watchdog: BUG: soft lockup - CPU#0 stuck for 144s! [kworker/0:2:1121] Modules linked in: irq event stamp: 15064378 hardirqs last enabled at (15064377): [] ___slab_alloc+0x8e7/0x1ca0 mm/slub.c:4555 hardirqs last disabled at (15064378): [] sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0xe/0xb0 arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1056 softirqs last enabled at (15064372): [] local_bh_disable include/linux/bottom_half.h:20 [inline] softirqs last enabled at (15064372): [] __alloc_skb+0x35d/0x410 net/core/skbuff.c:672 softirqs last disabled at (15064370): [] local_bh_disable include/linux/bottom_half.h:20 [inline] softirqs last disabled at (15064370): [] __alloc_skb+0x35d/0x410 net/core/skbuff.c:672 CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 1121 Comm: kworker/0:2 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(voluntary) Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 01/24/2026 Workqueue: usb_hub_wq hub_event RIP: 0010:orc_find arch/x86/kernel/unwind_orc.c:229 [inline] RIP: 0010:unwind_next_frame+0x23d/0x1ea0 arch/x86/kernel/unwind_orc.c:510 Code: 89 74 24 20 89 44 24 18 e8 90 01 a4 00 48 8b 4c 24 30 48 8b 44 24 28 8b 74 24 20 44 8b 5c 24 18 8d 50 01 8b 0c 8d e4 44 a5 8b <48> b8 00 00 00 00 00 fc ff df 48 8d 3c 95 e4 44 a5 8b 49 89 f8 49 RSP: 0018:ffffc90001c6e998 EFLAGS: 00000246 RAX: 0000000000032ca1 RBX: 0000000000000001 RCX: 00000000000a53ac RDX: 0000000000032ca2 RSI: 00000000000656ce RDI: ffffffff8bb1f768 RBP: ffffc90001c6ea50 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000007 R10: 0000000000000200 R11: 0000000000032ca1 R12: ffffc90001c6ea58 R13: ffffc90001c6ea08 R14: ffffc90001c6ea3d R15: ffffffff842ca16f FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff88826896a000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 00007f63596c3286 CR3: 00000000092a8000 CR4: 00000000003506f0 Call Trace: arch_stack_walk+0x94/0xf0 arch/x86/kernel/stacktrace.c:25 stack_trace_save+0x8e/0xc0 kernel/stacktrace.c:122 kasan_save_stack+0x30/0x50 mm/kasan/common.c:57 kasan_save_track+0x14/0x30 mm/kasan/common.c:78 poison_kmalloc_redzone mm/kasan/common.c:398 [inline] __kasan_kmalloc+0x8f/0xa0 mm/kasan/common.c:415 kasan_kmalloc include/linux/kasan.h:263 [inline] __do_kmalloc_node mm/slub.c:5657 [inline] __kmalloc_noprof+0x33e/0x990 mm/slub.c:5669 kmalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:961 [inline] usb_alloc_urb+0x66/0xa0 drivers/usb/core/urb.c:75 ath6kl_usb_post_recv_transfers.constprop.0+0x87/0x3d0 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/usb.c:432 ath6kl_usb_start_recv_pipes drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/usb.c:498 [inline] hif_start drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/usb.c:703 [inline] ath6kl_usb_power_on+0x8e/0x160 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/usb.c:1062 ath6kl_hif_power_on drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/hif-ops.h:136 [inline] ath6kl_core_init+0x173/0x11b0 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/core.c:97 ath6kl_usb_probe+0xcd0/0x13e0 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/usb.c:1168 usb_probe_interface+0x303/0x8f0 drivers/usb/core/driver.c:396 call_driver_probe drivers/base/dd.c:581 [inline] really_probe+0x241/0xa60 drivers/base/dd.c:659 __driver_probe_device+0x1de/0x400 drivers/base/dd.c:801 driver_probe_device+0x4c/0x1b0 drivers/base/dd.c:831 __device_attach_driver+0x1df/0x340 drivers/base/dd.c:959 bus_for_each_drv+0x159/0x1e0 drivers/base/bus.c:500 __device_attach+0x1e4/0x4d0 drivers/base/dd.c:1031 device_initial_probe+0xaf/0xd0 drivers/base/dd.c:1086 bus_probe_device+0x64/0x160 drivers/base/bus.c:574 device_add+0x11d9/0x1950 drivers/base/core.c:3689 usb_set_configuration+0xd97/0x1c60 drivers/usb/core/message.c:2210 usb_generic_driver_probe+0xa1/0xe0 drivers/usb/core/generic.c:250 usb_probe_device+0xef/0x400 drivers/usb/core/driver.c:291 call_driver_probe drivers/base/dd.c:581 [inline] really_probe+0x241/0xa60 drivers/base/dd.c:659 __driver_probe_device+0x1de/0x400 drivers/base/dd.c:801 driver_probe_device+0x4c/0x1b0 drivers/base/dd.c:831 __device_attach_driver+0x1df/0x340 drivers/base/dd.c:959 bus_for_each_drv+0x159/0x1e0 drivers/base/bus.c:500 __device_attach+0x1e4/0x4d0 drivers/base/dd.c:1031 device_initial_probe+0xaf/0xd0 drivers/base/dd.c:1086 bus_probe_device+0x64/0x160 drivers/base/bus.c:574 device_add+0x11d9/0x1950 drivers/base/core.c:3689 usb_new_device.cold+0x685/0x115c 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+0x314d/0x4af0 drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5953 process_one_work+0x9c2/0x1840 kernel/workqueue.c:3257 process_scheduled_works kernel/workqueue.c:3340 [inline] worker_thread+0x5da/0xe40 kernel/workqueue.c:3421 kthread+0x3b3/0x730 kernel/kthread.c:463 ret_from_fork+0x6c3/0xa20 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:246 Sending NMI from CPU 0 to CPUs 1: NMI backtrace for cpu 1 CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 23 Comm: kworker/1:0 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(voluntary) Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 01/24/2026 Workqueue: events dvb_usb_read_remote_control RIP: 0010:__sanitizer_cov_trace_pc+0xb/0x70 kernel/kcov.c:213 Code: 59 00 be 03 00 00 00 5b e9 92 1e 0e 01 66 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 f3 0f 1e fa 65 8b 05 25 24 1a 0b <48> 8b 34 24 65 48 8b 15 01 24 1a 0b a9 00 01 ff 00 74 1b f6 c4 01 RSP: 0018:ffffc9000018f228 EFLAGS: 00000246 RAX: 0000000000000001 RBX: 0000000000000025 RCX: ffffffff87501f3f RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffffff87501f44 RDI: ffff8881022857c0 RBP: ffffc9000018f2d0 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: 0000000000000000 R10: 0000000000000025 R11: 0000000000250b88 R12: ffffffff876a8c61 R13: ffffc9000018f360 R14: ffffffff876a8c61 R15: dffffc0000000000 FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff888268a6a000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 00007ff901065180 CR3: 0000000123dbc000 CR4: 00000000003506f0 Call Trace: format_decode+0x23f/0xcd0 lib/vsprintf.c:2704 vsnprintf+0x1c0/0x1240 lib/vsprintf.c:2889 sprintf+0xcc/0x100 lib/vsprintf.c:3110 print_time kernel/printk/printk.c:1357 [inline] info_print_prefix+0x25a/0x350 kernel/printk/printk.c:1383 record_print_text+0x143/0x3c0 kernel/printk/printk.c:1432 printk_get_next_message+0x2d1/0x6c0 kernel/printk/printk.c:3018 console_emit_next_record kernel/printk/printk.c:3083 [inline] console_flush_one_record+0x67c/0xe50 kernel/printk/printk.c:3215 console_flush_all kernel/printk/printk.c:3289 [inline] __console_flush_and_unlock kernel/printk/printk.c:3319 [inline] console_unlock+0x103/0x260 kernel/printk/printk.c:3359 vprintk_emit+0x407/0x6b0 kernel/printk/printk.c:2426 _printk+0xcf/0x110 kernel/printk/printk.c:2451 m920x_read drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/m920x.c:40 [inline] m920x_rc_core_query.cold+0x13/0x30 drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/m920x.c:226 dvb_usb_read_remote_control+0xdd/0x1b0 drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/dvb-usb-remote.c:261 process_one_work+0x9c2/0x1840 kernel/workqueue.c:3257 process_scheduled_works kernel/workqueue.c:3340 [inline] worker_thread+0x5da/0xe40 kernel/workqueue.c:3421 kthread+0x3b3/0x730 kernel/kthread.c:463 ret_from_fork+0x6c3/0xa20 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:246