INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access

Status: upstream: reported C repro on 2026/08/04 22:50
Reported-by: syzbot+15bcc4d83155c68d6d31@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 75d, last: 2d21h
▶ ▼ Similar bugs (6)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
upstream INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access (3) prio:low ext4 1 syz, C error 1858 1h13m 694d 0/29 upstream: reported C repro on 2024/11/23 20:42
linux-6.1 INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access 1 syz, C 150 2d08h 75d 0/3 upstream: reported C repro on 2026/08/05 00:11
upstream INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access (2) ext4 1 1 881d 881d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/08/19 05:35
upstream INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access ext4 1 1 1782d 1782d 0/29 closed as invalid on 2022/02/08 09:40
android-6-12 INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access origin:upstream 1 syz, C 42 19h21m 78d 0/1 premoderation: reported C repro on 2026/08/01 18:31
linux-6.6 INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access origin:upstream 1 syz, C 343 2d08h 75d 0/2 upstream: reported C repro on 2026/08/04 22:42

Sample crash report:
INFO: task syz.0.297:4609 blocked for more than 143 seconds.
      Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:syz.0.297       state:D stack:27088 pid: 4609 ppid:  4312 flags:0x00004004
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5049 [inline]
 __schedule+0x11c3/0x4350 kernel/sched/core.c:6395
 schedule+0x11b/0x1e0 kernel/sched/core.c:6478
 io_schedule+0x7c/0xd0 kernel/sched/core.c:8503
 bit_wait_io+0xd/0xc0 kernel/sched/wait_bit.c:209
 __wait_on_bit kernel/sched/wait_bit.c:49 [inline]
 out_of_line_wait_on_bit+0x173/0x230 kernel/sched/wait_bit.c:64
 wait_on_bit_io include/linux/wait_bit.h:101 [inline]
 do_get_write_access+0x134/0xe40 fs/jbd2/transaction.c:1116
 jbd2_journal_get_write_access+0x108/0x140 fs/jbd2/transaction.c:1251
 __ext4_journal_get_write_access+0x24d/0x6e0 fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.c:235
 ext4_reserve_inode_write+0x203/0x2e0 fs/ext4/inode.c:5866
 __ext4_mark_inode_dirty+0x13b/0x6c0 fs/ext4/inode.c:6050
 ext4_dirty_inode+0xbf/0x100 fs/ext4/inode.c:6087
 __mark_inode_dirty+0x2c8/0xc90 fs/fs-writeback.c:2480
 generic_update_time+0x1cd/0x1f0 fs/inode.c:1881
 inode_update_time fs/inode.c:1894 [inline]
 file_update_time+0x3c0/0x440 fs/inode.c:2083
 ext4_page_mkwrite+0x1bc/0x1250 fs/ext4/inode.c:6205
 do_page_mkwrite+0x168/0x3c0 mm/memory.c:2922
 do_shared_fault mm/memory.c:4328 [inline]
 do_fault mm/memory.c:4396 [inline]
 handle_pte_fault mm/memory.c:4650 [inline]
 __handle_mm_fault mm/memory.c:4785 [inline]
 handle_mm_fault+0x1e47/0x4440 mm/memory.c:4883
 do_user_addr_fault+0x494/0xc90 arch/x86/mm/fault.c:1355
 handle_page_fault arch/x86/mm/fault.c:1443 [inline]
 exc_page_fault+0x60/0x100 arch/x86/mm/fault.c:1496
 asm_exc_page_fault+0x22/0x30 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:606
RIP: 0033:0x7f659fb8eae3
RSP: 002b:00007ffd34aae500 EFLAGS: 00010246
RAX: 000000000003fde8 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 0000000000000000
RDX: 0000001b32324000 RSI: 0000000000040000 RDI: 00007f659ff05708
RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 00007ffd34aae790
 </TASK>

Showing all locks held in the system:
1 lock held by khungtaskd/27:
 #0: ffffffff8c31efa0 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: rcu_lock_acquire+0x0/0x30
6 locks held by kworker/u4:1/144:
 #0: ffff8880193c0138 ((wq_completion)writeback){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x75c/0xff0 kernel/workqueue.c:-1
 #1: ffffc9000167fd00 ((work_completion)(&(&wb->dwork)->work)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x79e/0xff0 kernel/workqueue.c:2285
 #2: ffff88814d0aa0e0 (&type->s_umount_key#32){++++}-{3:3}, at: trylock_super+0x1c/0xf0 fs/super.c:418
 #3: ffff88814d0acc58 (&sbi->s_writepages_rwsem){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: ext4_writepages+0x213/0x2d40 fs/ext4/inode.c:2691
 #4: ffff88807ecbe990 (jbd2_handle){++++}-{0:0}, at: start_this_handle+0x12d5/0x1560 fs/jbd2/transaction.c:462
 #5: ffff88807444f020 (&ei->i_data_sem){++++}-{3:3}, at: ext4_map_blocks+0x8c4/0x1a50 fs/ext4/inode.c:668
2 locks held by kworker/u4:2/154:
 #0: ffff8880b913a358 (&rq->__lock){-.-.}-{2:2}, at: raw_spin_rq_lock_nested+0x25/0x130 kernel/sched/core.c:475
 #1: ffff8880b9127888 (&per_cpu_ptr(group->pcpu, cpu)->seq){-.-.}-{0:0}, at: psi_task_switch+0x4c3/0x810 kernel/sched/psi.c:882
2 locks held by getty/3948:
 #0: ffff88814d063098 (&tty->ldisc_sem){++++}-{0:0}, at: tty_ldisc_ref_wait+0x21/0x70 drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c:252
 #1: ffffc90002cf62e8 (&ldata->atomic_read_lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: n_tty_read+0x594/0x1a50 drivers/tty/n_tty.c:2158
3 locks held by syz.0.297/4609:
 #0: ffff88807d84b928 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: mmap_read_trylock include/linux/mmap_lock.h:136 [inline]
 #0: ffff88807d84b928 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: do_user_addr_fault+0x2bb/0xc90 arch/x86/mm/fault.c:1296
 #1: ffff88814d0aa558 (sb_pagefaults){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: __sb_start_write include/linux/fs.h:1817 [inline]
 #1: ffff88814d0aa558 (sb_pagefaults){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: sb_start_pagefault include/linux/fs.h:1916 [inline]
 #1: ffff88814d0aa558 (sb_pagefaults){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: ext4_page_mkwrite+0x1a5/0x1250 fs/ext4/inode.c:6204
 #2: ffff88807ecbe990 (jbd2_handle){++++}-{0:0}, at: start_this_handle+0x12d5/0x1560 fs/jbd2/transaction.c:462
3 locks held by syz-executor/4616:
 #0: ffff88814d0aa460 (sb_writers#5){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: mnt_want_write+0x3d/0x90 fs/namespace.c:386
 #1: ffff88807444d3b0 (&type->i_mutex_dir_key#4/1){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: inode_lock_nested include/linux/fs.h:828 [inline]
 #1: ffff88807444d3b0 (&type->i_mutex_dir_key#4/1){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: filename_create+0x20b/0x450 fs/namei.c:3886
 #2: ffff88807ecbe990 (jbd2_handle){++++}-{0:0}, at: start_this_handle+0x12d5/0x1560 fs/jbd2/transaction.c:462

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NMI backtrace for cpu 0
CPU: 0 PID: 27 Comm: khungtaskd Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/24/2026
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 dump_stack_lvl+0x188/0x250 lib/dump_stack.c:106
 nmi_cpu_backtrace+0x3a2/0x3d0 lib/nmi_backtrace.c:111
 nmi_trigger_cpumask_backtrace+0x163/0x280 lib/nmi_backtrace.c:62
 trigger_all_cpu_backtrace include/linux/nmi.h:148 [inline]
 check_hung_uninterruptible_tasks kernel/hung_task.c:212 [inline]
 watchdog+0xe1b/0xe60 kernel/hung_task.c:369
 kthread+0x42e/0x520 kernel/kthread.c:334
 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:287
 </TASK>
Sending NMI from CPU 0 to CPUs 1:
NMI backtrace for cpu 1 skipped: idling at native_safe_halt arch/x86/include/asm/irqflags.h:51 [inline]
NMI backtrace for cpu 1 skipped: idling at arch_safe_halt arch/x86/include/asm/irqflags.h:89 [inline]
NMI backtrace for cpu 1 skipped: idling at default_idle+0xb/0x10 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:729

Crashes (108):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/10/06 11:57 linux-5.15.y a051a4bf909f f7710056 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access
2026/10/04 15:27 linux-5.15.y a051a4bf909f 57bbd979 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access
2026/09/21 02:01 linux-5.15.y 0248c33e835e 853b104b .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access
2026/09/06 18:28 linux-5.15.y 0996e0926f6b 4f7b22a0 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access
2026/09/06 14:46 linux-5.15.y 0996e0926f6b 4f7b22a0 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access
2026/09/06 10:45 linux-5.15.y 0996e0926f6b 4f7b22a0 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access
2026/09/06 05:58 linux-5.15.y 0996e0926f6b 4f7b22a0 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access
2026/09/05 22:09 linux-5.15.y 0996e0926f6b 4f7b22a0 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access
2026/09/02 03:34 linux-5.15.y 28c35638ec51 587f6b29 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access
2026/08/27 05:23 linux-5.15.y 945fa863f02c a2b77b9e .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access
2026/08/21 11:16 linux-5.15.y 0eb903b5b519 1e72964b .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access
2026/08/17 03:14 linux-5.15.y aabd761612db 746171ee .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro (corrupt fs)] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access
2026/08/12 17:01 linux-5.15.y aabd761612db f8d35649 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access
2026/08/11 09:13 linux-5.15.y aabd761612db 508909ea .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access
2026/08/09 18:23 linux-5.15.y aabd761612db 5d63f80b .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access
2026/08/08 16:54 linux-5.15.y aabd761612db 5d63f80b .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access
2026/08/05 16:16 linux-5.15.y 6e2fd6534337 52aa2820 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access
2026/10/16 12:28 linux-5.15.y 792fbe1537d8 4c840a2f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access
2026/10/15 22:03 linux-5.15.y 792fbe1537d8 3f2522c6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access
2026/10/15 14:45 linux-5.15.y 792fbe1537d8 8fb0ae89 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access
2026/10/15 02:10 linux-5.15.y a051a4bf909f 8fb0ae89 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access
2026/10/15 02:09 linux-5.15.y a051a4bf909f 8fb0ae89 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access
2026/10/13 23:00 linux-5.15.y a051a4bf909f 7321cd29 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access
2026/10/13 08:25 linux-5.15.y a051a4bf909f 5a1eeac4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access
2026/10/12 15:15 linux-5.15.y a051a4bf909f 745a967f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access
2026/10/12 10:46 linux-5.15.y a051a4bf909f 4f92358f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access
2026/10/09 18:40 linux-5.15.y a051a4bf909f 4f92358f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access
2026/10/08 18:19 linux-5.15.y a051a4bf909f b2734a59 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access
2026/10/08 06:19 linux-5.15.y a051a4bf909f 4f6a9fcf .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access
2026/10/07 11:51 linux-5.15.y a051a4bf909f 6520ecdb .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access
2026/10/07 11:51 linux-5.15.y a051a4bf909f 6520ecdb .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access
2026/10/06 01:26 linux-5.15.y a051a4bf909f f7710056 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access
2026/10/05 13:14 linux-5.15.y a051a4bf909f af63e995 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access
2026/10/04 12:38 linux-5.15.y a051a4bf909f 57bbd979 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access
2026/09/28 14:56 linux-5.15.y 0248c33e835e a3c7249d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access
2026/09/27 18:50 linux-5.15.y 0248c33e835e a3c7249d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access
2026/09/27 05:09 linux-5.15.y 0248c33e835e a3c7249d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access
2026/09/09 19:41 linux-5.15.y 0996e0926f6b 4e8b1cc6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access
2026/09/09 06:55 linux-5.15.y 0996e0926f6b 8387c273 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access
2026/09/08 17:15 linux-5.15.y 0996e0926f6b 243b72f1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access
2026/09/08 10:13 linux-5.15.y 0996e0926f6b 680aa3e1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access
2026/09/07 20:06 linux-5.15.y 0996e0926f6b 680aa3e1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access
2026/09/07 13:56 linux-5.15.y 0996e0926f6b 680aa3e1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access
2026/09/07 00:50 linux-5.15.y 0996e0926f6b 4f7b22a0 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access
2026/09/05 08:21 linux-5.15.y 0996e0926f6b 4f7b22a0 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access
2026/08/28 12:38 linux-5.15.y 28c35638ec51 e2fa417d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access
2026/08/27 19:45 linux-5.15.y 4a1eaf96ee5c 69a01293 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access
2026/08/27 02:02 linux-5.15.y 945fa863f02c a2b77b9e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access
2026/08/24 17:57 linux-5.15.y 945fa863f02c b55bd4c3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access
2026/08/23 17:33 linux-5.15.y 945fa863f02c 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access
2026/08/23 17:32 linux-5.15.y 945fa863f02c 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access
2026/08/21 06:48 linux-5.15.y 0eb903b5b519 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access
2026/08/21 06:42 linux-5.15.y 0eb903b5b519 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access
2026/08/19 19:01 linux-5.15.y 0eb903b5b519 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access
2026/08/18 02:27 linux-5.15.y aabd761612db 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access
2026/08/17 13:33 linux-5.15.y aabd761612db 905244d6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access
2026/08/14 14:19 linux-5.15.y aabd761612db 6f9b3e89 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access
2026/08/12 20:59 linux-5.15.y aabd761612db 359b2492 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access
2026/08/12 04:30 linux-5.15.y aabd761612db f8d35649 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access
2026/08/12 04:30 linux-5.15.y aabd761612db f8d35649 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access
2026/08/11 23:36 linux-5.15.y aabd761612db 71790083 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access
2026/08/11 16:09 linux-5.15.y aabd761612db 71790083 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access
2026/08/04 22:49 linux-5.15.y 6e2fd6534337 d4abbeac .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.