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INFO: task hung in con_install (3)

Status: upstream: reported on 2026/01/13 11:30
Subsystems: kernel
Labels: prio:high
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Reported-by: syzbot+1e586d46fad03d937d01@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 718d, last: 1d04h
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70e74dea-e58d-43e5-a930-463eac69079a repro 💥 INFO: task hung in con_install (3) 2026/03/10 02:56 2026/03/10 02:56 2026/03/10 03:20 6972f30219093b03bcc1a54487e12a7097245c01
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[syzbot] [kernel?] INFO: task hung in con_install (3) 0 (1) 2026/01/13 11:30
Similar bugs (5)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
upstream INFO: task hung in con_install (2) serial 1 1 1055d 1055d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/10/31 16:25
linux-4.14 INFO: task hung in con_install 1 1 2256d 2256d 0/1 auto-closed as invalid on 2020/08/16 15:03
linux-4.19 INFO: task hung in con_install (2) 1 1 2202d 2202d 0/1 auto-closed as invalid on 2020/10/09 22:35
upstream INFO: task hung in con_install serial 1 6 2176d 2359d 0/29 closed as dup on 2020/08/16 15:20
linux-4.19 INFO: task hung in con_install 1 1 2336d 2336d 0/1 auto-closed as invalid on 2020/05/29 01:06

Sample crash report:
INFO: task syz.0.1744:14720 blocked for more than 143 seconds.
      Tainted: G     U       L      syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:syz.0.1744      state:D stack:27184 pid:14720 tgid:14719 ppid:8782   task_flags:0x400140 flags:0x00080002
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5504 [inline]
 __schedule+0x125c/0x6730 kernel/sched/core.c:7228
 __schedule_loop kernel/sched/core.c:7307 [inline]
 schedule+0xdd/0x390 kernel/sched/core.c:7322
 schedule_timeout+0x1b2/0x280 kernel/time/sleep_timeout.c:75
 ___down_common kernel/locking/semaphore.c:293 [inline]
 __down_common+0x371/0x8b0 kernel/locking/semaphore.c:318
 down+0x74/0xa0 kernel/locking/semaphore.c:100
 console_lock+0x5b/0xa0 kernel/printk/printk.c:2896
 class_console_lock_constructor include/linux/console.h:734 [inline]
 con_install+0x99/0x620 drivers/tty/vt/vt.c:3742
 tty_driver_install_tty drivers/tty/tty_io.c:1295 [inline]
 tty_init_dev.part.0+0x9e/0x470 drivers/tty/tty_io.c:1407
 tty_init_dev include/linux/err.h:78 [inline]
 tty_open_by_driver drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2073 [inline]
 tty_open+0xa63/0xfa0 drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2120
 chrdev_open+0x234/0x6a0 fs/char_dev.c:411
 do_dentry_open+0x6ab/0x14d0 fs/open.c:947
 vfs_open+0x82/0x3f0 fs/open.c:1079
 do_open fs/namei.c:4700 [inline]
 path_openat+0x2873/0x4280 fs/namei.c:4859
 do_file_open+0x20e/0x430 fs/namei.c:4888
 do_sys_openat2+0x10f/0x1e0 fs/open.c:1395
 do_sys_open fs/open.c:1401 [inline]
 __do_sys_openat fs/open.c:1417 [inline]
 __se_sys_openat fs/open.c:1412 [inline]
 __x64_sys_openat+0x12d/0x210 fs/open.c:1412
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x115/0x840 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x7f4c2459ce59
RSP: 002b:00007f4c25400028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000101
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f4c24815fa0 RCX: 00007f4c2459ce59
RDX: 0000000000101840 RSI: 0000200000000080 RDI: ffffffffffffff9c
RBP: 00007f4c24632e6f R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f4c24816038 R14: 00007f4c24815fa0 R15: 00007fff8738cfb8
 </TASK>
INFO: lockdep is turned off.
NMI backtrace for cpu 0
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 30 Comm: khungtaskd Tainted: G     U       L      syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) 
Tainted: [U]=USER, [L]=SOFTLOCKUP
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+0x72b/0xd50 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158
 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245
 </TASK>

Crashes (68):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/06/22 05:54 upstream 8cd8cf7a07e5 43bfcdb0 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: task hung in con_install
2026/06/18 07:26 upstream e771677c937d b62b3ded .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce INFO: task hung in con_install
2026/06/14 11:47 upstream e21ee273e6fa 1d2f3589 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce INFO: task hung in con_install
2026/06/14 07:13 upstream 2b07ea76fd28 1d2f3589 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in con_install
2026/06/13 21:17 upstream 062871f1371b 4f06757f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: task hung in con_install
2026/06/12 06:47 upstream 2b414a95b8f7 e93da63e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: task hung in con_install
2026/05/27 18:24 upstream eb3f4b7426cf 769cbc61 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce INFO: task hung in con_install
2026/05/08 02:48 upstream 19cbc75c56c0 e358bca5 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce INFO: task hung in con_install
2026/04/29 11:48 upstream dca922e019dd 804ea88f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: task hung in con_install
2026/04/17 00:40 upstream 3cd8b194bf34 de0a551d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: task hung in con_install
2026/04/13 17:03 upstream 028ef9c96e96 9530ccf9 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: task hung in con_install
2026/04/11 21:13 upstream e774d5f1bc27 38c8e246 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: task hung in con_install
2026/04/09 22:17 upstream 8b02520ec5f7 38c8e246 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in con_install
2026/04/06 14:04 upstream 591cd656a1bf 4440e7c2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in con_install
2026/04/06 08:21 upstream 591cd656a1bf 4440e7c2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: task hung in con_install
2026/03/25 00:34 upstream e3c33bc767b5 74e70d19 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in con_install
2026/03/24 00:10 upstream c369299895a5 baf8bf12 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: task hung in con_install
2026/03/23 16:19 upstream c369299895a5 5e3db351 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce INFO: task hung in con_install
2026/03/15 11:57 upstream 267594792a71 ee8d34d6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in con_install
2026/03/13 23:32 upstream b36eb6e3f5d8 351cb5cf .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce INFO: task hung in con_install
2026/03/06 20:58 upstream 651690480a96 41d8037d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: task hung in con_install
2026/03/05 10:05 upstream ecc64d2dc9ff a9fe5c9e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: task hung in con_install
2026/03/04 06:54 upstream 0031c06807cf 4180d919 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in con_install
2026/03/04 03:29 upstream 0031c06807cf 4180d919 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in con_install
2026/03/01 04:57 upstream 9197e5949a41 43249bac .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce INFO: task hung in con_install
2026/02/22 03:01 upstream d79526b89571 6e7b5511 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: task hung in con_install
2026/02/16 20:39 upstream 0f2acd3148e0 5d52cba5 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: task hung in con_install
2026/02/09 11:29 upstream 05f7e89ab973 df949cd9 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce INFO: task hung in con_install
2026/01/22 19:32 upstream a66191c590b3 a16aed1d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: task hung in con_install
2026/01/19 14:05 upstream 24d479d26b25 d1b870e1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: task hung in con_install
2026/01/09 11:13 upstream 623fb9912f6a d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce INFO: task hung in con_install
2026/01/09 00:18 upstream 79b95d74470d d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce INFO: task hung in con_install
2026/01/08 09:10 upstream f0b9d8eb98df d1b870e1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: task hung in con_install
2026/01/06 04:11 upstream 7f98ab9da046 d1b870e1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: task hung in con_install
2025/12/25 02:00 upstream ccd1cdca5cd4 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce INFO: task hung in con_install
2025/12/17 06:45 upstream ea1013c15392 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce INFO: task hung in con_install
2025/12/11 08:12 upstream d358e5254674 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce INFO: task hung in con_install
2025/11/24 09:35 upstream d0e88704d96c 4fb8ef37 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root INFO: task hung in con_install
2025/11/24 03:18 upstream d0e88704d96c 4fb8ef37 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root INFO: task hung in con_install
2025/11/24 03:17 upstream d0e88704d96c 4fb8ef37 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root INFO: task hung in con_install
2025/10/02 20:27 upstream 7f7072574127 49379ee0 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in con_install
2025/09/09 18:43 upstream f777d1112ee5 d291dd2d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: task hung in con_install
2025/09/08 18:09 upstream 76eeb9b8de98 d291dd2d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: task hung in con_install
2025/09/05 19:46 upstream c8ed9b5c02a5 d291dd2d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: task hung in con_install
2025/07/19 07:33 upstream 4871b7cb27f4 7117feec .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in con_install
2025/06/29 19:33 upstream afa9a6f4f574 fc9d8ee5 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: task hung in con_install
2025/06/05 00:34 upstream 1af80d00e1e0 fd5e6e61 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: task hung in con_install
2025/04/12 03:26 upstream 900241a5cc15 12ba9c21 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: task hung in con_install
2025/03/11 02:07 upstream 4d872d51bc9d 16256247 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce INFO: task hung in con_install
2024/11/25 04:51 upstream 9f16d5e6f220 68da6d95 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce INFO: task hung in con_install
2024/10/05 15:06 upstream 27cc6fdf7201 d7906eff .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in con_install
2024/07/04 13:59 upstream 795c58e4c7fc 409d975c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root INFO: task hung in con_install
2026/05/09 19:29 upstream 70390501d194 29233ece .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-386 INFO: task hung in con_install
2026/05/06 03:37 upstream 9207d47f966b 26da2c66 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-386 INFO: task hung in con_install
2026/05/05 04:19 upstream c7e4e4d5f7dc a898ba9c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-386 INFO: task hung in con_install
2026/04/17 08:44 upstream 3cd8b194bf34 de0a551d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-386 INFO: task hung in con_install
2026/03/28 17:10 upstream 7df48e363130 356bdfc9 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-386 INFO: task hung in con_install
2024/12/17 00:08 upstream f44d154d6e3d f93b2b55 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-386 INFO: task hung in con_install
2024/10/10 13:44 upstream d3d1556696c1 8fbfc0c8 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-386 INFO: task hung in con_install
2024/08/14 07:49 upstream 6b0f8db921ab bde81f6f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-386 INFO: task hung in con_install
2026/04/01 03:35 linux-next 36ece9697e89 fb8b2c26 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in con_install
2026/03/22 03:35 linux-next 785f0eb2f85d 5b92003d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in con_install
2025/12/26 12:21 linux-next cc3aa43b44bd d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in con_install
2025/08/18 05:15 linux-next 3ac864c2d9bb 1804e95e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce INFO: task hung in con_install
2025/03/29 21:50 linux-next e21edb1638e8 d3999433 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in con_install
2025/02/25 13:24 linux-next e5d3fd687aac d34966d1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in con_install
2024/10/11 13:38 linux-next d61a00525464 cd942402 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in con_install
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.