======================================================
WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected
syzkaller #0 Not tainted
------------------------------------------------------
syz.4.859/6988 is trying to acquire lock:
ffff88805e5b5120 (sk_lock-AF_AX25){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: lock_sock include/net/sock.h:1744 [inline]
ffff88805e5b5120 (sk_lock-AF_AX25){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: ax25_kill_by_device net/ax25/af_ax25.c:99 [inline]
ffff88805e5b5120 (sk_lock-AF_AX25){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: ax25_device_event+0x217/0x4f0 net/ax25/af_ax25.c:142

but task is already holding lock:
ffffffff8d43cb48 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: dev_ioctl+0x534/0xe30 net/core/dev_ioctl.c:571

which lock already depends on the new lock.


the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:

-> #1 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{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
       ax25_setsockopt+0x859/0xa60 net/ax25/af_ax25.c:676
       __sys_setsockopt+0x2bf/0x3d0 net/socket.c:2212
       __do_sys_setsockopt net/socket.c:2223 [inline]
       __se_sys_setsockopt net/socket.c:2220 [inline]
       __x64_sys_setsockopt+0xb1/0xc0 net/socket.c:2220
       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

-> #0 (sk_lock-AF_AX25){+.+.}-{0:0}:
       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
       lock_sock_nested+0x44/0x100 net/core/sock.c:3259
       lock_sock include/net/sock.h:1744 [inline]
       ax25_kill_by_device net/ax25/af_ax25.c:99 [inline]
       ax25_device_event+0x217/0x4f0 net/ax25/af_ax25.c:142
       notifier_call_chain kernel/notifier.c:83 [inline]
       raw_notifier_call_chain+0xcb/0x160 kernel/notifier.c:391
       call_netdevice_notifiers_extack net/core/dev.c:2074 [inline]
       call_netdevice_notifiers net/core/dev.c:2088 [inline]
       __dev_notify_flags+0x158/0x300 net/core/dev.c:8919
       dev_change_flags+0xe3/0x1a0 net/core/dev.c:8955
       dev_ifsioc+0x130/0xd50 net/core/dev_ioctl.c:324
       dev_ioctl+0x545/0xe30 net/core/dev_ioctl.c:572
       sock_do_ioctl+0x245/0x320 net/socket.c:1161
       sock_ioctl+0x4d2/0x710 net/socket.c:1266
       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

other info that might help us debug this:

 Possible unsafe locking scenario:

       CPU0                    CPU1
       ----                    ----
  lock(rtnl_mutex);
                               lock(sk_lock-AF_AX25);
                               lock(rtnl_mutex);
  lock(sk_lock-AF_AX25);

 *** DEADLOCK ***

1 lock held by syz.4.859/6988:
 #0: ffffffff8d43cb48 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: dev_ioctl+0x534/0xe30 net/core/dev_ioctl.c:571

stack backtrace:
CPU: 1 PID: 6988 Comm: syz.4.859 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 02/12/2026
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
 lock_sock_nested+0x44/0x100 net/core/sock.c:3259
 lock_sock include/net/sock.h:1744 [inline]
 ax25_kill_by_device net/ax25/af_ax25.c:99 [inline]
 ax25_device_event+0x217/0x4f0 net/ax25/af_ax25.c:142
 notifier_call_chain kernel/notifier.c:83 [inline]
 raw_notifier_call_chain+0xcb/0x160 kernel/notifier.c:391
 call_netdevice_notifiers_extack net/core/dev.c:2074 [inline]
 call_netdevice_notifiers net/core/dev.c:2088 [inline]
 __dev_notify_flags+0x158/0x300 net/core/dev.c:8919
 dev_change_flags+0xe3/0x1a0 net/core/dev.c:8955
 dev_ifsioc+0x130/0xd50 net/core/dev_ioctl.c:324
 dev_ioctl+0x545/0xe30 net/core/dev_ioctl.c:572
 sock_do_ioctl+0x245/0x320 net/socket.c:1161
 sock_ioctl+0x4d2/0x710 net/socket.c:1266
 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
RIP: 0033:0x7fb293c34799
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:00007fb291e8e028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000010
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007fb293eadfa0 RCX: 00007fb293c34799
RDX: 0000200000000000 RSI: 0000000000008914 RDI: 0000000000000004
RBP: 00007fb293ccac99 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007fb293eae038 R14: 00007fb293eadfa0 R15: 00007fff234f8058
 </TASK>
==================================================================
BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in instrument_atomic_read_write include/linux/instrumented.h:101 [inline]
BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in atomic_fetch_sub_release include/linux/atomic/atomic-instrumented.h:167 [inline]
BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in __refcount_sub_and_test include/linux/refcount.h:272 [inline]
BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in __refcount_dec_and_test include/linux/refcount.h:315 [inline]
BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in refcount_dec_and_test include/linux/refcount.h:333 [inline]
BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in ax25_dev_put include/net/ax25.h:301 [inline]
BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in ax25_dev_device_down+0x35e/0x520 net/ax25/ax25_dev.c:122
Write of size 4 at addr ffff88805f539eb8 by task syz.4.859/6988

CPU: 1 PID: 6988 Comm: syz.4.859 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 02/12/2026
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 dump_stack_lvl+0x188/0x250 lib/dump_stack.c:106
 print_address_description+0x60/0x2d0 mm/kasan/report.c:248
 __kasan_report mm/kasan/report.c:434 [inline]
 kasan_report+0xdf/0x130 mm/kasan/report.c:451
 check_region_inline mm/kasan/generic.c:-1 [inline]
 kasan_check_range+0x235/0x290 mm/kasan/generic.c:189
 instrument_atomic_read_write include/linux/instrumented.h:101 [inline]
 atomic_fetch_sub_release include/linux/atomic/atomic-instrumented.h:167 [inline]
 __refcount_sub_and_test include/linux/refcount.h:272 [inline]
 __refcount_dec_and_test include/linux/refcount.h:315 [inline]
 refcount_dec_and_test include/linux/refcount.h:333 [inline]
 ax25_dev_put include/net/ax25.h:301 [inline]
 ax25_dev_device_down+0x35e/0x520 net/ax25/ax25_dev.c:122
 ax25_device_event+0x4b4/0x4f0 net/ax25/af_ax25.c:144
 notifier_call_chain kernel/notifier.c:83 [inline]
 raw_notifier_call_chain+0xcb/0x160 kernel/notifier.c:391
 call_netdevice_notifiers_extack net/core/dev.c:2074 [inline]
 call_netdevice_notifiers net/core/dev.c:2088 [inline]
 __dev_notify_flags+0x158/0x300 net/core/dev.c:8919
 dev_change_flags+0xe3/0x1a0 net/core/dev.c:8955
 dev_ifsioc+0x130/0xd50 net/core/dev_ioctl.c:324
 dev_ioctl+0x545/0xe30 net/core/dev_ioctl.c:572
 sock_do_ioctl+0x245/0x320 net/socket.c:1161
 sock_ioctl+0x4d2/0x710 net/socket.c:1266
 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
RIP: 0033:0x7fb293c34799
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:00007fb291e8e028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000010
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007fb293eadfa0 RCX: 00007fb293c34799
RDX: 0000200000000000 RSI: 0000000000008914 RDI: 0000000000000004
RBP: 00007fb293ccac99 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007fb293eae038 R14: 00007fb293eadfa0 R15: 00007fff234f8058
 </TASK>

Allocated by task 6988:
 kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:38 [inline]
 kasan_set_track mm/kasan/common.c:46 [inline]
 set_alloc_info mm/kasan/common.c:434 [inline]
 ____kasan_kmalloc mm/kasan/common.c:513 [inline]
 __kasan_kmalloc+0xb5/0xf0 mm/kasan/common.c:522
 kmalloc include/linux/slab.h:607 [inline]
 kzalloc include/linux/slab.h:738 [inline]
 ax25_dev_device_up+0x50/0x580 net/ax25/ax25_dev.c:55
 ax25_device_event+0x483/0x4f0 net/ax25/af_ax25.c:139
 notifier_call_chain kernel/notifier.c:83 [inline]
 raw_notifier_call_chain+0xcb/0x160 kernel/notifier.c:391
 call_netdevice_notifiers_extack net/core/dev.c:2074 [inline]
 call_netdevice_notifiers net/core/dev.c:2088 [inline]
 __dev_notify_flags+0x194/0x300 net/core/dev.c:8917
 dev_change_flags+0xe3/0x1a0 net/core/dev.c:8955
 dev_ifsioc+0x130/0xd50 net/core/dev_ioctl.c:324
 dev_ioctl+0x545/0xe30 net/core/dev_ioctl.c:572
 sock_do_ioctl+0x245/0x320 net/socket.c:1161
 sock_ioctl+0x4d2/0x710 net/socket.c:1266
 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

Freed by task 6988:
 kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:38 [inline]
 kasan_set_track+0x4b/0x70 mm/kasan/common.c:46
 kasan_set_free_info+0x1f/0x40 mm/kasan/generic.c:360
 ____kasan_slab_free+0xd5/0x110 mm/kasan/common.c:366
 kasan_slab_free include/linux/kasan.h:230 [inline]
 slab_free_hook mm/slub.c:1710 [inline]
 slab_free_freelist_hook+0xea/0x170 mm/slub.c:1736
 slab_free mm/slub.c:3504 [inline]
 kfree+0xef/0x2a0 mm/slub.c:4564
 ax25_dev_put include/net/ax25.h:302 [inline]
 ax25_dev_device_down+0x1c0/0x520 net/ax25/ax25_dev.c:119
 ax25_device_event+0x4b4/0x4f0 net/ax25/af_ax25.c:144
 notifier_call_chain kernel/notifier.c:83 [inline]
 raw_notifier_call_chain+0xcb/0x160 kernel/notifier.c:391
 call_netdevice_notifiers_extack net/core/dev.c:2074 [inline]
 call_netdevice_notifiers net/core/dev.c:2088 [inline]
 __dev_notify_flags+0x158/0x300 net/core/dev.c:8919
 dev_change_flags+0xe3/0x1a0 net/core/dev.c:8955
 dev_ifsioc+0x130/0xd50 net/core/dev_ioctl.c:324
 dev_ioctl+0x545/0xe30 net/core/dev_ioctl.c:572
 sock_do_ioctl+0x245/0x320 net/socket.c:1161
 sock_ioctl+0x4d2/0x710 net/socket.c:1266
 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

Last potentially related work creation:
 kasan_save_stack+0x35/0x60 mm/kasan/common.c:38
 kasan_record_aux_stack+0xb8/0x100 mm/kasan/generic.c:348
 insert_work+0x54/0x3d0 kernel/workqueue.c:1366
 __queue_work+0x9c5/0xd50 kernel/workqueue.c:1532
 queue_work_on+0x124/0x1f0 kernel/workqueue.c:1559
 queue_work include/linux/workqueue.h:512 [inline]
 loop_queue_work drivers/block/loop.c:1068 [inline]
 loop_queue_rq+0x9d8/0xac0 drivers/block/loop.c:2202
 __blk_mq_issue_directly block/blk-mq.c:2015 [inline]
 __blk_mq_try_issue_directly+0x497/0x820 block/blk-mq.c:2071
 blk_mq_try_issue_directly+0xaf/0x270 block/blk-mq.c:2102
 blk_mq_submit_bio+0xfa1/0x1820 block/blk-mq.c:-1
 __submit_bio+0x7d1/0x820 block/blk-core.c:917
 __submit_bio_noacct_mq block/blk-core.c:997 [inline]
 submit_bio_noacct+0x6b0/0x800 block/blk-core.c:1027
 submit_bio+0x2c1/0x560 block/blk-core.c:1089
 submit_bh fs/buffer.c:3062 [inline]
 __sync_dirty_buffer+0x237/0x370 fs/buffer.c:3157
 ext4_commit_super+0x2fa/0x3f0 fs/ext4/super.c:5546
 ext4_setup_super+0x825/0xb90 fs/ext4/super.c:2717
 ext4_fill_super+0x752e/0x95a0 fs/ext4/super.c:4886
 mount_bdev+0x287/0x3c0 fs/super.c:1400
 legacy_get_tree+0xe6/0x180 fs/fs_context.c:611
 vfs_get_tree+0x88/0x270 fs/super.c:1530
 do_new_mount+0x24a/0xa40 fs/namespace.c:3034
 do_mount fs/namespace.c:3377 [inline]
 __do_sys_mount fs/namespace.c:3585 [inline]
 __se_sys_mount+0x2e3/0x3d0 fs/namespace.c:3562
 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

Second to last potentially related work creation:
 kasan_save_stack+0x35/0x60 mm/kasan/common.c:38
 kasan_record_aux_stack+0xb8/0x100 mm/kasan/generic.c:348
 insert_work+0x54/0x3d0 kernel/workqueue.c:1366
 __queue_work+0x9c5/0xd50 kernel/workqueue.c:1532
 queue_work_on+0x124/0x1f0 kernel/workqueue.c:1559
 queue_work include/linux/workqueue.h:512 [inline]
 loop_queue_work drivers/block/loop.c:1068 [inline]
 loop_queue_rq+0x9d8/0xac0 drivers/block/loop.c:2202
 __blk_mq_issue_directly block/blk-mq.c:2015 [inline]
 __blk_mq_try_issue_directly+0x497/0x820 block/blk-mq.c:2071
 blk_mq_try_issue_directly+0xaf/0x270 block/blk-mq.c:2102
 blk_mq_submit_bio+0xfa1/0x1820 block/blk-mq.c:-1
 __submit_bio+0x7d1/0x820 block/blk-core.c:917
 __submit_bio_noacct_mq block/blk-core.c:997 [inline]
 submit_bio_noacct+0x6b0/0x800 block/blk-core.c:1027
 submit_bio+0x2c1/0x560 block/blk-core.c:1089
 submit_bh+0x23/0x30 fs/buffer.c:3062
 __ext4_read_bh fs/ext4/super.c:156 [inline]
 ext4_read_bh+0x180/0x240 fs/ext4/super.c:180
 ext4_read_bh_lock fs/ext4/super.c:195 [inline]
 __ext4_sb_bread_gfp+0x1d1/0x220 fs/ext4/super.c:217
 ext4_sb_bread_unmovable fs/ext4/super.c:234 [inline]
 ext4_fill_super+0x6f2/0x95a0 fs/ext4/super.c:4001
 mount_bdev+0x287/0x3c0 fs/super.c:1400
 legacy_get_tree+0xe6/0x180 fs/fs_context.c:611
 vfs_get_tree+0x88/0x270 fs/super.c:1530
 do_new_mount+0x24a/0xa40 fs/namespace.c:3034
 do_mount fs/namespace.c:3377 [inline]
 __do_sys_mount fs/namespace.c:3585 [inline]
 __se_sys_mount+0x2e3/0x3d0 fs/namespace.c:3562
 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

The buggy address belongs to the object at ffff88805f539e00
 which belongs to the cache kmalloc-192 of size 192
The buggy address is located 184 bytes inside of
 192-byte region [ffff88805f539e00, ffff88805f539ec0)
The buggy address belongs to the page:
page:ffffea00017d4e40 refcount:1 mapcount:0 mapping:0000000000000000 index:0x0 pfn:0x5f539
flags: 0xfff00000000200(slab|node=0|zone=1|lastcpupid=0x7ff)
raw: 00fff00000000200 0000000000000000 0000000200000001 ffff888016c41a00
raw: 0000000000000000 0000000080100010 00000001ffffffff 0000000000000000
page dumped because: kasan: bad access detected
page_owner tracks the page as allocated
page last allocated via order 0, migratetype Unmovable, gfp_mask 0x12cc0(GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_NOWARN|__GFP_NORETRY), pid 1108, ts 75253038806, free_ts 24907091543
 prep_new_page mm/page_alloc.c:2426 [inline]
 get_page_from_freelist+0x1bbd/0x1ca0 mm/page_alloc.c:4192
 __alloc_pages+0x1ee/0x480 mm/page_alloc.c:5501
 __alloc_pages_node include/linux/gfp.h:570 [inline]
 alloc_slab_page mm/slub.c:1782 [inline]
 allocate_slab mm/slub.c:1917 [inline]
 new_slab+0xb6/0x4b0 mm/slub.c:1980
 ___slab_alloc+0x80a/0xdd0 mm/slub.c:3013
 __slab_alloc mm/slub.c:3100 [inline]
 slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:3191 [inline]
 kmem_cache_alloc_node_trace+0x1dd/0x300 mm/slub.c:3275
 kmalloc_node include/linux/slab.h:625 [inline]
 kzalloc_node include/linux/slab.h:749 [inline]
 alloc_worker kernel/workqueue.c:1861 [inline]
 create_worker+0x117/0x640 kernel/workqueue.c:1958
 maybe_create_worker kernel/workqueue.c:2128 [inline]
 manage_workers kernel/workqueue.c:2180 [inline]
 worker_thread+0x4cb/0x1290 kernel/workqueue.c:2429
 kthread+0x436/0x520 kernel/kthread.c:334
 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:287
page last free stack trace:
 reset_page_owner include/linux/page_owner.h:24 [inline]
 free_pages_prepare mm/page_alloc.c:1340 [inline]
 free_pcp_prepare mm/page_alloc.c:1391 [inline]
 free_unref_page_prepare+0x637/0x6c0 mm/page_alloc.c:3317
 free_unref_page+0x8f/0x2a0 mm/page_alloc.c:3396
 free_contig_range+0x96/0xf0 mm/page_alloc.c:9428
 destroy_args+0xf0/0xa00 mm/debug_vm_pgtable.c:1018
 debug_vm_pgtable+0x321/0x380 mm/debug_vm_pgtable.c:1336
 do_one_initcall+0x272/0x730 init/main.c:1316
 do_initcall_level+0x137/0x1f0 init/main.c:1389
 do_initcalls+0x4b/0x90 init/main.c:1405
 kernel_init_freeable+0x3e9/0x570 init/main.c:1629
 kernel_init+0x19/0x1b0 init/main.c:1520
 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:287

Memory state around the buggy address:
 ffff88805f539d80: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc
 ffff88805f539e00: fa fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb
>ffff88805f539e80: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc
                                        ^
 ffff88805f539f00: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
 ffff88805f539f80: 00 00 00 00 fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc
==================================================================