INFO: task hung in usbdev_ioctl (2)

Status: upstream: reported on 2026/08/03 16:39
Reported-by: syzbot+0fcf460d99a95cfbb136@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 7d23h, last: 16h51m
Similar bugs (10)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
upstream INFO: task hung in usbdev_ioctl (6) usb 1 1 652d 652d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/01/26 07:16
linux-6.1 INFO: task hung in usbdev_ioctl 1 1 862d 862d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/07/10 11:29
upstream INFO: task hung in usbdev_ioctl (5) usb 1 4 841d 886d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/07/21 02:28
upstream INFO: task hung in usbdev_ioctl (4) usb 1 1 1143d 1143d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/09/22 21:55
android-6-12 INFO: task hung in usbdev_ioctl (2) 1 syz 4 29d 31d 0/1 premoderation: reported syz repro on 2026/07/11 15:35
android-6-12 INFO: task hung in usbdev_ioctl 1 1 328d 328d 0/1 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/12/16 11:45
upstream INFO: task hung in usbdev_ioctl (7) usb 1 11 215d 530d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2026/04/07 22:15
upstream INFO: task hung in usbdev_ioctl (2) usb 1 1 1633d 1633d 0/29 auto-closed as invalid on 2022/05/21 06:20
upstream INFO: task hung in usbdev_ioctl (3) usb 1 4 1263d 1422d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/05/26 15:30
upstream INFO: task hung in usbdev_ioctl usb 1 3 1719d 1725d 0/29 closed as invalid on 2022/02/08 09:40

Sample crash report:
INFO: task syz.0.1555:12616 blocked for more than 143 seconds.
      Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:syz.0.1555      state:D stack:28624 pid:12616 ppid:10202  flags:0x00004004
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5246 [inline]
 __schedule+0x107f/0x4030 kernel/sched/core.c:6563
 schedule+0xb9/0x180 kernel/sched/core.c:6639
 schedule_preempt_disabled+0xf/0x20 kernel/sched/core.c:6698
 __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:679 [inline]
 __mutex_lock+0x548/0xae0 kernel/locking/mutex.c:747
 device_lock include/linux/device.h:885 [inline]
 usbdev_do_ioctl drivers/usb/core/devio.c:2609 [inline]
 usbdev_ioctl+0x143/0x1f20 drivers/usb/core/devio.c:2817
 vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline]
 __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:870 [inline]
 __se_sys_ioctl+0xfa/0x170 fs/ioctl.c:856
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:46 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x4c/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:76
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2
RIP: 0033:0x7f8463b9e0d9
RSP: 002b:00007f8464a12028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000010
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f8463e26090 RCX: 00007f8463b9e0d9
RDX: 00002000000006c0 RSI: 00000000c0185500 RDI: 0000000000000003
RBP: 00007f8463c35024 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f8463e26128 R14: 00007f8463e26090 R15: 00007ffc8badec78
 </TASK>

Showing all locks held in the system:
2 locks held by kworker/u4:0/9:
 #0: ffff888017479138 ((wq_completion)events_unbound){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x7b4/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2267
 #1: 
ffffc900000e7d00 ((reaper_work).work){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x7b4/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2267
1 lock held by rcu_tasks_kthre/12:
 #0: ffffffff8cb2e4f0 (rcu_tasks.tasks_gp_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rcu_tasks_one_gp+0x33/0xef0 kernel/rcu/tasks.h:517
1 lock held by rcu_tasks_trace/13:
 #0: ffffffff8cb2ed10 (rcu_tasks_trace.tasks_gp_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rcu_tasks_one_gp+0x33/0xef0 kernel/rcu/tasks.h:517
1 lock held by khungtaskd/28:
 #0: 
ffffffff8cb2db60
 (
rcu_read_lock
){....}-{1:2}, at: rcu_lock_acquire include/linux/rcupdate.h:350 [inline]
){....}-{1:2}, at: rcu_read_lock include/linux/rcupdate.h:791 [inline]
){....}-{1:2}, at: debug_show_all_locks+0x51/0x290 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:6527
1 lock held by dhcpcd/3935:
 #0: ffffffff8dd5b968 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnl_lock net/core/rtnetlink.c:74 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8dd5b968 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x80d/0xfb0 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6163
2 locks held by getty/4030:
 #0: ffff88814cb05098 (&tty->ldisc_sem){++++}-{0:0}, at: tty_ldisc_ref_wait+0x21/0x70 drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c:244
 #1: ffffc9000327b2f0 (&ldata->atomic_read_lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: n_tty_read+0x41e/0x1360 drivers/tty/n_tty.c:2198
5 locks held by kworker/u4:10/4368:
 #0: ffff88801761e938 ((wq_completion)netns){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x7b4/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2267
 #1: ffffc900046f7d00 (net_cleanup_work){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x7b4/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2267
 #2: ffffffff8dd4ead0 (pernet_ops_rwsem){++++}-{3:3}, at: cleanup_net+0x148/0xba0 net/core/net_namespace.c:594
 #3: ffffffff8dd5b968 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: ieee80211_unregister_hw+0x51/0x290 net/mac80211/main.c:1477
 #4: ffffffff8cb33838 (rcu_state.exp_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: exp_funnel_lock kernel/rcu/tree_exp.h:291 [inline]
 #4: ffffffff8cb33838 (rcu_state.exp_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: synchronize_rcu_expedited+0x2ec/0x890 kernel/rcu/tree_exp.h:962
3 locks held by kworker/1:8/4374:
 #0: ffff88802f673d38 ((wq_completion)ipv6_addrconf){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x7b4/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2267
 #1: ffffc90004727d00 ((work_completion)(&(&net->ipv6.addr_chk_work)->work)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x7b4/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2267
 #2: ffffffff8dd5b968 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: addrconf_verify_work+0x15/0x30 net/ipv6/addrconf.c:4679
2 locks held by kworker/1:9/4410:
 #0: ffff888017472138 ((wq_completion)rcu_gp){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x7b4/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2267
 #1: ffffc900047a7d00 ((work_completion)(&rew->rew_work)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x7b4/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2267
3 locks held by kworker/0:12/12342:
 #0: ffff88802f673d38 ((wq_completion)ipv6_addrconf){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x7b4/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2267
 #1: ffffc9000583fd00 ((work_completion)(&(&net->ipv6.addr_chk_work)->work)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x7b4/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2267
 #2: ffffffff8dd5b968 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: addrconf_verify_work+0x15/0x30 net/ipv6/addrconf.c:4679
7 locks held by syz.0.1555/12613:
 #0: ffff888027d54190 (&dev->mutex){....}-{3:3}, at: device_lock include/linux/device.h:885 [inline]
 #0: ffff888027d54190 (&dev->mutex){....}-{3:3}, at: usbdev_do_ioctl drivers/usb/core/devio.c:2609 [inline]
 #0: ffff888027d54190 (&dev->mutex){....}-{3:3}, at: usbdev_ioctl+0x143/0x1f20 drivers/usb/core/devio.c:2817
 #1: ffff888027d55118 (&dev->mutex){....}-{3:3}, at: device_lock include/linux/device.h:885 [inline]
 #1: ffff888027d55118 (&dev->mutex){....}-{3:3}, at: __device_driver_lock drivers/base/dd.c:1099 [inline]
 #1: ffff888027d55118 (&dev->mutex){....}-{3:3}, at: device_release_driver_internal+0xb1/0x7c0 drivers/base/dd.c:1302
 #2: ffff888023658190 (&dev->mutex){....}-{3:3}, at: device_lock include/linux/device.h:885 [inline]
 #2: ffff888023658190 (&dev->mutex){....}-{3:3}, at: usb_disconnect+0xf8/0x8a0 drivers/usb/core/hub.c:2305
 #3: ffff88802b3bf118 (&dev->mutex){....}-{3:3}, at: device_lock include/linux/device.h:885 [inline]
 #3: ffff88802b3bf118 (&dev->mutex){....}-{3:3}, at: __device_driver_lock drivers/base/dd.c:1099 [inline]
 #3: ffff88802b3bf118 (&dev->mutex){....}-{3:3}, at: device_release_driver_internal+0xb1/0x7c0 drivers/base/dd.c:1302
 #4: ffffffff8dd00708 (register_mutex#7){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: usb_audio_disconnect+0xd0/0x6f0 sound/usb/card.c:960
 #5: ffff88802b3b8170 (&dev->mutex){....}-{3:3}, at: device_lock include/linux/device.h:885 [inline]
 #5: ffff88802b3b8170 (&dev->mutex){....}-{3:3}, at: __device_driver_lock drivers/base/dd.c:1099 [inline]
 #5: ffff88802b3b8170 (&dev->mutex){....}-{3:3}, at: device_release_driver_internal+0xb1/0x7c0 drivers/base/dd.c:1302
 #6: ffffffff8dcc62c8 (register_mutex#6){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: snd_seq_midisynth_remove+0x68/0x4f0 sound/core/seq/seq_midi.c:459
1 lock held by syz.0.1555/12616:
 #0: ffff888027d54190 (&dev->mutex){....}-{3:3}, at: device_lock include/linux/device.h:885 [inline]
 #0: ffff888027d54190 (&dev->mutex){....}-{3:3}, at: usbdev_do_ioctl drivers/usb/core/devio.c:2609 [inline]
 #0: ffff888027d54190 (&dev->mutex){....}-{3:3}, at: usbdev_ioctl+0x143/0x1f20 drivers/usb/core/devio.c:2817
2 locks held by kworker/1:17/12745:
 #0: ffff888017470938 ((wq_completion)events){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x7b4/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2267
 #1: ffffc90003f57d00 (binder_deferred_work){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x7b4/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2267
3 locks held by kworker/0:19/13522:
 #0: ffff888017470938 ((wq_completion)events){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x7b4/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2267
 #1: ffffc9000fc9fd00 (xfrm_state_gc_work){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x7b4/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2267
 #2: ffffffff8cb33838 (rcu_state.exp_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: exp_funnel_lock kernel/rcu/tree_exp.h:323 [inline]
 #2: ffffffff8cb33838 (rcu_state.exp_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: synchronize_rcu_expedited+0x3c0/0x890 kernel/rcu/tree_exp.h:962
2 locks held by kworker/u4:5/13641:
 #0: ffff888017479138 ((wq_completion)events_unbound){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x7b4/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2267
 #1: ffffc9001100fd00 ((work_completion)(&ctx->exit_work)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x7b4/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2267
1 lock held by syz.2.1929/14347:
 #0: ffffffff8dd5b968 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: __tun_chr_ioctl+0x3f3/0x1ed0 drivers/net/tun.c:3107
1 lock held by syz.2.1929/14349:
 #0: ffffffff8dd5b968 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: __tun_chr_ioctl+0x3f3/0x1ed0 drivers/net/tun.c:3107
1 lock held by syz.2.1929/14352:
 #0: ffffffff8dd5b968 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: __tun_chr_ioctl+0x3f3/0x1ed0 drivers/net/tun.c:3107
2 locks held by syz.1.1926/14357:
 #0: ffffffff8ddbc170 (cb_lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: genl_rcv+0x15/0x40 net/netlink/genetlink.c:860
 #1: ffffffff8dd5b968 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: nl80211_pre_doit+0x5a/0x890 net/wireless/nl80211.c:16372

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NMI backtrace for cpu 1
CPU: 1 PID: 28 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+0x188/0x24e lib/dump_stack.c:106
 nmi_cpu_backtrace+0x3e6/0x460 lib/nmi_backtrace.c:111
 nmi_trigger_cpumask_backtrace+0x1d4/0x450 lib/nmi_backtrace.c:62
 trigger_all_cpu_backtrace include/linux/nmi.h:148 [inline]
 check_hung_uninterruptible_tasks kernel/hung_task.c:220 [inline]
 watchdog+0xf0e/0xf50 kernel/hung_task.c:377
 kthread+0x29d/0x330 kernel/kthread.c:376
 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:295
 </TASK>
Sending NMI from CPU 1 to CPUs 0:
NMI backtrace for cpu 0
CPU: 0 PID: 4368 Comm: kworker/u4:10 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/24/2026
Workqueue: netns cleanup_net
RIP: 0010:unwind_next_frame+0x15f7/0x1fd0 arch/x86/kernel/unwind_orc.c:-1
Code: 04 28 84 c0 0f 85 f8 08 00 00 4c 89 e0 48 c1 e8 03 0f b6 04 28 84 c0 0f 85 11 09 00 00 49 0f bf 07 48 01 c6 48 89 df 4c 89 f2 <e8> d4 09 00 00 84 c0 0f 84 36 01 00 00 49 bd 00 00 00 00 00 fc ff
RSP: 0018:ffffc900046f6fe0 EFLAGS: 00000287
RAX: fffffffffffffff0 RBX: ffffc900046f7088 RCX: 0000000000000000
RDX: ffffc900046f70c8 RSI: ffffc900046f7b50 RDI: ffffc900046f7088
RBP: dffffc0000000000 R08: ffffc900046f70e7 R09: ffffc900046f70d8
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffff520008dee1d R12: ffffffff8ef23875
R13: ffffffff8ef23876 R14: ffffc900046f70c0 R15: ffffffff8ef23874
FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8880b8e00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 0000555c52ee1a18 CR3: 00000000274d2000 CR4: 00000000003506f0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 arch_stack_walk+0x10c/0x140 arch/x86/kernel/stacktrace.c:25
 stack_trace_save+0xa6/0xf0 kernel/stacktrace.c:122
 kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:46 [inline]
 kasan_set_track+0x4b/0x70 mm/kasan/common.c:53
 kasan_save_free_info+0x27/0x40 mm/kasan/generic.c:516
 ____kasan_slab_free+0x126/0x1f0 mm/kasan/common.c:237
 kasan_slab_free include/linux/kasan.h:177 [inline]
 slab_free_hook mm/slub.c:1729 [inline]
 slab_free_freelist_hook+0x133/0x1b0 mm/slub.c:1755
 slab_free mm/slub.c:3687 [inline]
 kmem_cache_free+0xf7/0x2a0 mm/slub.c:3709
 kernfs_put+0x311/0x480 fs/kernfs/dir.c:568
 kernfs_remove_by_name_ns+0xe0/0x150 fs/kernfs/dir.c:1668
 kernfs_remove_by_name include/linux/kernfs.h:622 [inline]
 remove_files fs/sysfs/group.c:28 [inline]
 sysfs_remove_group+0xfd/0x290 fs/sysfs/group.c:288
 sysfs_remove_groups+0x50/0xa0 fs/sysfs/group.c:312
 __kobject_del+0x83/0x2e0 lib/kobject.c:587
 kobject_cleanup lib/kobject.c:672 [inline]
 kobject_release lib/kobject.c:712 [inline]
 kref_put include/linux/kref.h:65 [inline]
 kobject_put+0x22f/0x450 lib/kobject.c:729
 netdev_queue_update_kobjects+0x3e5/0x480 net/core/net-sysfs.c:1731
 remove_queue_kobjects net/core/net-sysfs.c:1828 [inline]
 netdev_unregister_kobject+0x104/0x250 net/core/net-sysfs.c:1981
 unregister_netdevice_many_notify+0x14b6/0x1990 net/core/dev.c:11051
 ieee80211_remove_interfaces+0x44b/0x700 net/mac80211/iface.c:2390
 ieee80211_unregister_hw+0x59/0x290 net/mac80211/main.c:1484
 mac80211_hwsim_del_radio+0x285/0x480 drivers/net/wireless/mac80211_hwsim.c:4687
 hwsim_exit_net+0x589/0x650 drivers/net/wireless/mac80211_hwsim.c:5474
 ops_exit_list net/core/net_namespace.c:172 [inline]
 cleanup_net+0x703/0xba0 net/core/net_namespace.c:640
 process_one_work+0x8ab/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2292
 worker_thread+0xaf5/0x12a0 kernel/workqueue.c:2439
 kthread+0x29d/0x330 kernel/kthread.c:376
 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:295
 </TASK>

Crashes (5):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/08/10 23:45 linux-6.1.y e4f7d8be268e 508909ea .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in usbdev_ioctl
2026/08/10 23:45 linux-6.1.y e4f7d8be268e 508909ea .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in usbdev_ioctl
2026/08/04 03:58 linux-6.1.y fb28aa725e05 9451e17e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in usbdev_ioctl
2026/08/03 16:44 linux-6.1.y fb28aa725e05 6b7c9f71 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in usbdev_ioctl
2026/08/03 16:38 linux-6.1.y fb28aa725e05 6b7c9f71 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in usbdev_ioctl
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.