====================================================== WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected syzkaller #0 Not tainted ------------------------------------------------------ syz.4.2635/15372 is trying to acquire lock: ffff88808adc6138 (&sbi->pipe_mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: autofs_write fs/autofs/waitq.c:55 [inline] ffff88808adc6138 (&sbi->pipe_mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: autofs_notify_daemon+0x4f8/0xd90 fs/autofs/waitq.c:164 but task is already holding lock: ffff8880550d7080 (&of->mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x2c2/0x5f0 fs/kernfs/file.c:336 which lock already depends on the new lock. the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is: -> #2 (&of->mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}: lock_acquire kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5942 [inline] lock_acquire+0x1d1/0x380 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5899 __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:646 [inline] __mutex_lock+0x1a4/0x1bd0 kernel/locking/mutex.c:821 kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x2c2/0x5f0 fs/kernfs/file.c:336 iter_file_splice_write+0x830/0x10b0 fs/splice.c:736 do_splice_from fs/splice.c:936 [inline] do_splice+0x109c/0x1fa0 fs/splice.c:1349 __do_splice+0x33b/0x370 fs/splice.c:1431 __do_sys_splice fs/splice.c:1634 [inline] __se_sys_splice fs/splice.c:1616 [inline] __x64_sys_splice+0x187/0x250 fs/splice.c:1616 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 -> #1 (&pipe->mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}: lock_acquire kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5942 [inline] lock_acquire+0x1d1/0x380 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5899 __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:646 [inline] __mutex_lock+0x1a4/0x1bd0 kernel/locking/mutex.c:821 anon_pipe_prefill_and_lock+0x16c/0x580 fs/pipe.c:165 anon_pipe_write+0x164/0x1b50 fs/pipe.c:534 __kernel_write_iter+0x6bb/0x930 fs/read_write.c:621 __kernel_write+0xf6/0x140 fs/read_write.c:641 autofs_write fs/autofs/waitq.c:57 [inline] autofs_notify_daemon+0x50d/0xd90 fs/autofs/waitq.c:164 autofs_wait+0x10fd/0x1b50 fs/autofs/waitq.c:426 autofs_mount_wait+0x132/0x3b0 fs/autofs/root.c:256 autofs_d_automount+0x490/0x950 fs/autofs/root.c:410 follow_automount fs/namei.c:1565 [inline] __traverse_mounts+0x1b9/0x8a0 fs/namei.c:1618 traverse_mounts fs/namei.c:1647 [inline] handle_mounts fs/namei.c:1749 [inline] step_into_slowpath+0xb7e/0xf90 fs/namei.c:2104 step_into fs/namei.c:2152 [inline] walk_component fs/namei.c:2288 [inline] link_path_walk+0xf28/0x1cc0 fs/namei.c:2656 path_lookupat+0x74/0xc40 fs/namei.c:2812 filename_lookup+0x202/0x590 fs/namei.c:2842 vfs_statx+0xff/0x3f0 fs/stat.c:353 vfs_fstatat fs/stat.c:373 [inline] vfs_stat include/linux/fs.h:3237 [inline] __do_sys_newstat+0xaa/0x130 fs/stat.c:511 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 -> #0 (&sbi->pipe_mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}: check_prev_add+0xeb/0xe60 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3209 check_prevs_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3328 [inline] validate_chain kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3952 [inline] __lock_acquire+0x1528/0x1f40 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5288 lock_acquire kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5942 [inline] lock_acquire+0x1d1/0x380 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5899 __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:646 [inline] __mutex_lock+0x1a4/0x1bd0 kernel/locking/mutex.c:821 autofs_write fs/autofs/waitq.c:55 [inline] autofs_notify_daemon+0x4f8/0xd90 fs/autofs/waitq.c:164 autofs_wait+0x10fd/0x1b50 fs/autofs/waitq.c:426 autofs_mount_wait+0x132/0x3b0 fs/autofs/root.c:256 autofs_d_automount+0x490/0x950 fs/autofs/root.c:410 follow_automount fs/namei.c:1565 [inline] __traverse_mounts+0x1b9/0x8a0 fs/namei.c:1618 traverse_mounts fs/namei.c:1647 [inline] handle_mounts fs/namei.c:1749 [inline] step_into_slowpath+0xb7e/0xf90 fs/namei.c:2104 step_into fs/namei.c:2152 [inline] walk_component fs/namei.c:2288 [inline] lookup_last fs/namei.c:2789 [inline] path_lookupat+0x58b/0xc40 fs/namei.c:2813 filename_lookup+0x202/0x590 fs/namei.c:2842 kern_path+0x37/0x50 fs/namei.c:3036 lookup_bdev+0xd8/0x2a0 block/bdev.c:1268 resume_store+0x1d6/0x460 kernel/power/hibernate.c:1278 kobj_attr_store+0x58/0x80 lib/kobject.c:842 sysfs_kf_write+0xf2/0x150 fs/sysfs/file.c:145 kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x3e0/0x5f0 fs/kernfs/file.c:345 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 other info that might help us debug this: Chain exists of: &sbi->pipe_mutex --> &pipe->mutex --> &of->mutex Possible unsafe locking scenario: CPU0 CPU1 ---- ---- lock(&of->mutex); lock(&pipe->mutex); lock(&of->mutex); lock(&sbi->pipe_mutex); *** DEADLOCK *** locks held by syz.4.2635/15372: 4, last CPU#0: #0: ffff88802bbcf270 (&f->f_pos_lock){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: fdget_pos+0x2aa/0x380 fs/file.c:1259 #1: ffff8880371e2460 (sb_writers#8){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: ksys_write+0x12a/0x250 fs/read_write.c:739 #2: ffff8880550d7080 (&of->mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x2c2/0x5f0 fs/kernfs/file.c:336 #3: ffff88801fad0698 (kn->active#70){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: kernfs_get_active_of fs/kernfs/file.c:73 [inline] #3: ffff88801fad0698 (kn->active#70){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x332/0x5f0 fs/kernfs/file.c:337 stack backtrace: CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 15372 Comm: syz.4.2635 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 08/26/2026 Call Trace: __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:94 [inline] dump_stack_lvl+0x100/0x190 lib/dump_stack.c:120 print_circular_bug.cold+0x178/0x1be kernel/locking/lockdep.c:2087 check_noncircular+0x146/0x160 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:2219 check_prev_add+0xeb/0xe60 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3209 check_prevs_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3328 [inline] validate_chain kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3952 [inline] __lock_acquire+0x1528/0x1f40 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5288 lock_acquire kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5942 [inline] lock_acquire+0x1d1/0x380 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5899 __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:646 [inline] __mutex_lock+0x1a4/0x1bd0 kernel/locking/mutex.c:821 autofs_write fs/autofs/waitq.c:55 [inline] autofs_notify_daemon+0x4f8/0xd90 fs/autofs/waitq.c:164 autofs_wait+0x10fd/0x1b50 fs/autofs/waitq.c:426 autofs_mount_wait+0x132/0x3b0 fs/autofs/root.c:256 autofs_d_automount+0x490/0x950 fs/autofs/root.c:410 follow_automount fs/namei.c:1565 [inline] __traverse_mounts+0x1b9/0x8a0 fs/namei.c:1618 traverse_mounts fs/namei.c:1647 [inline] handle_mounts fs/namei.c:1749 [inline] step_into_slowpath+0xb7e/0xf90 fs/namei.c:2104 step_into fs/namei.c:2152 [inline] walk_component fs/namei.c:2288 [inline] lookup_last fs/namei.c:2789 [inline] path_lookupat+0x58b/0xc40 fs/namei.c:2813 filename_lookup+0x202/0x590 fs/namei.c:2842 kern_path+0x37/0x50 fs/namei.c:3036 lookup_bdev+0xd8/0x2a0 block/bdev.c:1268 resume_store+0x1d6/0x460 kernel/power/hibernate.c:1278 kobj_attr_store+0x58/0x80 lib/kobject.c:842 sysfs_kf_write+0xf2/0x150 fs/sysfs/file.c:145 kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x3e0/0x5f0 fs/kernfs/file.c:345 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: 0033:0x7fa40b59e159 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:00007fa40c3a1028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000001 RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007fa40b825fa0 RCX: 00007fa40b59e159 RDX: 0000000000000012 RSI: 0000200000000040 RDI: 0000000000000007 RBP: 00007fa40b63506b R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000 R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000 R13: 00007fa40b826038 R14: 00007fa40b825fa0 R15: 00007ffcac1a62f8 PM: Image not found (code -6)