INFO: task hung in exit_aio (5)

Status: upstream: reported on 2026/05/17 16:41
Subsystems: kernel
Labels: prio:low
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Reported-by: syzbot+4c9b421ef4f6c18a174e@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 421d, last: 1d11h
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ID Workflow Result Correct Bug Created Started Finished Revision
93024099 assessment-security DenialOfService: ✅ Exploitable: ❌ FilesystemTrigger: ❌ NetworkTrigger: ❌ PeripheralTrigger: ❌ RemoteTrigger: ❌ Unprivileged: ❌ UserNamespace: ❌ VMGuestTrigger: ❌ VMHostTrigger: ❌ INFO: task hung in exit_aio (5) 2026/05/30 18:05 2026/05/30 18:05 2026/05/30 19:04 6b4a8443
ec3aa5ac assessment-security 💥 INFO: task hung in exit_aio (5) 2026/05/14 11:20 2026/05/14 11:20 2026/05/14 11:21 6ccb967e
fe59251d repro INFO: task hung in exit_aio (5) 2026/03/06 13:52 2026/03/06 13:52 2026/03/06 14:02 31e9c887
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[syzbot] [kernel?] INFO: task hung in exit_aio (5) 0 (1) 2026/05/17 16:41
Similar bugs (8)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
android-6-12 INFO: task hung in exit_aio (2) 1 22 95d 209d 0/1 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2026/08/12 14:31
android-6-12 INFO: task hung in exit_aio (3) 1 1 16d 16d 0/1 premoderation: reported on 2026/08/15 21:55
upstream INFO: task hung in exit_aio (4) fs 1 6 627d 693d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/03/13 05:51
android-414 INFO: task hung in exit_aio 1 3 2677d 2677d 0/1 auto-closed as invalid on 2019/10/25 08:40
upstream INFO: task hung in exit_aio (2) fs 1 3 1754d 1832d 0/29 closed as invalid on 2022/02/07 19:09
upstream INFO: task hung in exit_aio (3) fs 1 1 787d 787d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/10/04 00:29
android-6-12 INFO: task hung in exit_aio 1 38 293d 435d 0/1 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2026/01/04 12:01
upstream INFO: task hung in exit_aio fs 1 syz, C 17519 2572d 3187d 0/29 closed as dup on 2018/04/08 22:50

Sample crash report:
INFO: task syz.8.4020:32531 blocked for more than 154 seconds.
      Tainted: G             L      syzkaller #0
      Blocked by coredump.
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:syz.8.4020      state:D stack:25608 pid:32531 tgid:32531 ppid:28438  task_flags:0x40044c flags:0x00080002
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5520 [inline]
 __schedule+0x17db/0x58f0 kernel/sched/core.c:7270
 __schedule_loop kernel/sched/core.c:7347 [inline]
 schedule+0x164/0x2b0 kernel/sched/core.c:7362
 schedule_timeout+0xc0/0x2c0 kernel/time/sleep_timeout.c:75
 do_wait_for_common kernel/sched/completion.c:100 [inline]
 __wait_for_common kernel/sched/completion.c:121 [inline]
 wait_for_common kernel/sched/completion.c:132 [inline]
 wait_for_completion+0x2ca/0x5e0 kernel/sched/completion.c:153
 exit_aio+0x310/0x3e0 fs/aio.c:980
 __mmput+0x68/0x420 kernel/fork.c:1190
 exit_mm+0x221/0x2d0 kernel/exit.c:614
 do_exit+0x6cd/0x2360 kernel/exit.c:996
 do_group_exit+0x22d/0x2f0 kernel/exit.c:1151
 get_signal+0x121b/0x12c0 kernel/signal.c:3039
 arch_do_signal_or_restart+0xbb/0x860 arch/x86/kernel/signal.c:337
 __exit_to_user_mode_loop kernel/entry/common.c:66 [inline]
 exit_to_user_mode_loop+0x10e/0x770 kernel/entry/common.c:101
 __exit_to_user_mode_prepare include/linux/irq-entry-common.h:207 [inline]
 syscall_exit_to_user_mode_prepare include/linux/irq-entry-common.h:230 [inline]
 syscall_exit_to_user_mode include/linux/entry-common.h:336 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x328/0x520 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:89
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x7fb1e919e159
RSP: 002b:00007fb1e954fba8 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 00000000000000ca
RAX: ffffffffffffff92 RBX: 000000000010d00d RCX: 00007fb1e919e159
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000080 RDI: 00007fb1e9425fac
RBP: 0000000000000bea R08: 3fffffffffffffff R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 00007fb1e954fcb0 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 00007fb1e954fcd0
R13: 00007fb1e9425fac R14: 000000000010dbf7 R15: 00007fb1e954fcb0
 </TASK>

Showing all locks held in the system:
locks held by kthreadd/2: 1, last CPU#1:
 #0: ffffffff8eeabc30 (remove_cache_srcu){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: srcu_lock_acquire include/linux/srcu.h:198 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8eeabc30 (remove_cache_srcu){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: srcu_read_lock+0x27/0x60 include/linux/srcu.h:305
locks held by kworker/u8:0/12: 4, on CPU#1:
 #0: ffff8880521ee940 ((wq_completion)wg-kex-wg2#23){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: rcu_lock_acquire include/linux/rcupdate.h:309 [inline]
 #0: ffff8880521ee940 ((wq_completion)wg-kex-wg2#23){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: rcu_read_lock include/linux/rcupdate.h:849 [inline]
 #0: ffff8880521ee940 ((wq_completion)wg-kex-wg2#23){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3352 [inline]
 #0: ffff8880521ee940 ((wq_completion)wg-kex-wg2#23){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_scheduled_works+0x97a/0x1630 kernel/workqueue.c:3470
 #1: ffffc90000117c40 ((work_completion)(&peer->transmit_handshake_work)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: rcu_lock_acquire include/linux/rcupdate.h:309 [inline]
 #1: ffffc90000117c40 ((work_completion)(&peer->transmit_handshake_work)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: rcu_read_lock include/linux/rcupdate.h:849 [inline]
 #1: ffffc90000117c40 ((work_completion)(&peer->transmit_handshake_work)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3352 [inline]
 #1: ffffc90000117c40 ((work_completion)(&peer->transmit_handshake_work)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_scheduled_works+0x97a/0x1630 kernel/workqueue.c:3470
 #2: ffff8880547f1440 (&wg->static_identity.lock){++++}-{4:4}, at: wg_noise_handshake_create_initiation+0x12e/0x810 drivers/net/wireguard/noise.c:529
 #3: ffff88802a5020e8 (&handshake->lock){++++}-{4:4}, at: wg_noise_handshake_create_initiation+0x13f/0x810 drivers/net/wireguard/noise.c:530
locks held by pr/ttyS0/16: 3, last CPU#1:
 #0: ffffffff8ec362b8 (console_srcu){....}-{0:0}, at: rcu_try_lock_acquire include/linux/rcupdate.h:314 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8ec362b8 (console_srcu){....}-{0:0}, at: srcu_read_lock_nmisafe include/linux/srcu.h:439 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8ec362b8 (console_srcu){....}-{0:0}, at: console_srcu_read_lock+0x30/0x60 kernel/printk/printk.c:291

Crashes (40):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/08/31 05:41 upstream a23cbb05744b 2f52988a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce INFO: task hung in exit_aio
2026/08/27 07:21 upstream 502d45774af0 a2b77b9e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: task hung in exit_aio
2026/08/19 16:27 upstream bd5f485f3f02 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root INFO: task hung in exit_aio
2026/07/28 15:41 upstream 62cc90241548 19622d9d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root INFO: task hung in exit_aio
2026/05/20 03:13 upstream 27fa82620cba 0909d65f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root INFO: task hung in exit_aio
2026/05/20 03:06 upstream 27fa82620cba 0909d65f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root INFO: task hung in exit_aio
2026/05/13 16:33 upstream 1d5dcaa3bd65 fec2a7ee .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root INFO: task hung in exit_aio
2026/04/26 05:59 upstream 897d54018cc9 9c2d0995 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root INFO: task hung in exit_aio
2026/04/12 21:59 upstream f5459048c38a 38c8e246 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: task hung in exit_aio
2026/03/19 11:22 upstream 8a30aeb0d1b4 bd6dcb30 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root INFO: task hung in exit_aio
2026/02/07 09:21 upstream 2687c848e578 f20fc9f9 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root INFO: task hung in exit_aio
2026/01/15 03:37 upstream 944aacb68baf d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce INFO: task hung in exit_aio
2026/01/01 08:36 upstream 9528d5c091c5 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root INFO: task hung in exit_aio
2025/12/27 04:22 upstream 3f0e9c8cefa9 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root INFO: task hung in exit_aio
2025/11/25 19:21 upstream 8a2bcda5e139 64219f15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root INFO: task hung in exit_aio
2025/11/19 00:30 upstream 5bebe8de1926 ef766cd7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root INFO: task hung in exit_aio
2025/11/16 06:06 upstream f824272b6e3f f7988ea4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root INFO: task hung in exit_aio
2025/11/11 14:23 upstream 4427259cc7f7 4e1406b4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root INFO: task hung in exit_aio
2025/10/17 21:40 upstream cf1ea8854e4f 7adf5298 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root INFO: task hung in exit_aio
2025/10/06 13:23 upstream fd94619c4336 91305dbe .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root INFO: task hung in exit_aio
2025/10/01 23:00 upstream d3479214c05d a1859138 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root INFO: task hung in exit_aio
2025/10/01 06:06 upstream 50c19e20ed2e 65a0eece .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root INFO: task hung in exit_aio
2025/09/29 11:41 upstream e5f0a698b34e 86341da6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root INFO: task hung in exit_aio
2025/09/28 19:05 upstream 8f9736633f8c 001c9061 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root INFO: task hung in exit_aio
2025/09/25 11:01 upstream bf40f4b87761 0abd0691 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root INFO: task hung in exit_aio
2025/09/08 20:03 upstream f777d1112ee5 d291dd2d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root INFO: task hung in exit_aio
2025/09/06 00:00 upstream d1d10cea0895 d291dd2d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root INFO: task hung in exit_aio
2025/09/05 10:47 upstream d69eb204c255 d291dd2d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root INFO: task hung in exit_aio
2025/09/04 10:11 upstream b9a10f876409 d291dd2d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root INFO: task hung in exit_aio
2025/09/02 23:25 upstream e6b9dce0aeeb 091ba174 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root INFO: task hung in exit_aio
2025/09/02 14:05 upstream b320789d6883 807a3b61 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root INFO: task hung in exit_aio
2025/08/31 03:57 upstream c8bc81a52d5a 807a3b61 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root INFO: task hung in exit_aio
2025/08/29 00:33 upstream 07d9df80082b 3e1beec6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root INFO: task hung in exit_aio
2025/08/28 11:00 upstream 07d9df80082b 443c11c7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root INFO: task hung in exit_aio
2026/08/29 18:49 linux-next e30626823a40 2f52988a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in exit_aio
2026/08/07 03:01 linux-next cc2b5f627e8c c38879ea .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce INFO: task hung in exit_aio
2026/06/11 14:06 linux-next abe651837cb3 d93a6ab6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce INFO: task hung in exit_aio
2026/05/26 05:24 linux-next c1ecb239fa34 c69befb3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in exit_aio
2025/07/06 22:24 linux-next 26ffb3d6f02c 4f67c4ae .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in exit_aio
2025/08/07 15:37 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/riscv/linux.git for-next 21ef6a269833 04cffc22 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu2-riscv64 INFO: task hung in exit_aio
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.