possible deadlock in hfsplus_file_extend (4)

Status: upstream: reported C repro on 2026/02/11 15:48
Reported-by: syzbot+65d55898e6b1bd038d24@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 199d, last: 1d07h
Fix bisection: failed (error log, bisect log)
  
Bug presence (1)
Date Name Commit Repro Result
2026/07/20 upstream (ToT) 1590cf032971 C Failed due to an error; will retry later
Similar bugs (12)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
linux-6.1 possible deadlock in hfsplus_file_extend (3) 4 4 312d 314d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2026/01/30 04:03
linux-6.1 possible deadlock in hfsplus_file_extend origin:upstream missing-backport 4 syz, C done 2760 757d 1265d 3/3 fixed on 2024/09/08 06:54
linux-5.15 possible deadlock in hfsplus_file_extend (3) 4 10 291d 313d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2026/01/21 08:03
upstream possible deadlock in hfsplus_file_extend (2) prio:normal hfs 4 syz, C inconclusive error 971 5h39m 656d 0/29 upstream: reported C repro on 2024/11/11 11:50
linux-5.15 possible deadlock in hfsplus_file_extend (2) 4 7 635d 685d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/03/13 03:31
linux-4.14 possible deadlock in hfsplus_file_extend hfsplus 4 syz, C 3 1274d 1340d 0/1 upstream: reported C repro on 2022/12/29 06:07
linux-6.6 possible deadlock in hfsplus_file_extend origin:upstream 4 syz, C error 5 7d19h 317d 0/2 upstream: reported C repro on 2025/10/16 15:40
linux-5.15 possible deadlock in hfsplus_file_extend missing-backport origin:lts-only 4 syz, C done 3439 741d 1267d 3/3 fixed on 2024/09/23 09:27
linux-4.19 possible deadlock in hfsplus_file_extend hfsplus 4 syz, C 258 1273d 1372d 0/1 upstream: reported C repro on 2022/11/26 10:00
linux-5.15 possible deadlock in hfsplus_file_extend (4) 4 3 200d 200d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2026/05/22 01:53
linux-6.1 possible deadlock in hfsplus_file_extend (2) 4 2 594d 594d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/04/22 11:08
upstream possible deadlock in hfsplus_file_extend hfs 4 syz, C error done 31659 684d 1373d 28/29 fixed on 2024/10/21 12:45

Sample crash report:
loop0: detected capacity change from 0 to 1024
hfsplus: inconsistency in B*Tree (128,1,255,1,0)
============================================
WARNING: possible recursive locking detected
syzkaller #0 Not tainted
--------------------------------------------
syz.0.17/4513 is trying to acquire lock:
ffff0000d8fe8108 (&HFSPLUS_I(inode)->extents_lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: hfsplus_file_extend+0x188/0x1324 fs/hfsplus/extents.c:455

but task is already holding lock:
ffff0000d8fe8e88 (&HFSPLUS_I(inode)->extents_lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: hfsplus_file_extend+0x188/0x1324 fs/hfsplus/extents.c:455

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

       CPU0
       ----
  lock(&HFSPLUS_I(inode)->extents_lock);
  lock(&HFSPLUS_I(inode)->extents_lock);

 *** DEADLOCK ***

 May be due to missing lock nesting notation

6 locks held by syz.0.17/4513:
 #0: ffff0000d640a460 (sb_writers#12){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: mnt_want_write+0x44/0x9c fs/namespace.c:402
 #1: ffff0000d8fea4c0 (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#20){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: inode_lock include/linux/fs.h:758 [inline]
 #1: ffff0000d8fea4c0 (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#20){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: vfs_setxattr+0x138/0x2a8 fs/xattr.c:308
 #2: ffff0000d85840b0 (&tree->tree_lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: hfsplus_find_init+0x148/0x1c0 fs/hfsplus/bfind.c:28
 #3: ffff0000d85820b0 (&tree->tree_lock/2){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: hfsplus_find_init+0x148/0x1c0 fs/hfsplus/bfind.c:28
 #4: ffff0000d8fe8e88 (&HFSPLUS_I(inode)->extents_lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: hfsplus_file_extend+0x188/0x1324 fs/hfsplus/extents.c:455
 #5: ffff0000d64080b0 (&tree->tree_lock/1){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: hfsplus_find_init+0x148/0x1c0 fs/hfsplus/bfind.c:28

stack backtrace:
CPU: 0 PID: 4513 Comm: syz.0.17 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 08/07/2026
Call trace:
 dump_backtrace+0x1c4/0x1f0 arch/arm64/kernel/stacktrace.c:158
 show_stack+0x2c/0x3c arch/arm64/kernel/stacktrace.c:165
 __dump_stack+0x30/0x40 lib/dump_stack.c:88
 dump_stack_lvl+0xf4/0x15c lib/dump_stack.c:106
 dump_stack+0x1c/0x5c lib/dump_stack.c:113
 __lock_acquire+0x15d0/0x6634 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:-1
 lock_acquire+0x20c/0x638 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5676
 __mutex_lock_common+0x1a0/0x1f3c kernel/locking/mutex.c:603
 __mutex_lock kernel/locking/mutex.c:747 [inline]
 mutex_lock_nested+0x38/0x44 kernel/locking/mutex.c:799
 hfsplus_file_extend+0x188/0x1324 fs/hfsplus/extents.c:455
 hfsplus_bmap_reserve+0xd0/0x458 fs/hfsplus/btree.c:358
 __hfsplus_ext_write_extent+0x1e4/0x4b0 fs/hfsplus/extents.c:104
 __hfsplus_ext_cache_extent+0x84/0x924 fs/hfsplus/extents.c:186
 hfsplus_ext_read_extent fs/hfsplus/extents.c:218 [inline]
 hfsplus_file_extend+0x388/0x1324 fs/hfsplus/extents.c:459
 hfsplus_bmap_reserve+0xd0/0x458 fs/hfsplus/btree.c:358
 hfsplus_create_attr+0x1a0/0x4d8 fs/hfsplus/attributes.c:221
 __hfsplus_setxattr+0x9e8/0x1b14 fs/hfsplus/xattr.c:358
 hfsplus_setxattr+0xdc/0x12c fs/hfsplus/xattr.c:438
 hfsplus_trusted_setxattr+0x54/0x6c fs/hfsplus/xattr_trusted.c:30
 __vfs_setxattr+0x374/0x390 fs/xattr.c:182
 __vfs_setxattr_noperm+0x120/0x56c fs/xattr.c:216
 __vfs_setxattr_locked+0x1e8/0x214 fs/xattr.c:277
 vfs_setxattr+0x158/0x2a8 fs/xattr.c:309
 do_setxattr fs/xattr.c:594 [inline]
 setxattr+0x258/0x2d8 fs/xattr.c:617
 path_setxattr+0x130/0x260 fs/xattr.c:636
 __do_sys_lsetxattr fs/xattr.c:659 [inline]
 __se_sys_lsetxattr fs/xattr.c:655 [inline]
 __arm64_sys_lsetxattr+0xc4/0xe0 fs/xattr.c:655
 __invoke_syscall arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:38 [inline]
 invoke_syscall+0x98/0x290 arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:52
 el0_svc_common+0x13c/0x258 arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:140
 do_el0_svc+0x5c/0x134 arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:204
 el0_svc+0x58/0x128 arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:637
 el0t_64_sync_handler+0x84/0xf0 arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:655
 el0t_64_sync+0x18c/0x190 arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S:585

Crashes (20):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/08/22 09:29 linux-6.1.y 7e6e67054721 1e72964b .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in hfsplus_file_extend
2026/07/26 09:22 linux-6.1.y dc5c83b7f5f8 492bab15 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in hfsplus_file_extend
2026/02/16 14:05 linux-6.1.y 8ce36b2849ef 1e62d198 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in hfsplus_file_extend
2026/08/29 02:26 linux-6.1.y d64a499eea6b 2f52988a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan possible deadlock in hfsplus_file_extend
2026/08/29 02:10 linux-6.1.y d64a499eea6b 2f52988a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan possible deadlock in hfsplus_file_extend
2026/08/29 02:10 linux-6.1.y d64a499eea6b 2f52988a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan possible deadlock in hfsplus_file_extend
2026/08/25 02:51 linux-6.1.y 05208478041c 614e416a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan possible deadlock in hfsplus_file_extend
2026/08/23 20:03 linux-6.1.y 05208478041c 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan possible deadlock in hfsplus_file_extend
2026/04/05 20:59 linux-6.1.y 1989cd3d56e2 4440e7c2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan possible deadlock in hfsplus_file_extend
2026/07/26 08:57 linux-6.1.y dc5c83b7f5f8 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in hfsplus_file_extend
2026/02/18 04:35 linux-6.1.y 8ce36b2849ef 39751c21 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in hfsplus_file_extend
2026/02/18 04:29 linux-6.1.y 8ce36b2849ef 39751c21 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in hfsplus_file_extend
2026/02/16 13:39 linux-6.1.y 8ce36b2849ef 1e62d198 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in hfsplus_file_extend
2026/02/15 14:36 linux-6.1.y 8ce36b2849ef 1e62d198 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in hfsplus_file_extend
2026/02/13 21:06 linux-6.1.y 8ce36b2849ef 1e62d198 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in hfsplus_file_extend
2026/02/12 16:49 linux-6.1.y 8ce36b2849ef 504cb1bf .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in hfsplus_file_extend
2026/02/12 04:17 linux-6.1.y 8ce36b2849ef 76a109e2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in hfsplus_file_extend
2026/02/12 00:55 linux-6.1.y 8ce36b2849ef 76a109e2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in hfsplus_file_extend
2026/02/12 00:53 linux-6.1.y 8ce36b2849ef 76a109e2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in hfsplus_file_extend
2026/02/11 15:47 linux-6.1.y 8ce36b2849ef 75707236 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 possible deadlock in hfsplus_file_extend
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.