Re: [syzbot] [ntfs3?] possible deadlock in ntfs_readdir

From: syzbot

Date: Sat Sep 05 2026 - 19:39:10 EST


syzbot has bisected this issue to:

commit d62cf685d12e95cc0a4122c43cd9f0eb8bba0b4c
Author: ZhengYuan Huang <gality369@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon Apr 27 07:26:50 2026 +0000

fs/ntfs3: hold ni_lock across readdir metadata walk

bisection log: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/bisect.txt?x=1376eb49580000
start commit: 02dc699f83d0 Merge tag 'kbuild-fixes-7.2-1' of git://git.k..
git tree: upstream
final oops: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/report.txt?x=10f6eb49580000
console output: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/log.txt?x=1776eb49580000
kernel config: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/.config?x=cb17729fb04b1e3a
dashboard link: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=cfc6e8106bec1c524f7d
syz repro: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/repro.syz?x=107a8db9580000

Reported-by: syzbot+cfc6e8106bec1c524f7d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Fixes: d62cf685d12e ("fs/ntfs3: hold ni_lock across readdir metadata walk")

For information about bisection process see: https://goo.gl/tpsmEJ#bisection