INFO: task hung in con_install

Status: upstream: reported on 2026/07/31 03:32
Reported-by: syzbot+2aa6ad378b756ba27c7f@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 105d, last: 4d08h
▶ ▼ Similar bugs (8)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
linux-5.15 INFO: task hung in con_install 1 23 21h29m 111d 0/3 upstream: reported on 2026/07/25 09:43
linux-6.6 INFO: task hung in con_install 1 3 2d00h 100d 0/2 upstream: reported on 2026/08/05 04:34
upstream INFO: task hung in con_install (2) serial 1 1 1199d 1199d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/10/31 16:25
linux-4.14 INFO: task hung in con_install 1 1 2400d 2400d 0/1 auto-closed as invalid on 2020/08/16 15:03
linux-4.19 INFO: task hung in con_install (2) 1 1 2345d 2345d 0/1 auto-closed as invalid on 2020/10/09 22:35
upstream INFO: task hung in con_install (3) prio:high kernel 1 122 79d 304d 0/29 upstream: reported on 2026/01/13 11:30
upstream INFO: task hung in con_install serial 1 6 2320d 2502d 0/29 closed as dup on 2020/08/16 15:20
linux-4.19 INFO: task hung in con_install 1 1 2479d 2479d 0/1 auto-closed as invalid on 2020/05/29 01:06

Sample crash report:
INFO: task syz.0.3041:20551 blocked for more than 144 seconds.
      Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:syz.0.3041      state:D stack:27728 pid:20551 ppid:13553  flags:0x00004004
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5257 [inline]
 __schedule+0x1089/0x4140 kernel/sched/core.c:6584
 schedule+0xb9/0x180 kernel/sched/core.c:6660
 schedule_timeout+0xbd/0x2d0 kernel/time/timer.c:2144
 ___down_common kernel/locking/semaphore.c:229 [inline]
 __down_common+0x321/0x7a0 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:3384
 tty_driver_install_tty drivers/tty/tty_io.c:1305 [inline]
 tty_init_dev+0xcf/0x4c0 drivers/tty/tty_io.c:1417
 tty_open_by_driver drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2083 [inline]
 tty_open+0x7d8/0xd80 drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2130
 chrdev_open+0x585/0x5f0 fs/char_dev.c:414
 do_dentry_open+0x7dd/0x10b0 fs/open.c:882
 do_open fs/namei.c:3677 [inline]
 path_openat+0x2674/0x2f10 fs/namei.c:3838
 do_filp_open+0x1ee/0x420 fs/namei.c:3865
 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: 0033:0x7f6b7556034e
RSP: 002b:00007f6b76515b28 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000101
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f6b765166c0 RCX: 00007f6b7556034e
RDX: 0000000000000002 RSI: 00007f6b76515c00 RDI: ffffffffffffff9c
RBP: 00007f6b75637b70 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f6b75826128 R14: 00007f6b75826090 R15: 00007fff9f7ba0e8
 </TASK>
INFO: task syz.0.3041:20560 blocked for more than 144 seconds.
      Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:syz.0.3041      state:D stack:27888 pid:20560 ppid:13553  flags:0x00004004
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5257 [inline]
 __schedule+0x1089/0x4140 kernel/sched/core.c:6584
 schedule+0xb9/0x180 kernel/sched/core.c:6660
 schedule_preempt_disabled+0xf/0x20 kernel/sched/core.c:6719
 __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:679 [inline]
 __mutex_lock+0x562/0xb40 kernel/locking/mutex.c:747
 tty_open_by_driver drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2047 [inline]
 tty_open+0x204/0xd80 drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2130
 chrdev_open+0x585/0x5f0 fs/char_dev.c:414
 do_dentry_open+0x7dd/0x10b0 fs/open.c:882
 do_open fs/namei.c:3677 [inline]
 path_openat+0x2674/0x2f10 fs/namei.c:3838
 do_filp_open+0x1ee/0x420 fs/namei.c:3865
 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: 0033:0x7f6b7556034e
RSP: 002b:00007f6b7644fb28 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000101
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f6b764506c0 RCX: 00007f6b7556034e
RDX: 0000000000000002 RSI: 00007f6b7644fc00 RDI: ffffffffffffff9c
RBP: 00007f6b75637b70 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f6b758266c8 R14: 00007f6b75826630 R15: 00007fff9f7ba0e8
 </TASK>

Showing all locks held in the system:
1 lock held by rcu_tasks_kthre/12:
 #0: ffffffff8db2e3f0 (rcu_tasks.tasks_gp_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rcu_tasks_one_gp+0x33/0xce0 kernel/rcu/tasks.h:543
1 lock held by rcu_tasks_trace/13:
 #0: ffffffff8db2ec30 (rcu_tasks_trace.tasks_gp_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rcu_tasks_one_gp+0x33/0xce0 kernel/rcu/tasks.h:543
1 lock held by khungtaskd/28:
 #0: ffffffff8db2daa0 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: rcu_lock_acquire include/linux/rcupdate.h:350 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8db2daa0 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: rcu_read_lock include/linux/rcupdate.h:791 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8db2daa0 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: debug_show_all_locks+0x51/0x290 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:6669
2 locks held by getty/4030:
 #0: ffff88814c93e098 (&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+0x430/0x1400 drivers/tty/n_tty.c:2198
2 locks held by kworker/u4:23/11357:
 #0: ffff888018479138 ((wq_completion)events_unbound){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x7b4/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2267
 #1: ffffc90005a27d00 ((work_completion)(&sub_info->work)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x7b4/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2267
2 locks held by kworker/u4:1/16228:
 #0: ffff888018479138 ((wq_completion)events_unbound){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x7b4/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2267
 #1: ffffc900034e7d00 ((work_completion)(&sub_info->work)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x7b4/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2267
3 locks held by kworker/u4:8/18186:
1 lock held by syz.4.3021/20445:
2 locks held by syz.0.3041/20551:
 #0: ffffffff8e2853e8 (tty_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: tty_open_by_driver drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2047 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8e2853e8 (tty_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: tty_open+0x204/0xd80 drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2130
 #1: ffff8880573151c0 (&tty->legacy_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: tty_init_dev+0x70/0x4c0 drivers/tty/tty_io.c:1416
1 lock held by syz.0.3041/20560:
 #0: ffffffff8e2853e8 (tty_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: tty_open_by_driver drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2047 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8e2853e8 (tty_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: tty_open+0x204/0xd80 drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2130
1 lock held by syz.6.3066/20666:
 #0: ffffffff8e2853e8 (tty_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: tty_open_by_driver drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2047 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8e2853e8 (tty_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: tty_open+0x204/0xd80 drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2130
1 lock held by syz.9.3102/20934:
 #0: ffffffff8e2853e8 (tty_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: ptmx_open+0xcc/0x2c0 drivers/tty/pty.c:823
1 lock held by syz.3.3106/20971:
 #0: ffffffff8e2853e8 (tty_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: ptmx_open+0xcc/0x2c0 drivers/tty/pty.c:823
1 lock held by syz.7.3114/21037:
 #0: ffffffff8e2853e8 (tty_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: tty_open_by_driver drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2047 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8e2853e8 (tty_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: tty_open+0x204/0xd80 drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2130
1 lock held by syz.1.3116/21059:
 #0: ffffffff8e2853e8 (tty_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: ptmx_open+0xcc/0x2c0 drivers/tty/pty.c:823
1 lock held by syz.5.3118/21085:
 #0: ffffffff8e2853e8 (tty_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: ptmx_open+0xcc/0x2c0 drivers/tty/pty.c:823
1 lock held by syz.2.3154/21394:
 #0: ffffffff8e2853e8 (tty_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: tty_open_by_driver drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2047 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8e2853e8 (tty_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: tty_open+0x204/0xd80 drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2130
1 lock held by syz.0.3170/21491:
 #0: ffffffff8e2853e8 (tty_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: tty_open_by_driver drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2047 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8e2853e8 (tty_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: tty_open+0x204/0xd80 drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2130
1 lock held by syz.4.3171/21500:
 #0: ffffffff8e2853e8 (tty_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: tty_open_by_driver drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2047 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8e2853e8 (tty_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: tty_open+0x204/0xd80 drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2130
1 lock held by syz-executor/21585:
1 lock held by syz.3.3273/22136:
 #0: ffffffff8e2853e8 (tty_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: tty_open_by_driver drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2047 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8e2853e8 (tty_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: tty_open+0x204/0xd80 drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2130
1 lock held by syz.1.3278/22154:
1 lock held by syz.7.3279/22158:
1 lock held by syz.6.3280/22159:
 #0: ffff8880754d9410 (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#11){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: inode_lock include/linux/fs.h:764 [inline]
 #0: ffff8880754d9410 (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#11){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: __sock_release net/socket.c:653 [inline]
 #0: ffff8880754d9410 (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#11){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: sock_close+0x82/0x210 net/socket.c:1400
2 locks held by sed/22162:
1 lock held by modprobe/22164:

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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 11/06/2026
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>

Crashes (14):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/11/09 12:58 linux-6.1.y c75b0cf0982c 5cecaf1f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in con_install
2026/11/04 08:01 linux-6.1.y 08889840163e 5af5b6c6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in con_install
2026/11/03 17:50 linux-6.1.y 08889840163e e2d35131 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in con_install
2026/10/31 17:47 linux-6.1.y 08889840163e 2041d3f8 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in con_install
2026/10/27 21:19 linux-6.1.y 79807e970724 96923c60 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in con_install
2026/10/25 02:13 linux-6.1.y 79807e970724 1d9ca40b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in con_install
2026/09/30 20:35 linux-6.1.y 1a8763b93150 38f7f0d1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in con_install
2026/09/30 01:30 linux-6.1.y 1a8763b93150 328436b3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in con_install
2026/09/10 16:42 linux-6.1.y cf82dcca9634 1fe56c0a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in con_install
2026/09/04 02:05 linux-6.1.y cf82dcca9634 801f0966 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in con_install
2026/09/04 01:58 linux-6.1.y cf82dcca9634 801f0966 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in con_install
2026/08/31 21:24 linux-6.1.y d64a499eea6b 316d9396 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in con_install
2026/08/28 22:53 linux-6.1.y d64a499eea6b 2f52988a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in con_install
2026/07/31 03:32 linux-6.1.y fb28aa725e05 aaffb173 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in con_install
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.