[PATCH 5.15.y] ocfs2: fix deadlock in ocfs2_get_system_file_inode

From: Pranav Tyagi
Date: Mon Jun 30 2025 - 04:36:06 EST


From: Mohammed Anees <pvmohammedanees2003@xxxxxxxxx>

[ Upstream commit 7bf1823e010e8db2fb649c790bd1b449a75f52d8 ]

syzbot has found a possible deadlock in ocfs2_get_system_file_inode [1].

The scenario is depicted here,

CPU0 CPU1
lock(&ocfs2_file_ip_alloc_sem_key);
lock(&osb->system_file_mutex);
lock(&ocfs2_file_ip_alloc_sem_key);
lock(&osb->system_file_mutex);

The function calls which could lead to this are:

CPU0
ocfs2_mknod - lock(&ocfs2_file_ip_alloc_sem_key);
.
.
.
ocfs2_get_system_file_inode - lock(&osb->system_file_mutex);

CPU1 -
ocfs2_fill_super - lock(&osb->system_file_mutex);
.
.
.
ocfs2_read_virt_blocks - lock(&ocfs2_file_ip_alloc_sem_key);

This issue can be resolved by making the down_read -> down_read_try
in the ocfs2_read_virt_blocks.

[1] https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=e0055ea09f1f5e6fabdd

[ Backport to 5.15: context cleanly applied with no semantic changes.
Build-tested. ]

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20240924093257.7181-1-pvmohammedanees2003@xxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Mohammed Anees <pvmohammedanees2003@xxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Joseph Qi <joseph.qi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reported-by: <syzbot+e0055ea09f1f5e6fabdd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=e0055ea09f1f5e6fabdd
Tested-by: syzbot+e0055ea09f1f5e6fabdd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: Mark Fasheh <mark@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Joel Becker <jlbec@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Junxiao Bi <junxiao.bi@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Changwei Ge <gechangwei@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Gang He <ghe@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jun Piao <piaojun@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Pranav Tyagi <pranav.tyagi03@xxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/ocfs2/extent_map.c | 8 +++++++-
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/extent_map.c b/fs/ocfs2/extent_map.c
index 70a768b623cf..f7672472fa82 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/extent_map.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/extent_map.c
@@ -973,7 +973,13 @@ int ocfs2_read_virt_blocks(struct inode *inode, u64 v_block, int nr,
}

while (done < nr) {
- down_read(&OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_alloc_sem);
+ if (!down_read_trylock(&OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_alloc_sem)) {
+ rc = -EAGAIN;
+ mlog(ML_ERROR,
+ "Inode #%llu ip_alloc_sem is temporarily unavailable\n",
+ (unsigned long long)OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno);
+ break;
+ }
rc = ocfs2_extent_map_get_blocks(inode, v_block + done,
&p_block, &p_count, NULL);
up_read(&OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_alloc_sem);
--
2.49.0