possible deadlock in blkdev_buffered_write

Status: upstream: reported C repro on 2026/10/20 15:32
Subsystems: block
Labels: prio:low
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Reported-by: syzbot+bd975ef54294bec73f0e@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 4d02h, last: 36m
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b1022f40 assessment-security DenialOfService: ✅ Exploitable: ❌ FilesystemTrigger: ❌ NetworkTrigger: ❌ PeripheralTrigger: ❌ RemoteTrigger: ❌ Unprivileged: ❌ UserNamespace: ❌ VMGuestTrigger: ❌ VMHostTrigger: ❌ ❓ possible deadlock in blkdev_buffered_write 2026/10/17 00:01 2026/10/17 00:01 2026/10/17 00:56 432c0077
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[syzbot] [block?] possible deadlock in blkdev_buffered_write 0 (1) 2026/10/20 15:32
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Created Duration User Patch Repo Result
2026/10/19 05:46 0m bisect linux-next error

Sample crash report:
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WARNING: possible recursive locking detected
syzkaller #0 Not tainted
--------------------------------------------
syz.0.40/6005 is trying to acquire lock:
ffff888024956f68 (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#10){++++}-{4:4}, at: inode_lock_shared include/linux/fs.h:1039 [inline]
ffff888024956f68 (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#10){++++}-{4:4}, at: blkdev_buffered_write+0xd7/0x160 block/fops.c:738

but task is already holding lock:
ffff888024956f68 (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#10){++++}-{4:4}, at: inode_lock_shared include/linux/fs.h:1039 [inline]
ffff888024956f68 (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#10){++++}-{4:4}, at: blkdev_write_iter+0x6c5/0x810 block/fops.c:815

other info that might help us debug this:
 Possible unsafe locking scenario:

       CPU0
       ----
  lock(&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#10);
  lock(&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#10);

 *** DEADLOCK ***

 May be due to missing lock nesting notation

locks held by syz.0.40/6005: 1, last CPU#1:
 #0: ffff888024956f68 (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#10){++++}-{4:4}, at: inode_lock_shared include/linux/fs.h:1039 [inline]
 #0: ffff888024956f68 (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#10){++++}-{4:4}, at: blkdev_write_iter+0x6c5/0x810 block/fops.c:815

stack backtrace:
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 6005 Comm: syz.0.40 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) 
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 09/16/2026
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 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
 down_read+0x45/0x320 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1574
 inode_lock_shared include/linux/fs.h:1039 [inline]
 blkdev_buffered_write+0xd7/0x160 block/fops.c:738
 blkdev_write_iter+0x6d5/0x810 block/fops.c:816
 do_iter_readv_writev+0x612/0x8c0 fs/read_write.c:-1
 vfs_writev+0x343/0x990 fs/read_write.c:1768
 do_pwritev fs/read_write.c:1864 [inline]
 __do_sys_pwritev2 fs/read_write.c:1922 [inline]
 __se_sys_pwritev2+0x177/0x2a0 fs/read_write.c:1913
 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: 0033:0x7ff2f2b9e559
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:00007fff19d23ca8 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000148
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007ff2f2e25fa0 RCX: 00007ff2f2b9e559
RDX: 0000000000000001 RSI: 0000200000000240 RDI: 0000000000000004
RBP: 00007ff2f2c35ab8 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000003
R10: 0000000000007a00 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007ff2f2e25fac R14: 00007ff2f2e25fa0 R15: 00007ff2f2e25fa0
 </TASK>

Crashes (299):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/10/18 05:23 linux-next 2efb7a11f1aa 432c0077 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root possible deadlock in blkdev_buffered_write
2026/10/16 20:27 linux-next 2efb7a11f1aa b1757810 .config strace log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce possible deadlock in blkdev_buffered_write
2026/10/16 19:51 linux-next 2efb7a11f1aa b1757810 .config strace log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce possible deadlock in blkdev_buffered_write
2026/10/16 17:59 linux-next 2efb7a11f1aa b1757810 .config strace log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce possible deadlock in blkdev_buffered_write
2026/10/20 16:56 linux-next 8f7df005a756 df8746fb .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce possible deadlock in blkdev_buffered_write
2026/10/19 19:19 linux-next 2efb7a11f1aa 72cdc28d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce possible deadlock in blkdev_buffered_write
2026/10/19 16:39 linux-next 2efb7a11f1aa 432c0077 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root possible deadlock in blkdev_buffered_write
2026/10/19 16:33 linux-next 2efb7a11f1aa 432c0077 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce possible deadlock in blkdev_buffered_write
2026/10/19 14:13 linux-next 2efb7a11f1aa 432c0077 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce possible deadlock in blkdev_buffered_write
2026/10/19 13:13 linux-next 2efb7a11f1aa 432c0077 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root possible deadlock in blkdev_buffered_write
2026/10/19 12:05 linux-next 2efb7a11f1aa 432c0077 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root possible deadlock in blkdev_buffered_write
2026/10/19 10:45 linux-next 2efb7a11f1aa 432c0077 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root possible deadlock in blkdev_buffered_write
2026/10/19 09:31 linux-next 2efb7a11f1aa 432c0077 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce possible deadlock in blkdev_buffered_write
2026/10/19 08:28 linux-next 2efb7a11f1aa 432c0077 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root possible deadlock in blkdev_buffered_write
2026/10/19 06:15 linux-next 2efb7a11f1aa 432c0077 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce possible deadlock in blkdev_buffered_write
2026/10/19 04:41 linux-next 2efb7a11f1aa 432c0077 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce possible deadlock in blkdev_buffered_write
2026/10/19 02:41 linux-next 2efb7a11f1aa 432c0077 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root possible deadlock in blkdev_buffered_write
2026/10/19 00:48 linux-next 2efb7a11f1aa 432c0077 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root possible deadlock in blkdev_buffered_write
2026/10/18 21:59 linux-next 2efb7a11f1aa 432c0077 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root possible deadlock in blkdev_buffered_write
2026/10/18 21:04 linux-next 2efb7a11f1aa 432c0077 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce possible deadlock in blkdev_buffered_write
2026/10/18 19:06 linux-next 2efb7a11f1aa 432c0077 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce possible deadlock in blkdev_buffered_write
2026/10/18 17:56 linux-next 2efb7a11f1aa 432c0077 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce possible deadlock in blkdev_buffered_write
2026/10/18 16:15 linux-next 2efb7a11f1aa 432c0077 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce possible deadlock in blkdev_buffered_write
2026/10/18 14:15 linux-next 2efb7a11f1aa 432c0077 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root possible deadlock in blkdev_buffered_write
2026/10/18 13:43 linux-next 2efb7a11f1aa 432c0077 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root possible deadlock in blkdev_buffered_write
2026/10/18 12:43 linux-next 2efb7a11f1aa 432c0077 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce possible deadlock in blkdev_buffered_write
2026/10/18 11:26 linux-next 2efb7a11f1aa 432c0077 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root possible deadlock in blkdev_buffered_write
2026/10/18 10:18 linux-next 2efb7a11f1aa 432c0077 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root possible deadlock in blkdev_buffered_write
2026/10/18 09:13 linux-next 2efb7a11f1aa 432c0077 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce possible deadlock in blkdev_buffered_write
2026/10/18 08:16 linux-next 2efb7a11f1aa 432c0077 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce possible deadlock in blkdev_buffered_write
2026/10/18 06:45 linux-next 2efb7a11f1aa 432c0077 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root possible deadlock in blkdev_buffered_write
2026/10/18 04:24 linux-next 2efb7a11f1aa 432c0077 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce possible deadlock in blkdev_buffered_write
2026/10/18 03:11 linux-next 2efb7a11f1aa 432c0077 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root possible deadlock in blkdev_buffered_write
2026/10/18 01:36 linux-next 2efb7a11f1aa 432c0077 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce possible deadlock in blkdev_buffered_write
2026/10/17 21:03 linux-next 2efb7a11f1aa 432c0077 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce possible deadlock in blkdev_buffered_write
2026/10/17 19:05 linux-next 2efb7a11f1aa 432c0077 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root possible deadlock in blkdev_buffered_write
2026/10/17 18:34 linux-next 2efb7a11f1aa 432c0077 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce possible deadlock in blkdev_buffered_write
2026/10/17 15:56 linux-next 2efb7a11f1aa 432c0077 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root possible deadlock in blkdev_buffered_write
2026/10/17 14:26 linux-next 2efb7a11f1aa 432c0077 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce possible deadlock in blkdev_buffered_write
2026/10/17 13:07 linux-next 2efb7a11f1aa 432c0077 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce possible deadlock in blkdev_buffered_write
2026/10/17 12:06 linux-next 2efb7a11f1aa 432c0077 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce possible deadlock in blkdev_buffered_write
2026/10/17 10:57 linux-next 2efb7a11f1aa 432c0077 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce possible deadlock in blkdev_buffered_write
2026/10/17 09:02 linux-next 2efb7a11f1aa 432c0077 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce possible deadlock in blkdev_buffered_write
2026/10/17 07:32 linux-next 2efb7a11f1aa 432c0077 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce possible deadlock in blkdev_buffered_write
2026/10/17 06:14 linux-next 2efb7a11f1aa 432c0077 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root possible deadlock in blkdev_buffered_write
2026/10/17 04:59 linux-next 2efb7a11f1aa 432c0077 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce possible deadlock in blkdev_buffered_write
2026/10/17 04:39 linux-next 2efb7a11f1aa 432c0077 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root possible deadlock in blkdev_buffered_write
2026/10/17 02:45 linux-next 2efb7a11f1aa 432c0077 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce possible deadlock in blkdev_buffered_write
2026/10/17 01:38 linux-next 2efb7a11f1aa 432c0077 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root possible deadlock in blkdev_buffered_write
2026/10/16 15:23 linux-next 2efb7a11f1aa b1757810 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root possible deadlock in blkdev_buffered_write
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.