linux-kernel - Re: [syzbot] [fs?] WARNING: bad unlock balance in traverse

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Message-ID: <67bf8d50.050a0220.1ebef.0095.GAE@google.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2025 13:53:20 -0800
From: syzbot <syzbot+0b16dd9bd622c40b2bbe@...kaller.appspotmail.com>
To: brauner@...nel.org, jack@...e.cz, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, 
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, syzkaller-bugs@...glegroups.com, 
	viro@...iv.linux.org.uk
Subject: Re: [syzbot] [fs?] WARNING: bad unlock balance in traverse

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@...kaller.appspotmail.com

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


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