[PATCH v3 0/2] landlock: Fix TSYNC deadlock and clean up error path

From: Yihan Ding

Date: Wed Feb 25 2026 - 20:54:27 EST


Hello,

This patch series fixes a deadlock in the Landlock TSYNC multithreading
support, originally reported by syzbot, and cleans up the associated
interrupt recovery path.

The deadlock occurs when multiple threads concurrently call
landlock_restrict_self() with sibling thread restriction enabled,
causing them to mutually queue task_works on each other and block
indefinitely.

* Patch 1 fixes the root cause by serializing the TSYNC operations
within the same process using the exec_update_lock.
* Patch 2 cleans up the interrupt recovery path by replacing an
unnecessary wait_for_completion() with a straightforward loop break,
avoiding Use-After-Free while unblocking remaining task_works.

Changes in v3:
- Patch 1: Changed down_write_killable() to down_write_trylock() and
return -ERESTARTNOINTR on failure. This avoids a secondary deadlock
where a blocking wait prevents a sibling thread from waking up to
execute the requested TSYNC task_work. (Noted by Günther Noack.
down_write_interruptible() was also suggested but is not implemented
for rw_semaphores in the kernel).
- Patch 2: No changes.

Changes in v2:
- Split the changes into a 2-patch series.
- Patch 1: Adopted down_write_killable() instead of down_write().
- Patch 2: Removed wait_for_completion(&shared_ctx.all_prepared) and
replaced it with a `break` to prevent UAF.

Link to v2: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260225024734.3024732-1-dingyihan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx/
Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260224062729.2908692-1-dingyihan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx/

Yihan Ding (2):
landlock: Serialize TSYNC thread restriction
landlock: Clean up interrupted thread logic in TSYNC

security/landlock/tsync.c | 20 ++++++++++++++------
1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
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