syzbot has found a reproducer for the following issue on: HEAD commit: ac9c34d1e45a Merge tag 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org.. git tree: upstream console output: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/log.txt?x=175b003f980000 kernel config: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/.config?x=b1635bf4c5557b92 dashboard link: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=0b16dd9bd622c40b2bbe compiler: gcc (Debian 12.2.0-14) 12.2.0, GNU ld (GNU Binutils for Debian) 2.40 syz repro: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/repro.syz?x=14ba9db0580000 C reproducer: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/repro.c?x=10479c98580000 Downloadable assets: disk image: https://storage.googleapis.com/syzbot-assets/ed21c75da715/disk-ac9c34d1.raw.xz vmlinux: https://storage.googleapis.com/syzbot-assets/f51096fe566c/vmlinux-ac9c34d1.xz kernel image: https://storage.googleapis.com/syzbot-assets/e6a27961fbbe/bzImage-ac9c34d1.xz IMPORTANT: if you fix the issue, please add the following tag to the commit: Reported-by: syzbot+0b16dd9bd622c40b2bbe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx RBP: 0000000000000001 R08: 00007ffd17221997 R09: 00007fd111db0032 R10: 00000000000005af R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 00007fd111db3618 R13: 00007ffd17221dd8 R14: 0000000000000001 R15: 0000000000000001 </TASK> ===================================== WARNING: bad unlock balance detected! 6.14.0-rc4-syzkaller-00052-gac9c34d1e45a #0 Not tainted ------------------------------------- syz-executor218/5831 is trying to release lock (event_mutex) at: [<ffffffff82399e2d>] traverse.part.0.constprop.0+0x2bd/0x640 fs/seq_file.c:131 but there are no more locks to release! other info that might help us debug this: 1 lock held by syz-executor218/5831: #0: ffff88802f5d5790 (&p->lock){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: seq_read_iter+0xd8/0x12b0 fs/seq_file.c:182 stack backtrace: CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 5831 Comm: syz-executor218 Not tainted 6.14.0-rc4-syzkaller-00052-gac9c34d1e45a #0 Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 02/12/2025 Call Trace: <TASK> __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:94 [inline] dump_stack_lvl+0x116/0x1f0 lib/dump_stack.c:120 print_unlock_imbalance_bug kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5289 [inline] print_unlock_imbalance_bug+0x1aa/0x1f0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5263 __lock_release kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5528 [inline] lock_release+0x525/0x6f0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5872 __mutex_unlock_slowpath+0xa3/0x6a0 kernel/locking/mutex.c:891 traverse.part.0.constprop.0+0x2bd/0x640 fs/seq_file.c:131 traverse fs/seq_file.c:98 [inline] seq_read_iter+0x934/0x12b0 fs/seq_file.c:195 seq_read+0x39f/0x4e0 fs/seq_file.c:162 vfs_read+0x1df/0xbf0 fs/read_write.c:563 ksys_pread64 fs/read_write.c:756 [inline] __do_sys_pread64 fs/read_write.c:764 [inline] __se_sys_pread64 fs/read_write.c:761 [inline] __x64_sys_pread64+0x1f6/0x250 fs/read_write.c:761 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 [inline] do_syscall_64+0xcd/0x250 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f RIP: 0033:0x7fd111d48329 Code: 48 83 c4 28 c3 e8 17 1a 00 00 0f 1f 80 00 00 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 b8 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48 RSP: 002b:00007ffd17221bf8 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000011 --- If you want syzbot to run the reproducer, reply with: #syz test: git://repo/address.git branch-or-commit-hash If you attach or paste a git patch, syzbot will apply it before testing.