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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: 116d, last: 5d03h
Fix bisection: failed (error log, bisect log)
  
▶ ▼ Bug presence (1)
Date Name Commit Repro Result
2025/10/28 upstream (ToT) fd57572253bc syz Didn't crash
▶ ▼ 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 374d 374d 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 251d 342d 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 2286d 2505d 0/1 public: reported C repro on 2019/04/10 16:14
linux-6.6 INFO: task hung in linkwatch_event origin:lts-only 1 C inconclusive 14 1d20h 229d 0/2 upstream: reported C repro on 2025/07/04 13:16
linux-4.14 INFO: task hung in linkwatch_event (2) 1 1 1307d 1307d 0/1 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2022/11/19 11:58
android-44 INFO: task hung in linkwatch_event 1 6 2722d 2867d 0/2 auto-closed as invalid on 2019/03/05 13:11
linux-5.15 INFO: task hung in linkwatch_event 1 84 473d 769d 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 3466 15h20m 571d 0/29 upstream: reported C repro on 2024/07/27 06:21
linux-5.15 INFO: task hung in linkwatch_event (3) 1 5 26d 150d 0/3 upstream: reported on 2025/09/20 20:03
upstream INFO: task hung in linkwatch_event net 1 C 82 2314d 2926d 0/29 closed as dup on 2018/02/14 15:33
linux-4.14 INFO: task hung in linkwatch_event 1 5 1990d 2117d 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 1081d 2169d 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 1395d 2121d 20/29 fixed on 2022/05/13 11:13
linux-4.19 INFO: task hung in linkwatch_event 1 3 2323d 2437d 0/1 auto-closed as invalid on 2020/02/07 01:11
upstream INFO: task hung in linkwatch_event (3) net 1 1634 589d 1183d 26/29 fixed on 2024/07/09 19:14
linux-4.14 INFO: task hung in linkwatch_event (3) 1 2 1141d 1142d 0/1 upstream: reported on 2023/01/03 10:49
android-49 INFO: task hung in linkwatch_event 1 13 2485d 2502d 0/3 auto-closed as invalid on 2019/10/25 08:50
linux-6.1 INFO: task hung in linkwatch_event (2) 1 32 524d 638d 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 927d 1043d 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 449d 449d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/03/05 15:51

Sample crash report:
INFO: task kworker/u4:0:9 blocked for more than 143 seconds.
      Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:kworker/u4:0    state:D stack:23248 pid:9     ppid:2      flags:0x00004000
Workqueue: events_unbound linkwatch_event
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5245 [inline]
 __schedule+0x11d1/0x40e0 kernel/sched/core.c:6562
 schedule+0xb9/0x180 kernel/sched/core.c:6638
 schedule_preempt_disabled+0xf/0x20 kernel/sched/core.c:6697
 __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:679 [inline]
 __mutex_lock+0x562/0xaf0 kernel/locking/mutex.c:747
 linkwatch_event+0xa/0x50 net/core/link_watch.c:263
 process_one_work+0x8a2/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2292
 worker_thread+0xaa2/0x1270 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/1:2:126 blocked for more than 143 seconds.
      Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:kworker/1:2     state:D stack:25112 pid:126   ppid:2      flags:0x00004000
Workqueue: ipv6_addrconf addrconf_dad_work
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5245 [inline]
 __schedule+0x11d1/0x40e0 kernel/sched/core.c:6562
 schedule+0xb9/0x180 kernel/sched/core.c:6638
 schedule_preempt_disabled+0xf/0x20 kernel/sched/core.c:6697
 __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:679 [inline]
 __mutex_lock+0x562/0xaf0 kernel/locking/mutex.c:747
 addrconf_dad_work+0xca/0x14f0 net/ipv6/addrconf.c:4131
 process_one_work+0x8a2/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2292
 worker_thread+0xaa2/0x1270 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/u4:6:1334 blocked for more than 143 seconds.
      Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:kworker/u4:6    state:D stack:21904 pid:1334  ppid:2      flags:0x00004000
Workqueue: netns cleanup_net
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5245 [inline]
 __schedule+0x11d1/0x40e0 kernel/sched/core.c:6562
 schedule+0xb9/0x180 kernel/sched/core.c:6638
 schedule_preempt_disabled+0xf/0x20 kernel/sched/core.c:6697
 __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:679 [inline]
 __mutex_lock+0x562/0xaf0 kernel/locking/mutex.c:747
 cleanup_net+0x60e/0xba0 net/core/net_namespace.c:630
 process_one_work+0x8a2/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2292
 worker_thread+0xaa2/0x1270 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.0.500:5846 blocked for more than 144 seconds.
      Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:syz.0.500       state:D stack:25424 pid:5846  ppid:4275   flags:0x00004002
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5245 [inline]
 __schedule+0x11d1/0x40e0 kernel/sched/core.c:6562
 schedule+0xb9/0x180 kernel/sched/core.c:6638
 schedule_preempt_disabled+0xf/0x20 kernel/sched/core.c:6697
 __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:679 [inline]
 __mutex_lock+0x562/0xaf0 kernel/locking/mutex.c:747
 bpf_xdp_link_release+0x7b/0x4c0 net/core/dev.c:9414
 bpf_link_free kernel/bpf/syscall.c:2769 [inline]
 bpf_link_put+0x22a/0x2c0 kernel/bpf/syscall.c:2795
 bpf_link_release+0x37/0x40 kernel/bpf/syscall.c:2804
 __fput+0x22c/0x920 fs/file_table.c:320
 task_work_run+0x1d0/0x260 kernel/task_work.c:203
 exit_task_work include/linux/task_work.h:39 [inline]
 do_exit+0x982/0x2480 kernel/exit.c:880
 do_group_exit+0x217/0x2d0 kernel/exit.c:1022
 __do_sys_exit_group kernel/exit.c:1033 [inline]
 __se_sys_exit_group kernel/exit.c:1031 [inline]
 __x64_sys_exit_group+0x3b/0x40 kernel/exit.c:1031
 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: 0033:0x7f8ef8b9bf79
RSP: 002b:00007ffc5a8f0a78 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 00000000000000e7
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 00007f8ef8b9bf79
RDX: 0000000000000064 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000000
RBP: 00007ffc5a8f0adc R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 00000000000927c0
R10: 0000000000000006 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000066
R13: 00000000000927c0 R14: 0000000000029b36 R15: 00007ffc5a8f0b30
 </TASK>
INFO: task syz.4.507:5872 blocked for more than 144 seconds.
      Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:syz.4.507       state:D stack:24336 pid:5872  ppid:4269   flags:0x00004004
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5245 [inline]
 __schedule+0x11d1/0x40e0 kernel/sched/core.c:6562
 schedule+0xb9/0x180 kernel/sched/core.c:6638
 schedule_preempt_disabled+0xf/0x20 kernel/sched/core.c:6697
 __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:679 [inline]
 __mutex_lock+0x562/0xaf0 kernel/locking/mutex.c:747
 tun_detach drivers/net/tun.c:698 [inline]
 tun_chr_close+0x3d/0x1b0 drivers/net/tun.c:3492
 __fput+0x22c/0x920 fs/file_table.c:320
 task_work_run+0x1d0/0x260 kernel/task_work.c:203
 resume_user_mode_work include/linux/resume_user_mode.h:49 [inline]
 exit_to_user_mode_loop+0xe6/0x110 kernel/entry/common.c:177
 exit_to_user_mode_prepare+0xee/0x180 kernel/entry/common.c:210
 __syscall_exit_to_user_mode_work kernel/entry/common.c:292 [inline]
 syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x16/0x40 kernel/entry/common.c:303
 do_syscall_64+0x58/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:82
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2
RIP: 0033:0x7f461e79bf79
RSP: 002b:00007fff65dc3088 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 00000000000001b4
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 00007f461ea17da0 RCX: 00007f461e79bf79
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 000000000000001e RDI: 0000000000000003
RBP: 00007f461ea17da0 R08: 0000000000000006 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 00007f461ea17cb0 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 000000000002a6b6
R13: 00007f461ea1627c R14: 000000000002a500 R15: 00007f461ea16270
 </TASK>
INFO: task syz.4.507:5876 blocked for more than 144 seconds.
      Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:syz.4.507       state:D stack:27280 pid:5876  ppid:4269   flags:0x00004004
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5245 [inline]
 __schedule+0x11d1/0x40e0 kernel/sched/core.c:6562
 schedule+0xb9/0x180 kernel/sched/core.c:6638
 schedule_preempt_disabled+0xf/0x20 kernel/sched/core.c:6697
 __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:679 [inline]
 __mutex_lock+0x562/0xaf0 kernel/locking/mutex.c:747
 rtnl_lock net/core/rtnetlink.c:74 [inline]
 rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x824/0xfc0 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6147
 netlink_rcv_skb+0x1fb/0x450 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+0x8ad/0xbd0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1872
 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:718 [inline]
 __sock_sendmsg net/socket.c:730 [inline]
 sock_write_iter+0x2d9/0x3e0 net/socket.c:1143
 call_write_iter include/linux/fs.h:2265 [inline]
 new_sync_write fs/read_write.c:491 [inline]
 vfs_write+0x4b1/0xa30 fs/read_write.c:584
 ksys_write+0x14c/0x250 fs/read_write.c:637
 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: 0033:0x7f461e79bf79
RSP: 002b:00007f461f5d6028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000001
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f461ea16090 RCX: 00007f461e79bf79
RDX: 000000000000fe33 RSI: 0000200000000080 RDI: 0000000000000009
RBP: 00007f461e8327e0 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f461ea16128 R14: 00007f461ea16090 R15: 00007fff65dc2f28
 </TASK>
INFO: task syz.3.510:5880 blocked for more than 145 seconds.
      Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:syz.3.510       state:D stack:27280 pid:5880  ppid:4270   flags:0x00004004
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5245 [inline]
 __schedule+0x11d1/0x40e0 kernel/sched/core.c:6562
 schedule+0xb9/0x180 kernel/sched/core.c:6638
 schedule_preempt_disabled+0xf/0x20 kernel/sched/core.c:6697
 __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:679 [inline]
 __mutex_lock+0x562/0xaf0 kernel/locking/mutex.c:747
 __tun_chr_ioctl+0x3fc/0x1e60 drivers/net/tun.c:3104
 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:46 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x4c/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:76
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2
RIP: 0033:0x7fd76fd9bf79
RSP: 002b:00007fd770cbd028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000010
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007fd770015fa0 RCX: 00007fd76fd9bf79
RDX: 00002000000000c0 RSI: 00000000400454ca RDI: 0000000000000004
RBP: 00007fd76fe327e0 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007fd770016038 R14: 00007fd770015fa0 R15: 00007ffe7e573218
 </TASK>
INFO: task syz.3.510:5883 blocked for more than 145 seconds.
      Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:syz.3.510       state:D stack:25520 pid:5883  ppid:4270   flags:0x00004004
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5245 [inline]
 __schedule+0x11d1/0x40e0 kernel/sched/core.c:6562
 schedule+0xb9/0x180 kernel/sched/core.c:6638
 schedule_preempt_disabled+0xf/0x20 kernel/sched/core.c:6697
 __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:679 [inline]
 __mutex_lock+0x562/0xaf0 kernel/locking/mutex.c:747
 tun_detach drivers/net/tun.c:698 [inline]
 tun_chr_close+0x3d/0x1b0 drivers/net/tun.c:3492
 __fput+0x22c/0x920 fs/file_table.c:320
 task_work_run+0x1d0/0x260 kernel/task_work.c:203
 resume_user_mode_work include/linux/resume_user_mode.h:49 [inline]
 exit_to_user_mode_loop+0xe6/0x110 kernel/entry/common.c:177
 exit_to_user_mode_prepare+0xee/0x180 kernel/entry/common.c:210
 __syscall_exit_to_user_mode_work kernel/entry/common.c:292 [inline]
 syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x16/0x40 kernel/entry/common.c:303
 do_syscall_64+0x58/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:82
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2
RIP: 0033:0x7fd76fd9bf79
RSP: 002b:00007fd770c9c028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000003
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 00007fd770016090 RCX: 00007fd76fd9bf79
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000007
RBP: 00007fd76fe327e0 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007fd770016128 R14: 00007fd770016090 R15: 00007ffe7e573218
 </TASK>
INFO: task syz.1.514:5892 blocked for more than 145 seconds.
      Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:syz.1.514       state:D stack:23536 pid:5892  ppid:4268   flags:0x00004004
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5245 [inline]
 __schedule+0x11d1/0x40e0 kernel/sched/core.c:6562
 schedule+0xb9/0x180 kernel/sched/core.c:6638
 schedule_preempt_disabled+0xf/0x20 kernel/sched/core.c:6697
 __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:679 [inline]
 __mutex_lock+0x562/0xaf0 kernel/locking/mutex.c:747
 rtnl_lock net/core/rtnetlink.c:74 [inline]
 rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x824/0xfc0 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6147
 netlink_rcv_skb+0x1fb/0x450 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+0x8ad/0xbd0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1872
 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:718 [inline]
 __sock_sendmsg net/socket.c:730 [inline]
 ____sys_sendmsg+0x5be/0x970 net/socket.c:2518
 ___sys_sendmsg+0x2a2/0x360 net/socket.c:2572
 __sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2601 [inline]
 __do_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2610 [inline]
 __se_sys_sendmsg+0x1bb/0x2a0 net/socket.c:2608
 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: 0033:0x7f1de559bf79
RSP: 002b:00007f1de37f6028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000002e
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f1de5815fa0 RCX: 00007f1de559bf79
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000200000000600 RDI: 000000000000000f
RBP: 00007f1de56327e0 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f1de5816038 R14: 00007f1de5815fa0 R15: 00007ffc05d22738
 </TASK>

Showing all locks held in the system:
3 locks held by kworker/u4:0/9:
 #0: ffff888017479138 ((wq_completion)events_unbound){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x7b0/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2267
 #1: ffffc900000e7d00 ((linkwatch_work).work){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x7b0/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2267
 #2: ffffffff8dd46328 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: linkwatch_event+0xa/0x50 net/core/link_watch.c:263
1 lock held by rcu_tasks_kthre/12:
 #0: ffffffff8cb2dfb0 (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: ffffffff8cb2e7d0 (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/27:
 #0: ffffffff8cb2d620 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: rcu_lock_acquire include/linux/rcupdate.h:350 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8cb2d620 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: rcu_read_lock include/linux/rcupdate.h:791 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8cb2d620 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: debug_show_all_locks+0x51/0x290 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:6513
2 locks held by kworker/u4:4/56:
3 locks held by kworker/1:2/126:
 #0: ffff88814cd95938 ((wq_completion)ipv6_addrconf){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x7b0/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2267
 #1: ffffc90002dd7d00 ((work_completion)(&(&ifa->dad_work)->work)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x7b0/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2267
 #2: ffffffff8dd46328 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: addrconf_dad_work+0xca/0x14f0 net/ipv6/addrconf.c:4131
4 locks held by kworker/u4:6/1334:
 #0: ffff888017616938 ((wq_completion)netns){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x7b0/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2267
 #1: ffffc900058afd00 (net_cleanup_work){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x7b0/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2267
 #2: ffffffff8dd39450 (pernet_ops_rwsem){++++}-{3:3}, at: cleanup_net+0x148/0xba0 net/core/net_namespace.c:594
 #3: ffffffff8dd46328 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: cleanup_net+0x60e/0xba0 net/core/net_namespace.c:630
2 locks held by getty/4029:
 #0: ffff8880300cb098 (&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+0x429/0x1390 drivers/tty/n_tty.c:2198
1 lock held by syz-executor/4275:
 #0: ffffffff8dd46328 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: tun_detach drivers/net/tun.c:698 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8dd46328 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: tun_chr_close+0x3d/0x1b0 drivers/net/tun.c:3492
3 locks held by kworker/0:3/4276:
 #0: ffff88814cd95938 ((wq_completion)ipv6_addrconf){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x7b0/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2267
 #1: ffffc90003e87d00 ((work_completion)(&(&net->ipv6.addr_chk_work)->work)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x7b0/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2267
 #2: ffffffff8dd46328 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: addrconf_verify_work+0x15/0x30 net/ipv6/addrconf.c:4672
3 locks held by kworker/1:4/4316:
 #0: ffff888017471938 ((wq_completion)events_power_efficient){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x7b0/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2267
 #1: ffffc900043c7d00 ((reg_check_chans).work){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x7b0/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2267
 #2: ffffffff8dd46328 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: reg_check_chans_work+0x8e/0xda0 net/wireless/reg.c:2499
1 lock held by syz.0.500/5846:
 #0: ffffffff8dd46328 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: bpf_xdp_link_release+0x7b/0x4c0 net/core/dev.c:9414
1 lock held by syz.2.502/5863:
 #0: ffffffff8dd46328 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: dev_ioctl+0x54d/0xe80 net/core/dev_ioctl.c:571
1 lock held by syz.4.507/5872:
 #0: ffffffff8dd46328 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: tun_detach drivers/net/tun.c:698 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8dd46328 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: tun_chr_close+0x3d/0x1b0 drivers/net/tun.c:3492
1 lock held by syz.4.507/5876:
 #0: ffffffff8dd46328 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnl_lock net/core/rtnetlink.c:74 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8dd46328 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x824/0xfc0 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6147
1 lock held by syz.3.510/5880:
 #0: ffffffff8dd46328 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: __tun_chr_ioctl+0x3fc/0x1e60 drivers/net/tun.c:3104
1 lock held by syz.3.510/5883:
 #0: ffffffff8dd46328 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: tun_detach drivers/net/tun.c:698 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8dd46328 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: tun_chr_close+0x3d/0x1b0 drivers/net/tun.c:3492
1 lock held by syz.1.514/5892:
 #0: ffffffff8dd46328 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnl_lock net/core/rtnetlink.c:74 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8dd46328 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x824/0xfc0 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6147
1 lock held by syz-executor/5902:
 #0: ffffffff8dd46328 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnl_lock net/core/rtnetlink.c:74 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8dd46328 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x824/0xfc0 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6147
1 lock held by syz-executor/5905:
 #0: ffffffff8dd46328 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnl_lock net/core/rtnetlink.c:74 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8dd46328 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x824/0xfc0 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6147
1 lock held by syz-executor/5909:
 #0: ffffffff8dd46328 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnl_lock net/core/rtnetlink.c:74 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8dd46328 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x824/0xfc0 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6147
1 lock held by syz-executor/5911:
 #0: ffffffff8dd46328 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnl_lock net/core/rtnetlink.c:74 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8dd46328 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x824/0xfc0 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6147
1 lock held by syz-executor/5914:
 #0: ffffffff8dd46328 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnl_lock net/core/rtnetlink.c:74 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8dd46328 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x824/0xfc0 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6147
1 lock held by syz-executor/5923:
 #0: ffffffff8dd46328 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnl_lock net/core/rtnetlink.c:74 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8dd46328 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x824/0xfc0 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6147
1 lock held by syz-executor/5927:
 #0: ffffffff8dd46328 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnl_lock net/core/rtnetlink.c:74 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8dd46328 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x824/0xfc0 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6147
1 lock held by syz-executor/5931:
 #0: ffffffff8dd46328 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnl_lock net/core/rtnetlink.c:74 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8dd46328 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x824/0xfc0 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6147
1 lock held by syz-executor/5933:
 #0: ffffffff8dd46328 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnl_lock net/core/rtnetlink.c:74 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8dd46328 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x824/0xfc0 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6147
1 lock held by syz-executor/5937:
 #0: ffffffff8dd46328 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnl_lock net/core/rtnetlink.c:74 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8dd46328 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x824/0xfc0 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6147
1 lock held by syz-executor/5942:
 #0: ffffffff8dd46328 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnl_lock net/core/rtnetlink.c:74 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8dd46328 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x824/0xfc0 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6147
1 lock held by syz-executor/5949:
 #0: ffffffff8dd46328 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnl_lock net/core/rtnetlink.c:74 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8dd46328 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x824/0xfc0 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6147
1 lock held by syz-executor/5955:
 #0: ffffffff8dd46328 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnl_lock net/core/rtnetlink.c:74 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8dd46328 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x824/0xfc0 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6147
1 lock held by syz-executor/5956:
 #0: ffffffff8dd46328 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnl_lock net/core/rtnetlink.c:74 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8dd46328 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x824/0xfc0 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6147
1 lock held by syz-executor/5960:
 #0: ffffffff8dd46328 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnl_lock net/core/rtnetlink.c:74 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8dd46328 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x824/0xfc0 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6147

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NMI backtrace for cpu 1
CPU: 1 PID: 27 Comm: khungtaskd Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 01/24/2026
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+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 1 to CPUs 0:
NMI backtrace for cpu 0
CPU: 0 PID: 56 Comm: kworker/u4:4 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 01/24/2026
Workqueue: events_unbound nsim_dev_trap_report_work
RIP: 0010:memset_erms+0xb/0x10 arch/x86/lib/memset_64.S:65
Code: 03 40 0f b6 f6 48 b8 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 48 0f af c6 f3 48 ab 89 d1 f3 aa 4c 89 c8 c3 90 49 89 f9 40 88 f0 48 89 d1 f3 aa <4c> 89 c8 c3 90 49 89 fa 40 0f b6 ce 48 b8 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
RSP: 0018:ffffc90001577628 EFLAGS: 00000202
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffffc90001577708 RCX: 0000000000000000
RDX: 0000000000000010 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: ffffc90001577768
RBP: ffffffff8e9ff31e R08: ffffc90001577767 R09: ffffc90001577758
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffff520002aeeed R12: 1ffff920002aeee2
R13: dffffc0000000000 R14: ffffc90001577758 R15: ffffc9000157773d
FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8880b8e00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007ffe746a5f8c CR3: 000000000c88e000 CR4: 00000000003506f0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 unwind_next_frame+0xb8a/0x20b0 arch/x86/kernel/unwind_orc.c:546
 arch_stack_walk+0x10c/0x140 arch/x86/kernel/stacktrace.c:25
 stack_trace_save+0xa6/0xf0 kernel/stacktrace.c:122
 kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:46 [inline]
 kasan_set_track+0x4b/0x70 mm/kasan/common.c:53
 ____kasan_kmalloc mm/kasan/common.c:375 [inline]
 __kasan_kmalloc+0x8e/0xa0 mm/kasan/common.c:384
 kasan_kmalloc include/linux/kasan.h:211 [inline]
 __do_kmalloc_node mm/slab_common.c:936 [inline]
 __kmalloc_node_track_caller+0xae/0x230 mm/slab_common.c:956
 kmalloc_reserve net/core/skbuff.c:446 [inline]
 __alloc_skb+0x22a/0x7e0 net/core/skbuff.c:515
 alloc_skb include/linux/skbuff.h:1271 [inline]
 nsim_dev_trap_skb_build drivers/net/netdevsim/dev.c:748 [inline]
 nsim_dev_trap_report drivers/net/netdevsim/dev.c:805 [inline]
 nsim_dev_trap_report_work+0x28f/0xaf0 drivers/net/netdevsim/dev.c:851
 process_one_work+0x8a2/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2292
 worker_thread+0xaa2/0x1270 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 (6):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/02/13 11:13 linux-6.1.y 8ce36b2849ef 6a673c50 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf INFO: task hung in linkwatch_event
2026/01/04 06:00 linux-6.1.y 50cbba13faa2 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf INFO: task hung in linkwatch_event
2025/12/11 01:30 linux-6.1.y 50cbba13faa2 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf INFO: task hung in linkwatch_event
2025/12/02 18:44 linux-6.1.y f6e38ae624cf d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf INFO: task hung in linkwatch_event
2025/11/21 00:22 linux-6.1.y f6e38ae624cf 2cc4c24a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf INFO: task hung in linkwatch_event
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.