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INFO: task hung in linkwatch_event (5)

Status: upstream: reported syz repro on 2025/10/25 05:38
Reported-by: syzbot+5a877b2c596425cbeeea@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 16h15m, last: 16h15m
▶ ▼ Similar bugs (20)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
linux-5.15 INFO: task hung in linkwatch_event (2) 1 1 259d 259d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/05/19 15:08
linux-6.1 INFO: task hung in linkwatch_event (4) 1 syz 7 135d 226d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/09/20 14:43
android-414 INFO: task hung in linkwatch_event 1 C 7 2170d 2390d 0/1 public: reported C repro on 2019/04/10 16:14
linux-6.6 INFO: task hung in linkwatch_event 1 4 32d 113d 0/2 upstream: reported on 2025/07/04 13:16
linux-4.14 INFO: task hung in linkwatch_event (2) 1 1 1191d 1191d 0/1 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2022/11/19 11:58
android-44 INFO: task hung in linkwatch_event 1 6 2606d 2751d 0/2 auto-closed as invalid on 2019/03/05 13:11
linux-5.15 INFO: task hung in linkwatch_event 1 84 357d 653d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/01/11 00:55
upstream INFO: task hung in linkwatch_event (4) net 1 C done 3385 1d09h 455d 0/29 upstream: reported C repro on 2024/07/27 06:21
linux-5.15 INFO: task hung in linkwatch_event (3) 1 2 12d 35d 0/3 upstream: reported on 2025/09/20 20:03
upstream INFO: task hung in linkwatch_event net 1 C 82 2198d 2810d 0/29 closed as dup on 2018/02/14 15:33
linux-4.14 INFO: task hung in linkwatch_event 1 5 1874d 2001d 0/1 auto-closed as invalid on 2021/01/05 01:42
linux-4.19 INFO: task hung in linkwatch_event (2) 1 C error 217 965d 2054d 0/1 upstream: reported C repro on 2020/03/11 20:12
upstream INFO: task hung in linkwatch_event (2) net 1 C done done 1033 1279d 2005d 20/29 fixed on 2022/05/13 11:13
linux-4.19 INFO: task hung in linkwatch_event 1 3 2207d 2321d 0/1 auto-closed as invalid on 2020/02/07 01:11
upstream INFO: task hung in linkwatch_event (3) net 1 1634 473d 1068d 26/29 fixed on 2024/07/09 19:14
linux-4.14 INFO: task hung in linkwatch_event (3) 1 2 1025d 1026d 0/1 upstream: reported on 2023/01/03 10:49
android-49 INFO: task hung in linkwatch_event 1 13 2369d 2386d 0/3 auto-closed as invalid on 2019/10/25 08:50
linux-6.1 INFO: task hung in linkwatch_event (2) 1 32 408d 523d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/11/21 00:32
linux-6.1 INFO: task hung in linkwatch_event 1 2 811d 927d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/11/14 00:59
linux-6.1 INFO: task hung in linkwatch_event (3) 1 1 334d 334d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/03/05 15:51

Sample crash report:
INFO: task kworker/u4:3:46 blocked for more than 143 seconds.
      Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:kworker/u4:3    state:D stack:23968 pid:46    ppid:2      flags:0x00004000
Workqueue: events_unbound linkwatch_event
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5244 [inline]
 __schedule+0x10ec/0x40b0 kernel/sched/core.c:6561
 schedule+0xb9/0x180 kernel/sched/core.c:6637
 schedule_preempt_disabled+0xf/0x20 kernel/sched/core.c:6696
 __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:679 [inline]
 __mutex_lock+0x555/0xaf0 kernel/locking/mutex.c:747
 linkwatch_event+0xa/0x50 net/core/link_watch.c:263
 process_one_work+0x898/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2292
 worker_thread+0xaa2/0x1250 kernel/workqueue.c:2439
 kthread+0x29d/0x330 kernel/kthread.c:376
 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:295
 </TASK>
INFO: task dhcpcd:3932 blocked for more than 143 seconds.
      Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:dhcpcd          state:D stack:20960 pid:3932  ppid:3931   flags:0x00004002
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5244 [inline]
 __schedule+0x10ec/0x40b0 kernel/sched/core.c:6561
 schedule+0xb9/0x180 kernel/sched/core.c:6637
 schedule_preempt_disabled+0xf/0x20 kernel/sched/core.c:6696
 __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:679 [inline]
 __mutex_lock+0x555/0xaf0 kernel/locking/mutex.c:747
 devinet_ioctl+0x288/0x1af0 net/ipv4/devinet.c:1080
 inet_ioctl+0x2c9/0x400 net/ipv4/af_inet.c:1008
 sock_do_ioctl+0xd3/0x2f0 net/socket.c:1204
 sock_ioctl+0x4ed/0x6e0 net/socket.c:1321
 vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline]
 __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:870 [inline]
 __se_sys_ioctl+0xfa/0x170 fs/ioctl.c:856
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:51 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x4c/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:81
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2
RIP: 0033:0x7f0cabc39378
RSP: 002b:00007ffce35101c8 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000010
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000000000012 RCX: 00007f0cabc39378
RDX: 00007ffce35203c0 RSI: 0000000000008914 RDI: 0000000000000012
RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 00007ffce3530560
R13: 00007f0cabb396c8 R14: 0000000000000028 R15: 0000000000008914
 </TASK>
INFO: task kworker/0:3:4344 blocked for more than 143 seconds.
      Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:kworker/0:3     state:D stack:23072 pid:4344  ppid:2      flags:0x00004000
Workqueue: events switchdev_deferred_process_work
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5244 [inline]
 __schedule+0x10ec/0x40b0 kernel/sched/core.c:6561
 schedule+0xb9/0x180 kernel/sched/core.c:6637
 schedule_preempt_disabled+0xf/0x20 kernel/sched/core.c:6696
 __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:679 [inline]
 __mutex_lock+0x555/0xaf0 kernel/locking/mutex.c:747
 switchdev_deferred_process_work+0xa/0x20 net/switchdev/switchdev.c:104
 process_one_work+0x898/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2292
 worker_thread+0xaa2/0x1250 kernel/workqueue.c:2439
 kthread+0x29d/0x330 kernel/kthread.c:376
 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:295
 </TASK>
INFO: task kworker/0:6:4396 blocked for more than 143 seconds.
      Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:kworker/0:6     state:D stack:24128 pid:4396  ppid:2      flags:0x00004000
Workqueue: ipv6_addrconf addrconf_dad_work
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5244 [inline]
 __schedule+0x10ec/0x40b0 kernel/sched/core.c:6561
 schedule+0xb9/0x180 kernel/sched/core.c:6637
 schedule_preempt_disabled+0xf/0x20 kernel/sched/core.c:6696
 __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:679 [inline]
 __mutex_lock+0x555/0xaf0 kernel/locking/mutex.c:747
 addrconf_dad_work+0xc4/0x14d0 net/ipv6/addrconf.c:4131
 process_one_work+0x898/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2292
 worker_thread+0xaa2/0x1250 kernel/workqueue.c:2439
 kthread+0x29d/0x330 kernel/kthread.c:376
 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:295
 </TASK>
INFO: task syz-executor:10575 blocked for more than 144 seconds.
      Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:syz-executor    state:D stack:22144 pid:10575 ppid:1      flags:0x00004004
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5244 [inline]
 __schedule+0x10ec/0x40b0 kernel/sched/core.c:6561
 schedule+0xb9/0x180 kernel/sched/core.c:6637
 schedule_preempt_disabled+0xf/0x20 kernel/sched/core.c:6696
 __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:679 [inline]
 __mutex_lock+0x555/0xaf0 kernel/locking/mutex.c:747
 rtnl_lock net/core/rtnetlink.c:74 [inline]
 rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x740/0xed0 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6150
 netlink_rcv_skb+0x1de/0x420 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2511
 netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1318 [inline]
 netlink_unicast+0x74d/0x8d0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1344
 netlink_sendmsg+0x89e/0xbc0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1872
 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:718 [inline]
 __sock_sendmsg net/socket.c:730 [inline]
 __sys_sendto+0x44f/0x5c0 net/socket.c:2153
 __do_sys_sendto net/socket.c:2165 [inline]
 __se_sys_sendto net/socket.c:2161 [inline]
 __x64_sys_sendto+0xda/0xf0 net/socket.c:2161
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:51 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x4c/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:81
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2
RIP: 0033:0x7f71b4f90e5c
RSP: 002b:00007ffe3a833c40 EFLAGS: 00000293 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000002c
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f71b5d14620 RCX: 00007f71b4f90e5c
RDX: 0000000000000028 RSI: 00007f71b5d14670 RDI: 0000000000000003
RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 00007ffe3a833c94 R09: 000000000000000c
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000293 R12: 0000000000000003
R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 00007f71b5d14670 R15: 0000000000000000
 </TASK>
INFO: task syz-executor:10576 blocked for more than 144 seconds.
      Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:syz-executor    state:D stack:22144 pid:10576 ppid:1      flags:0x00004004
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5244 [inline]
 __schedule+0x10ec/0x40b0 kernel/sched/core.c:6561
 schedule+0xb9/0x180 kernel/sched/core.c:6637
 schedule_preempt_disabled+0xf/0x20 kernel/sched/core.c:6696
 __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:679 [inline]
 __mutex_lock+0x555/0xaf0 kernel/locking/mutex.c:747
 rtnl_lock net/core/rtnetlink.c:74 [inline]
 rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x740/0xed0 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6150
 netlink_rcv_skb+0x1de/0x420 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2511
 netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1318 [inline]
 netlink_unicast+0x74d/0x8d0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1344
 netlink_sendmsg+0x89e/0xbc0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1872
 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:718 [inline]
 __sock_sendmsg net/socket.c:730 [inline]
 __sys_sendto+0x44f/0x5c0 net/socket.c:2153
 __do_sys_sendto net/socket.c:2165 [inline]
 __se_sys_sendto net/socket.c:2161 [inline]
 __x64_sys_sendto+0xda/0xf0 net/socket.c:2161
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:51 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x4c/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:81
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2
RIP: 0033:0x7f5d5a790e5c
RSP: 002b:00007ffe96209b50 EFLAGS: 00000293 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000002c
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f5d5b514620 RCX: 00007f5d5a790e5c
RDX: 0000000000000028 RSI: 00007f5d5b514670 RDI: 0000000000000003
RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 00007ffe96209ba4 R09: 000000000000000c
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000293 R12: 0000000000000003
R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 00007f5d5b514670 R15: 0000000000000000
 </TASK>
INFO: task syz-executor:10577 blocked for more than 144 seconds.
      Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:syz-executor    state:D stack:22144 pid:10577 ppid:1      flags:0x00004004
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5244 [inline]
 __schedule+0x10ec/0x40b0 kernel/sched/core.c:6561
 schedule+0xb9/0x180 kernel/sched/core.c:6637
 schedule_preempt_disabled+0xf/0x20 kernel/sched/core.c:6696
 __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:679 [inline]
 __mutex_lock+0x555/0xaf0 kernel/locking/mutex.c:747
 ieee80211_register_hw+0x2d43/0x39e0 net/mac80211/main.c:1399
 mac80211_hwsim_new_radio+0x28c2/0x4c40 drivers/net/wireless/mac80211_hwsim.c:4587
 hwsim_new_radio_nl+0xafa/0xce0 drivers/net/wireless/mac80211_hwsim.c:5181
 genl_family_rcv_msg_doit+0x22e/0x320 net/netlink/genetlink.c:756
 genl_family_rcv_msg net/netlink/genetlink.c:833 [inline]
 genl_rcv_msg+0x5f2/0x780 net/netlink/genetlink.c:850
 netlink_rcv_skb+0x1de/0x420 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2511
 genl_rcv+0x24/0x40 net/netlink/genetlink.c:861
 netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1318 [inline]
 netlink_unicast+0x74d/0x8d0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1344
 netlink_sendmsg+0x89e/0xbc0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1872
 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:718 [inline]
 __sock_sendmsg net/socket.c:730 [inline]
 __sys_sendto+0x44f/0x5c0 net/socket.c:2153
 __do_sys_sendto net/socket.c:2165 [inline]
 __se_sys_sendto net/socket.c:2161 [inline]
 __x64_sys_sendto+0xda/0xf0 net/socket.c:2161
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:51 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x4c/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:81
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2
RIP: 0033:0x7f9c0a990e5c
RSP: 002b:00007ffd14d28400 EFLAGS: 00000293 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000002c
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f9c0b714620 RCX: 00007f9c0a990e5c
RDX: 0000000000000024 RSI: 00007f9c0b714670 RDI: 0000000000000003
RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 00007ffd14d28454 R09: 000000000000000c
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000293 R12: 0000000000000003
R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 00007f9c0b714670 R15: 0000000000000000
 </TASK>
INFO: task syz-executor:10587 blocked for more than 145 seconds.
      Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:syz-executor    state:D stack:21984 pid:10587 ppid:1      flags:0x00004004
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5244 [inline]
 __schedule+0x10ec/0x40b0 kernel/sched/core.c:6561
 schedule+0xb9/0x180 kernel/sched/core.c:6637
 schedule_preempt_disabled+0xf/0x20 kernel/sched/core.c:6696
 __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:679 [inline]
 __mutex_lock+0x555/0xaf0 kernel/locking/mutex.c:747
 genl_lock net/netlink/genetlink.c:33 [inline]
 genl_rcv_msg+0x103/0x780 net/netlink/genetlink.c:848
 netlink_rcv_skb+0x1de/0x420 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2511
 genl_rcv+0x24/0x40 net/netlink/genetlink.c:861
 netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1318 [inline]
 netlink_unicast+0x74d/0x8d0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1344
 netlink_sendmsg+0x89e/0xbc0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1872
 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:718 [inline]
 __sock_sendmsg net/socket.c:730 [inline]
 __sys_sendto+0x44f/0x5c0 net/socket.c:2153
 __do_sys_sendto net/socket.c:2165 [inline]
 __se_sys_sendto net/socket.c:2161 [inline]
 __x64_sys_sendto+0xda/0xf0 net/socket.c:2161
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:51 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x4c/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:81
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2
RIP: 0033:0x7f508a790e5c
RSP: 002b:00007ffdee87ab00 EFLAGS: 00000293 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000002c
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f508b514620 RCX: 00007f508a790e5c
RDX: 0000000000000024 RSI: 00007f508b514670 RDI: 0000000000000003
RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 00007ffdee87ab54 R09: 000000000000000c
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000293 R12: 0000000000000003
R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 00007f508b514670 R15: 0000000000000000
 </TASK>
INFO: task kworker/1:13:10723 blocked for more than 145 seconds.
      Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:kworker/1:13    state:D stack:25664 pid:10723 ppid:2      flags:0x00004000
Workqueue: ipv6_addrconf addrconf_dad_work
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5244 [inline]
 __schedule+0x10ec/0x40b0 kernel/sched/core.c:6561
 schedule+0xb9/0x180 kernel/sched/core.c:6637
 schedule_preempt_disabled+0xf/0x20 kernel/sched/core.c:6696
 __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:679 [inline]
 __mutex_lock+0x555/0xaf0 kernel/locking/mutex.c:747
 addrconf_dad_work+0xc4/0x14d0 net/ipv6/addrconf.c:4131
 process_one_work+0x898/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2292
 worker_thread+0xaa2/0x1250 kernel/workqueue.c:2439
 kthread+0x29d/0x330 kernel/kthread.c:376
 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:295
 </TASK>
INFO: task syz.1.3007:10840 blocked for more than 145 seconds.
      Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:syz.1.3007      state:D stack:27488 pid:10840 ppid:10336  flags:0x00004004
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5244 [inline]
 __schedule+0x10ec/0x40b0 kernel/sched/core.c:6561
 schedule+0xb9/0x180 kernel/sched/core.c:6637
 schedule_preempt_disabled+0xf/0x20 kernel/sched/core.c:6696
 __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:679 [inline]
 __mutex_lock+0x555/0xaf0 kernel/locking/mutex.c:747
 rtnl_lock net/core/rtnetlink.c:74 [inline]
 rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x740/0xed0 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6150
 netlink_rcv_skb+0x1de/0x420 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2511
 netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1318 [inline]
 netlink_unicast+0x74d/0x8d0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1344
 netlink_sendmsg+0x89e/0xbc0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1872
 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:718 [inline]
 __sock_sendmsg net/socket.c:730 [inline]
 ____sys_sendmsg+0x59b/0x970 net/socket.c:2519
 ___sys_sendmsg+0x21c/0x290 net/socket.c:2573
 __sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2602 [inline]
 __do_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2611 [inline]
 __se_sys_sendmsg+0x19e/0x270 net/socket.c:2609
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:51 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x4c/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:81
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2
RIP: 0033:0x7fbb4bb8efc9
RSP: 002b:00007fbb4c9c1038 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000002e
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007fbb4bde5fa0 RCX: 00007fbb4bb8efc9
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000200000000000 RDI: 0000000000000003
RBP: 00007fbb4bc11f91 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007fbb4bde6038 R14: 00007fbb4bde5fa0 R15: 00007ffd6e2e79a8
 </TASK>

Showing all locks held in the system:
1 lock held by rcu_tasks_kthre/12:
 #0: ffffffff8cb2b630 (rcu_tasks.tasks_gp_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rcu_tasks_one_gp+0x33/0xf00 kernel/rcu/tasks.h:517
1 lock held by rcu_tasks_trace/13:
 #0: ffffffff8cb2be50 (rcu_tasks_trace.tasks_gp_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rcu_tasks_one_gp+0x33/0xf00 kernel/rcu/tasks.h:517
1 lock held by khungtaskd/28:
 #0: ffffffff8cb2aca0 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: rcu_lock_acquire include/linux/rcupdate.h:350 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8cb2aca0 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: rcu_read_lock include/linux/rcupdate.h:791 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8cb2aca0 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: debug_show_all_locks+0x51/0x290 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:6513
3 locks held by kworker/u4:3/46:
 #0: ffff888017479138 ((wq_completion)events_unbound){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x7a1/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2267
 #1: ffffc90000b77d00 ((linkwatch_work).work){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x7a1/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2267
 #2: ffffffff8dd41868 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: linkwatch_event+0xa/0x50 net/core/link_watch.c:263
1 lock held by dhcpcd/3932:
 #0: ffffffff8dd41868 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: devinet_ioctl+0x288/0x1af0 net/ipv4/devinet.c:1080
2 locks held by getty/4031:
 #0: ffff88802fa5b098 (&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+0x41b/0x1380 drivers/tty/n_tty.c:2198
3 locks held by kworker/0:3/4344:
 #0: ffff888017470938 ((wq_completion)events){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x7a1/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2267
 #1: ffffc90003fc7d00 (deferred_process_work){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x7a1/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2267
 #2: ffffffff8dd41868 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: switchdev_deferred_process_work+0xa/0x20 net/switchdev/switchdev.c:104
3 locks held by kworker/0:6/4396:
 #0: ffff88814d2cb138 ((wq_completion)ipv6_addrconf){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x7a1/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2267
 #1: ffffc90003207d00 ((work_completion)(&(&ifa->dad_work)->work)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x7a1/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2267
 #2: ffffffff8dd41868 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: addrconf_dad_work+0xc4/0x14d0 net/ipv6/addrconf.c:4131
5 locks held by kworker/u4:6/4499:
 #0: ffff888017616938 ((wq_completion)netns){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x7a1/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2267
 #1: ffffc90003637d00 (net_cleanup_work){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x7a1/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2267
 #2: ffffffff8dd34b90 (pernet_ops_rwsem){++++}-{3:3}, at: cleanup_net+0x132/0xb80 net/core/net_namespace.c:594
 #3: ffffffff8dd41868 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: default_device_exit_batch+0xe5/0xa50 net/core/dev.c:11489
 #4: ffffffff8cb30840 (rcu_state.barrier_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rcu_barrier+0x48/0x600 kernel/rcu/tree.c:4023
1 lock held by syz-executor/10575:
 #0: ffffffff8dd41868 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnl_lock net/core/rtnetlink.c:74 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8dd41868 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x740/0xed0 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6150
1 lock held by syz-executor/10576:
 #0: ffffffff8dd41868 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnl_lock net/core/rtnetlink.c:74 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8dd41868 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x740/0xed0 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6150
3 locks held by syz-executor/10577:
 #0: ffffffff8dda16f0 (cb_lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: genl_rcv+0x15/0x40 net/netlink/genetlink.c:860
 #1: ffffffff8dda1508 (genl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: genl_lock net/netlink/genetlink.c:33 [inline]
 #1: ffffffff8dda1508 (genl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: genl_rcv_msg+0x103/0x780 net/netlink/genetlink.c:848
 #2: ffffffff8dd41868 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: ieee80211_register_hw+0x2d43/0x39e0 net/mac80211/main.c:1399
2 locks held by syz-executor/10587:
 #0: ffffffff8dda16f0 (cb_lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: genl_rcv+0x15/0x40 net/netlink/genetlink.c:860
 #1: ffffffff8dda1508 (genl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: genl_lock net/netlink/genetlink.c:33 [inline]
 #1: ffffffff8dda1508 (genl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: genl_rcv_msg+0x103/0x780 net/netlink/genetlink.c:848
3 locks held by kworker/1:12/10722:
 #0: ffff888017471938 ((wq_completion)events_power_efficient){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x7a1/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2267
 #1: ffffc9000ce6fd00 ((reg_check_chans).work){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x7a1/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2267
 #2: ffffffff8dd41868 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: reg_check_chans_work+0x8b/0xd80 net/wireless/reg.c:2499
3 locks held by kworker/1:13/10723:
 #0: ffff88814d2cb138 ((wq_completion)ipv6_addrconf){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x7a1/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2267
 #1: ffffc9000ce7fd00 ((work_completion)(&(&ifa->dad_work)->work)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x7a1/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2267
 #2: ffffffff8dd41868 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: addrconf_dad_work+0xc4/0x14d0 net/ipv6/addrconf.c:4131
1 lock held by syz.1.3007/10840:
 #0: ffffffff8dd41868 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnl_lock net/core/rtnetlink.c:74 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8dd41868 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x740/0xed0 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6150
1 lock held by syz-executor/10849:
 #0: ffffffff8dd41868 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnl_lock net/core/rtnetlink.c:74 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8dd41868 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x740/0xed0 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6150
1 lock held by syz-executor/10855:
 #0: ffffffff8dd41868 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnl_lock net/core/rtnetlink.c:74 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8dd41868 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x740/0xed0 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6150
1 lock held by syz-executor/10859:
 #0: ffffffff8dd41868 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnl_lock net/core/rtnetlink.c:74 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8dd41868 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x740/0xed0 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6150
1 lock held by syz-executor/10860:
 #0: ffffffff8dd41868 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnl_lock net/core/rtnetlink.c:74 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8dd41868 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x740/0xed0 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6150
1 lock held by syz-executor/10862:
 #0: ffffffff8dd41868 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnl_lock net/core/rtnetlink.c:74 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8dd41868 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x740/0xed0 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6150
1 lock held by syz-executor/10868:
 #0: ffffffff8dd41868 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnl_lock net/core/rtnetlink.c:74 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8dd41868 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x740/0xed0 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6150
1 lock held by syz-executor/10875:
 #0: ffffffff8dd41868 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnl_lock net/core/rtnetlink.c:74 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8dd41868 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x740/0xed0 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6150
1 lock held by syz-executor/10876:
 #0: ffffffff8dd41868 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnl_lock net/core/rtnetlink.c:74 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8dd41868 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x740/0xed0 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6150
1 lock held by syz-executor/10881:
 #0: ffffffff8dd41868 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnl_lock net/core/rtnetlink.c:74 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8dd41868 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x740/0xed0 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6150
1 lock held by syz-executor/10882:
 #0: ffffffff8dd41868 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnl_lock net/core/rtnetlink.c:74 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8dd41868 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x740/0xed0 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6150
1 lock held by syz-executor/10889:
 #0: ffffffff8dd41868 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnl_lock net/core/rtnetlink.c:74 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8dd41868 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x740/0xed0 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6150
1 lock held by syz-executor/10897:
 #0: ffffffff8dd41868 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnl_lock net/core/rtnetlink.c:74 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8dd41868 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x740/0xed0 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6150
1 lock held by syz-executor/10899:
 #0: ffffffff8dd41868 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnl_lock net/core/rtnetlink.c:74 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8dd41868 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x740/0xed0 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6150
1 lock held by syz-executor/10900:
 #0: ffffffff8dd41868 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnl_lock net/core/rtnetlink.c:74 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8dd41868 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x740/0xed0 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6150
1 lock held by syz-executor/10901:
 #0: ffffffff8dd41868 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnl_lock net/core/rtnetlink.c:74 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8dd41868 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x740/0xed0 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6150

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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 10/02/2025
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 dump_stack_lvl+0x168/0x22e lib/dump_stack.c:106
 nmi_cpu_backtrace+0x3f4/0x470 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+0xeee/0xf30 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>
Sending NMI from CPU 0 to CPUs 1:
NMI backtrace for cpu 1
CPU: 1 PID: 4381 Comm: kworker/u4:2 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 10/02/2025
Workqueue: bat_events batadv_nc_worker
RIP: 0010:separate_irq_context kernel/locking/lockdep.c:4578 [inline]
RIP: 0010:__lock_acquire+0xec8/0x7c50 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5033
Code: 8b 18 48 85 db 4c 8b 7c 24 18 74 56 83 fb 31 0f 83 c0 5b 00 00 48 8d 04 9b 49 8d 5c c6 f8 48 89 d8 48 c1 e8 03 42 0f b6 04 00 <84> c0 0f 85 c1 5b 00 00 8b 1b 48 8b 44 24 50 42 0f b6 04 00 84 c0
RSP: 0018:ffffc90004087840 EFLAGS: 00000806
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff88801da9a8e8 RCX: ffffffff81630916
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000008 RDI: ffffffff90ae2240
RBP: ffffc90004087a90 R08: dffffc0000000000 R09: fffffbfff215c449
R10: fffffbfff215c449 R11: 1ffffffff215c448 R12: ffff88801da99dc0
R13: e1e423eafbf8eaa0 R14: ffff88801da9a8a0 R15: ffff88801da9a910
FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8880b8f00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007f067d89f5a0 CR3: 000000000c88e000 CR4: 00000000003506e0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 lock_acquire+0x1b4/0x490 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5662
 rcu_lock_acquire include/linux/rcupdate.h:350 [inline]
 rcu_read_lock include/linux/rcupdate.h:791 [inline]
 batadv_nc_purge_orig_hash net/batman-adv/network-coding.c:408 [inline]
 batadv_nc_worker+0xeb/0x600 net/batman-adv/network-coding.c:719
 process_one_work+0x898/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2292
 worker_thread+0xaa2/0x1250 kernel/workqueue.c:2439
 kthread+0x29d/0x330 kernel/kthread.c:376
 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:295
 </TASK>

Crashes (1):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2025/10/25 05:37 linux-6.1.y 8e6e2188d949 c0460fcd .config console log report syz / log [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in linkwatch_event
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.