INFO: task hung in __pfx_pick_next_task_fair

Status: auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2026/09/15 17:13
Subsystems: usb
Labels: prio:high
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First crash: 99d, last: 99d
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ID Workflow Result Correct Bug Created Started Finished Revision
b82386bb assessment-security DenialOfService: ✅ Exploitable: ❌ FilesystemTrigger: ❌ NetworkTrigger: ❌ PeripheralTrigger: ✅ RemoteTrigger: ❌ Unprivileged: ❌ UserNamespace: ❌ VMGuestTrigger: ❌ VMHostTrigger: ❌ ❓ INFO: task hung in __pfx_pick_next_task_fair 2026/06/19 00:03 2026/06/19 00:03 2026/06/19 00:32 24486521

Sample crash report:
INFO: task udevd:2852 blocked for more than 143 seconds.
      Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:udevd           state:D
 stack:23720 pid:2852  tgid:2852  ppid:1      task_flags:0x400140 flags:0x00080000
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 __pfx_pick_next_task_fair+0x10/0x10 include/linux/find.h:97
 </TASK>

Showing all locks held in the system:
7 locks held by kworker/0:0/9:
3 locks held by kworker/0:1/11:
2 locks held by kworker/u8:0/12:
 #0: 
ffff8881000ac940
 (
(wq_completion)events_unbound
#2
){+.+.}-{0:0}
, at: raw_spin_rq_lock_nested kernel/sched/core.c:652 [inline]
, at: raw_spin_rq_lock kernel/sched/sched.h:1624 [inline]
, at: rq_lock kernel/sched/sched.h:1968 [inline]
, at: __schedule+0x2bc/0x47e0 kernel/sched/core.c:7064
 #1: 
ffffc900000cfd18
 (
(work_completion)(&sub_info->work)
){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x973/0x1980 kernel/workqueue.c:3290
5 locks held by kworker/1:1/28:
 #0: 
ffff8881062a9140
 (
(wq_completion)usb_hub_wq){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x12d6/0x1980 kernel/workqueue.c:3289
 #1: 
ffffc900001e7d18
 ((work_completion)(&hub->events)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x973/0x1980 kernel/workqueue.c:3290
 #2: 
ffff88810c37a1d8
 (
&dev->mutex
){....}-{4:4}
, at: device_lock include/linux/device.h:1040 [inline]
, at: hub_event+0x1bd/0x4af0 drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5899
 #3: 
ffff88810c37f560
 (
&port_dev->status_lock){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: usb_lock_port drivers/usb/core/hub.c:3252 [inline]
&port_dev->status_lock){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: hub_port_connect drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5464 [inline]
&port_dev->status_lock){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: hub_port_connect_change drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5707 [inline]
&port_dev->status_lock){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: port_event drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5871 [inline]
&port_dev->status_lock){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: hub_event+0x2bd2/0x4af0 drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5953
 #4: 
ffff8881087c4960
 (
hcd->address0_mutex
){+.+.}-{4:4}
, at: hub_port_connect drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5465 [inline]
, at: hub_port_connect_change drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5707 [inline]
, at: port_event drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5871 [inline]
, at: hub_event+0x2bfb/0x4af0 drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5953
1 lock held by khungtaskd/30:
 #0: 
ffffffff896de960
 (
rcu_read_lock
){....}-{1:3}
, at: rcu_lock_acquire include/linux/rcupdate.h:300 [inline]
, at: rcu_read_lock include/linux/rcupdate.h:838 [inline]
, at: debug_show_all_locks+0x3d/0x184 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:6775
5 locks held by kworker/u8:3/45:
 #0: 
ffff888100e98940
 (
(wq_completion)netns
){+.+.}-{0:0}
, at: process_one_work+0x12d6/0x1980 kernel/workqueue.c:3289
 #1: 
ffffc90000507d18
 (
net_cleanup_work
){+.+.}-{0:0}
, at: process_one_work+0x973/0x1980 kernel/workqueue.c:3290
 #2: 
ffffffff8aadc468
 (
pernet_ops_rwsem
){++++}-{4:4}
, at: cleanup_net+0xb8/0x920 net/core/net_namespace.c:673
 #3: 
ffffffff8aaf4fe0
 (
rtnl_mutex
){+.+.}-{4:4}
, at: ops_exit_rtnl_list net/core/net_namespace.c:173 [inline]
, at: ops_undo_list+0x7ec/0xab0 net/core/net_namespace.c:248
 #4: 
ffffffff896ea4a8
 (
rcu_state.exp_mutex
){+.+.}-{4:4}
, at: exp_funnel_lock+0x19e/0x3c0 kernel/rcu/tree_exp.h:343
1 lock held by udevd/2852:
 #0: 
ffff888100e87980
 (
&root->kernfs_rwsem
){++++}-{4:4}
, at: kernfs_dop_revalidate+0xa5/0x7e0 fs/kernfs/dir.c:1218
2 locks held by getty/2914:
 #0: 
ffff8881128280a0
 (
&tty->ldisc_sem
){++++}-{0:0}
, at: tty_ldisc_ref_wait+0x24/0x80 drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c:243
 #1: 
ffffc900000452e8
 (
&ldata->atomic_read_lock
){+.+.}-{4:4}
, at: n_tty_read+0x419/0x14f0 drivers/tty/n_tty.c:2211
3 locks held by kworker/1:2/5222:
 #0: 
ffff88810006b140
 (
(wq_completion)events
){+.+.}-{0:0}
, at: process_one_work+0x12d6/0x1980 kernel/workqueue.c:3289
 #1: 
ffffc900030cfd18
 (
free_ipc_work
){+.+.}-{0:0}
, at: process_one_work+0x973/0x1980 kernel/workqueue.c:3290
 #2: 
ffffffff896ea4a8
 (
rcu_state.exp_mutex
){+.+.}-{4:4}
, at: exp_funnel_lock+0x27f/0x3c0 kernel/rcu/tree_exp.h:311
8 locks held by kworker/0:5/5301:
4 locks held by kworker/1:6/5331:
 #0: 
ffff88810006b140
 (
(wq_completion)events
){+.+.}-{0:0}
, at: process_one_work+0x12d6/0x1980 kernel/workqueue.c:3289
 #1: 
ffffc90003577d18
 (
kernfs_notify_work
){+.+.}-{0:0}
, at: process_one_work+0x973/0x1980 kernel/workqueue.c:3290
 #2: 
ffff888100e87aa0
 (
&root->kernfs_supers_rwsem
){++++}-{4:4}
, at: kernfs_notify_workfn+0xf7/0x5f0 fs/kernfs/file.c:932
 #3: 
ffff888100e87980
 (
&root->kernfs_rwsem
){++++}-{4:4}
, at: kernfs_notify_workfn+0xff/0x5f0 fs/kernfs/file.c:933
4 locks held by udevd/5759:
 #0: 
ffff88812057f518
 (
&p->lock
){+.+.}-{4:4}
, at: seq_read_iter+0xe1/0x1270 fs/seq_file.c:183
 #1: 
ffff8881122e6480
 (
&of->mutex
#2
){+.+.}-{4:4}
, at: kernfs_seq_start+0x4f/0x2a0 fs/kernfs/file.c:172
 #2: 
ffff888112614008
 (
kn->active
#9
){.+.+}-{0:0}
, at: kernfs_get_active_of fs/kernfs/file.c:80 [inline]
, at: kernfs_seq_start+0xbc/0x2a0 fs/kernfs/file.c:173
 #3: 
ffff88811e12a1d8
 (
&dev->mutex
){....}-{4:4}
, at: device_lock_interruptible include/linux/device.h:1045 [inline]
, at: manufacturer_show+0x26/0xa0 drivers/usb/core/sysfs.c:142
2 locks held by syz.3.259/6060:
 #0: 
ffff888100e87aa0
 (
&root->kernfs_supers_rwsem
){++++}-{4:4}
, at: kernfs_remove_by_name_ns+0x49/0x120 fs/kernfs/dir.c:1792
 #1: 
ffff888100e87980
 (
&root->kernfs_rwsem
){++++}-{4:4}
, at: kernfs_remove_by_name_ns+0x51/0x120 fs/kernfs/dir.c:1793
2 locks held by syz.0.262/6066:
 #0: 
ffff88810bbdce00
 (
&dev->mutex
){....}-{4:4}
, at: device_lock include/linux/device.h:1040 [inline]
, at: __device_driver_lock drivers/base/dd.c:1174 [inline]
, at: __driver_attach+0x214/0x5d0 drivers/base/dd.c:1294
 #1: 
ffff888100e87980
 (
&root->kernfs_rwsem
){++++}-{4:4}
, at: kernfs_activate fs/kernfs/dir.c:1463 [inline]
, at: kernfs_add_one+0x54f/0x850 fs/kernfs/dir.c:869
1 lock held by syz-executor/6068:
 #0: 
ffff888100e87980
 (
&root->kernfs_rwsem
){++++}-{4:4}
, at: kernfs_dop_revalidate+0xa5/0x7e0 fs/kernfs/dir.c:1218
1 lock held by syz-executor/6074:
 #0: 
ffffffff8aaf4fe0
 (
rtnl_mutex
){+.+.}-{4:4}
, at: rtnl_lock net/core/rtnetlink.c:80 [inline]
, at: rtnl_nets_lock net/core/rtnetlink.c:341 [inline]
, at: rtnl_newlink+0x8bb/0x2210 net/core/rtnetlink.c:4109
1 lock held by syz-executor/6075:
 #0: 
ffffffff8aaf4fe0
 (
rtnl_mutex
){+.+.}-{4:4}
, at: rtnl_lock net/core/rtnetlink.c:80 [inline]
, at: rtnl_nets_lock net/core/rtnetlink.c:341 [inline]
, at: rtnl_newlink+0x8bb/0x2210 net/core/rtnetlink.c:4109
1 lock held by syz-executor/6078:
 #0: 
ffffffff8aaf4fe0
 (
rtnl_mutex
){+.+.}-{4:4}
, at: rtnl_lock net/core/rtnetlink.c:80 [inline]
, at: rtnl_nets_lock net/core/rtnetlink.c:341 [inline]
, at: rtnl_newlink+0x8bb/0x2210 net/core/rtnetlink.c:4109
1 lock held by syz-executor/6082:
 #0: 
ffffffff8aaf4fe0
 (
rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}
, at: rtnl_net_lock include/linux/rtnetlink.h:130 [inline]
, at: inet_rtm_newaddr+0x30c/0x18b0 net/ipv4/devinet.c:978

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NMI backtrace for cpu 1
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 30 Comm: khungtaskd Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(lazy) 
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 05/09/2026
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:94 [inline]
 dump_stack_lvl+0x100/0x190 lib/dump_stack.c:120
 nmi_cpu_backtrace.cold+0x12d/0x151 lib/nmi_backtrace.c:113
 nmi_trigger_cpumask_backtrace+0x1d7/0x230 lib/nmi_backtrace.c:62
 trigger_all_cpu_backtrace include/linux/nmi.h:162 [inline]
 __sys_info lib/sys_info.c:157 [inline]
 sys_info+0x141/0x190 lib/sys_info.c:165
 check_hung_uninterruptible_tasks kernel/hung_task.c:353 [inline]
 watchdog+0xcb1/0x1030 kernel/hung_task.c:561
 kthread+0x370/0x450 kernel/kthread.c:436
 ret_from_fork+0x69a/0xc80 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158
 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245
 </TASK>
Sending NMI from CPU 1 to CPUs 0:
yealink 1-1:36.0: urb_ctl_callback - urb status -71
NMI backtrace for cpu 0
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 5301 Comm: kworker/0:5 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(lazy) 
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 05/09/2026
Workqueue: events_power_efficient gc_worker
RIP: 0010:io_serial_out+0x8f/0xb0 drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c:408
Code: 48 8d 7d 40 44 89 e1 48 b8 00 00 00 00 00 fc ff df 48 89 fa d3 e3 48 c1 ea 03 80 3c 02 00 75 1c 66 03 5d 40 44 89 e8 89 da ee <5b> 5d 41 5c 41 5d e9 96 fa 4d 04 e8 61 ab f5 fe eb a0 e8 ea ab f5
RSP: 0018:ffffc900000074a0 EFLAGS: 00000002
RAX: 0000000000000038 RBX: 00000000000003f8 RCX: 0000000000000000
RDX: 00000000000003f8 RSI: ffffffff8322f515 RDI: ffffffff941da800
RBP: ffffffff941da7c0 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: 000000000000001f
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 0000000000000038 R14: 0000000000000010 R15: ffffffff8322f4b0
FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8882686a5000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 0000200000002a00 CR3: 00000000094ac000 CR4: 00000000003506f0
Call Trace:
 <IRQ>
 serial_port_out include/linux/serial_core.h:811 [inline]
 serial8250_console_putchar drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c:3220 [inline]
 serial8250_console_fifo_write drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c:3282 [inline]
 serial8250_console_write+0xde8/0x1900 drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c:3360
 console_emit_next_record kernel/printk/printk.c:3183 [inline]
 console_flush_one_record+0x790/0xe50 kernel/printk/printk.c:3269
 console_flush_all kernel/printk/printk.c:3343 [inline]
 __console_flush_and_unlock kernel/printk/printk.c:3373 [inline]
 console_unlock+0x103/0x260 kernel/printk/printk.c:3413
 vprintk_emit+0x407/0x6b0 kernel/printk/printk.c:2479
 dev_vprintk_emit+0x394/0x3e0 drivers/base/core.c:4930
 dev_printk_emit+0xd2/0x10d drivers/base/core.c:4941
 __dev_printk+0xcb/0x100 drivers/base/core.c:4953
 _dev_err+0xef/0x127 drivers/base/core.c:4996
 urb_ctl_callback.cold+0x41/0x8c drivers/input/misc/yealink.c:456
 __usb_hcd_giveback_urb+0x38d/0x610 drivers/usb/core/hcd.c:1657
 usb_hcd_giveback_urb+0x3ca/0x4a0 drivers/usb/core/hcd.c:1741
 dummy_timer+0xda1/0x36c0 drivers/usb/gadget/udc/dummy_hcd.c:2005
 __run_hrtimer kernel/time/hrtimer.c:1930 [inline]
 __hrtimer_run_queues+0x470/0xa00 kernel/time/hrtimer.c:1994
 hrtimer_run_softirq+0x17d/0x2c0 kernel/time/hrtimer.c:2011
 handle_softirqs+0x1dd/0x9e0 kernel/softirq.c:622
 __do_softirq kernel/softirq.c:656 [inline]
 invoke_softirq kernel/softirq.c:496 [inline]
 __irq_exit_rcu+0x160/0x210 kernel/softirq.c:735
 irq_exit_rcu+0x9/0x30 kernel/softirq.c:752
 instr_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1061 [inline]
 sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x8f/0xb0 arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1061
 </IRQ>
 <TASK>
 asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x1a/0x20 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:697
RIP: 0010:rcu_preempt_deferred_qs_irqrestore+0x174/0xb90 kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h:589
Code: 00 00 48 83 c4 40 5b 5d 41 5c 41 5d 41 5e 41 5f e9 41 88 d8 05 e8 7c b6 22 00 9c 58 f6 c4 02 0f 85 b2 06 00 00 fb 48 83 c4 40 <5b> 5d 41 5c 41 5d 41 5e 41 5f c3 cc cc cc cc 49 8d af 98 04 00 00
RSP: 0018:ffffc9000344fae0 EFLAGS: 00000282
RAX: 0000000000000006 RBX: 0000000000000246 RCX: 0000000000000040
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffffff890ca24b RDI: ffffffff87b08200
RBP: ffff8881f563a540 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000001 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffff8881f563a551
R13: 0000000000010000 R14: ffffffff896e9d40 R15: ffff88811bc05940
 rcu_read_unlock_special kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h:772 [inline]
 __rcu_read_unlock+0x27f/0x5e0 kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h:438
 rcu_read_unlock include/linux/rcupdate.h:871 [inline]
 gc_worker+0x953/0x1630 net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c:1621
 process_one_work+0xa0e/0x1980 kernel/workqueue.c:3314
 process_scheduled_works kernel/workqueue.c:3397 [inline]
 worker_thread+0x5ef/0xe50 kernel/workqueue.c:3478
 kthread+0x370/0x450 kernel/kthread.c:436
 ret_from_fork+0x69a/0xc80 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158
 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245
 </TASK>

Crashes (1):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/06/17 17:05 https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/usb.git usb-testing 1c2b66a7d725 b62b3ded .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-usb INFO: task hung in __pfx_pick_next_task_fair
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.