From: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
To: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>, Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>,
syzbot+2a13ad6914e6fcec716c@syzkaller.appspotmail.com,
Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 6.1.y 2/2] fs/ntfs3: use d_instantiate_new() in ntfs_create_inode() and murder syzbot's "WARNING in do_new_mount" saga
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2026 10:12:52 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260929141252.3538406-2-sashal@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260929141252.3538406-1-sashal@kernel.org>
From: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
[ Upstream commit 1abd643f3783ea8f8e273c18697ff0413aa92dc7 ]
ntfs_create_inode() creates a new inode via ntfs_new_inode(). It hashes
it with insert_inode_locked() and so it's marked as I_NEW until
unlock_new_inode().
ntfs 3 calls d_instantiate() in between though... Since the dentry was
already hashed by the lookup before the create any path walk finds it
without touching the parent's i_rwsem and so can lock the inode.
If the inode is a directory unlock_new_inode() calls
lockdep_annotate_inode_mutex_key() and marks i_rwsem with the
i_mutex_dir_key class.
That resets the count and the owner of a lock somebody else may already
hold by now...
syzbot has been spamming us with the same godforsaken bug
"WARNING in do_new_mount"
since 2023. I can't take it anymore so I went looking. Afaict, syzbot's
executor chdirs into a freshly mounted ntfs3 image, creates a
directory and then mounts some pseudofs on it. Everytime the mkdir()
takes longer than syzbot waits mount() runs concurrently:
mkdir("./sys") mount(NULL, "./sys", "sysfs")
ntfs_create_inode()
d_instantiate()
user_path_at() finds the dentry
do_lock_mount()
inode_lock(inode)
namespace_lock()
unlock_new_inode()
lockdep_annotate_inode_mutex_key()
init_rwsem(&inode->i_rwsem)
unlock_mount()
inode_unlock(inode)
The mount side then releases a lock that according to the rwsem nobody
holds:
DEBUG_RWSEMS_WARN_ON((rwsem_owner(sem) != current) && ...):
count = 0x0, magic = 0xffff888043a854e8, owner = 0x0,
curr 0xffff888000244880, list empty
WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 5346 at kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1368 __up_write
Call Trace:
inode_unlock include/linux/fs.h:877 [inline]
unlock_mount fs/namespace.c:2892 [inline]
do_new_mount_fc fs/namespace.c:3828 [inline]
do_new_mount+0x777/0xa40 fs/namespace.c:3887
On PREEMPT_RT the same thing shows up as
DEBUG_LOCKS_WARN_ON(rt_mutex_owner(lock) != current)
WARNING: kernel/locking/rtmutex_common.h:193 at rt_mutex_slowunlock
The up_write() underflows the reset count. A following inode_lock() on
that directory then never returns. A path walk into the new directory
racing with the mkdir() corrupts the lock the same way via
inode_lock_shared() in lookup_slow().
Switch to d_instantiate_new() and drop the trailing unlock_new_inode().
All error paths bail out before that point with I_NEW still set and
keep using discard_new_inode().
May we never see this fscking bug report again.
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260909-work-ntfs3-d_instantiate_new-v1-1-2db697162ce8@kernel.org
Fixes: 82cae269cfa9 ("fs/ntfs3: Add initialization of super block")
Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v5.15+
Reported-by: syzbot+2a13ad6914e6fcec716c@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/6a9beced.a5e650b3.26d8a.000b.GAE@google.com
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Amutable) <brauner@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---
fs/ntfs3/inode.c | 7 ++-----
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/ntfs3/inode.c b/fs/ntfs3/inode.c
index 98f70c721052b..528fd831d19cb 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs3/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs3/inode.c
@@ -1630,10 +1630,10 @@ int ntfs_create_inode(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns, struct inode *dir,
}
/*
- * Call 'd_instantiate' after inode->i_op is set
+ * Call 'd_instantiate_new' after inode->i_op is set
* but before finish_open.
*/
- d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
+ d_instantiate_new(dentry, inode);
ntfs_save_wsl_perm(inode);
mark_inode_dirty(dir);
@@ -1682,9 +1682,6 @@ int ntfs_create_inode(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns, struct inode *dir,
if (err)
ni_unlock(dir_ni);
- if (!err)
- unlock_new_inode(inode);
-
return err;
}
--
2.53.0
prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-29 14:12 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-29 6:44 FAILED: patch "[PATCH] fs/ntfs3: use d_instantiate_new() in ntfs_create_inode() and" failed to apply to 6.1-stable tree gregkh
2026-09-29 14:12 ` [PATCH 6.1.y 1/2] fs/ntfs3: Redesign ntfs_create_inode to return error code instead of inode Sasha Levin
2026-09-29 14:12 ` Sasha Levin [this message]
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