EXT4-fs (sda1): re-mounted. Opts: (null) EXT4-fs (sda1): re-mounted. Opts: (null) ====================================================== WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected 4.14.109+ #46 Not tainted ------------------------------------------------------ syz-executor.1/27334 is trying to acquire lock: (&sig->cred_guard_mutex){+.+.}, at: [<00000000c129ba61>] lock_trace+0x3f/0xc0 fs/proc/base.c:408 but task is already holding lock: (&p->lock){+.+.}, at: [<00000000d503f71f>] seq_read+0xcd/0x1180 fs/seq_file.c:165 which lock already depends on the new lock. the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is: -> #2 (&p->lock){+.+.}: -> #1 (&pipe->mutex/1){+.+.}: -> #0 (&sig->cred_guard_mutex){+.+.}: other info that might help us debug this: Chain exists of: &sig->cred_guard_mutex --> &pipe->mutex/1 --> &p->lock Possible unsafe locking scenario: CPU0 CPU1 ---- ---- lock(&p->lock); lock(&pipe->mutex/1); lock(&p->lock); lock(&sig->cred_guard_mutex); *** DEADLOCK *** 2 locks held by syz-executor.1/27334: #0: (sb_writers#7){.+.+}, at: [<00000000e0136aec>] file_start_write include/linux/fs.h:2726 [inline] #0: (sb_writers#7){.+.+}, at: [<00000000e0136aec>] do_sendfile+0x88f/0xb20 fs/read_write.c:1437 #1: (&p->lock){+.+.}, at: [<00000000d503f71f>] seq_read+0xcd/0x1180 fs/seq_file.c:165 stack backtrace: CPU: 1 PID: 27334 Comm: syz-executor.1 Not tainted 4.14.109+ #46 Call Trace: __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:17 [inline] dump_stack+0xb9/0x10e lib/dump_stack.c:53 print_circular_bug.isra.0.cold+0x2dc/0x425 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:1258