syzbot
INFO: task hung in jbd2_write_superblock
Status:
upstream: reported on 2026/09/26 15:15
Reported-by: syzbot+7510c08496d9591b8146@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 21h35m, last: 21h35m
Sample crash report:
INFO: task jbd2/sda1-8:3601 blocked for more than 143 seconds.
Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:jbd2/sda1-8 state:D stack:24560 pid:3601 ppid:2 flags:0x00004000
Call Trace:
<TASK>
context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5246 [inline]
__schedule+0x107f/0x4030 kernel/sched/core.c:6563
schedule+0xb9/0x180 kernel/sched/core.c:6639
io_schedule+0x7c/0xd0 kernel/sched/core.c:8799
bit_wait_io+0xd/0xc0 kernel/sched/wait_bit.c:209
__wait_on_bit+0x9b/0x2c0 kernel/sched/wait_bit.c:49
out_of_line_wait_on_bit+0x138/0x190 kernel/sched/wait_bit.c:64
wait_on_buffer include/linux/buffer_head.h:385 [inline]
jbd2_write_superblock+0x4cf/0x920 fs/jbd2/journal.c:1660
jbd2_journal_update_sb_log_tail+0x1da/0x280 fs/jbd2/journal.c:1708
jbd2_journal_commit_transaction+0x427/0x5f30 fs/jbd2/commit.c:431
kjournald2+0x40b/0x800 fs/jbd2/journal.c:210
kthread+0x29d/0x330 kernel/kthread.c:376
ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:295
</TASK>
INFO: task syz-executor:4261 blocked for more than 143 seconds.
Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:syz-executor state:D stack:21856 pid:4261 ppid:4260 flags:0x00004002
Call Trace:
<TASK>
context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5246 [inline]
__schedule+0x107f/0x4030 kernel/sched/core.c:6563
schedule+0xb9/0x180 kernel/sched/core.c:6639
start_this_handle+0x58a/0x2240 fs/jbd2/transaction.c:399
jbd2__journal_start+0x2b7/0x5a0 fs/jbd2/transaction.c:520
__ext4_journal_start_sb+0x187/0x3d0 fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.c:105
__ext4_journal_start fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.h:326 [inline]
ext4_dirty_inode+0x8b/0x100 fs/ext4/inode.c:6163
__mark_inode_dirty+0x2e7/0xe80 fs/fs-writeback.c:2500
generic_update_time fs/inode.c:1946 [inline]
inode_update_time fs/inode.c:1959 [inline]
__file_update_time+0x21d/0x240 fs/inode.c:2147
file_update_time+0x2f3/0x370 fs/inode.c:2178
ext4_page_mkwrite+0x1a9/0x10d0 fs/ext4/inode.c:6284
do_page_mkwrite+0x16b/0x5c0 mm/memory.c:3009
wp_page_shared+0x167/0x370 mm/memory.c:3358
handle_pte_fault mm/memory.c:5047 [inline]
__handle_mm_fault mm/memory.c:5171 [inline]
handle_mm_fault+0x1b1b/0x3d40 mm/memory.c:5292
do_user_addr_fault+0x58e/0xb20 arch/x86/mm/fault.c:1338
handle_page_fault arch/x86/mm/fault.c:1429 [inline]
exc_page_fault+0x60/0x100 arch/x86/mm/fault.c:1482
asm_exc_page_fault+0x22/0x30 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:608
RIP: 0033:0x7fb2f1a7c6e2
RSP: 002b:00007ffff85d33f0 EFLAGS: 00010202
RAX: 00007fb2ef930000 RBX: 0000555568a76d80 RCX: 0000000000000005
RDX: 0000000000002fd3 RSI: 0000555568a7e878 RDI: 0000000000000020
RBP: 00007ffff85d38f0 R08: 0000555568a7e880 R09: 000000000000008e
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000202 R12: 00007ffff85d3730
R13: 00007ffff85d3520 R14: 585858582e7a7973 R15: 00007ffff85d3470
</TASK>
INFO: task syz.3.1322:9887 blocked for more than 144 seconds.
Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:syz.3.1322 state:D stack:25520 pid:9887 ppid:4273 flags:0x00004004
Call Trace:
<TASK>
context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5246 [inline]
__schedule+0x107f/0x4030 kernel/sched/core.c:6563
schedule+0xb9/0x180 kernel/sched/core.c:6639
start_this_handle+0x58a/0x2240 fs/jbd2/transaction.c:399
jbd2__journal_start+0x2b7/0x5a0 fs/jbd2/transaction.c:520
__ext4_journal_start_sb+0x187/0x3d0 fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.c:105
__ext4_journal_start fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.h:326 [inline]
ext4_dirty_inode+0x8b/0x100 fs/ext4/inode.c:6163
__mark_inode_dirty+0x2e7/0xe80 fs/fs-writeback.c:2500
generic_update_time fs/inode.c:1946 [inline]
inode_update_time fs/inode.c:1959 [inline]
__file_update_time+0x21d/0x240 fs/inode.c:2147
file_update_time+0x2f3/0x370 fs/inode.c:2178
ext4_page_mkwrite+0x1a9/0x10d0 fs/ext4/inode.c:6284
do_page_mkwrite+0x16b/0x5c0 mm/memory.c:3009
do_shared_fault mm/memory.c:4694 [inline]
do_fault mm/memory.c:4762 [inline]
handle_pte_fault mm/memory.c:5029 [inline]
__handle_mm_fault mm/memory.c:5171 [inline]
handle_mm_fault+0x199c/0x3d40 mm/memory.c:5292
do_user_addr_fault+0x58e/0xb20 arch/x86/mm/fault.c:1338
handle_page_fault arch/x86/mm/fault.c:1429 [inline]
exc_page_fault+0x60/0x100 arch/x86/mm/fault.c:1482
asm_exc_page_fault+0x22/0x30 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:608
RIP: 0033:0x7fd0526727a9
RSP: 002b:00007fff4c4930b0 EFLAGS: 00010202
RAX: 0000001b2ff23000 RBX: ffffffff8191f827 RCX: 0000001b2ff22ff8
RDX: 0000001b2fb24220 RSI: 0000000000000008 RDI: 00007fd053555720
RBP: 00000000000001d4 R08: 00007fd052a10000 R09: 00007fd052a12000
R10: 000000008191f82b R11: 0000000000000013 R12: 00007fd052a26218
R13: 00000000000004c0 R14: ffffffff8191f432 R15: 00007fd053555720
</TASK>
INFO: task syz.1.1326:9906 blocked for more than 144 seconds.
Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:syz.1.1326 state:D stack:26288 pid:9906 ppid:4282 flags:0x00004004
Call Trace:
<TASK>
context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5246 [inline]
__schedule+0x107f/0x4030 kernel/sched/core.c:6563
schedule+0xb9/0x180 kernel/sched/core.c:6639
jbd2_log_wait_commit+0x2d5/0x4e0 fs/jbd2/journal.c:710
jbd2_journal_flush+0x226/0xd20 fs/jbd2/journal.c:2483
ext4_ioctl_group_add+0x22d/0x580 fs/ext4/ioctl.c:961
__ext4_ioctl fs/ext4/ioctl.c:1386 [inline]
ext4_ioctl+0x1dfa/0x4120 fs/ext4/ioctl.c:1623
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: 0033:0x7f2fd479e159
RSP: 002b:00007f2fd5659028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000010
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f2fd4a25fa0 RCX: 00007f2fd479e159
RDX: 0000200000000180 RSI: 0000000040286608 RDI: 0000000000000004
RBP: 00007f2fd483506b R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f2fd4a26038 R14: 00007f2fd4a25fa0 R15: 00007ffc2de7a868
</TASK>
Showing all locks held in the system:
1 lock held by rcu_tasks_kthre/12:
#0: ffffffff8cb2e170 (rcu_tasks.tasks_gp_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rcu_tasks_one_gp+0x33/0xef0 kernel/rcu/tasks.h:517
1 lock held by rcu_tasks_trace/13:
#0: ffffffff8cb2e990 (rcu_tasks_trace.tasks_gp_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rcu_tasks_one_gp+0x33/0xef0 kernel/rcu/tasks.h:517
1 lock held by khungtaskd/27:
#0: ffffffff8cb2d7e0 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: rcu_lock_acquire include/linux/rcupdate.h:350 [inline]
#0: ffffffff8cb2d7e0 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: rcu_read_lock include/linux/rcupdate.h:791 [inline]
#0: ffffffff8cb2d7e0 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: debug_show_all_locks+0x51/0x290 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:6529
1 lock held by jbd2/sda1-8/3601:
#0: ffff88807dcd63f8 (&journal->j_checkpoint_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: jbd2_journal_commit_transaction+0x3cc/0x5f30 fs/jbd2/commit.c:424
2 locks held by getty/4029:
#0: ffff88814d501098 (&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+0x41e/0x1360 drivers/tty/n_tty.c:2198
2 locks held by syz-executor/4261:
#0: ffff88807a6aae58 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: mmap_read_trylock include/linux/mmap_lock.h:136 [inline]
#0: ffff88807a6aae58 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: get_mmap_lock_carefully mm/memory.c:5320 [inline]
#0: ffff88807a6aae58 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: lock_mm_and_find_vma+0x2e/0x2f0 mm/memory.c:5382
#1: ffff88807dcd2558 (sb_pagefaults){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: __sb_start_write include/linux/fs.h:1897 [inline]
#1: ffff88807dcd2558 (sb_pagefaults){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: sb_start_pagefault include/linux/fs.h:2001 [inline]
#1: ffff88807dcd2558 (sb_pagefaults){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: ext4_page_mkwrite+0x192/0x10d0 fs/ext4/inode.c:6283
2 locks held by syz.3.1322/9887:
#0: ffff88807e0726d8 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: mmap_read_trylock include/linux/mmap_lock.h:136 [inline]
#0: ffff88807e0726d8 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: get_mmap_lock_carefully mm/memory.c:5320 [inline]
#0: ffff88807e0726d8 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: lock_mm_and_find_vma+0x2e/0x2f0 mm/memory.c:5382
#1: ffff88807dcd2558 (sb_pagefaults){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: __sb_start_write include/linux/fs.h:1897 [inline]
#1: ffff88807dcd2558 (sb_pagefaults){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: sb_start_pagefault include/linux/fs.h:2001 [inline]
#1: ffff88807dcd2558 (sb_pagefaults){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: ext4_page_mkwrite+0x192/0x10d0 fs/ext4/inode.c:6283
2 locks held by syz.7.1327/9898:
#0: ffff88807e0708d8 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: mmap_read_trylock include/linux/mmap_lock.h:136 [inline]
#0: ffff88807e0708d8 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: get_mmap_lock_carefully mm/memory.c:5320 [inline]
#0: ffff88807e0708d8 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: lock_mm_and_find_vma+0x2e/0x2f0 mm/memory.c:5382
#1: ffff88807dcd2558 (sb_pagefaults){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: __sb_start_write include/linux/fs.h:1897 [inline]
#1: ffff88807dcd2558 (sb_pagefaults){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: sb_start_pagefault include/linux/fs.h:2001 [inline]
#1: ffff88807dcd2558 (sb_pagefaults){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: ext4_page_mkwrite+0x192/0x10d0 fs/ext4/inode.c:6283
2 locks held by syz.1.1326/9903:
#0: ffff88807e071f58 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: mmap_read_trylock include/linux/mmap_lock.h:136 [inline]
#0: ffff88807e071f58 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: get_mmap_lock_carefully mm/memory.c:5320 [inline]
#0: ffff88807e071f58 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: lock_mm_and_find_vma+0x2e/0x2f0 mm/memory.c:5382
#1: ffff88807dcd2558 (sb_pagefaults){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: __sb_start_write include/linux/fs.h:1897 [inline]
#1: ffff88807dcd2558 (sb_pagefaults){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: sb_start_pagefault include/linux/fs.h:2001 [inline]
#1: ffff88807dcd2558 (sb_pagefaults){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: ext4_page_mkwrite+0x192/0x10d0 fs/ext4/inode.c:6283
2 locks held by syz.1.1326/9906:
#0: ffff88807dcd2460 (sb_writers#4){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: mnt_want_write_file+0x5c/0x200 fs/namespace.c:446
#1: ffff88807dcd6170 (&journal->j_barrier){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: jbd2_journal_lock_updates+0x2d1/0x390 fs/jbd2/transaction.c:904
2 locks held by syz.6.1324/9911:
#0: ffff88807e073d58 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: mmap_read_trylock include/linux/mmap_lock.h:136 [inline]
#0: ffff88807e073d58 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: get_mmap_lock_carefully mm/memory.c:5320 [inline]
#0: ffff88807e073d58 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: lock_mm_and_find_vma+0x2e/0x2f0 mm/memory.c:5382
#1: ffff88807dcd2558 (sb_pagefaults){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: __sb_start_write include/linux/fs.h:1897 [inline]
#1: ffff88807dcd2558 (sb_pagefaults){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: sb_start_pagefault include/linux/fs.h:2001 [inline]
#1: ffff88807dcd2558 (sb_pagefaults){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: ext4_page_mkwrite+0x192/0x10d0 fs/ext4/inode.c:6283
2 locks held by syz.4.1328/9912:
#0: ffff88807ca953d8 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: mmap_read_trylock include/linux/mmap_lock.h:136 [inline]
#0: ffff88807ca953d8 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: get_mmap_lock_carefully mm/memory.c:5320 [inline]
#0: ffff88807ca953d8 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: lock_mm_and_find_vma+0x2e/0x2f0 mm/memory.c:5382
#1: ffff88807dcd2558 (sb_pagefaults){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: __sb_start_write include/linux/fs.h:1897 [inline]
#1: ffff88807dcd2558 (sb_pagefaults){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: sb_start_pagefault include/linux/fs.h:2001 [inline]
#1: ffff88807dcd2558 (sb_pagefaults){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: ext4_page_mkwrite+0x192/0x10d0 fs/ext4/inode.c:6283
=============================================
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 07/24/2026
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+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>
Sending NMI from CPU 1 to CPUs 0:
NMI backtrace for cpu 0
CPU: 0 PID: 4638 Comm: kworker/u4:15 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/24/2026
Workqueue: events_unbound cfg80211_wiphy_work
RIP: 0010:debug_objects_fill_pool+0x6c/0x780 lib/debugobjects.c:645
Code: b3 8a b5 41 48 c7 44 24 48 be 66 5e 8c 48 c7 44 24 50 c0 a3 1a 84 48 8d 5c 24 40 48 c1 eb 03 48 8d 81 f9 f8 f8 f8 4a 89 04 33 <4a> 89 4c 33 08 48 b8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f3 f3 f3 f3 4a 89 44 33 10 4c 8d
RSP: 0018:ffffc90005107000 EFLAGS: 00000a02
RAX: f8f8f8f8f1f1f1f1 RBX: 1ffff92000a20e08 RCX: f8f8f8f8f8f8f8f8
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffffff8a8d3120 RDI: ffff8880576fe980
RBP: ffffc90005107158 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000002
R10: 0000000000000002 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: 1ffff92000a20e40
R13: dffffc0000000000 R14: dffffc0000000000 R15: ffff8880576fe980
FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8880b8e00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 0000561d9a674168 CR3: 000000000c88e000 CR4: 00000000003506f0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
Call Trace:
<TASK>
debug_object_activate+0x32/0x4f0 lib/debugobjects.c:743
debug_rcu_head_queue kernel/rcu/rcu.h:190 [inline]
kvfree_call_rcu+0xae/0x890 kernel/rcu/tree.c:3396
cfg80211_update_known_bss+0x184/0xb60 net/wireless/scan.c:-1
cfg80211_bss_update+0x156/0x21a0 net/wireless/scan.c:1847
cfg80211_inform_single_bss_frame_data net/wireless/scan.c:2509 [inline]
cfg80211_inform_bss_frame_data+0xa77/0x1390 net/wireless/scan.c:2542
ieee80211_bss_info_update+0x6ef/0xbf0 net/mac80211/scan.c:190
ieee80211_rx_bss_info net/mac80211/ibss.c:1120 [inline]
ieee80211_rx_mgmt_probe_beacon net/mac80211/ibss.c:1609 [inline]
ieee80211_ibss_rx_queued_mgmt+0x1931/0x2eb0 net/mac80211/ibss.c:1638
ieee80211_iface_process_skb net/mac80211/iface.c:1685 [inline]
ieee80211_iface_work+0x72c/0xc70 net/mac80211/iface.c:1739
cfg80211_wiphy_work+0x224/0x260 net/wireless/core.c:433
process_one_work+0x8ab/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2292
worker_thread+0xaf5/0x12a0 kernel/workqueue.c:2439
kthread+0x29d/0x330 kernel/kthread.c:376
ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:295
</TASK>
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.