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INFO: task hung in n_tty_receive_char
Status:
upstream: reported on 2026/08/02 14:26
Reported-by: syzbot+ecd7004a9d2067ddef1b@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 52d, last: 21d
Sample crash report:
INFO: task kworker/u4:2:150 blocked for more than 143 seconds.
Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:kworker/u4:2 state:D stack:21280 pid: 150 ppid: 2 flags:0x00004000
Workqueue: events_unbound flush_to_ldisc
Call Trace:
<TASK>
context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5049 [inline]
__schedule+0x11c3/0x4350 kernel/sched/core.c:6395
schedule+0x11b/0x1e0 kernel/sched/core.c:6478
schedule_preempt_disabled+0xf/0x20 kernel/sched/core.c:6537
__mutex_lock_common+0xdf5/0x2400 kernel/locking/mutex.c:669
__mutex_lock kernel/locking/mutex.c:729 [inline]
mutex_lock_nested+0x17/0x20 kernel/locking/mutex.c:743
commit_echoes drivers/tty/n_tty.c:775 [inline]
n_tty_receive_char+0x5ed/0xbb0 drivers/tty/n_tty.c:1411
n_tty_receive_buf_standard drivers/tty/n_tty.c:-1 [inline]
__receive_buf drivers/tty/n_tty.c:1577 [inline]
n_tty_receive_buf_common+0x170c/0x65b0 drivers/tty/n_tty.c:1674
tty_port_default_receive_buf+0x69/0x90 drivers/tty/tty_port.c:39
receive_buf drivers/tty/tty_buffer.c:471 [inline]
flush_to_ldisc+0x2a1/0x530 drivers/tty/tty_buffer.c:523
process_one_work+0x867/0xff0 kernel/workqueue.c:2310
worker_thread+0xad7/0x12a0 kernel/workqueue.c:2457
kthread+0x42e/0x520 kernel/kthread.c:334
ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:287
</TASK>
INFO: task kworker/0:10:4379 blocked for more than 143 seconds.
Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:kworker/0:10 state:D stack:23408 pid: 4379 ppid: 2 flags:0x00004000
Workqueue: events console_callback
Call Trace:
<TASK>
context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5049 [inline]
__schedule+0x11c3/0x4350 kernel/sched/core.c:6395
schedule+0x11b/0x1e0 kernel/sched/core.c:6478
schedule_timeout+0xbd/0x2d0 kernel/time/timer.c:2093
__down_common+0x289/0x3b0 kernel/locking/semaphore.c:228
down+0x7e/0xd0 kernel/locking/semaphore.c:63
console_lock+0x29/0x70 kernel/printk/printk.c:2557
console_callback+0x66/0x440 drivers/tty/vt/vt.c:2980
process_one_work+0x867/0xff0 kernel/workqueue.c:2310
worker_thread+0xad7/0x12a0 kernel/workqueue.c:2457
kthread+0x42e/0x520 kernel/kthread.c:334
ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:287
</TASK>
Showing all locks held in the system:
1 lock held by khungtaskd/27:
#0: ffffffff8c31ef60 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: rcu_lock_acquire+0x0/0x30
6 locks held by kworker/u4:2/150:
#0: ffff888016c79138 ((wq_completion)events_unbound){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x75c/0xff0 kernel/workqueue.c:-1
#1: ffffc9000179fd00 ((work_completion)(&buf->work)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x79e/0xff0 kernel/workqueue.c:2285
#2: ffff888016de00b8 (&buf->lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: flush_to_ldisc+0x34/0x530 drivers/tty/tty_buffer.c:495
#3: ffff8880624f3098 (&tty->ldisc_sem){++++}-{0:0}, at: tty_ldisc_ref+0x18/0x80 drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c:273
#4: ffff8880624f32e8 (&tty->termios_rwsem){++++}-{3:3}, at: n_tty_receive_buf_common+0x87/0x65b0 drivers/tty/n_tty.c:1637
#5: ffffc900011fa378 (&ldata->output_lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: commit_echoes drivers/tty/n_tty.c:775 [inline]
#5: ffffc900011fa378 (&ldata->output_lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: n_tty_receive_char+0x5ed/0xbb0 drivers/tty/n_tty.c:1411
4 locks held by udevd/3558:
2 locks held by getty/3946:
#0: ffff88802cddd098 (&tty->ldisc_sem){++++}-{0:0}, at: tty_ldisc_ref_wait+0x21/0x70 drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c:252
#1: ffffc90002cf62e8 (&ldata->atomic_read_lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: n_tty_read+0x594/0x1a50 drivers/tty/n_tty.c:2158
4 locks held by kworker/u4:6/4260:
2 locks held by kworker/0:9/4375:
2 locks held by kworker/0:10/4379:
#0: ffff888016c70938 ((wq_completion)events){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x75c/0xff0 kernel/workqueue.c:-1
#1: ffffc900030afd00 (console_work){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x79e/0xff0 kernel/workqueue.c:2285
2 locks held by udevd/4788:
2 locks held by kworker/u4:8/8433:
5 locks held by syz.2.1637/8500:
2 locks held by syz.2.1637/8502:
2 locks held by syz.4.1971/9484:
#0: ffff8880624f3098 (&tty->ldisc_sem){++++}-{0:0}, at: tty_ldisc_ref_wait+0x21/0x70 drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c:252
#1: ffff888016de00b8 (&buf->lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: tiocsti+0x192/0x270 drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2310
2 locks held by syz.4.1971/9485:
#0: ffff8880624f3098 (&tty->ldisc_sem){++++}-{0:0}, at: tty_ldisc_ref_wait+0x21/0x70 drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c:252
#1: ffff888016de00b8 (&buf->lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: tiocsti+0x192/0x270 drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2310
2 locks held by syz.4.1971/9487:
#0: ffff8880624f3098 (&tty->ldisc_sem){++++}-{0:0}, at: tty_ldisc_ref_wait+0x21/0x70 drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c:252
#1: ffff888016de00b8 (&buf->lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: tiocsti+0x192/0x270 drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2310
1 lock held by syz.1.2023/9654:
#0: ffff8880624f3098 (&tty->ldisc_sem){++++}-{0:0}, at: tty_ldisc_ref_wait+0x21/0x70 drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c:252
2 locks held by syz.6.2250/10219:
2 locks held by sed/11662:
2 locks held by syz.5.2763/11666:
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NMI backtrace for cpu 0
CPU: 0 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+0x188/0x250 lib/dump_stack.c:106
nmi_cpu_backtrace+0x3a2/0x3d0 lib/nmi_backtrace.c:111
nmi_trigger_cpumask_backtrace+0x163/0x280 lib/nmi_backtrace.c:62
trigger_all_cpu_backtrace include/linux/nmi.h:148 [inline]
check_hung_uninterruptible_tasks kernel/hung_task.c:212 [inline]
watchdog+0xe1b/0xe60 kernel/hung_task.c:369
kthread+0x42e/0x520 kernel/kthread.c:334
ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:287
</TASK>
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.