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From: syzbot <syzbot+6a680377e13041c19d50@syzkaller.appspotmail.com>
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Subject: Forwarded: [PATCH] udf: avoid recursive s_alloc_mutex deadlock when freeing AED blocks
Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2026 19:28:27 -0700	[thread overview]
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Subject: [PATCH] udf: avoid recursive s_alloc_mutex deadlock when freeing AED blocks
Author: kartikey406@gmail.com

#syz test: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git master


udf_table_prealloc_blocks() and udf_table_new_block() call
udf_delete_aext() on the unallocated-space-table inode while holding
sbi->s_alloc_mutex. When the deleted allocation descriptor empties an
allocation-extent (AED) block, udf_delete_aext() returns that block to
free space via udf_free_blocks(). For a table-managed partition that
path is udf_free_blocks() -> udf_table_free_blocks() ->
mutex_lock(&sbi->s_alloc_mutex), i.e. the task tries to acquire a mutex
it already holds.

On a PREEMPT_RT kernel the rtmutex deadlock detector reports this as
-EDEADLK:

  rtmutex deadlock detected
  WARNING: kernel/locking/rtmutex.c:1698 at rt_mutex_handle_deadlock
  udf_table_free_blocks fs/udf/balloc.c:376 [inline]
  udf_free_blocks+0xa8c/0x1900 fs/udf/balloc.c:678
  udf_delete_aext+0x4f5/0xc00 fs/udf/inode.c:2381
  udf_table_prealloc_blocks fs/udf/balloc.c:544 [inline]
  udf_prealloc_blocks+0xbd4/0x10e0 fs/udf/balloc.c:702

On a non-RT kernel the same path is a hard self-deadlock (or a lockdep
recursive-locking splat). It is reachable from a crafted UDF image via
the write/sendfile path.

The allocator already refuses to recurse on the add side: see the
comment in udf_table_free_blocks() explaining why it must not call
udf_add_aext() while holding s_alloc_mutex. Apply the same rule to the
delete side. Let udf_delete_aext() report the AED block it would
otherwise free through a new out-parameter, and have the two callers
that hold s_alloc_mutex free it after dropping the lock. The block is
already unlinked from the inode's descriptor chain by then, so nothing
can reference it in the meantime. All other callers pass NULL and keep
freeing the block inline, exactly as before.

The out-parameter is pre-initialised with the reserved partition number
0xFFFF, which can never name a real block, so the caller can tell
whether a block was handed back.

Reported-by: syzbot+6a680377e13041c19d50@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=6a680377e13041c19d50
Signed-off-by: Deepanshu Kartikey <kartikey406@gmail.com>
---
 fs/udf/balloc.c   | 12 ++++++++++--
 fs/udf/inode.c    | 19 ++++++++++++++++---
 fs/udf/truncate.c |  2 +-
 fs/udf/udfdecl.h  |  3 ++-
 4 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/udf/balloc.c b/fs/udf/balloc.c
index cc6dc6e1d84d..30cec5600149 100644
--- a/fs/udf/balloc.c
+++ b/fs/udf/balloc.c
@@ -502,6 +502,8 @@ static int udf_table_prealloc_blocks(struct super_block *sb,
 	int8_t etype = -1;
 	struct udf_inode_info *iinfo;
 	int ret = 0;
+	/* AED block freed by udf_delete_aext(), released after unlock */
+	struct kernel_lb_addr freed = { .partitionReferenceNum = 0xFFFF };
 
 	if (first_block >= sbi->s_partmaps[partition].s_partition_len)
 		return 0;
@@ -541,7 +543,7 @@ static int udf_table_prealloc_blocks(struct super_block *sb,
 			udf_write_aext(table, &epos, &eloc,
 					(etype << 30) | elen, 1);
 		} else
-			udf_delete_aext(table, epos);
+			udf_delete_aext(table, epos, &freed);
 	} else {
 		alloc_count = 0;
 	}
@@ -552,6 +554,8 @@ static int udf_table_prealloc_blocks(struct super_block *sb,
 	if (alloc_count)
 		udf_add_free_space(sb, partition, -alloc_count);
 	mutex_unlock(&sbi->s_alloc_mutex);
+	if (freed.partitionReferenceNum != 0xFFFF)
+		udf_free_blocks(sb, table, &freed, 0, 1);
 	return alloc_count;
 }
 
@@ -560,6 +564,8 @@ static udf_pblk_t udf_table_new_block(struct super_block *sb,
 			       uint32_t goal, int *err)
 {
 	struct udf_sb_info *sbi = UDF_SB(sb);
+	/* AED block freed by udf_delete_aext(), released after unlock */
+	struct kernel_lb_addr freed = { .partitionReferenceNum = 0xFFFF };
 	uint32_t spread = 0xFFFFFFFF, nspread = 0xFFFFFFFF;
 	udf_pblk_t newblock = 0;
 	uint32_t adsize;
@@ -643,12 +649,14 @@ static udf_pblk_t udf_table_new_block(struct super_block *sb,
 	if (goal_elen)
 		udf_write_aext(table, &goal_epos, &goal_eloc, goal_elen, 1);
 	else
-		udf_delete_aext(table, goal_epos);
+		udf_delete_aext(table, goal_epos, &freed);
 	brelse(goal_epos.bh);
 
 	udf_add_free_space(sb, partition, -1);
 
 	mutex_unlock(&sbi->s_alloc_mutex);
+	if (freed.partitionReferenceNum != 0xFFFF)
+		udf_free_blocks(sb, table, &freed, 0, 1);
 	*err = 0;
 	return newblock;
 }
diff --git a/fs/udf/inode.c b/fs/udf/inode.c
index 67bcf83758c8..ebb67ce0aed7 100644
--- a/fs/udf/inode.c
+++ b/fs/udf/inode.c
@@ -1204,7 +1204,7 @@ static int udf_update_extents(struct inode *inode, struct kernel_long_ad *laarr,
 
 	if (startnum > endnum) {
 		for (i = 0; i < (startnum - endnum); i++)
-			udf_delete_aext(inode, *epos);
+			udf_delete_aext(inode, *epos, NULL);
 	} else if (startnum < endnum) {
 		for (i = 0; i < (endnum - startnum); i++) {
 			err = udf_insert_aext(inode, *epos,
@@ -2328,7 +2328,8 @@ static int udf_insert_aext(struct inode *inode, struct extent_position epos,
 	return ret;
 }
 
-int8_t udf_delete_aext(struct inode *inode, struct extent_position epos)
+int8_t udf_delete_aext(struct inode *inode, struct extent_position epos,
+			struct kernel_lb_addr *freed)
 {
 	struct extent_position oepos;
 	int adsize;
@@ -2378,7 +2379,19 @@ int8_t udf_delete_aext(struct inode *inode, struct extent_position epos)
 	elen = 0;
 
 	if (epos.bh != oepos.bh) {
-		udf_free_blocks(inode->i_sb, inode, &epos.block, 0, 1);
+		/*
+		 * The block that held the now-empty allocation extent must be
+		 * returned to free space.  When the caller already holds
+		 * s_alloc_mutex (the space-table allocator in balloc.c),
+		 * freeing it inline would recurse through udf_free_blocks()
+		 * into udf_table_free_blocks() and deadlock re-acquiring
+		 * s_alloc_mutex.  In that case report the block to the caller,
+		 *  which frees it after dropping the lock.
+		 */
+		if (freed)
+			*freed = epos.block;
+		else
+			udf_free_blocks(inode->i_sb, inode, &epos.block, 0, 1);
 		udf_write_aext(inode, &oepos, &eloc, elen, 1);
 		udf_write_aext(inode, &oepos, &eloc, elen, 1);
 		if (!oepos.bh) {
diff --git a/fs/udf/truncate.c b/fs/udf/truncate.c
index 41b2bfd30449..0990f94b8551 100644
--- a/fs/udf/truncate.c
+++ b/fs/udf/truncate.c
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ void udf_discard_prealloc(struct inode *inode)
 
 	if (etype == (EXT_NOT_RECORDED_ALLOCATED >> 30)) {
 		lbcount -= elen;
-		udf_delete_aext(inode, prev_epos);
+		udf_delete_aext(inode, prev_epos, NULL);
 		udf_free_blocks(inode->i_sb, inode, &eloc, 0,
 				DIV_ROUND_UP(elen, bsize));
 	}
diff --git a/fs/udf/udfdecl.h b/fs/udf/udfdecl.h
index 6d951e05c004..01e4ce8644a9 100644
--- a/fs/udf/udfdecl.h
+++ b/fs/udf/udfdecl.h
@@ -170,7 +170,8 @@ extern int udf_add_aext(struct inode *, struct extent_position *,
 			struct kernel_lb_addr *, uint32_t, int);
 extern void udf_write_aext(struct inode *, struct extent_position *,
 			   struct kernel_lb_addr *, uint32_t, int);
-extern int8_t udf_delete_aext(struct inode *, struct extent_position);
+extern int8_t udf_delete_aext(struct inode *, struct extent_position,
+			       struct kernel_lb_addr *);
 extern int udf_next_aext(struct inode *inode, struct extent_position *epos,
 			 struct kernel_lb_addr *eloc, uint32_t *elen,
 			 int8_t *etype, int inc);
-- 
2.43.0


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