This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled ext4: nested locking for xattr inode to the 6.11-stable tree which can be found at: http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary The filename of the patch is: ext4-nested-locking-for-xattr-inode.patch and it can be found in the queue-6.11 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. commit 5ecf265643b0d58c69cff00bbcb6bda7ab9c7550 Author: Wojciech Gładysz <wojciech.gladysz@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Thu Aug 1 16:38:27 2024 +0200 ext4: nested locking for xattr inode [ Upstream commit d1bc560e9a9c78d0b2314692847fc8661e0aeb99 ] Add nested locking with I_MUTEX_XATTR subclass to avoid lockdep warning while handling xattr inode on file open syscall at ext4_xattr_inode_iget. Backtrace EXT4-fs (loop0): Ignoring removed oldalloc option ====================================================== WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected 5.10.0-syzkaller #0 Not tainted ------------------------------------------------------ syz-executor543/2794 is trying to acquire lock: ffff8880215e1a48 (&ea_inode->i_rwsem#7/1){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: inode_lock include/linux/fs.h:782 [inline] ffff8880215e1a48 (&ea_inode->i_rwsem#7/1){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: ext4_xattr_inode_iget+0x42a/0x5c0 fs/ext4/xattr.c:425 but task is already holding lock: ffff8880215e3278 (&ei->i_data_sem/3){++++}-{3:3}, at: ext4_setattr+0x136d/0x19c0 fs/ext4/inode.c:5559 which lock already depends on the new lock. the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is: -> #1 (&ei->i_data_sem/3){++++}-{3:3}: lock_acquire+0x197/0x480 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5566 down_write+0x93/0x180 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1564 ext4_update_i_disksize fs/ext4/ext4.h:3267 [inline] ext4_xattr_inode_write fs/ext4/xattr.c:1390 [inline] ext4_xattr_inode_lookup_create fs/ext4/xattr.c:1538 [inline] ext4_xattr_set_entry+0x331a/0x3d80 fs/ext4/xattr.c:1662 ext4_xattr_ibody_set+0x124/0x390 fs/ext4/xattr.c:2228 ext4_xattr_set_handle+0xc27/0x14e0 fs/ext4/xattr.c:2385 ext4_xattr_set+0x219/0x390 fs/ext4/xattr.c:2498 ext4_xattr_user_set+0xc9/0xf0 fs/ext4/xattr_user.c:40 __vfs_setxattr+0x404/0x450 fs/xattr.c:177 __vfs_setxattr_noperm+0x11d/0x4f0 fs/xattr.c:208 __vfs_setxattr_locked+0x1f9/0x210 fs/xattr.c:266 vfs_setxattr+0x112/0x2c0 fs/xattr.c:283 setxattr+0x1db/0x3e0 fs/xattr.c:548 path_setxattr+0x15a/0x240 fs/xattr.c:567 __do_sys_setxattr fs/xattr.c:582 [inline] __se_sys_setxattr fs/xattr.c:578 [inline] __x64_sys_setxattr+0xc5/0xe0 fs/xattr.c:578 do_syscall_64+0x6d/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:62 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x61/0xcb -> #0 (&ea_inode->i_rwsem#7/1){+.+.}-{3:3}: check_prev_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:2988 [inline] check_prevs_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3113 [inline] validate_chain+0x1695/0x58f0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3729 __lock_acquire+0x12fd/0x20d0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:4955 lock_acquire+0x197/0x480 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5566 down_write+0x93/0x180 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1564 inode_lock include/linux/fs.h:782 [inline] ext4_xattr_inode_iget+0x42a/0x5c0 fs/ext4/xattr.c:425 ext4_xattr_inode_get+0x138/0x410 fs/ext4/xattr.c:485 ext4_xattr_move_to_block fs/ext4/xattr.c:2580 [inline] ext4_xattr_make_inode_space fs/ext4/xattr.c:2682 [inline] ext4_expand_extra_isize_ea+0xe70/0x1bb0 fs/ext4/xattr.c:2774 __ext4_expand_extra_isize+0x304/0x3f0 fs/ext4/inode.c:5898 ext4_try_to_expand_extra_isize fs/ext4/inode.c:5941 [inline] __ext4_mark_inode_dirty+0x591/0x810 fs/ext4/inode.c:6018 ext4_setattr+0x1400/0x19c0 fs/ext4/inode.c:5562 notify_change+0xbb6/0xe60 fs/attr.c:435 do_truncate+0x1de/0x2c0 fs/open.c:64 handle_truncate fs/namei.c:2970 [inline] do_open fs/namei.c:3311 [inline] path_openat+0x29f3/0x3290 fs/namei.c:3425 do_filp_open+0x20b/0x450 fs/namei.c:3452 do_sys_openat2+0x124/0x460 fs/open.c:1207 do_sys_open fs/open.c:1223 [inline] __do_sys_open fs/open.c:1231 [inline] __se_sys_open fs/open.c:1227 [inline] __x64_sys_open+0x221/0x270 fs/open.c:1227 do_syscall_64+0x6d/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:62 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x61/0xcb other info that might help us debug this: Possible unsafe locking scenario: CPU0 CPU1 ---- ---- lock(&ei->i_data_sem/3); lock(&ea_inode->i_rwsem#7/1); lock(&ei->i_data_sem/3); lock(&ea_inode->i_rwsem#7/1); *** DEADLOCK *** 5 locks held by syz-executor543/2794: #0: ffff888026fbc448 (sb_writers#4){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: mnt_want_write+0x4a/0x2a0 fs/namespace.c:365 #1: ffff8880215e3488 (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#7){++++}-{3:3}, at: inode_lock include/linux/fs.h:782 [inline] #1: ffff8880215e3488 (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#7){++++}-{3:3}, at: do_truncate+0x1cf/0x2c0 fs/open.c:62 #2: ffff8880215e3310 (&ei->i_mmap_sem){++++}-{3:3}, at: ext4_setattr+0xec4/0x19c0 fs/ext4/inode.c:5519 #3: ffff8880215e3278 (&ei->i_data_sem/3){++++}-{3:3}, at: ext4_setattr+0x136d/0x19c0 fs/ext4/inode.c:5559 #4: ffff8880215e30c8 (&ei->xattr_sem){++++}-{3:3}, at: ext4_write_trylock_xattr fs/ext4/xattr.h:162 [inline] #4: ffff8880215e30c8 (&ei->xattr_sem){++++}-{3:3}, at: ext4_try_to_expand_extra_isize fs/ext4/inode.c:5938 [inline] #4: ffff8880215e30c8 (&ei->xattr_sem){++++}-{3:3}, at: __ext4_mark_inode_dirty+0x4fb/0x810 fs/ext4/inode.c:6018 stack backtrace: CPU: 1 PID: 2794 Comm: syz-executor543 Not tainted 5.10.0-syzkaller #0 Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 03/27/2024 Call Trace: __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:77 [inline] dump_stack+0x177/0x211 lib/dump_stack.c:118 print_circular_bug+0x146/0x1b0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:2002 check_noncircular+0x2cc/0x390 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:2123 check_prev_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:2988 [inline] check_prevs_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3113 [inline] validate_chain+0x1695/0x58f0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3729 __lock_acquire+0x12fd/0x20d0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:4955 lock_acquire+0x197/0x480 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5566 down_write+0x93/0x180 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1564 inode_lock include/linux/fs.h:782 [inline] ext4_xattr_inode_iget+0x42a/0x5c0 fs/ext4/xattr.c:425 ext4_xattr_inode_get+0x138/0x410 fs/ext4/xattr.c:485 ext4_xattr_move_to_block fs/ext4/xattr.c:2580 [inline] ext4_xattr_make_inode_space fs/ext4/xattr.c:2682 [inline] ext4_expand_extra_isize_ea+0xe70/0x1bb0 fs/ext4/xattr.c:2774 __ext4_expand_extra_isize+0x304/0x3f0 fs/ext4/inode.c:5898 ext4_try_to_expand_extra_isize fs/ext4/inode.c:5941 [inline] __ext4_mark_inode_dirty+0x591/0x810 fs/ext4/inode.c:6018 ext4_setattr+0x1400/0x19c0 fs/ext4/inode.c:5562 notify_change+0xbb6/0xe60 fs/attr.c:435 do_truncate+0x1de/0x2c0 fs/open.c:64 handle_truncate fs/namei.c:2970 [inline] do_open fs/namei.c:3311 [inline] path_openat+0x29f3/0x3290 fs/namei.c:3425 do_filp_open+0x20b/0x450 fs/namei.c:3452 do_sys_openat2+0x124/0x460 fs/open.c:1207 do_sys_open fs/open.c:1223 [inline] __do_sys_open fs/open.c:1231 [inline] __se_sys_open fs/open.c:1227 [inline] __x64_sys_open+0x221/0x270 fs/open.c:1227 do_syscall_64+0x6d/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:62 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x61/0xcb RIP: 0033:0x7f0cde4ea229 Code: 28 00 00 00 75 05 48 83 c4 28 c3 e8 21 18 00 00 90 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:00007ffd81d1c978 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000002 RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0030656c69662f30 RCX: 00007f0cde4ea229 RDX: 0000000000000089 RSI: 00000000000a0a00 RDI: 00000000200001c0 RBP: 2f30656c69662f2e R08: 0000000000208000 R09: 0000000000208000 R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 00007ffd81d1c9c0 R13: 00007ffd81d1ca00 R14: 0000000000080000 R15: 0000000000000003 EXT4-fs error (device loop0): ext4_expand_extra_isize_ea:2730: inode #13: comm syz-executor543: corrupted in-inode xattr Signed-off-by: Wojciech Gładysz <wojciech.gladysz@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20240801143827.19135-1-wojciech.gladysz@xxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/fs/ext4/xattr.c b/fs/ext4/xattr.c index aea9e3c405f1f..c6b3b79fdd0d9 100644 --- a/fs/ext4/xattr.c +++ b/fs/ext4/xattr.c @@ -458,7 +458,7 @@ static int ext4_xattr_inode_iget(struct inode *parent, unsigned long ea_ino, ext4_set_inode_state(inode, EXT4_STATE_LUSTRE_EA_INODE); ext4_xattr_inode_set_ref(inode, 1); } else { - inode_lock(inode); + inode_lock_nested(inode, I_MUTEX_XATTR); inode->i_flags |= S_NOQUOTA; inode_unlock(inode); } @@ -1039,7 +1039,7 @@ static int ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref(handle_t *handle, struct inode *ea_inode, s64 ref_count; int ret; - inode_lock(ea_inode); + inode_lock_nested(ea_inode, I_MUTEX_XATTR); ret = ext4_reserve_inode_write(handle, ea_inode, &iloc); if (ret)