possible deadlock in lookup_open

Status: upstream: reported C repro on 2026/08/22 07:43
Subsystems: usb
Labels: prio:low
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Reported-by: syzbot+c39ae720fb00e7e6f14b@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 60d, last: 17h08m
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0ed7ee64 assessment-security DenialOfService: ✅ Exploitable: ❌ FilesystemTrigger: ❌ NetworkTrigger: ❌ PeripheralTrigger: ❌ RemoteTrigger: ❌ Unprivileged: ❌ UserNamespace: ❌ VMGuestTrigger: ❌ VMHostTrigger: ❌ ❓ possible deadlock in lookup_open 2026/08/20 02:01 2026/08/20 02:01 2026/08/20 02:47 1e72964b
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[syzbot] [usb?] possible deadlock in lookup_open 0 (2) 2026/09/25 08:02

Sample crash report:
LUN: removable file: (no medium)
============================================
WARNING: possible recursive locking detected
syzkaller #0 Not tainted
--------------------------------------------
syz.0.17/5927 is trying to acquire lock:
ffff888024328460 (sb_writers#13){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: lookup_open+0x150/0x1990 fs/namei.c:4451

but task is already holding lock:
ffff888024328460 (sb_writers#13){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: ksys_write+0x12a/0x250 fs/read_write.c:739

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

       CPU0
       ----
  lock(sb_writers#13);
  lock(sb_writers#13);

 *** DEADLOCK ***

 May be due to missing lock nesting notation

locks held by syz.0.17/5927: 4, last CPU#1:
 #0: ffff888024328460 (sb_writers#13){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: ksys_write+0x12a/0x250 fs/read_write.c:739
 #1: ffff888034842e80 (&buffer->mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: configfs_write_iter+0x76/0x4e0 fs/configfs/file.c:226
 #2: ffff88802b698370 (&p->frag_sem){.+.+}-{4:4}, at: flush_write_buffer fs/configfs/file.c:205 [inline]
 #2: ffff88802b698370 (&p->frag_sem){.+.+}-{4:4}, at: configfs_write_iter+0x218/0x4e0 fs/configfs/file.c:229
 #3: ffff888046196120 (&common->filesem){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: fsg_store_file+0x193/0x450 drivers/usb/gadget/function/storage_common.c:452

stack backtrace:
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 5927 Comm: syz.0.17 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) 
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.16.3-debian-1.16.3-2 04/01/2014
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:94 [inline]
 dump_stack_lvl+0x100/0x190 lib/dump_stack.c:120
 print_deadlock_bug.cold+0xbd/0xca kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3085
 check_deadlock kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3137 [inline]
 validate_chain kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3939 [inline]
 __lock_acquire+0x13f4/0x1f40 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5288
 lock_acquire kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5942 [inline]
 lock_acquire+0x1d1/0x380 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5899
 percpu_down_read_internal include/linux/percpu-rwsem.h:53 [inline]
 percpu_down_read_freezable include/linux/percpu-rwsem.h:83 [inline]
 __sb_start_write include/linux/fs/super.h:19 [inline]
 sb_start_write include/linux/fs/super.h:125 [inline]
 mnt_want_write+0x6f/0x420 fs/namespace.c:531
 lookup_open+0x150/0x1990 fs/namei.c:4451
 open_last_lookups fs/namei.c:4766 [inline]
 path_openat+0x10a0/0x2450 fs/namei.c:4996
 do_file_open+0x20e/0x430 fs/namei.c:5028
 file_open_name+0x1c3/0x3e0 fs/open.c:1375
 filp_open+0x2e/0x50 fs/open.c:1392
 fsg_lun_open+0x6b/0x7b0 drivers/usb/gadget/function/storage_common.c:194
 fsg_store_file+0x1e7/0x450 drivers/usb/gadget/function/storage_common.c:455
 flush_write_buffer fs/configfs/file.c:207 [inline]
 configfs_write_iter+0x302/0x4e0 fs/configfs/file.c:229
 new_sync_write fs/read_write.c:595 [inline]
 vfs_write+0x6af/0x1050 fs/read_write.c:687
 ksys_write+0x12a/0x250 fs/read_write.c:739
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:61 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x123/0x790 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:84
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x7fea5999e559
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:00007ffcdb49d118 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000001
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007fea59c25fa0 RCX: 00007fea5999e559
RDX: 0000000000000005 RSI: 00002000000003c0 RDI: 0000000000000003
RBP: 00007fea59a35ab8 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007fea59c25fac R14: 00007fea59c25fa0 R15: 00007fea59c25fa0
 </TASK>
mass_storage.0/lun.0: unable to open backing file: file0

Crashes (117):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/10/17 08:08 upstream 70dd4ee72eb2 432c0077 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream possible deadlock in lookup_open
2026/09/25 08:02 upstream 5fc5768c7ca9 27d05fb3 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 possible deadlock in lookup_open
2026/10/14 21:56 upstream 4056b3c9d3c9 8fb0ae89 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root possible deadlock in lookup_open
2026/10/14 16:50 upstream 4056b3c9d3c9 7321cd29 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root possible deadlock in lookup_open
2026/10/12 15:03 upstream 24a19b953e2a 745a967f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root possible deadlock in lookup_open
2026/10/10 07:30 upstream 3857c2fe5449 4f92358f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root possible deadlock in lookup_open
2026/10/09 08:49 upstream 6c377d19d4a5 b2734a59 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-badwrites-root possible deadlock in lookup_open
2026/10/09 08:49 upstream 6c377d19d4a5 b2734a59 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-badwrites-root possible deadlock in lookup_open
2026/09/06 04:05 upstream 0d9ff90a5422 4f7b22a0 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-badwrites-root possible deadlock in lookup_open
2026/09/04 19:01 upstream 841e384b841a 3f042c7b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root possible deadlock in lookup_open
2026/09/01 22:57 upstream 786262be6048 587f6b29 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-badwrites-root possible deadlock in lookup_open
2026/08/28 15:01 upstream 1b78070aaef6 bcbc8ceb .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root possible deadlock in lookup_open
2026/08/28 04:15 upstream 73e3f0710014 e2fa417d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root possible deadlock in lookup_open
2026/08/27 21:49 upstream 73e3f0710014 e2fa417d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root possible deadlock in lookup_open
2026/08/21 23:33 upstream 531ed942bb0d 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root possible deadlock in lookup_open
2026/08/18 22:06 upstream 0f23d56f17fd 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root possible deadlock in lookup_open
2026/10/06 19:03 upstream 69f80fef3153 f7710056 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream possible deadlock in lookup_open
2026/10/06 18:01 upstream 69f80fef3153 f7710056 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream possible deadlock in lookup_open
2026/10/06 01:44 upstream 67f0943b394d f7710056 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream possible deadlock in lookup_open
2026/09/27 08:34 upstream fd179f8a05be a3c7249d .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream possible deadlock in lookup_open
2026/09/22 03:46 upstream f0100363d8c3 a8efa948 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream possible deadlock in lookup_open
2026/09/10 01:29 upstream 50d05c7c76c9 4e8b1cc6 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream possible deadlock in lookup_open
2026/09/08 15:53 upstream 28924df2a08f 351387c4 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream possible deadlock in lookup_open
2026/09/08 12:57 upstream 28924df2a08f 351387c4 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream possible deadlock in lookup_open
2026/09/07 16:36 upstream df2908090cda 5e4626f5 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream possible deadlock in lookup_open
2026/09/04 23:12 upstream 654ae5d73c05 4f7b22a0 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream possible deadlock in lookup_open
2026/09/03 09:08 upstream 940de590b839 6a988719 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream possible deadlock in lookup_open
2026/09/03 03:17 upstream 940de590b839 6a988719 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream possible deadlock in lookup_open
2026/09/02 16:45 upstream 89a312991dc6 74e93e68 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream possible deadlock in lookup_open
2026/09/02 14:46 upstream 89a312991dc6 74e93e68 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream possible deadlock in lookup_open
2026/08/31 06:54 upstream a23cbb05744b 2f52988a .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream possible deadlock in lookup_open
2026/08/30 00:10 upstream 08dbfad3f504 2f52988a .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream possible deadlock in lookup_open
2026/08/29 21:40 upstream 08dbfad3f504 2f52988a .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream possible deadlock in lookup_open
2026/08/29 01:13 upstream 818bebeb63dd 2f52988a .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream possible deadlock in lookup_open
2026/08/28 05:17 upstream 818bebeb63dd e2fa417d .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream possible deadlock in lookup_open
2026/08/18 07:37 upstream ff68e5f557f6 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream possible deadlock in lookup_open
2026/10/16 07:33 upstream 2f2f7eeef8b0 3f2522c6 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 possible deadlock in lookup_open
2026/10/15 17:48 upstream 045958acaa75 3f2522c6 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 possible deadlock in lookup_open
2026/10/09 16:15 upstream af32da41b032 549ef7e3 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 possible deadlock in lookup_open
2026/09/25 07:34 upstream 5fc5768c7ca9 27d05fb3 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 possible deadlock in lookup_open
2026/09/16 03:01 upstream 50d05c7c76c9 12a0a44a .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 possible deadlock in lookup_open
2026/09/15 14:03 upstream 50d05c7c76c9 f41e228a .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 possible deadlock in lookup_open
2026/09/15 10:17 upstream 50d05c7c76c9 81a27d1a .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 possible deadlock in lookup_open
2026/09/05 03:44 upstream 654ae5d73c05 4f7b22a0 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 possible deadlock in lookup_open
2026/09/03 19:46 upstream 8ab1afb2eb24 d2e5fb95 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 possible deadlock in lookup_open
2026/09/03 12:57 upstream 940de590b839 d2e5fb95 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 possible deadlock in lookup_open
2026/09/03 11:10 upstream 940de590b839 d2e5fb95 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 possible deadlock in lookup_open
2026/09/03 00:55 upstream 940de590b839 6a988719 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 possible deadlock in lookup_open
2026/09/02 10:38 upstream 89a312991dc6 74e93e68 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 possible deadlock in lookup_open
2026/09/02 03:37 upstream 786262be6048 587f6b29 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 possible deadlock in lookup_open
2026/09/01 15:47 upstream 786262be6048 587f6b29 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 possible deadlock in lookup_open
2026/09/01 10:57 upstream abdf623ddb75 316d9396 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 possible deadlock in lookup_open
2026/09/01 06:42 upstream abdf623ddb75 316d9396 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 possible deadlock in lookup_open
2026/09/01 01:28 upstream cee9395acd80 00e9c810 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 possible deadlock in lookup_open
2026/08/31 02:05 upstream a23cbb05744b 2f52988a .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 possible deadlock in lookup_open
2026/08/29 10:32 upstream 548e7bcd0c54 2f52988a .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 possible deadlock in lookup_open
2026/08/28 18:12 upstream 1b78070aaef6 41d151d4 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 possible deadlock in lookup_open
2026/10/12 02:01 linux-next becb95e45ef0 4f92358f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root possible deadlock in lookup_open
2026/09/30 17:30 linux-next 6c2cb8b8b843 892a21ec .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root possible deadlock in lookup_open
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.