 lib/kobject.c:842 sysfs_kf_write+0xf2/0x150 fs/sysfs/file.c:145 kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x3e0/0x5f0 fs/kernfs/file.c:345 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 RIP: 0033:0x7fe6e4f9e159 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:00007fe6e5f30028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000001 RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007fe6e5225fa0 RCX: 00007fe6e4f9e159 RDX: 0000000000000012 RSI: 0000200000000040 RDI: 000000000000000c RBP: 00007fe6e5035024 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000 R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000 R13: 00007fe6e5226038 R14: 00007fe6e5225fa0 R15: 00007fff8be94598 PM: Image not found (code -6)