| Date | Name | Commit | Repro | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/04/26 | linux-5.15.y (ToT) | b9d57c40a767 | C | [report] possible deadlock in quotactl_fd |
| 2026/04/26 | upstream (ToT) | 897d54018cc9 | C | Didn't crash |
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| Date | Name | Commit | Repro | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/04/26 | linux-5.15.y (ToT) | b9d57c40a767 | C | [report] possible deadlock in quotactl_fd |
| 2026/04/26 | upstream (ToT) | 897d54018cc9 | C | Didn't crash |
| Kernel | Title | Rank 🛈 | Repro | Cause bisect | Fix bisect | Count | Last | Reported | Patched | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| upstream | possible deadlock in quotactl_fd ext4 | 4 | C | error | done | 141 | 1046d | 1127d | 23/29 | fixed on 2023/08/17 04:20 |
| upstream | possible deadlock in sys_quotactl_fd ext4 | 4 | C | 423 | 1093d | 1127d | 0/29 | auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/08/13 08:22 | ||
| linux-5.15 | possible deadlock in sys_quotactl_fd origin:upstream | 4 | C | done | 167 | 1084d | 1133d | 3/3 | fixed on 2023/06/26 14:47 | |
| linux-6.1 | possible deadlock in sys_quotactl_fd origin:lts-only | 4 | C | inconclusive | 177 | 1034d | 1133d | 0/3 | upstream: reported C repro on 2023/04/05 01:50 | |
| linux-5.15 | possible deadlock in sys_quotactl_fd (2) | 4 | 1 | 383d | 383d | 0/3 | auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/08/01 15:27 |
REISERFS (device loop0): Using r5 hash to sort names
REISERFS warning (device loop0): vs-13060 reiserfs_update_sd_size: stat data of object [1 2 0x0 SD] (nlink == 1) not found (pos 2)
REISERFS (device loop0): Created .reiserfs_priv - reserved for xattr storage.
======================================================
WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected
syzkaller #0 Not tainted
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syz.0.36/4408 is trying to acquire lock:
ffff88801ed1c0e0 (&type->s_umount_key#53){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: __do_sys_quotactl_fd fs/quota/quota.c:996 [inline]
ffff88801ed1c0e0 (&type->s_umount_key#53){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: __se_sys_quotactl_fd+0x24c/0x3b0 fs/quota/quota.c:971
but task is already holding lock:
ffff88801ed1c460 (sb_writers#13){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: mnt_want_write+0x3d/0x90 fs/namespace.c:386
which lock already depends on the new lock.
the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:
-> #2 (sb_writers#13){.+.+}-{0:0}:
percpu_down_read include/linux/percpu-rwsem.h:51 [inline]
__sb_start_write include/linux/fs.h:1811 [inline]
sb_start_write+0x4f/0x1c0 include/linux/fs.h:1881
mnt_want_write_file+0x5c/0x200 fs/namespace.c:430
reiserfs_ioctl+0x10a/0x330 fs/reiserfs/ioctl.c:103
vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline]
__do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:874 [inline]
__se_sys_ioctl+0xfa/0x170 fs/ioctl.c:860
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0x4c/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x66/0xd0
-> #1 (&sbi->lock){+.+.}-{3:3}:
__mutex_lock_common+0x1e3/0x2400 kernel/locking/mutex.c:596
__mutex_lock kernel/locking/mutex.c:729 [inline]
mutex_lock_nested+0x17/0x20 kernel/locking/mutex.c:743
reiserfs_write_lock+0x75/0xd0 fs/reiserfs/lock.c:27
reiserfs_put_super+0xc6/0x510 fs/reiserfs/super.c:596
generic_shutdown_super+0x130/0x300 fs/super.c:475
kill_block_super+0x7c/0xe0 fs/super.c:1427
deactivate_locked_super+0x93/0xf0 fs/super.c:335
cleanup_mnt+0x42d/0x4e0 fs/namespace.c:1148
task_work_run+0x125/0x1a0 kernel/task_work.c:188
tracehook_notify_resume include/linux/tracehook.h:189 [inline]
exit_to_user_mode_loop+0x10f/0x130 kernel/entry/common.c:181
exit_to_user_mode_prepare+0xee/0x180 kernel/entry/common.c:214
__syscall_exit_to_user_mode_work kernel/entry/common.c:296 [inline]
syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x16/0x40 kernel/entry/common.c:307
do_syscall_64+0x58/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:86
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x66/0xd0
-> #0 (&type->s_umount_key#53){+.+.}-{3:3}:
check_prev_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3053 [inline]
check_prevs_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3172 [inline]
validate_chain kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3788 [inline]
__lock_acquire+0x2c42/0x7d10 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5012
lock_acquire+0x19e/0x400 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5623
down_write+0x38/0x60 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1551
__do_sys_quotactl_fd fs/quota/quota.c:996 [inline]
__se_sys_quotactl_fd+0x24c/0x3b0 fs/quota/quota.c:971
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0x4c/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x66/0xd0
other info that might help us debug this:
Chain exists of:
&type->s_umount_key#53 --> &sbi->lock --> sb_writers#13
Possible unsafe locking scenario:
CPU0 CPU1
---- ----
lock(sb_writers#13);
lock(&sbi->lock);
lock(sb_writers#13);
lock(&type->s_umount_key#53);
*** DEADLOCK ***
1 lock held by syz.0.36/4408:
#0: ffff88801ed1c460 (sb_writers#13){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: mnt_want_write+0x3d/0x90 fs/namespace.c:386
stack backtrace:
CPU: 0 PID: 4408 Comm: syz.0.36 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 03/18/2026
Call Trace:
<TASK>
dump_stack_lvl+0x188/0x250 lib/dump_stack.c:106
check_noncircular+0x296/0x330 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:2133
check_prev_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3053 [inline]
check_prevs_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3172 [inline]
validate_chain kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3788 [inline]
__lock_acquire+0x2c42/0x7d10 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5012
lock_acquire+0x19e/0x400 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5623
down_write+0x38/0x60 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1551
__do_sys_quotactl_fd fs/quota/quota.c:996 [inline]
__se_sys_quotactl_fd+0x24c/0x3b0 fs/quota/quota.c:971
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0x4c/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x66/0xd0
RIP: 0033:0x7fda8452b819
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:00007fff4611bb88 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 00000000000001bb
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007fda847a4fa0 RCX: 00007fda8452b819
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffffff80000301 RDI: 0000000000000004
RBP: 00007fda845c1c91 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007fda847a4fac R14: 00007fda847a4fa0 R15: 00007fda847a4fa0
</TASK>
| Time | Kernel | Commit | Syzkaller | Config | Log | Report | Syz repro | C repro | VM info | Assets (help?) | Manager | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/04/19 22:16 | linux-5.15.y | b9d57c40a767 | 303e2802 | .config | console log | report | syz / log | C | [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro #1 (corrupt fs)] [mounted in repro #2 (corrupt fs)] | ci2-linux-5-15-kasan | possible deadlock in quotactl_fd | |
| 2026/04/19 20:04 | linux-5.15.y | b9d57c40a767 | 303e2802 | .config | console log | report | info | [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] | ci2-linux-5-15-kasan | possible deadlock in quotactl_fd |