INFO: task kworker/0:3:5823 blocked for more than 143 seconds. Tainted: G L syzkaller #0 "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message. task:kworker/0:3 state:D stack:21064 pid:5823 tgid:5823 ppid:2 task_flags:0x4208060 flags:0x00080000 Workqueue: events request_firmware_work_func Call Trace: context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5295 [inline] __schedule+0x15dd/0x52d0 kernel/sched/core.c:6908 __schedule_loop kernel/sched/core.c:6990 [inline] schedule+0x164/0x360 kernel/sched/core.c:7005 schedule_preempt_disabled+0x13/0x30 kernel/sched/core.c:7062 __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:692 [inline] __mutex_lock+0x7fe/0x1300 kernel/locking/mutex.c:776 device_lock include/linux/device.h:895 [inline] ath9k_hif_usb_firmware_fail drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hif_usb.c:1161 [inline] ath9k_hif_usb_firmware_cb+0x332/0x4c0 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hif_usb.c:1294 request_firmware_work_func+0x105/0x1c0 drivers/base/firmware_loader/main.c:1152 process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3275 [inline] process_scheduled_works+0xb02/0x1830 kernel/workqueue.c:3358 worker_thread+0xa50/0xfc0 kernel/workqueue.c:3439 kthread+0x388/0x470 kernel/kthread.c:436 ret_from_fork+0x51e/0xb90 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245 Showing all locks held in the system: 5 locks held by kworker/1:0/24: #0: ffff8880216ae148 ((wq_completion)usb_hub_wq){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3250 [inline] #0: ffff8880216ae148 ((wq_completion)usb_hub_wq){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_scheduled_works+0x9ea/0x1830 kernel/workqueue.c:3358 #1: ffffc900001e7c40 ((work_completion)(&hub->events)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3251 [inline] #1: ffffc900001e7c40 ((work_completion)(&hub->events)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_scheduled_works+0xa25/0x1830 kernel/workqueue.c:3358 #2: ffff88802a1c8198 (&dev->mutex){....}-{4:4}, at: device_lock include/linux/device.h:895 [inline] #2: ffff88802a1c8198 (&dev->mutex){....}-{4:4}, at: hub_event+0x17f/0x4f30 drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5899 #3: ffff8880362f2198 (&dev->mutex){....}-{4:4}, at: device_lock include/linux/device.h:895 [inline] #3: ffff8880362f2198 (&dev->mutex){....}-{4:4}, at: __device_attach+0x88/0x450 drivers/base/dd.c:1008 #4: ffff88807a527160 (&dev->mutex){....}-{4:4}, at: device_lock include/linux/device.h:895 [inline] #4: ffff88807a527160 (&dev->mutex){....}-{4:4}, at: __device_attach+0x88/0x450 drivers/base/dd.c:1008 1 lock held by khungtaskd/31: #0: ffffffff8e75e420 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:3}, at: rcu_lock_acquire include/linux/rcupdate.h:312 [inline] #0: ffffffff8e75e420 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:3}, at: rcu_read_lock include/linux/rcupdate.h:850 [inline] #0: ffffffff8e75e420 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:3}, at: debug_show_all_locks+0x2e/0x180 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:6775 2 locks held by getty/5582: #0: ffff8880334330a0 (&tty->ldisc_sem){++++}-{0:0}, at: tty_ldisc_ref_wait+0x25/0x70 drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c:243 #1: ffffc9000332b2f0 (&ldata->atomic_read_lock){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: n_tty_read+0x45c/0x13c0 drivers/tty/n_tty.c:2211 3 locks held by kworker/0:3/5823: #0: ffff88813fe0f148 ((wq_completion)events){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3250 [inline] #0: ffff88813fe0f148 ((wq_completion)events){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_scheduled_works+0x9ea/0x1830 kernel/workqueue.c:3358 #1: ffffc900040c7c40 ((work_completion)(&fw_work->work)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3251 [inline] #1: ffffc900040c7c40 ((work_completion)(&fw_work->work)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_scheduled_works+0xa25/0x1830 kernel/workqueue.c:3358 #2: ffff88823be5e998 (&dev->mutex){....}-{4:4}, at: device_lock include/linux/device.h:895 [inline] #2: ffff88823be5e998 (&dev->mutex){....}-{4:4}, at: ath9k_hif_usb_firmware_fail drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hif_usb.c:1161 [inline] #2: ffff88823be5e998 (&dev->mutex){....}-{4:4}, at: ath9k_hif_usb_firmware_cb+0x332/0x4c0 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hif_usb.c:1294 7 locks held by kworker/0:5/5897: 2 locks held by syz.1.1464/12026: #0: ffffffff8fbcd688 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: tun_detach drivers/net/tun.c:634 [inline] #0: ffffffff8fbcd688 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: tun_chr_close+0x3e/0x1c0 drivers/net/tun.c:3436 #1: ffffffff8e7646b8 (rcu_state.exp_mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: exp_funnel_lock kernel/rcu/tree_exp.h:311 [inline] #1: ffffffff8e7646b8 (rcu_state.exp_mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: synchronize_rcu_expedited+0x2d0/0x770 kernel/rcu/tree_exp.h:961 5 locks held by udevd/12038: ============================================= NMI backtrace for cpu 1 CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 31 Comm: khungtaskd Tainted: G L syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) Tainted: [L]=SOFTLOCKUP Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 02/27/2026 Call Trace: dump_stack_lvl+0xe8/0x150 lib/dump_stack.c:120 nmi_cpu_backtrace+0x274/0x2d0 lib/nmi_backtrace.c:113 nmi_trigger_cpumask_backtrace+0x17a/0x300 lib/nmi_backtrace.c:62 trigger_all_cpu_backtrace include/linux/nmi.h:161 [inline] __sys_info lib/sys_info.c:157 [inline] sys_info+0x135/0x170 lib/sys_info.c:165 check_hung_uninterruptible_tasks kernel/hung_task.c:346 [inline] watchdog+0xfd9/0x1030 kernel/hung_task.c:515 kthread+0x388/0x470 kernel/kthread.c:436 ret_from_fork+0x51e/0xb90 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245 Sending NMI from CPU 1 to CPUs 0: NMI backtrace for cpu 0 CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 5897 Comm: kworker/0:5 Tainted: G L syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) Tainted: [L]=SOFTLOCKUP Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 02/27/2026 Workqueue: usb_hub_wq hub_event RIP: 0010:unwind_next_frame+0xb/0x23c0 arch/x86/kernel/unwind_orc.c:485 Code: c1 7c 92 48 89 df e8 e4 5b b9 00 eb 88 66 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 f3 0f 1e fa 55 41 57 41 56 41 55 <41> 54 53 48 81 ec 98 00 00 00 49 89 fe 48 bd 00 00 00 00 00 fc ff RSP: 0018:ffffc90000007500 EFLAGS: 00000002 RAX: 0000000000000001 RBX: ffffc900000075e0 RCX: 0000000000000100 RDX: dffffc0000000000 RSI: ffffffff85ff0cef RDI: ffffc90000007528 RBP: ffffc900000075b0 R08: ffffc900000075f0 R09: 0000000000000021 R10: ffffc90000007578 R11: ffffffff81b0c070 R12: ffff88805955db80 R13: 0000000000000000 R14: ffffffff81b0c070 R15: ffffc90000007528 FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff888125460000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 00007fe592d27000 CR3: 00000000649b8000 CR4: 00000000003526f0 Call Trace: arch_stack_walk+0x11b/0x150 arch/x86/kernel/stacktrace.c:25 stack_trace_save+0xa9/0x100 kernel/stacktrace.c:122 kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:57 [inline] kasan_save_track+0x3e/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:78 kasan_save_free_info+0x46/0x50 mm/kasan/generic.c:584 poison_slab_object mm/kasan/common.c:253 [inline] __kasan_slab_free+0x5c/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:285 kasan_slab_free include/linux/kasan.h:235 [inline] slab_free_hook mm/slub.c:2692 [inline] slab_free mm/slub.c:6168 [inline] kfree+0x1c1/0x630 mm/slub.c:6486 skb_kfree_head net/core/skbuff.c:1089 [inline] skb_free_head net/core/skbuff.c:1101 [inline] skb_release_data+0x6f0/0x940 net/core/skbuff.c:1128 skb_release_all net/core/skbuff.c:1203 [inline] __kfree_skb+0x5d/0x210 net/core/skbuff.c:1217 ath6kl_usb_cleanup_recv_urb drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/usb.c:171 [inline] ath6kl_usb_recv_complete+0x1d6/0x4d0 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/usb.c:550 __usb_hcd_giveback_urb+0x376/0x540 drivers/usb/core/hcd.c:1657 dummy_timer+0xbbd/0x45d0 drivers/usb/gadget/udc/dummy_hcd.c:1995 __run_hrtimer kernel/time/hrtimer.c:1785 [inline] __hrtimer_run_queues+0x53a/0xcc0 kernel/time/hrtimer.c:1849 hrtimer_run_softirq+0x182/0x5a0 kernel/time/hrtimer.c:1866 handle_softirqs+0x22a/0x870 kernel/softirq.c:622 __do_softirq kernel/softirq.c:656 [inline] invoke_softirq kernel/softirq.c:496 [inline] __irq_exit_rcu+0x5f/0x150 kernel/softirq.c:723 irq_exit_rcu+0x9/0x30 kernel/softirq.c:739 instr_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1056 [inline] sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0xa6/0xc0 arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1056 asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x1a/0x20 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:697 RIP: 0010:check_preemption_disabled+0x3/0xe0 lib/smp_processor_id.c:13 Code: 27 8c 48 c7 c6 e0 bb 27 8c eb 1c 66 66 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 55 41 57 <41> 56 53 65 8b 05 57 b3 6d 07 65 8b 0d 4c b3 6d 07 f7 c1 ff ff ff RSP: 0018:ffffc900047965a0 EFLAGS: 00000282 RAX: 0000000000000001 RBX: ffffffff86dc2551 RCX: ffff88805955db80 RDX: 00000000b52bb297 RSI: ffffffff8c27bbe0 RDI: ffffffff8c27bba0 RBP: dffffc0000000000 R08: ffffffff81767de5 R09: ffffffff8e75e420 R10: ffffc900047966f8 R11: ffffffff81b0c070 R12: 1ffff920008f2cd5 R13: ffffc900047966e0 R14: ffffc900047966a8 R15: ffffffff81767de5 rcu_is_watching_curr_cpu include/linux/context_tracking.h:128 [inline] rcu_is_watching+0x15/0xb0 kernel/rcu/tree.c:752 rcu_read_lock include/linux/rcupdate.h:851 [inline] class_rcu_constructor include/linux/rcupdate.h:1193 [inline] unwind_next_frame+0xd4/0x23c0 arch/x86/kernel/unwind_orc.c:495 arch_stack_walk+0x11b/0x150 arch/x86/kernel/stacktrace.c:25 stack_trace_save+0xa9/0x100 kernel/stacktrace.c:122 kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:57 [inline] kasan_save_track+0x3e/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:78 poison_kmalloc_redzone mm/kasan/common.c:398 [inline] __kasan_kmalloc+0x93/0xb0 mm/kasan/common.c:415 kasan_kmalloc include/linux/kasan.h:263 [inline] __do_kmalloc_node mm/slub.c:5263 [inline] __kmalloc_node_track_caller_noprof+0x4db/0x7b0 mm/slub.c:5371 kmalloc_reserve net/core/skbuff.c:635 [inline] __alloc_skb+0x2c1/0x7d0 net/core/skbuff.c:713 __netdev_alloc_skb+0xc1/0x810 net/core/skbuff.c:775 netdev_alloc_skb include/linux/skbuff.h:3485 [inline] dev_alloc_skb include/linux/skbuff.h:3498 [inline] ath6kl_usb_post_recv_transfers+0x207/0x6f0 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/usb.c:427 ath6kl_usb_start_recv_pipes drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/usb.c:497 [inline] hif_start drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/usb.c:702 [inline] ath6kl_usb_power_on+0x6a/0x280 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/usb.c:1061 ath6kl_hif_power_on drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/hif-ops.h:136 [inline] ath6kl_core_init+0x1e1/0x10b0 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/core.c:97 ath6kl_usb_probe+0x14df/0x15d0 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/usb.c:1167 usb_probe_interface+0x668/0xc90 drivers/usb/core/driver.c:396 call_driver_probe drivers/base/dd.c:-1 [inline] really_probe+0x267/0xaf0 drivers/base/dd.c:661 __driver_probe_device+0x18c/0x320 drivers/base/dd.c:803 driver_probe_device+0x4f/0x240 drivers/base/dd.c:833 __device_attach_driver+0x279/0x430 drivers/base/dd.c:961 bus_for_each_drv+0x258/0x2f0 drivers/base/bus.c:500 __device_attach+0x2c5/0x450 drivers/base/dd.c:1033 device_initial_probe+0xa1/0xd0 drivers/base/dd.c:1088 bus_probe_device+0x12a/0x220 drivers/base/bus.c:574 device_add+0x7b6/0xb70 drivers/base/core.c:3689 usb_set_configuration+0x1a87/0x2110 drivers/usb/core/message.c:2208 usb_generic_driver_probe+0x8d/0x150 drivers/usb/core/generic.c:250 usb_probe_device+0x1c4/0x3b0 drivers/usb/core/driver.c:291 call_driver_probe drivers/base/dd.c:-1 [inline] really_probe+0x267/0xaf0 drivers/base/dd.c:661 __driver_probe_device+0x18c/0x320 drivers/base/dd.c:803 driver_probe_device+0x4f/0x240 drivers/base/dd.c:833 __device_attach_driver+0x279/0x430 drivers/base/dd.c:961 bus_for_each_drv+0x258/0x2f0 drivers/base/bus.c:500 __device_attach+0x2c5/0x450 drivers/base/dd.c:1033 device_initial_probe+0xa1/0xd0 drivers/base/dd.c:1088 bus_probe_device+0x12a/0x220 drivers/base/bus.c:574 device_add+0x7b6/0xb70 drivers/base/core.c:3689 usb_new_device+0xa08/0x16f0 drivers/usb/core/hub.c:2695 hub_port_connect drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5567 [inline] hub_port_connect_change drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5707 [inline] port_event drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5871 [inline] hub_event+0x2a1c/0x4f30 drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5953 process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3275 [inline] process_scheduled_works+0xb02/0x1830 kernel/workqueue.c:3358 worker_thread+0xa50/0xfc0 kernel/workqueue.c:3439 kthread+0x388/0x470 kernel/kthread.c:436 ret_from_fork+0x51e/0xb90 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245