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possible deadlock in __vma_start_write

Status: upstream: reported on 2025/05/29 15:40
Subsystems: mm
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Reported-by: syzbot+23de6daeb71241d36a18@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 14d, last: 14d
Discussions (1)
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[syzbot] [mm?] possible deadlock in __vma_start_write 10 (11) 2025/06/05 10:48

Sample crash report:
SQUASHFS error: zstd decompression failed, data probably corrupt
SQUASHFS error: Failed to read block 0x60: -5
======================================================
WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected
6.15.0-rc7-syzkaller-gd7fa1af5b33e #0 Not tainted
------------------------------------------------------
syz.1.261/8150 is trying to acquire lock:
ffff0000d7ffcbc8 (vm_lock){++++}-{0:0}, at: __vma_start_write+0x34/0x158 mm/memory.c:6497

but task is already holding lock:
ffff0000d572df50 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{4:4}, at: mmap_write_lock include/linux/mmap_lock.h:128 [inline]
ffff0000d572df50 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{4:4}, at: exit_mmap+0x200/0xbec mm/mmap.c:1292

which lock already depends on the new lock.


the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:

-> #6 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{4:4}:
       __might_fault+0xc4/0x124 mm/memory.c:7151
       drm_mode_get_lease_ioctl+0x2bc/0x53c drivers/gpu/drm/drm_lease.c:673
       drm_ioctl_kernel+0x238/0x310 drivers/gpu/drm/drm_ioctl.c:796
       drm_ioctl+0x65c/0xa5c drivers/gpu/drm/drm_ioctl.c:893
       vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline]
       __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:906 [inline]
       __se_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:892 [inline]
       __arm64_sys_ioctl+0x14c/0x1c4 fs/ioctl.c:892
       __invoke_syscall arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:35 [inline]
       invoke_syscall+0x98/0x2b8 arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:49
       el0_svc_common+0x130/0x23c arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:132
       do_el0_svc+0x48/0x58 arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:151
       el0_svc+0x58/0x17c arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:767
       el0t_64_sync_handler+0x78/0x108 arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:786
       el0t_64_sync+0x198/0x19c arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S:600

-> #5 (&dev->mode_config.idr_mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}:
       __mutex_lock_common+0x1d0/0x2190 kernel/locking/mutex.c:601
       __mutex_lock kernel/locking/mutex.c:746 [inline]
       mutex_lock_nested+0x2c/0x38 kernel/locking/mutex.c:798
       __drm_mode_object_add+0xa8/0x1f0 drivers/gpu/drm/drm_mode_object.c:47
       drm_framebuffer_init+0x14c/0x2bc drivers/gpu/drm/drm_framebuffer.c:875
       drm_gem_fb_init drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem_framebuffer_helper.c:82 [inline]
       drm_gem_fb_init_with_funcs+0xa60/0xda4 drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem_framebuffer_helper.c:202
       drm_gem_fb_create_with_funcs drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem_framebuffer_helper.c:245 [inline]
       drm_gem_fb_create+0x84/0xd4 drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem_framebuffer_helper.c:286
       drm_internal_framebuffer_create+0xfcc/0x19dc drivers/gpu/drm/drm_framebuffer.c:304
       drm_mode_addfb2+0xac/0x2a0 drivers/gpu/drm/drm_framebuffer.c:338
       drm_client_buffer_addfb drivers/gpu/drm/drm_client.c:386 [inline]
       drm_client_framebuffer_create+0x2d0/0x55c drivers/gpu/drm/drm_client.c:428
       drm_fbdev_shmem_driver_fbdev_probe+0x180/0x70c drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fbdev_shmem.c:151
       drm_fb_helper_single_fb_probe drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c:1649 [inline]
       __drm_fb_helper_initial_config_and_unlock+0xf94/0x159c drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c:1829
       drm_fb_helper_initial_config+0x3c/0x58 drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c:1916
       drm_fbdev_client_hotplug+0x154/0x22c drivers/gpu/drm/clients/drm_fbdev_client.c:52
       drm_client_register+0x13c/0x1d4 drivers/gpu/drm/drm_client.c:140
       drm_fbdev_client_setup+0x194/0x3d0 drivers/gpu/drm/clients/drm_fbdev_client.c:159
       drm_client_setup+0x78/0x140 drivers/gpu/drm/clients/drm_client_setup.c:39
       vkms_create drivers/gpu/drm/vkms/vkms_drv.c:218 [inline]
       vkms_init+0x4b8/0x5ac drivers/gpu/drm/vkms/vkms_drv.c:242
       do_one_initcall+0x250/0x990 init/main.c:1257
       do_initcall_level+0x154/0x214 init/main.c:1319
       do_initcalls+0x84/0xf4 init/main.c:1335
       do_basic_setup+0x8c/0xa0 init/main.c:1354
       kernel_init_freeable+0x2dc/0x444 init/main.c:1567
       kernel_init+0x24/0x1dc init/main.c:1457
       ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20 arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S:847

-> #4 (&helper->lock){+.+.}-{4:4}:
       __mutex_lock_common+0x1d0/0x2190 kernel/locking/mutex.c:601
       __mutex_lock kernel/locking/mutex.c:746 [inline]
       mutex_lock_nested+0x2c/0x38 kernel/locking/mutex.c:798
       __drm_fb_helper_restore_fbdev_mode_unlocked+0x74/0x198 drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c:228
       drm_fb_helper_set_par+0xa4/0x108 drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c:1359
       fbcon_init+0xe4c/0x1d18 drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.c:1112
       visual_init+0x27c/0x540 drivers/tty/vt/vt.c:1011
       do_bind_con_driver+0x7b8/0xdd8 drivers/tty/vt/vt.c:3831
       do_take_over_console+0x824/0x97c drivers/tty/vt/vt.c:4397
       do_fbcon_takeover+0x158/0x25c drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.c:548
       do_fb_registered drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.c:2989 [inline]
       fbcon_fb_registered+0x354/0x4c8 drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.c:3009
       do_register_framebuffer drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c:449 [inline]
       register_framebuffer+0x44c/0x5ec drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c:515
       __drm_fb_helper_initial_config_and_unlock+0x103c/0x159c drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c:1851
       drm_fb_helper_initial_config+0x3c/0x58 drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c:1916
       drm_fbdev_client_hotplug+0x154/0x22c drivers/gpu/drm/clients/drm_fbdev_client.c:52
       drm_client_register+0x13c/0x1d4 drivers/gpu/drm/drm_client.c:140
       drm_fbdev_client_setup+0x194/0x3d0 drivers/gpu/drm/clients/drm_fbdev_client.c:159
       drm_client_setup+0x78/0x140 drivers/gpu/drm/clients/drm_client_setup.c:39
       vkms_create drivers/gpu/drm/vkms/vkms_drv.c:218 [inline]
       vkms_init+0x4b8/0x5ac drivers/gpu/drm/vkms/vkms_drv.c:242
       do_one_initcall+0x250/0x990 init/main.c:1257
       do_initcall_level+0x154/0x214 init/main.c:1319
       do_initcalls+0x84/0xf4 init/main.c:1335
       do_basic_setup+0x8c/0xa0 init/main.c:1354
       kernel_init_freeable+0x2dc/0x444 init/main.c:1567
       kernel_init+0x24/0x1dc init/main.c:1457
       ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20 arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S:847

-> #3 (console_lock){+.+.}-{0:0}:
       console_lock+0x194/0x1ec kernel/printk/printk.c:2849
       __bch2_print_string_as_lines fs/bcachefs/util.c:267 [inline]
       bch2_print_string_as_lines+0x34/0x150 fs/bcachefs/util.c:286
       bucket_ref_update_err+0x1c8/0x21c fs/bcachefs/buckets.c:417
       bch2_bucket_ref_update+0x3d8/0x888 fs/bcachefs/buckets.c:-1
       __mark_pointer fs/bcachefs/buckets.c:572 [inline]
       bch2_trigger_pointer fs/bcachefs/buckets.c:618 [inline]
       __trigger_extent+0xd90/0x35fc fs/bcachefs/buckets.c:763
       bch2_trigger_extent+0x3e4/0x78c fs/bcachefs/buckets.c:881
       run_one_trans_trigger fs/bcachefs/btree_trans_commit.c:-1 [inline]
       bch2_trans_commit_run_triggers fs/bcachefs/btree_trans_commit.c:550 [inline]
       __bch2_trans_commit+0x7e8/0x62d0 fs/bcachefs/btree_trans_commit.c:990
       bch2_trans_commit fs/bcachefs/btree_update.h:195 [inline]
       bch2_extent_update+0x2d8/0x7e8 fs/bcachefs/io_write.c:353
       bch2_write_index_default fs/bcachefs/io_write.c:401 [inline]
       __bch2_write_index+0x570/0xfec fs/bcachefs/io_write.c:591
       bch2_write_data_inline fs/bcachefs/io_write.c:1630 [inline]
       bch2_write+0xacc/0x112c fs/bcachefs/io_write.c:1698
       closure_queue include/linux/closure.h:270 [inline]
       closure_call include/linux/closure.h:432 [inline]
       bch2_writepage_do_io fs/bcachefs/fs-io-buffered.c:494 [inline]
       bch2_writepages+0x1fc/0x2cc fs/bcachefs/fs-io-buffered.c:677
       do_writepages+0x2c0/0x6a8 mm/page-writeback.c:2656
       filemap_fdatawrite_wbc mm/filemap.c:386 [inline]
       __filemap_fdatawrite_range mm/filemap.c:419 [inline]
       filemap_write_and_wait_range+0x1ac/0x29c mm/filemap.c:691
       bchfs_truncate+0x574/0xa70 fs/bcachefs/fs-io.c:-1
       bch2_setattr+0x198/0x20c fs/bcachefs/fs.c:1245
       notify_change+0x9a4/0xc50 fs/attr.c:552
       do_truncate+0x178/0x1f0 fs/open.c:65
       vfs_truncate+0x398/0x444 fs/open.c:115
       do_sys_truncate+0xe4/0x1a8 fs/open.c:138
       __do_sys_truncate fs/open.c:150 [inline]
       __se_sys_truncate fs/open.c:148 [inline]
       __arm64_sys_truncate+0x5c/0x74 fs/open.c:148
       __invoke_syscall arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:35 [inline]
       invoke_syscall+0x98/0x2b8 arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:49
       el0_svc_common+0x130/0x23c arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:132
       do_el0_svc+0x48/0x58 arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:151
       el0_svc+0x58/0x17c arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:767
       el0t_64_sync_handler+0x78/0x108 arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:786
       el0t_64_sync+0x198/0x19c arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S:600

-> #2 (bcachefs_btree){+.+.}-{0:0}:
       trans_set_locked+0x94/0x200 fs/bcachefs/btree_locking.h:198
       bch2_trans_begin+0x6f8/0xa40 fs/bcachefs/btree_iter.c:3288
       bch2_read_err_msg_trans+0x64/0x298 fs/bcachefs/io_read.c:346
       __bch2_read_extent+0x21fc/0x3694 fs/bcachefs/io_read.c:975
       bch2_read_extent fs/bcachefs/io_read.h:140 [inline]
       bchfs_read+0x1178/0x17dc fs/bcachefs/fs-io-buffered.c:226
       bch2_readahead+0xa18/0xd88 fs/bcachefs/fs-io-buffered.c:316
       read_pages+0x13c/0x4c8 mm/readahead.c:160
       page_cache_ra_order+0x7b8/0xb34 mm/readahead.c:515
       do_sync_mmap_readahead+0x2f0/0x660 mm/filemap.c:-1
       filemap_fault+0x600/0x1278 mm/filemap.c:3403
       bch2_page_fault+0x2cc/0x700 fs/bcachefs/fs-io-pagecache.c:594
       __do_fault+0xf8/0x498 mm/memory.c:5098
       do_read_fault mm/memory.c:5518 [inline]
       do_fault mm/memory.c:5652 [inline]
       do_pte_missing mm/memory.c:4160 [inline]
       handle_pte_fault mm/memory.c:5997 [inline]
       __handle_mm_fault mm/memory.c:6140 [inline]
       handle_mm_fault+0x2cb0/0x4d18 mm/memory.c:6309
       faultin_page mm/gup.c:1193 [inline]
       __get_user_pages+0x1dd4/0x30d8 mm/gup.c:1491
       populate_vma_page_range+0x218/0x2e8 mm/gup.c:1929
       __mm_populate+0x208/0x330 mm/gup.c:2032
       mm_populate include/linux/mm.h:3487 [inline]
       vm_mmap_pgoff+0x378/0x43c mm/util.c:584
       ksys_mmap_pgoff+0x394/0x5b8 mm/mmap.c:607
       __do_sys_mmap arch/arm64/kernel/sys.c:28 [inline]
       __se_sys_mmap arch/arm64/kernel/sys.c:21 [inline]
       __arm64_sys_mmap+0xf8/0x110 arch/arm64/kernel/sys.c:21
       __invoke_syscall arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:35 [inline]
       invoke_syscall+0x98/0x2b8 arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:49
       el0_svc_common+0x130/0x23c arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:132
       do_el0_svc+0x48/0x58 arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:151
       el0_svc+0x58/0x17c arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:767
       el0t_64_sync_handler+0x78/0x108 arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:786
       el0t_64_sync+0x198/0x19c arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S:600

-> #1 (mapping.invalidate_lock#4){.+.+}-{4:4}:
       down_read+0x58/0x2f8 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1524
       filemap_invalidate_lock_shared include/linux/fs.h:922 [inline]
       filemap_fault+0x564/0x1278 mm/filemap.c:3391
       bch2_page_fault+0x2cc/0x700 fs/bcachefs/fs-io-pagecache.c:594
       __do_fault+0xf8/0x498 mm/memory.c:5098
       do_shared_fault mm/memory.c:5582 [inline]
       do_fault mm/memory.c:5656 [inline]
       do_pte_missing mm/memory.c:4160 [inline]
       handle_pte_fault mm/memory.c:5997 [inline]
       __handle_mm_fault mm/memory.c:6140 [inline]
       handle_mm_fault+0x1a08/0x4d18 mm/memory.c:6309
       do_page_fault+0x428/0x1554 arch/arm64/mm/fault.c:647
       do_translation_fault+0xc4/0x114 arch/arm64/mm/fault.c:783
       do_mem_abort+0x70/0x194 arch/arm64/mm/fault.c:919
       el0_da+0x64/0x160 arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:627
       el0t_64_sync_handler+0x84/0x108 arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:789
       el0t_64_sync+0x198/0x19c arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S:600

-> #0 (vm_lock){++++}-{0:0}:
       check_prev_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3166 [inline]
       check_prevs_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3285 [inline]
       validate_chain kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3909 [inline]
       __lock_acquire+0x1728/0x3058 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5235
       lock_acquire+0x14c/0x2e0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5866
       __vma_enter_locked+0x184/0x354 mm/memory.c:6473
       __vma_start_write+0x34/0x158 mm/memory.c:6497
       vma_start_write include/linux/mm.h:829 [inline]
       free_pgtables+0x1e0/0x63c mm/memory.c:369
       exit_mmap+0x394/0xbec mm/mmap.c:1295
       __mmput+0xec/0x3dc kernel/fork.c:1380
       mmput+0x70/0xac kernel/fork.c:1402
       free_bprm+0x11c/0x398 fs/exec.c:1493
       do_execveat_common+0x6b8/0x834 fs/exec.c:1970
       do_execveat fs/exec.c:2053 [inline]
       __do_sys_execveat fs/exec.c:2127 [inline]
       __se_sys_execveat fs/exec.c:2121 [inline]
       __arm64_sys_execveat+0xd0/0xec fs/exec.c:2121
       __invoke_syscall arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:35 [inline]
       invoke_syscall+0x98/0x2b8 arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:49
       el0_svc_common+0x130/0x23c arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:132
       do_el0_svc+0x48/0x58 arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:151
       el0_svc+0x58/0x17c arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:767
       el0t_64_sync_handler+0x78/0x108 arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:786
       el0t_64_sync+0x198/0x19c arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S:600

other info that might help us debug this:

Chain exists of:
  vm_lock --> &dev->mode_config.idr_mutex --> &mm->mmap_lock

 Possible unsafe locking scenario:

       CPU0                    CPU1
       ----                    ----
  lock(&mm->mmap_lock);
                               lock(&dev->mode_config.idr_mutex);
                               lock(&mm->mmap_lock);
  lock(vm_lock);

 *** DEADLOCK ***

2 locks held by syz.1.261/8150:
 #0: ffff0000d0fee3d0 (&sig->cred_guard_mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: prepare_bprm_creds fs/exec.c:1469 [inline]
 #0: ffff0000d0fee3d0 (&sig->cred_guard_mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: bprm_execve+0xa8/0x10dc fs/exec.c:1842
 #1: ffff0000d572df50 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{4:4}, at: mmap_write_lock include/linux/mmap_lock.h:128 [inline]
 #1: ffff0000d572df50 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{4:4}, at: exit_mmap+0x200/0xbec mm/mmap.c:1292

stack backtrace:
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 8150 Comm: syz.1.261 Not tainted 6.15.0-rc7-syzkaller-gd7fa1af5b33e #0 PREEMPT 
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 02/12/2025
Call trace:
 show_stack+0x2c/0x3c arch/arm64/kernel/stacktrace.c:466 (C)
 __dump_stack+0x30/0x40 lib/dump_stack.c:94
 dump_stack_lvl+0xd8/0x12c lib/dump_stack.c:120
 dump_stack+0x1c/0x28 lib/dump_stack.c:129
 print_circular_bug+0x324/0x32c kernel/locking/lockdep.c:2079
 check_noncircular+0x154/0x174 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:2211
 check_prev_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3166 [inline]
 check_prevs_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3285 [inline]
 validate_chain kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3909 [inline]
 __lock_acquire+0x1728/0x3058 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5235
 lock_acquire+0x14c/0x2e0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5866
 __vma_enter_locked+0x184/0x354 mm/memory.c:6473
 __vma_start_write+0x34/0x158 mm/memory.c:6497
 vma_start_write include/linux/mm.h:829 [inline]
 free_pgtables+0x1e0/0x63c mm/memory.c:369
 exit_mmap+0x394/0xbec mm/mmap.c:1295
 __mmput+0xec/0x3dc kernel/fork.c:1380
 mmput+0x70/0xac kernel/fork.c:1402
 free_bprm+0x11c/0x398 fs/exec.c:1493
 do_execveat_common+0x6b8/0x834 fs/exec.c:1970
 do_execveat fs/exec.c:2053 [inline]
 __do_sys_execveat fs/exec.c:2127 [inline]
 __se_sys_execveat fs/exec.c:2121 [inline]
 __arm64_sys_execveat+0xd0/0xec fs/exec.c:2121
 __invoke_syscall arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:35 [inline]
 invoke_syscall+0x98/0x2b8 arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:49
 el0_svc_common+0x130/0x23c arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:132
 do_el0_svc+0x48/0x58 arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:151
 el0_svc+0x58/0x17c arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:767
 el0t_64_sync_handler+0x78/0x108 arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:786
 el0t_64_sync+0x198/0x19c arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S:600

Crashes (1):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2025/05/25 15:37 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux.git for-kernelci d7fa1af5b33e ed351ea7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-gce-arm64 possible deadlock in __vma_start_write
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.