============================================ WARNING: possible recursive locking detected syzkaller #0 Not tainted -------------------------------------------- syz.0.3720/22562 is trying to acquire lock: ffff88807dbd0e70 (&dev_instance_lock_key#23){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: netdev_lock include/linux/netdevice.h:2859 [inline] ffff88807dbd0e70 (&dev_instance_lock_key#23){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: netdev_lock_ops include/net/netdev_lock.h:42 [inline] ffff88807dbd0e70 (&dev_instance_lock_key#23){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: netdev_sync_lower_features net/core/dev.c:10948 [inline] ffff88807dbd0e70 (&dev_instance_lock_key#23){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: __netdev_update_features+0xd27/0x1ef0 net/core/dev.c:11118 but task is already holding lock: ffff88807dbd0e70 (&dev_instance_lock_key#23){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: netdev_lock include/linux/netdevice.h:2859 [inline] ffff88807dbd0e70 (&dev_instance_lock_key#23){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: netdev_lock_ops include/net/netdev_lock.h:42 [inline] ffff88807dbd0e70 (&dev_instance_lock_key#23){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: __dev_ethtool net/ethtool/ioctl.c:3618 [inline] ffff88807dbd0e70 (&dev_instance_lock_key#23){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: dev_ethtool+0x47e/0x29e0 net/ethtool/ioctl.c:3660 and the lock comparison function returns 0: other info that might help us debug this: Possible unsafe locking scenario: CPU0 ---- lock(&dev_instance_lock_key#23); lock(&dev_instance_lock_key#23); *** DEADLOCK *** May be due to missing lock nesting notation locks held by syz.0.3720/22562: 2, last CPU#1: #0: ffffffff90254f20 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: __dev_ethtool net/ethtool/ioctl.c:3617 [inline] #0: ffffffff90254f20 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: dev_ethtool+0x3a0/0x29e0 net/ethtool/ioctl.c:3660 #1: ffff88807dbd0e70 (&dev_instance_lock_key#23){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: netdev_lock include/linux/netdevice.h:2859 [inline] #1: ffff88807dbd0e70 (&dev_instance_lock_key#23){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: netdev_lock_ops include/net/netdev_lock.h:42 [inline] #1: ffff88807dbd0e70 (&dev_instance_lock_key#23){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: __dev_ethtool net/ethtool/ioctl.c:3618 [inline] #1: ffff88807dbd0e70 (&dev_instance_lock_key#23){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: dev_ethtool+0x47e/0x29e0 net/ethtool/ioctl.c:3660 stack backtrace: CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 22562 Comm: syz.0.3720 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 09/16/2026 Call Trace: dump_stack_lvl+0xe8/0x150 lib/dump_stack.c:120 print_deadlock_bug+0x27a/0x290 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3085 check_deadlock kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3137 [inline] validate_chain kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3939 [inline] __lock_acquire+0x25db/0x2de0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5288 lock_acquire+0x115/0x350 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5942 __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:646 [inline] __mutex_lock+0x19d/0x1550 kernel/locking/mutex.c:821 netdev_lock include/linux/netdevice.h:2859 [inline] netdev_lock_ops include/net/netdev_lock.h:42 [inline] netdev_sync_lower_features net/core/dev.c:10948 [inline] __netdev_update_features+0xd27/0x1ef0 net/core/dev.c:11118 netdev_update_features+0x6f/0x100 net/core/dev.c:11175 macvlan_device_event+0x62c/0x9e0 drivers/net/macvlan.c:1883 notifier_call_chain+0x1a5/0x3d0 kernel/notifier.c:85 call_netdevice_notifiers_extack net/core/dev.c:2313 [inline] call_netdevice_notifiers net/core/dev.c:2327 [inline] netdev_features_change+0x8d/0xd0 net/core/dev.c:1612 dev_ethtool_locked net/ethtool/ioctl.c:3567 [inline] __dev_ethtool net/ethtool/ioctl.c:3625 [inline] dev_ethtool+0x1f21/0x29e0 net/ethtool/ioctl.c:3660 dev_ioctl+0x392/0x1150 net/core/dev_ioctl.c:744 sock_do_ioctl+0x23e/0x320 net/socket.c:1339 sock_ioctl+0x57a/0x7e0 net/socket.c:1446 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:61 [inline] do_syscall_64+0x166/0x520 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:84 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f RIP: 0033:0x7f96ca59e159 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:00007f96cb3ab028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000010 RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f96ca825fa0 RCX: 00007f96ca59e159 RDX: 0000200000000080 RSI: 0000000000008946 RDI: 0000000000000004 RBP: 00007f96ca63506b R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000 R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000 R13: 00007f96ca826038 R14: 00007f96ca825fa0 R15: 00007ffe8c6a07e8