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INFO: task hung in vfs_coredump (2)

Status: upstream: reported C repro on 2025/08/03 18:20
Subsystems: kernel
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Reported-by: syzbot+6ed94e81a1492fe1d512@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 100d, last: 1d15h
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[syzbot] [kernel?] INFO: task hung in vfs_coredump (2) 0 (1) 2025/08/03 18:20
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Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
upstream INFO: task hung in vfs_coredump io-uring 1 syz 3 129d 126d 0/29 closed as invalid on 2025/07/10 23:03

Sample crash report:
INFO: task syz.0.17:6094 blocked for more than 143 seconds.
      Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:syz.0.17        state:D stack:26088 pid:6094  tgid:6094  ppid:6018   task_flags:0x400640 flags:0x00080002
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5360 [inline]
 __schedule+0x1798/0x4cc0 kernel/sched/core.c:6964
 __schedule_loop kernel/sched/core.c:7046 [inline]
 schedule+0x165/0x360 kernel/sched/core.c:7061
 schedule_timeout+0x9a/0x270 kernel/time/sleep_timeout.c:75
 do_wait_for_common kernel/sched/completion.c:100 [inline]
 __wait_for_common+0x3da/0x710 kernel/sched/completion.c:121
 wait_for_common kernel/sched/completion.c:132 [inline]
 wait_for_completion_state+0x1c/0x40 kernel/sched/completion.c:269
 coredump_wait fs/coredump.c:534 [inline]
 vfs_coredump+0x8cf/0x2a60 fs/coredump.c:1131
 get_signal+0x1108/0x1340 kernel/signal.c:3019
 arch_do_signal_or_restart+0xa0/0x790 arch/x86/kernel/signal.c:337
 exit_to_user_mode_loop kernel/entry/common.c:40 [inline]
 exit_to_user_mode_prepare include/linux/irq-entry-common.h:225 [inline]
 irqentry_exit_to_user_mode+0x7e/0x110 kernel/entry/common.c:73
 exc_page_fault+0xab/0x100 arch/x86/mm/fault.c:1535
 asm_exc_page_fault+0x26/0x30 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:618
RIP: 0033:0x7f94f6c4f987
RSP: 002b:00007fffa08bc2e0 EFLAGS: 00010202
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 000000000000000b RCX: 00000000000280a0
RDX: 00007fffa08bc300 RSI: 00007fffa08bc430 RDI: 000000000000000b
RBP: 00007f94f6fd7da0 R08: 0000000023074391 R09: 7fffffffffffffff
R10: 3fffffffffffffff R11: 0000000000000000 R12: 00000000000285f5
R13: 00007f94f6fd6090 R14: ffffffffffffffff R15: 00007fffa09bb100
 </TASK>
INFO: task syz.1.18:6157 blocked for more than 143 seconds.
      Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:syz.1.18        state:D stack:26944 pid:6157  tgid:6157  ppid:6138   task_flags:0x400640 flags:0x00080002
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5360 [inline]
 __schedule+0x1798/0x4cc0 kernel/sched/core.c:6964
 __schedule_loop kernel/sched/core.c:7046 [inline]
 schedule+0x165/0x360 kernel/sched/core.c:7061
 schedule_timeout+0x9a/0x270 kernel/time/sleep_timeout.c:75
 do_wait_for_common kernel/sched/completion.c:100 [inline]
 __wait_for_common+0x3da/0x710 kernel/sched/completion.c:121
 wait_for_common kernel/sched/completion.c:132 [inline]
 wait_for_completion_state+0x1c/0x40 kernel/sched/completion.c:269
 coredump_wait fs/coredump.c:534 [inline]
 vfs_coredump+0x8cf/0x2a60 fs/coredump.c:1131
 get_signal+0x1108/0x1340 kernel/signal.c:3019
 arch_do_signal_or_restart+0xa0/0x790 arch/x86/kernel/signal.c:337
 exit_to_user_mode_loop kernel/entry/common.c:40 [inline]
 exit_to_user_mode_prepare include/linux/irq-entry-common.h:225 [inline]
 irqentry_exit_to_user_mode+0x7e/0x110 kernel/entry/common.c:73
 exc_page_fault+0xab/0x100 arch/x86/mm/fault.c:1535
 asm_exc_page_fault+0x26/0x30 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:618
RIP: 0033:0x7ff86524f987
RSP: 002b:00007ffdf9635360 EFLAGS: 00010206
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 000000000000000b RCX: 000000000002c308
RDX: 00007ffdf9635380 RSI: 00007ffdf96354b0 RDI: 000000000000000b
RBP: 00007ff8655d7da0 R08: 0000000008792cc5 R09: 7fffffffffffffff
R10: 3fffffffffffffff R11: 0000000000000000 R12: 000000000002c6a0
R13: 00007ff8655d6090 R14: ffffffffffffffff R15: 00007ffdf9732a50
 </TASK>

Showing all locks held in the system:
5 locks held by kworker/u8:1/13:
1 lock held by khungtaskd/31:
 #0: ffffffff8e53d260 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:3}, at: rcu_lock_acquire include/linux/rcupdate.h:331 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8e53d260 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:3}, at: rcu_read_lock include/linux/rcupdate.h:841 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8e53d260 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:3}, at: debug_show_all_locks+0x2e/0x180 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:6775
2 locks held by getty/5622:
 #0: ffff888034ef70a0 (&tty->ldisc_sem){++++}-{0:0}, at: tty_ldisc_ref_wait+0x25/0x70 drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c:243
 #1: ffffc9000331e2f0 (&ldata->atomic_read_lock){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: n_tty_read+0x43e/0x1400 drivers/tty/n_tty.c:2222

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NMI backtrace for cpu 0
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 31 Comm: khungtaskd Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) 
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 08/18/2025
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 dump_stack_lvl+0x189/0x250 lib/dump_stack.c:120
 nmi_cpu_backtrace+0x39e/0x3d0 lib/nmi_backtrace.c:113
 nmi_trigger_cpumask_backtrace+0x17a/0x300 lib/nmi_backtrace.c:62
 trigger_all_cpu_backtrace include/linux/nmi.h:160 [inline]
 check_hung_uninterruptible_tasks kernel/hung_task.c:332 [inline]
 watchdog+0xf60/0xfa0 kernel/hung_task.c:495
 kthread+0x711/0x8a0 kernel/kthread.c:463
 ret_from_fork+0x4bc/0x870 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158
 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245
 </TASK>
Sending NMI from CPU 0 to CPUs 1:
NMI backtrace for cpu 1
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/1 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) 
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 08/18/2025
RIP: 0010:pv_native_safe_halt+0x13/0x20 arch/x86/kernel/paravirt.c:82
Code: cc cc cc cc cc cc cc 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 f3 0f 1e fa 66 90 0f 00 2d 33 8a 1a 00 f3 0f 1e fa fb f4 <e9> c8 e6 02 00 cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90
RSP: 0018:ffffc90000197de0 EFLAGS: 000002c6
RAX: 4d601e46a9e4a900 RBX: ffffffff8196e2b7 RCX: 4d601e46a9e4a900
RDX: 0000000000000001 RSI: ffffffff8dc89575 RDI: ffffffff8c053d60
RBP: ffffc90000197f10 R08: ffff8880b8732fdb R09: 1ffff110170e65fb
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: ffffed10170e65fc R12: ffffffff8fe4db70
R13: 0000000000000001 R14: 0000000000000001 R15: 1ffff11003adab58
FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8881258a2000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 000055946e818ed0 CR3: 000000000e338000 CR4: 00000000003526f0
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 arch_safe_halt arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt.h:107 [inline]
 default_idle+0x13/0x20 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:767
 default_idle_call+0x73/0xb0 kernel/sched/idle.c:122
 cpuidle_idle_call kernel/sched/idle.c:190 [inline]
 do_idle+0x1e7/0x510 kernel/sched/idle.c:330
 cpu_startup_entry+0x44/0x60 kernel/sched/idle.c:428
 start_secondary+0x101/0x110 arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c:315
 common_startup_64+0x13e/0x147
 </TASK>

Crashes (50):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2025/09/21 02:34 linux-next 846bd2225ec3 67c37560 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce INFO: task hung in vfs_coredump
2025/09/16 04:36 linux-next 590b221ed425 e2beed91 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce INFO: task hung in vfs_coredump
2025/09/11 05:15 linux-next 5f540c4aade9 fdeaa69b .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce INFO: task hung in vfs_coredump
2025/09/06 15:51 linux-next be5d4872e528 d291dd2d .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce INFO: task hung in vfs_coredump
2025/07/30 18:01 linux-next d086c886ceb9 f8f2b4da .config strace log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce INFO: task hung in vfs_coredump
2025/11/04 03:56 upstream 8bb886cb8f3a e6c64ba8 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: task hung in vfs_coredump
2025/11/03 09:49 upstream 6146a0f1dfae 2c50b6a9 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in vfs_coredump
2025/11/02 19:07 upstream 691d401c7e0e 2c50b6a9 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: task hung in vfs_coredump
2025/11/02 08:09 upstream 691d401c7e0e 2c50b6a9 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: task hung in vfs_coredump
2025/10/26 09:12 upstream 72761a7e3122 c0460fcd .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: task hung in vfs_coredump
2025/10/22 14:08 upstream 552c50713f27 252fbbad .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: task hung in vfs_coredump
2025/10/20 13:15 upstream 211ddde0823f 1c8c8cd8 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: task hung in vfs_coredump
2025/10/18 13:47 upstream f406055cb18c 1c8c8cd8 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce INFO: task hung in vfs_coredump
2025/10/15 10:00 upstream 9b332cece987 b6605ba8 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: task hung in vfs_coredump
2025/10/09 09:01 upstream cd5a0afbdf80 7e2882b3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: task hung in vfs_coredump
2025/10/08 06:34 upstream 971199ad2a0f 7e2882b3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in vfs_coredump
2025/10/02 08:44 upstream d3479214c05d a1859138 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in vfs_coredump
2025/10/01 02:27 upstream 30d4efb2f5a5 65a0eece .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in vfs_coredump
2025/09/22 06:22 upstream 07e27ad16399 67c37560 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: task hung in vfs_coredump
2025/09/21 11:35 upstream 3b08f56fbbb9 67c37560 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: task hung in vfs_coredump
2025/09/20 18:37 upstream cd89d487374c 67c37560 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: task hung in vfs_coredump
2025/09/17 05:34 upstream 5aca7966d2a7 e2beed91 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: task hung in vfs_coredump
2025/09/13 11:25 upstream 22f20375f5b7 e2beed91 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: task hung in vfs_coredump
2025/09/07 03:00 upstream b236920731dd d291dd2d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: task hung in vfs_coredump
2025/09/02 08:19 upstream b320789d6883 807a3b61 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: task hung in vfs_coredump
2025/08/25 11:57 upstream 69fd6b99b8f8 bf27483f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: task hung in vfs_coredump
2025/08/24 08:36 upstream 8d245acc1e88 bf27483f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in vfs_coredump
2025/08/24 02:47 upstream 8d245acc1e88 bf27483f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: task hung in vfs_coredump
2025/08/23 12:52 upstream 6debb6904172 bf27483f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: task hung in vfs_coredump
2025/08/22 14:35 upstream 3957a5720157 bf27483f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in vfs_coredump
2025/08/12 00:38 upstream 8f5ae30d69d7 c06e8995 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: task hung in vfs_coredump
2025/08/05 06:20 upstream d2eedaa3909b abdcb213 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in vfs_coredump
2025/08/05 00:21 upstream d2eedaa3909b f5bcc8dc .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: task hung in vfs_coredump
2025/08/01 01:00 upstream 260f6f4fda93 0c075d67 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in vfs_coredump
2025/07/31 18:02 upstream 260f6f4fda93 3526e777 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: task hung in vfs_coredump
2025/10/23 15:02 linux-next aaa9c3550b60 c0460fcd .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce INFO: task hung in vfs_coredump
2025/10/14 07:04 linux-next 52ba76324a9d b6605ba8 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce INFO: task hung in vfs_coredump
2025/10/13 02:24 linux-next 2b763d465239 ff1712fe .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in vfs_coredump
2025/10/09 11:53 linux-next 7c3ba4249a36 7e2882b3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce INFO: task hung in vfs_coredump
2025/10/08 21:49 linux-next 7c3ba4249a36 7e2882b3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce INFO: task hung in vfs_coredump
2025/09/30 00:19 linux-next 3b9b1f8df454 86341da6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce INFO: task hung in vfs_coredump
2025/09/28 19:21 linux-next 262858079afd 001c9061 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in vfs_coredump
2025/09/25 04:11 linux-next b5a4da2c459f 0abd0691 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in vfs_coredump
2025/09/18 15:46 linux-next ae2d20002576 e2beed91 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in vfs_coredump
2025/09/10 21:16 linux-next 5f540c4aade9 fdeaa69b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in vfs_coredump
2025/09/07 12:07 linux-next be5d4872e528 d291dd2d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in vfs_coredump
2025/08/25 06:16 linux-next 7fa4d8dc380f bf27483f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in vfs_coredump
2025/08/20 11:18 linux-next 5303936d609e 79512909 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in vfs_coredump
2025/08/17 12:29 linux-next 931e46dcbc7e 1804e95e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in vfs_coredump
2025/07/28 11:10 linux-next d086c886ceb9 fb8f743d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce INFO: task hung in vfs_coredump
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.