Hello, While running syzkaller fuzzer I have got the following deadlock report. The kernel version is 4.8.0+ (on Oct 7 commit d1f5323370fceaed43a7ee38f4c7bfc7e70f28d0). Unfortunately I failed to find a reproducer for it. =============================================================================== [ INFO: possible circular locking dependency detected ] 4.8.0+ #39 Not tainted ------------------------------------------------------- syz-executor/21301 is trying to acquire lock: ([ 165.136033] rtnl_mutex [<ffffffff84ce81d7>] rtnl_lock+0x17/0x20 net/core/rtnetlink.c:70
but task is already holding lock: ([ 165.136033] sk_lock-AF_INET6 [<ffffffff85245db1>] do_ipv6_setsockopt.isra.7+0x1f1/0x2960 which lock already depends on the new lock. the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is: : [ 165.136033] [<ffffffff81427398>] lock_acquire+0x1a8/0x380 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3746 [ 165.136033] [<ffffffff84c54c0b>] lock_sock_nested+0xcb/0x120 net/core/sock.c:2493 [ 165.136033] [<ffffffff85245e28>] do_ipv6_setsockopt.isra.7+0x268/0x2960 [ 165.136033] [<ffffffff852485bb>] ipv6_setsockopt+0x9b/0x140 [ 165.136033] [<ffffffff8525a6c5>] udpv6_setsockopt+0x45/0x80 net/ipv6/udp.c:1344 [ 165.136033] [<ffffffff84c4ed85>] sock_common_setsockopt+0x95/0xd0 net/core/sock.c:2688 [ 165.136033] [< inline >] SYSC_setsockopt net/socket.c:1742 [ 165.136033] [<ffffffff84c4bff8>] SyS_setsockopt+0x158/0x240 net/socket.c:1721 [ 165.136033] [<ffffffff85e4d685>] entry_SYSCALL_64_fastpath+0x23/0xc6 : [ 165.136033] [< inline >] check_prev_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:1829 [ 165.136033] [< inline >] check_prevs_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:1939 [ 165.136033] [< inline >] validate_chain kernel/locking/lockdep.c:2266 [ 165.136033] [<ffffffff81424d19>] __lock_acquire+0x35a9/0x4bc0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3335 [ 165.136033] [<ffffffff81427398>] lock_acquire+0x1a8/0x380 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3746 [ 165.136033] [< inline >] __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:521 [ 165.136033] [<ffffffff85e44721>] mutex_lock_nested+0xb1/0x860 kernel/locking/mutex.c:621 [ 165.136033] [<ffffffff84ce81d7>] rtnl_lock+0x17/0x20 net/core/rtnetlink.c:70 [ 165.136033] [<ffffffff8528116e>] ipv6_sock_mc_close+0xfe/0x350 net/ipv6/mcast.c:288 [ 165.136033] [<ffffffff85247ebc>] do_ipv6_setsockopt.isra.7+0x22fc/0x2960 [ 165.136033] [<ffffffff852485bb>] ipv6_setsockopt+0x9b/0x140 [ 165.136033] [<ffffffff8525a6c5>] udpv6_setsockopt+0x45/0x80 net/ipv6/udp.c:1344 [ 165.136033] [<ffffffff84c4ed85>] sock_common_setsockopt+0x95/0xd0 net/core/sock.c:2688 [ 165.136033] [< inline >] SYSC_setsockopt net/socket.c:1742 [ 165.136033] [<ffffffff84c4bff8>] SyS_setsockopt+0x158/0x240 net/socket.c:1721 [ 165.136033] [<ffffffff85e4d685>] entry_SYSCALL_64_fastpath+0x23/0xc6 other info that might help us debug this: Possible unsafe locking scenario: CPU0 CPU1 ---- ---- lock([ 165.136033] sk_lock-AF_INET6 ); lock([ 165.136033] rtnl_mutex ); lock([ 165.136033] sk_lock-AF_INET6 ); lock([ 165.136033] rtnl_mutex ); *** DEADLOCK *** 1 lock held by syz-executor/21301: #0: [ 165.136033] ( stack backtrace: CPU: 1 PID: 21301 Comm: syz-executor Not tainted 4.8.0+ #39 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS rel-1.8.2-0-g33fbe13 by qemu-project.org 04/01/2014 ffff880017217580 ffffffff829f835b ffffffff88d65790 ffffffff88d65790 ffffffff88dc6b70 ffff880016f41fd8 ffff8800172175d0 ffffffff8141df18 ffff880016f41ffa dffffc0000000000 000000008764c180 ffff880016f41fd8 Call Trace: [<ffffffff829f835b>] dump_stack+0xb3/0x118 lib/dump_stack.c:15 [<ffffffff8141df18>] print_circular_bug+0x288/0x340 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:1202 [< inline >] check_prev_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:1829 [< inline >] check_prevs_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:1939 [< inline >] validate_chain kernel/locking/lockdep.c:2266 [<ffffffff81424d19>] __lock_acquire+0x35a9/0x4bc0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3335 [<ffffffff81427398>] lock_acquire+0x1a8/0x380 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3746 [< inline >] __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:521 [<ffffffff85e44721>] mutex_lock_nested+0xb1/0x860 kernel/locking/mutex.c:621 [<ffffffff84ce81d7>] rtnl_lock+0x17/0x20 net/core/rtnetlink.c:70 [<ffffffff8528116e>] ipv6_sock_mc_close+0xfe/0x350 net/ipv6/mcast.c:288 [<ffffffff85247ebc>] do_ipv6_setsockopt.isra.7+0x22fc/0x2960 [<ffffffff852485bb>] ipv6_setsockopt+0x9b/0x140 [<ffffffff8525a6c5>] udpv6_setsockopt+0x45/0x80 net/ipv6/udp.c:1344 [<ffffffff84c4ed85>] sock_common_setsockopt+0x95/0xd0 net/core/sock.c:2688 [< inline >] SYSC_setsockopt net/socket.c:1742 [<ffffffff84c4bff8>] SyS_setsockopt+0x158/0x240 net/socket.c:1721 [<ffffffff85e4d685>] entry_SYSCALL_64_fastpath+0x23/0xc6 Thanks && Best Regards, Baozeng Ding