[PATCH] nbd: fix circular lock dependency

From: Guilherme Giacomo Simoes

Date: Tue Nov 10 2026 - 18:30:13 EST


nbd_genl_reconnect_sock_cb() replaces a dead socket with a new one
obtained through nbd_get_socket(), but unlike nbd_add_socket() it never
runs the socket through nbd_reclassify_socket(). The replacement socket
therefore keeps the generic sk_lock-AF_INET/AF_INET6/AF_UNIX lock class
instead of the NBD-specific class leading to a possible lock dependency.

Move the reclassification into nbd_get_socket(), the single place where
sockets are acquired for NBD, so both the connect and reconnect paths
reclassify the socket.

nbd_add_socket() no longer needs to do it.

Reported-by: syzbot+d7d72f3d467710442af0@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Link: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=d7d72f3d467710442af0
Fixes: d532cddb6c60 ("nbd: Reclassify sockets to avoid lockdep circular dependency")
Signed-off-by: Guilherme Giacomo Simoes <trintaeoitogc@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/block/nbd.c | 66 +++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------------
1 file changed, 37 insertions(+), 29 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/block/nbd.c b/drivers/block/nbd.c
index ffce519bf008..bc74ddb1d9d1 100644
--- a/drivers/block/nbd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/nbd.c
@@ -1210,34 +1210,6 @@ static blk_status_t nbd_queue_rq(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx,
return ret;
}

-static struct socket *nbd_get_socket(struct nbd_device *nbd, unsigned long fd,
- int *err)
-{
- struct socket *sock;
-
- *err = 0;
- sock = sockfd_lookup(fd, err);
- if (!sock)
- return NULL;
-
- if (!sk_is_tcp(sock->sk) &&
- !sk_is_stream_unix(sock->sk)) {
- dev_err(disk_to_dev(nbd->disk), "Unsupported socket: should be TCP or UNIX.\n");
- *err = -EINVAL;
- sockfd_put(sock);
- return NULL;
- }
-
- if (sock->ops->shutdown == sock_no_shutdown) {
- dev_err(disk_to_dev(nbd->disk), "Unsupported socket: shutdown callout must be supported.\n");
- *err = -EINVAL;
- sockfd_put(sock);
- return NULL;
- }
-
- return sock;
-}
-
#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC
static struct lock_class_key nbd_key[3];
static struct lock_class_key nbd_slock_key[3];
@@ -1274,6 +1246,43 @@ static void nbd_reclassify_socket(struct socket *sock)
static inline void nbd_reclassify_socket(struct socket *sock) {}
#endif

+static struct socket *nbd_get_socket(struct nbd_device *nbd, unsigned long fd,
+ int *err)
+{
+ struct socket *sock;
+
+ *err = 0;
+ sock = sockfd_lookup(fd, err);
+ if (!sock)
+ return NULL;
+
+ if (!sk_is_tcp(sock->sk) &&
+ !sk_is_stream_unix(sock->sk)) {
+ dev_err(disk_to_dev(nbd->disk), "Unsupported socket: should be TCP or UNIX.\n");
+ *err = -EINVAL;
+ sockfd_put(sock);
+ return NULL;
+ }
+
+ if (sock->ops->shutdown == sock_no_shutdown) {
+ dev_err(disk_to_dev(nbd->disk), "Unsupported socket: shutdown callout must be supported.\n");
+ *err = -EINVAL;
+ sockfd_put(sock);
+ return NULL;
+ }
+
+ /*
+ * NBD sockets are used from block/swap/writeback context, which can
+ * already hold locks that fs_reclaim depends on. Give them their own
+ * lockdep class so that a page fault on an unrelated userspace socket
+ * (sk_lock -> mmap_lock) is not chained to the NBD socket lock.
+ */
+ if (sock)
+ nbd_reclassify_socket(sock);
+
+ return sock;
+}
+
static int nbd_add_socket(struct nbd_device *nbd, unsigned long arg,
bool netlink)
{
@@ -1296,7 +1305,6 @@ static int nbd_add_socket(struct nbd_device *nbd, unsigned long arg,
sock = nbd_get_socket(nbd, arg, &err);
if (!sock)
return err;
- nbd_reclassify_socket(sock);

if (!netlink && !nbd->task_setup &&
!test_bit(NBD_RT_BOUND, &config->runtime_flags))
--
2.52.0