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INFO: task hung in con_install
Status:
upstream: reported on 2026/07/31 03:32
Reported-by: syzbot+2aa6ad378b756ba27c7f@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 4d17h, last: 4d17h
Sample crash report:
INFO: task syz.8.609:6919 blocked for more than 143 seconds.
Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:syz.8.609 state:D stack:27760 pid:6919 ppid:6196 flags:0x00004004
Call Trace:
<TASK>
context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5246 [inline]
__schedule+0x107f/0x4030 kernel/sched/core.c:6563
schedule+0xb9/0x180 kernel/sched/core.c:6639
schedule_timeout+0xbd/0x2d0 kernel/time/timer.c:2144
___down_common kernel/locking/semaphore.c:229 [inline]
__down_common+0x30c/0x740 kernel/locking/semaphore.c:250
down+0x7c/0xd0 kernel/locking/semaphore.c:64
console_lock+0x141/0x1c0 kernel/printk/printk.c:2629
con_install+0x94/0x720 drivers/tty/vt/vt.c:3381
tty_driver_install_tty drivers/tty/tty_io.c:1303 [inline]
tty_init_dev+0xcf/0x4c0 drivers/tty/tty_io.c:1415
tty_open_by_driver drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2081 [inline]
tty_open+0x7d3/0xcb0 drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2128
chrdev_open+0x585/0x5f0 fs/char_dev.c:414
do_dentry_open+0x7dd/0x10b0 fs/open.c:882
do_open fs/namei.c:3634 [inline]
path_openat+0x2674/0x2f10 fs/namei.c:3791
do_filp_open+0x1ee/0x420 fs/namei.c:3818
do_sys_openat2+0x14b/0x4f0 fs/open.c:1320
do_sys_open fs/open.c:1336 [inline]
__do_sys_openat fs/open.c:1352 [inline]
__se_sys_openat fs/open.c:1347 [inline]
__x64_sys_openat+0x135/0x160 fs/open.c:1347
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:46 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0x4c/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:76
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2
RIP: 0033:0x7f0d15f5e84e
RSP: 002b:00007f0d16f1cb28 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000101
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f0d16f1d6c0 RCX: 00007f0d15f5e84e
RDX: 0000000000000002 RSI: 00007f0d16f1cc00 RDI: ffffffffffffff9c
RBP: 00007f0d1603500c R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f0d16226038 R14: 00007f0d16225fa0 R15: 00007fff4d532ce8
</TASK>
Showing all locks held in the system:
3 locks held by kworker/0:0/7:
#0: ffff888017470938 ((wq_completion)events){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x7b4/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2267
#1: ffffc900000c7d00 ((work_completion)(&data->fib_event_work)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x7b4/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2267
#2: ffff888026877240 (&data->fib_lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: nsim_fib_event_work+0x283/0x3320 drivers/net/netdevsim/fib.c:1491
2 locks held by kworker/u4:1/11:
#0: ffff888017479138 ((wq_completion)events_unbound){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x7b4/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2267
#1: ffffc90000107d00 ((work_completion)(&ctx->exit_work)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x7b4/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2267
1 lock held by rcu_tasks_kthre/12:
#0: ffffffff8cb2e4f0 (rcu_tasks.tasks_gp_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rcu_tasks_one_gp+0x33/0xef0 kernel/rcu/tasks.h:517
1 lock held by rcu_tasks_trace/13:
#0: ffffffff8cb2ed10 (rcu_tasks_trace.tasks_gp_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rcu_tasks_one_gp+0x33/0xef0 kernel/rcu/tasks.h:517
1 lock held by khungtaskd/28:
#0: ffffffff8cb2db60 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: rcu_lock_acquire include/linux/rcupdate.h:350 [inline]
#0: ffffffff8cb2db60 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: rcu_read_lock include/linux/rcupdate.h:791 [inline]
#0: ffffffff8cb2db60 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: debug_show_all_locks+0x51/0x290 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:6527
3 locks held by kworker/u4:2/30:
2 locks held by getty/4029:
#0: ffff88807e278098 (&tty->ldisc_sem){++++}-{0:0}, at: tty_ldisc_ref_wait+0x21/0x70 drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c:244
#1: ffffc9000327b2f0 (&ldata->atomic_read_lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: n_tty_read+0x41e/0x1360 drivers/tty/n_tty.c:2198
3 locks held by kworker/0:6/4322:
#0: ffff88802f2a9d38 ((wq_completion)ipv6_addrconf){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x7b4/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2267
#1: ffffc900047d7d00 ((work_completion)(&(&ifa->dad_work)->work)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x7b4/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2267
#2: ffffffff8dd5b968 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: addrconf_dad_work+0xc4/0x1500 net/ipv6/addrconf.c:4138
5 locks held by syz.5.491/6481:
2 locks held by syz.8.609/6919:
#0: ffffffff8d290808 (tty_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: tty_open_by_driver drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2045 [inline]
#0: ffffffff8d290808 (tty_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: tty_open+0x204/0xcb0 drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2128
#1: ffff888056c031c0 (&tty->legacy_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: tty_init_dev+0x70/0x4c0 drivers/tty/tty_io.c:1414
1 lock held by syz.1.633/6997:
#0: ffffffff8d290808 (tty_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: tty_open_by_driver drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2045 [inline]
#0: ffffffff8d290808 (tty_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: tty_open+0x204/0xcb0 drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2128
1 lock held by syz.9.691/7190:
#0: ffffffff8d290808 (tty_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: ptmx_open+0xcc/0x2c0 drivers/tty/pty.c:823
1 lock held by syz.0.710/7277:
#0: ffffffff8d290808 (tty_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: ptmx_open+0xcc/0x2c0 drivers/tty/pty.c:823
1 lock held by syz.3.778/7612:
#0: ffffffff8d290808 (tty_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: ptmx_open+0xcc/0x2c0 drivers/tty/pty.c:823
1 lock held by syz.6.822/7770:
#0: ffffffff8d290808 (tty_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: ptmx_open+0xcc/0x2c0 drivers/tty/pty.c:823
1 lock held by syz.6.822/7774:
#0: ffffffff8d290808 (tty_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: tty_open_by_driver drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2045 [inline]
#0: ffffffff8d290808 (tty_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: tty_open+0x204/0xcb0 drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2128
1 lock held by syz.2.844/7860:
#0: ffffffff8d290808 (tty_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: tty_open_by_driver drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2045 [inline]
#0: ffffffff8d290808 (tty_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: tty_open+0x204/0xcb0 drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2128
1 lock held by syz.4.850/7882:
#0: ffffffff8d290808 (tty_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: tty_open_by_driver drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2045 [inline]
#0: ffffffff8d290808 (tty_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: tty_open+0x204/0xcb0 drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2128
1 lock held by syz.5.899/8147:
#0: ffffffff8d290808 (tty_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: ptmx_open+0xcc/0x2c0 drivers/tty/pty.c:823
1 lock held by syz.9.919/8236:
#0: ffffffff8d290808 (tty_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: tty_open_by_driver drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2045 [inline]
#0: ffffffff8d290808 (tty_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: tty_open+0x204/0xcb0 drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2128
1 lock held by syz-executor/8347:
#0: ffffffff8dd5b968 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnl_lock net/core/rtnetlink.c:74 [inline]
#0: ffffffff8dd5b968 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x80d/0xfb0 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6163
8 locks held by syz-executor/8390:
2 locks held by syz.1.964/8403:
3 locks held by syz.1.974/8452:
2 locks held by cmp/8454:
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NMI backtrace for cpu 0
CPU: 0 PID: 28 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+0x188/0x24e lib/dump_stack.c:106
nmi_cpu_backtrace+0x3e6/0x460 lib/nmi_backtrace.c:111
nmi_trigger_cpumask_backtrace+0x1d4/0x450 lib/nmi_backtrace.c:62
trigger_all_cpu_backtrace include/linux/nmi.h:148 [inline]
check_hung_uninterruptible_tasks kernel/hung_task.c:220 [inline]
watchdog+0xf0e/0xf50 kernel/hung_task.c:377
kthread+0x29d/0x330 kernel/kthread.c:376
ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:295
</TASK>
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.