INFO: task hung in blkdev_put

Status: upstream: reported C repro on 2025/07/23 11:17
Bug presence: origin:upstream
Labels: missing-backport
[Documentation on labels]
Reported-by: syzbot+810a82ba4601be510bde@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 476d, last: 19h53m
Fix bisection: failed (error log, bisect log)
  
▶ ▼ Bug presence (3)
Date Name Commit Repro Result
2025/09/16 linux-6.6.y (ToT) 60a9e718726f C [report] INFO: task hung in blkdev_put
2025/07/26 upstream (ToT) 302f88ff3584 C [report] INFO: task hung in bdev_release
2025/09/16 upstream (ToT) 46a51f4f5eda C Didn't crash
▶ ▼ Similar bugs (15)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
upstream INFO: task hung in blkdev_put (3) fs 1 1 2390d 2390d 0/29 auto-closed as invalid on 2020/06/25 13:28
android-49 INFO: task hung in blkdev_put (2) 1 3 2553d 2572d 0/3 auto-closed as invalid on 2020/03/14 12:22
linux-4.19 INFO: task hung in blkdev_put 1 syz, C error 31 1537d 2302d 0/1 upstream: reported C repro on 2020/07/23 21:33
upstream INFO: task hung in blkdev_put udf 1 320 2832d 3258d 0/29 closed as dup on 2018/11/11 08:29
linux-4.14 INFO: task hung in blkdev_put 1 2 2616d 2765d 0/1 auto-closed as invalid on 2020/01/12 01:56
linux-5.15 INFO: task hung in blkdev_put origin:upstream 1 syz, C error 5 866d 1238d 0/3 upstream: reported C repro on 2023/06/23 01:15
linux-4.14 INFO: task hung in blkdev_put (3) 1 syz, C error 16 1486d 2264d 0/1 upstream: reported C repro on 2020/08/30 21:52
upstream INFO: task hung in blkdev_put (4) block 1 syz, C done error 486 974d 2230d 0/29 upstream: reported C repro on 2020/10/03 13:09
android-49 INFO: task hung in blkdev_put 1 220 2751d 2768d 0/3 auto-closed as invalid on 2019/10/25 08:47
linux-4.14 INFO: task hung in blkdev_put (2) 1 2 2419d 2457d 0/1 auto-closed as invalid on 2020/07/26 14:38
android-414 INFO: task hung in blkdev_put 1 119 2537d 2770d 0/1 auto-closed as invalid on 2020/03/30 04:06
android-44 INFO: task hung in blkdev_put 1 26 2838d 2768d 0/2 auto-closed as invalid on 2019/08/03 02:42
android-44 INFO: task hung in blkdev_put (2) 1 3 2549d 2626d 0/2 auto-closed as invalid on 2020/03/18 19:27
linux-6.1 INFO: task hung in blkdev_put origin:upstream 1 syz, C error 239 55d 1296d 0/3 upstream: reported C repro on 2023/04/25 09:01
upstream INFO: task hung in blkdev_put (2) fs 1 2 2544d 2590d 0/29 auto-closed as invalid on 2020/02/22 04:07
▶ ▼ Fix bisection attempts (5)
Created Duration User Patch Repo Result
2026/01/22 11:25 0m bisect fix linux-6.6.y error job log
2025/12/21 12:12 2h50m bisect fix linux-6.6.y OK (0) job log log
2025/11/17 20:17 2h01m bisect fix linux-6.6.y OK (0) job log log
2025/10/12 18:04 2h06m fix candidate upstream OK (0) job log log
2025/08/30 02:15 1h59m bisect fix linux-6.6.y OK (0) job log log

Sample crash report:
INFO: task syz.0.46:6102 blocked for more than 143 seconds.
      Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:syz.0.46        state:D stack:27880 pid:6102  ppid:5962   flags:0x00004006
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5393 [inline]
 __schedule+0x156f/0x4720 kernel/sched/core.c:6722
 schedule+0xbd/0x170 kernel/sched/core.c:6796
 schedule_preempt_disabled+0x13/0x20 kernel/sched/core.c:6855
 __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:679 [inline]
 __mutex_lock+0x689/0xce0 kernel/locking/mutex.c:747
 blkdev_put+0x100/0x7a0 block/bdev.c:940
 blkdev_release+0x84/0x90 block/fops.c:604
 __fput+0x221/0x940 fs/file_table.c:418
 task_work_run+0x1d4/0x260 kernel/task_work.c:245
 get_signal+0x11da/0x1390 kernel/signal.c:2703
 arch_do_signal_or_restart+0xc2/0x7b0 arch/x86/kernel/signal.c:310
 exit_to_user_mode_loop+0x70/0x110 kernel/entry/common.c:177
 exit_to_user_mode_prepare+0xee/0x180 kernel/entry/common.c:213
 __syscall_exit_to_user_mode_work kernel/entry/common.c:294 [inline]
 syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x1a/0x50 kernel/entry/common.c:305
 do_syscall_64+0x61/0xb0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:82
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2
RIP: 0033:0x7fb4ac9a8f19
RSP: 002b:00007fb4ad861028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000010
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 00007fb4acc25fa0 RCX: 00007fb4ac9a8f19
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 000000000000ab03 RDI: 0000000000000003
RBP: 00007fb4aca37f6d R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007fb4acc26038 R14: 00007fb4acc25fa0 R15: 00007ffdb987aa98
 </TASK>

Showing all locks held in the system:
1 lock held by khungtaskd/29:
 #0: ffffffff8e1322e0 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: rcu_lock_acquire include/linux/rcupdate.h:334 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8e1322e0 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: rcu_read_lock include/linux/rcupdate.h:786 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8e1322e0 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: debug_show_all_locks+0x55/0x290 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:6669
2 locks held by getty/5543:
 #0: ffff88814bf4b0a0 (&tty->ldisc_sem){++++}-{0:0}, at: tty_ldisc_ref_wait+0x25/0x70 drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c:243
 #1: ffffc900032862f0 (&ldata->atomic_read_lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: n_tty_read+0x43a/0x1400 drivers/tty/n_tty.c:2217
1 lock held by udevd/5974:
 #0: ffff888022ca14c8 (&disk->open_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: blkdev_get_by_dev+0x11b/0x610 block/bdev.c:801
1 lock held by udevd/5975:
 #0: ffff888022c634c8 (&disk->open_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: blkdev_get_by_dev+0x11b/0x610 block/bdev.c:801
1 lock held by udevd/5976:
 #0: ffff888022bbc4c8 (&disk->open_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: blkdev_get_by_dev+0x11b/0x610 block/bdev.c:801
1 lock held by syz.0.46/6102:
 #0: ffff888022bbc4c8 (&disk->open_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: blkdev_put+0x100/0x7a0 block/bdev.c:940
1 lock held by syz.1.81/6196:
 #0: ffff888022c634c8 (&disk->open_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: blkdev_put+0x100/0x7a0 block/bdev.c:940
1 lock held by syz.2.92/6231:
 #0: ffff888022ca14c8 (&disk->open_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: blkdev_put+0x100/0x7a0 block/bdev.c:940
1 lock held by udevd/6295:
 #0: ffff888022ca64c8 (&disk->open_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: blkdev_get_by_dev+0x11b/0x610 block/bdev.c:801
1 lock held by syz.3.139/6356:
 #0: ffff888022ca64c8 (&disk->open_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: blkdev_put+0x100/0x7a0 block/bdev.c:940
1 lock held by udevd/6367:
 #0: ffff888022d6b4c8 (&disk->open_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: blkdev_get_by_dev+0x11b/0x610 block/bdev.c:801
1 lock held by syz.4.163/6433:
 #0: ffff888022d6b4c8 (&disk->open_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: blkdev_put+0x100/0x7a0 block/bdev.c:940

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NMI backtrace for cpu 1
CPU: 1 PID: 29 Comm: khungtaskd Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 11/06/2026
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 dump_stack_lvl+0x18c/0x250 lib/dump_stack.c:106
 nmi_cpu_backtrace+0x3a6/0x3e0 lib/nmi_backtrace.c:113
 nmi_trigger_cpumask_backtrace+0x17a/0x2f0 lib/nmi_backtrace.c:62
 trigger_all_cpu_backtrace include/linux/nmi.h:160 [inline]
 check_hung_uninterruptible_tasks kernel/hung_task.c:222 [inline]
 watchdog+0xf59/0xfa0 kernel/hung_task.c:379
 kthread+0x2fa/0x390 kernel/kthread.c:388
 ret_from_fork+0x48/0x80 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:152
 ret_from_fork_asm+0x11/0x20 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:293
 </TASK>
Sending NMI from CPU 1 to CPUs 0:
NMI backtrace for cpu 0
CPU: 0 PID: 6278 Comm: kworker/u4:4 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 11/06/2026
Workqueue: events_unbound nsim_dev_trap_report_work
RIP: 0010:preempt_count arch/x86/include/asm/preempt.h:27 [inline]
RIP: 0010:check_kcov_mode kernel/kcov.c:178 [inline]
RIP: 0010:__sanitizer_cov_trace_pc+0x10/0x60 kernel/kcov.c:212
Code: 89 fb e8 13 00 00 00 48 8b 3d 0c fe 05 0e 48 89 de 5b e9 23 37 58 00 cc cc cc f3 0f 1e fa 48 8b 04 24 65 48 8b 0d 50 d9 7b 7e <65> 8b 15 51 d9 7b 7e 81 e2 00 01 ff 00 74 11 81 fa 00 01 00 00 75
RSP: 0018:ffffc900020af5b0 EFLAGS: 00000246
RAX: ffffffff813be8b2 RBX: ffffffff8f9d00e8 RCX: ffff88802db9da00
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffffff8131ada7 RDI: ffffffff8131ad98
RBP: ffffffff8f9d00e4 R08: ffffc900020af750 R09: 0000000000000009
R10: 0000000000000004 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffffffff8131ad98
R13: ffffffff8f9d00e8 R14: ffffffff8131ada7 R15: ffffffff8f9d00e4
FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8880b8c00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 000055558eda54e8 CR3: 000000000df32000 CR4: 00000000003506f0
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 __orc_find arch/x86/kernel/unwind_orc.c:99 [inline]
 orc_find arch/x86/kernel/unwind_orc.c:227 [inline]
 unwind_next_frame+0x4e2/0x2990 arch/x86/kernel/unwind_orc.c:494
 arch_stack_walk+0x144/0x190 arch/x86/kernel/stacktrace.c:25
 stack_trace_save+0xaa/0x100 kernel/stacktrace.c:122
 kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:46 [inline]
 kasan_set_track+0x4e/0x70 mm/kasan/common.c:53
 ____kasan_kmalloc mm/kasan/common.c:375 [inline]
 __kasan_kmalloc+0x8f/0xa0 mm/kasan/common.c:384
 kasan_kmalloc include/linux/kasan.h:198 [inline]
 __do_kmalloc_node mm/slab_common.c:1007 [inline]
 __kmalloc_node_track_caller+0xb4/0x230 mm/slab_common.c:1027
 kmalloc_reserve+0x116/0x240 net/core/skbuff.c:584
 __alloc_skb+0x138/0x2c0 net/core/skbuff.c:653
 alloc_skb include/linux/skbuff.h:1316 [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+0x253/0xa90 drivers/net/netdevsim/dev.c:851
 process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:2657 [inline]
 process_scheduled_works+0xa60/0x1600 kernel/workqueue.c:2734
 worker_thread+0xa5e/0xfe0 kernel/workqueue.c:2815
 kthread+0x2fa/0x390 kernel/kthread.c:388
 ret_from_fork+0x48/0x80 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:152
 ret_from_fork_asm+0x11/0x20 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:293
 </TASK>

Crashes (13):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/11/11 07:25 linux-6.6.y 5139929c698c d3056657 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: task hung in blkdev_put
2026/06/21 16:46 linux-6.6.y d1cfde2d5d15 43bfcdb0 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: task hung in blkdev_put
2026/06/21 11:12 linux-6.6.y d1cfde2d5d15 43bfcdb0 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: task hung in blkdev_put
2026/02/21 23:07 linux-6.6.y 7a137e9bfa0e 6e7b5511 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: task hung in blkdev_put
2025/12/23 10:22 linux-6.6.y 5fa4793a2d2d d6526ea3 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: task hung in blkdev_put
2025/07/26 09:18 linux-6.6.y dbcb8d8e4163 fb8f743d .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: task hung in blkdev_put
2025/07/26 06:25 linux-6.6.y dbcb8d8e4163 fb8f743d .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: task hung in blkdev_put
2026/11/10 21:59 linux-6.6.y 5139929c698c d3056657 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: task hung in blkdev_put
2026/03/01 05:22 linux-6.6.y 7a137e9bfa0e 43249bac .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: task hung in blkdev_put
2026/02/27 13:54 linux-6.6.y 7a137e9bfa0e a2f13f71 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: task hung in blkdev_put
2026/02/26 18:42 linux-6.6.y 7a137e9bfa0e ffa54287 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: task hung in blkdev_put
2025/12/23 06:08 linux-6.6.y 5fa4793a2d2d d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: task hung in blkdev_put
2025/07/23 11:17 linux-6.6.y d96eb99e2f0e e1dd4f22 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: task hung in blkdev_put
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.