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INFO: task hung in linkwatch_event (3)

Status: upstream: reported on 2025/09/20 20:03
Reported-by: syzbot+42d5561bdaee9b3a7582@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 131d, last: 6d18h
▶ ▼ Similar bugs (20)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
linux-5.15 INFO: task hung in linkwatch_event (2) 1 1 355d 355d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/05/19 15:08
linux-6.1 INFO: task hung in linkwatch_event (5) 1 syz 5 26d 97d 0/3 upstream: reported syz repro on 2025/10/25 05:38
linux-6.1 INFO: task hung in linkwatch_event (4) 1 syz 7 231d 323d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/09/20 14:43
android-414 INFO: task hung in linkwatch_event 1 C 7 2266d 2486d 0/1 public: reported C repro on 2019/04/10 16:14
linux-6.6 INFO: task hung in linkwatch_event origin:lts-only 1 C inconclusive 11 23d 209d 0/2 upstream: reported C repro on 2025/07/04 13:16
linux-4.14 INFO: task hung in linkwatch_event (2) 1 1 1287d 1287d 0/1 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2022/11/19 11:58
android-44 INFO: task hung in linkwatch_event 1 6 2702d 2848d 0/2 auto-closed as invalid on 2019/03/05 13:11
linux-5.15 INFO: task hung in linkwatch_event 1 84 454d 749d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/01/11 00:55
upstream INFO: task hung in linkwatch_event (4) net 1 C done 3463 15h39m 552d 0/29 upstream: reported C repro on 2024/07/27 06:21
upstream INFO: task hung in linkwatch_event net 1 C 82 2295d 2906d 0/29 closed as dup on 2018/02/14 15:33
linux-4.14 INFO: task hung in linkwatch_event 1 5 1971d 2097d 0/1 auto-closed as invalid on 2021/01/05 01:42
linux-4.19 INFO: task hung in linkwatch_event (2) 1 C error 217 1062d 2150d 0/1 upstream: reported C repro on 2020/03/11 20:12
upstream INFO: task hung in linkwatch_event (2) net 1 C done done 1033 1376d 2101d 20/29 fixed on 2022/05/13 11:13
linux-4.19 INFO: task hung in linkwatch_event 1 3 2304d 2417d 0/1 auto-closed as invalid on 2020/02/07 01:11
upstream INFO: task hung in linkwatch_event (3) net 1 1634 569d 1164d 26/29 fixed on 2024/07/09 19:14
linux-4.14 INFO: task hung in linkwatch_event (3) 1 2 1122d 1122d 0/1 upstream: reported on 2023/01/03 10:49
android-49 INFO: task hung in linkwatch_event 1 13 2466d 2482d 0/3 auto-closed as invalid on 2019/10/25 08:50
linux-6.1 INFO: task hung in linkwatch_event (2) 1 32 505d 619d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/11/21 00:32
linux-6.1 INFO: task hung in linkwatch_event 1 2 908d 1023d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/11/14 00:59
linux-6.1 INFO: task hung in linkwatch_event (3) 1 1 430d 430d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/03/05 15:51

Sample crash report:
INFO: task kworker/u4:5:1593 blocked for more than 143 seconds.
      Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:kworker/u4:5    state:D stack:19824 pid: 1593 ppid:     2 flags:0x00004000
Workqueue: events_unbound linkwatch_event
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5049 [inline]
 __schedule+0x11ef/0x43c0 kernel/sched/core.c:6395
 schedule+0x11b/0x1e0 kernel/sched/core.c:6478
 schedule_preempt_disabled+0xf/0x20 kernel/sched/core.c:6537
 __mutex_lock_common+0xcfc/0x2400 kernel/locking/mutex.c:669
 __mutex_lock kernel/locking/mutex.c:729 [inline]
 mutex_lock_nested+0x17/0x20 kernel/locking/mutex.c:743
 linkwatch_event+0xa/0x50 net/core/link_watch.c:251
 process_one_work+0x85f/0x1010 kernel/workqueue.c:2310
 worker_thread+0xaa6/0x1290 kernel/workqueue.c:2457
 kthread+0x436/0x520 kernel/kthread.c:334
 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:287
 </TASK>
INFO: task kworker/0:4:4244 blocked for more than 143 seconds.
      Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:kworker/0:4     state:D stack:24400 pid: 4244 ppid:     2 flags:0x00004000
Workqueue: ipv6_addrconf addrconf_dad_work
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5049 [inline]
 __schedule+0x11ef/0x43c0 kernel/sched/core.c:6395
 schedule+0x11b/0x1e0 kernel/sched/core.c:6478
 schedule_preempt_disabled+0xf/0x20 kernel/sched/core.c:6537
 __mutex_lock_common+0xcfc/0x2400 kernel/locking/mutex.c:669
 __mutex_lock kernel/locking/mutex.c:729 [inline]
 mutex_lock_nested+0x17/0x20 kernel/locking/mutex.c:743
 addrconf_dad_work+0xca/0x1540 net/ipv6/addrconf.c:4110
 process_one_work+0x85f/0x1010 kernel/workqueue.c:2310
 worker_thread+0xaa6/0x1290 kernel/workqueue.c:2457
 kthread+0x436/0x520 kernel/kthread.c:334
 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:287
 </TASK>
INFO: task kworker/1:10:5512 blocked for more than 143 seconds.
      Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:kworker/1:10    state:D stack:23216 pid: 5512 ppid:     2 flags:0x00004000
Workqueue: ipv6_addrconf addrconf_dad_work
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5049 [inline]
 __schedule+0x11ef/0x43c0 kernel/sched/core.c:6395
 schedule+0x11b/0x1e0 kernel/sched/core.c:6478
 schedule_preempt_disabled+0xf/0x20 kernel/sched/core.c:6537
 __mutex_lock_common+0xcfc/0x2400 kernel/locking/mutex.c:669
 __mutex_lock kernel/locking/mutex.c:729 [inline]
 mutex_lock_nested+0x17/0x20 kernel/locking/mutex.c:743
 addrconf_dad_work+0xca/0x1540 net/ipv6/addrconf.c:4110
 process_one_work+0x85f/0x1010 kernel/workqueue.c:2310
 worker_thread+0xaa6/0x1290 kernel/workqueue.c:2457
 kthread+0x436/0x520 kernel/kthread.c:334
 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:287
 </TASK>
INFO: task kworker/0:19:7299 blocked for more than 144 seconds.
      Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:kworker/0:19    state:D stack:25272 pid: 7299 ppid:     2 flags:0x00004000
Workqueue: events switchdev_deferred_process_work
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5049 [inline]
 __schedule+0x11ef/0x43c0 kernel/sched/core.c:6395
 schedule+0x11b/0x1e0 kernel/sched/core.c:6478
 schedule_preempt_disabled+0xf/0x20 kernel/sched/core.c:6537
 __mutex_lock_common+0xcfc/0x2400 kernel/locking/mutex.c:669
 __mutex_lock kernel/locking/mutex.c:729 [inline]
 mutex_lock_nested+0x17/0x20 kernel/locking/mutex.c:743
 switchdev_deferred_process_work+0xa/0x20 net/switchdev/switchdev.c:74
 process_one_work+0x85f/0x1010 kernel/workqueue.c:2310
 worker_thread+0xaa6/0x1290 kernel/workqueue.c:2457
 kthread+0x436/0x520 kernel/kthread.c:334
 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:287
 </TASK>
INFO: task syz-executor:9710 blocked for more than 144 seconds.
      Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:syz-executor    state:D stack:22000 pid: 9710 ppid:     1 flags:0x00004004
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5049 [inline]
 __schedule+0x11ef/0x43c0 kernel/sched/core.c:6395
 schedule+0x11b/0x1e0 kernel/sched/core.c:6478
 schedule_preempt_disabled+0xf/0x20 kernel/sched/core.c:6537
 __mutex_lock_common+0xcfc/0x2400 kernel/locking/mutex.c:669
 __mutex_lock kernel/locking/mutex.c:729 [inline]
 mutex_lock_nested+0x17/0x20 kernel/locking/mutex.c:743
 rtnl_lock net/core/rtnetlink.c:72 [inline]
 rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x7ee/0xf30 net/core/rtnetlink.c:5681
 netlink_rcv_skb+0x1f5/0x440 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2507
 netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1318 [inline]
 netlink_unicast+0x774/0x920 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1344
 netlink_sendmsg+0x8ba/0xbe0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1918
 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:706 [inline]
 __sock_sendmsg net/socket.c:718 [inline]
 __sys_sendto+0x46d/0x620 net/socket.c:2072
 __do_sys_sendto net/socket.c:2084 [inline]
 __se_sys_sendto net/socket.c:2080 [inline]
 __x64_sys_sendto+0xda/0xf0 net/socket.c:2080
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x4c/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x66/0xd0
RIP: 0033:0x7f895102d58e
RSP: 002b:00007ffe770b73e8 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000002c
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 000055557d8d2500 RCX: 00007f895102d58e
RDX: 000000000000002c RSI: 00007f8951e16670 RDI: 0000000000000003
RBP: 0000000000000001 R08: 00007ffe770b7464 R09: 000000000000000c
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000003
R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 00007f8951e16670 R15: 0000000000000000
 </TASK>
INFO: task syz.1.12208:9921 blocked for more than 144 seconds.
      Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:syz.1.12208     state:D stack:25136 pid: 9921 ppid:  3256 flags:0x00004004
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5049 [inline]
 __schedule+0x11ef/0x43c0 kernel/sched/core.c:6395
 schedule+0x11b/0x1e0 kernel/sched/core.c:6478
 schedule_preempt_disabled+0xf/0x20 kernel/sched/core.c:6537
 __mutex_lock_common+0xcfc/0x2400 kernel/locking/mutex.c:669
 __mutex_lock kernel/locking/mutex.c:729 [inline]
 mutex_lock_nested+0x17/0x20 kernel/locking/mutex.c:743
 bpf_xdp_link_attach+0xd2/0x480 net/core/dev.c:9763
 link_create+0x50e/0x690 kernel/bpf/syscall.c:4328
 __sys_bpf+0x645/0x6f0 kernel/bpf/syscall.c:4727
 __do_sys_bpf kernel/bpf/syscall.c:4761 [inline]
 __se_sys_bpf kernel/bpf/syscall.c:4759 [inline]
 __x64_sys_bpf+0x78/0x90 kernel/bpf/syscall.c:4759
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x4c/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x66/0xd0
RIP: 0033:0x7f90c95becb9
RSP: 002b:00007f90c781a028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000141
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f90c9839fa0 RCX: 00007f90c95becb9
RDX: 0000000000000040 RSI: 0000200000000240 RDI: 000000000000001c
RBP: 00007f90c962cbf7 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f90c983a038 R14: 00007f90c9839fa0 R15: 00007ffed4f5cb78
 </TASK>
INFO: task syz.1.12208:9922 blocked for more than 144 seconds.
      Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:syz.1.12208     state:D stack:25904 pid: 9922 ppid:  3256 flags:0x00004004
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5049 [inline]
 __schedule+0x11ef/0x43c0 kernel/sched/core.c:6395
 schedule+0x11b/0x1e0 kernel/sched/core.c:6478
 schedule_preempt_disabled+0xf/0x20 kernel/sched/core.c:6537
 __mutex_lock_common+0xcfc/0x2400 kernel/locking/mutex.c:669
 __mutex_lock kernel/locking/mutex.c:729 [inline]
 mutex_lock_nested+0x17/0x20 kernel/locking/mutex.c:743
 netlink_dump+0xec/0xcf0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2226
 netlink_recvmsg+0x672/0xe20 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2001
 ____sys_recvmsg+0x2cd/0x5e0 net/socket.c:-1
 ___sys_recvmsg+0x21a/0x5c0 net/socket.c:2706
 __sys_recvmsg net/socket.c:2736 [inline]
 __do_sys_recvmsg net/socket.c:2746 [inline]
 __se_sys_recvmsg net/socket.c:2743 [inline]
 __x64_sys_recvmsg+0x1f9/0x2c0 net/socket.c:2743
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x4c/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x66/0xd0
RIP: 0033:0x7f90c95becb9
RSP: 002b:00007f90c77f9028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000002f
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f90c983a090 RCX: 00007f90c95becb9
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000200000000780 RDI: 0000000000000003
RBP: 00007f90c962cbf7 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f90c983a128 R14: 00007f90c983a090 R15: 00007ffed4f5cb78
 </TASK>
INFO: task syz.2.12211:9929 blocked for more than 145 seconds.
      Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:syz.2.12211     state:D stack:26480 pid: 9929 ppid: 32576 flags:0x00004004
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5049 [inline]
 __schedule+0x11ef/0x43c0 kernel/sched/core.c:6395
 schedule+0x11b/0x1e0 kernel/sched/core.c:6478
 schedule_preempt_disabled+0xf/0x20 kernel/sched/core.c:6537
 __mutex_lock_common+0xcfc/0x2400 kernel/locking/mutex.c:669
 __mutex_lock kernel/locking/mutex.c:729 [inline]
 mutex_lock_nested+0x17/0x20 kernel/locking/mutex.c:743
 ppp_create_interface drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c:3359 [inline]
 ppp_unattached_ioctl drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c:1069 [inline]
 ppp_ioctl+0x689/0x1a80 drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c:742
 vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline]
 __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:874 [inline]
 __se_sys_ioctl+0xfa/0x170 fs/ioctl.c:860
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x4c/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x66/0xd0
RIP: 0033:0x7f32346bfcb9
RSP: 002b:00007f323291b028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000010
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f323493afa0 RCX: 00007f32346bfcb9
RDX: 000000110c230000 RSI: 00000000c004743e RDI: 0000000000000006
RBP: 00007f323472dbf7 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f323493b038 R14: 00007f323493afa0 R15: 00007ffd6f4d8d88
 </TASK>
INFO: task syz.2.12211:9932 blocked for more than 145 seconds.
      Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:syz.2.12211     state:D stack:29072 pid: 9932 ppid: 32576 flags:0x00004004
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5049 [inline]
 __schedule+0x11ef/0x43c0 kernel/sched/core.c:6395
 schedule+0x11b/0x1e0 kernel/sched/core.c:6478
 schedule_preempt_disabled+0xf/0x20 kernel/sched/core.c:6537
 __mutex_lock_common+0xcfc/0x2400 kernel/locking/mutex.c:669
 __mutex_lock kernel/locking/mutex.c:729 [inline]
 mutex_lock_nested+0x17/0x20 kernel/locking/mutex.c:743
 ppp_ioctl+0xdc/0x1a80 drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c:738
 vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline]
 __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:874 [inline]
 __se_sys_ioctl+0xfa/0x170 fs/ioctl.c:860
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x4c/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x66/0xd0
RIP: 0033:0x7f32346bfcb9
RSP: 002b:00007f32328fa028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000010
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f323493b090 RCX: 00007f32346bfcb9
RDX: 00f0ff1f00000000 RSI: 000000004004743c RDI: 0000000000000006
RBP: 00007f323472dbf7 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f323493b128 R14: 00007f323493b090 R15: 00007ffd6f4d8d88
 </TASK>
INFO: task syz.4.12215:9941 blocked for more than 145 seconds.
      Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:syz.4.12215     state:D stack:26160 pid: 9941 ppid:  9432 flags:0x00004004
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5049 [inline]
 __schedule+0x11ef/0x43c0 kernel/sched/core.c:6395
 schedule+0x11b/0x1e0 kernel/sched/core.c:6478
 schedule_preempt_disabled+0xf/0x20 kernel/sched/core.c:6537
 __mutex_lock_common+0xcfc/0x2400 kernel/locking/mutex.c:669
 __mutex_lock kernel/locking/mutex.c:729 [inline]
 mutex_lock_nested+0x17/0x20 kernel/locking/mutex.c:743
 rtnl_lock net/core/rtnetlink.c:72 [inline]
 rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x7ee/0xf30 net/core/rtnetlink.c:5681
 netlink_rcv_skb+0x1f5/0x440 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2507
 netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1318 [inline]
 netlink_unicast+0x774/0x920 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1344
 netlink_sendmsg+0x8ba/0xbe0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1918
 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:706 [inline]
 __sock_sendmsg net/socket.c:718 [inline]
 ____sys_sendmsg+0x5b7/0x8f0 net/socket.c:2445
 ___sys_sendmsg+0x236/0x2e0 net/socket.c:2499
 __sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2528 [inline]
 __do_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2537 [inline]
 __se_sys_sendmsg+0x1af/0x290 net/socket.c:2535
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x4c/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x66/0xd0
RIP: 0033:0x7f92b6839cb9
RSP: 002b:00007f92b4a95028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000002e
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f92b6ab4fa0 RCX: 00007f92b6839cb9
RDX: 00000000000000d0 RSI: 00002000000000c0 RDI: 0000000000000006
RBP: 00007f92b68a7bf7 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f92b6ab5038 R14: 00007f92b6ab4fa0 R15: 00007ffd49fb3e48
 </TASK>

Showing all locks held in the system:
1 lock held by khungtaskd/27:
 #0: ffffffff8c31eaa0 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: rcu_lock_acquire+0x0/0x30
4 locks held by kworker/u4:1/144:
 #0: ffff888016dcd938 ((wq_completion)netns){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x761/0x1010 kernel/workqueue.c:-1
 #1: ffffc900011ffd00 (net_cleanup_work){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x79f/0x1010 kernel/workqueue.c:2285
 #2: ffffffff8d4308d0 (pernet_ops_rwsem){++++}-{3:3}, at: cleanup_net+0x148/0xba0 net/core/net_namespace.c:589
 #3: ffffffff8d43c548 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnl_lock_unregistering net/core/dev.c:11620 [inline]
 #3: ffffffff8d43c548 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: default_device_exit_batch+0x165/0x3c0 net/core/dev.c:11658
3 locks held by kworker/u4:5/1593:
 #0: ffff888016c79138 ((wq_completion)events_unbound){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x761/0x1010 kernel/workqueue.c:-1
 #1: ffffc90006837d00 ((linkwatch_work).work){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x79f/0x1010 kernel/workqueue.c:2285
 #2: ffffffff8d43c548 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: linkwatch_event+0xa/0x50 net/core/link_watch.c:251
2 locks held by getty/3953:
 #0: ffff88807f4e3098 (&tty->ldisc_sem){++++}-{0:0}, at: tty_ldisc_ref_wait+0x21/0x70 drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c:252
 #1: ffffc90002cf62e8 (&ldata->atomic_read_lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: n_tty_read+0x5df/0x1a70 drivers/tty/n_tty.c:2158
3 locks held by kworker/0:4/4244:
 #0: ffff88802b5b5138 ((wq_completion)ipv6_addrconf){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x761/0x1010 kernel/workqueue.c:-1
 #1: ffffc900049efd00 ((work_completion)(&(&ifa->dad_work)->work)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x79f/0x1010 kernel/workqueue.c:2285
 #2: ffffffff8d43c548 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: addrconf_dad_work+0xca/0x1540 net/ipv6/addrconf.c:4110
3 locks held by kworker/1:7/4260:
 #0: ffff888016c71938 ((wq_completion)events_power_efficient){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x761/0x1010 kernel/workqueue.c:-1
 #1: ffffc90004aefd00 ((reg_check_chans).work){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x79f/0x1010 kernel/workqueue.c:2285
 #2: ffffffff8d43c548 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: reg_check_chans_work+0x82/0xa80 net/wireless/reg.c:2437
2 locks held by kworker/u4:6/5365:
3 locks held by kworker/1:10/5512:
 #0: ffff88802b5b5138 ((wq_completion)ipv6_addrconf){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x761/0x1010 kernel/workqueue.c:-1
 #1: ffffc9000303fd00 ((work_completion)(&(&ifa->dad_work)->work)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x79f/0x1010 kernel/workqueue.c:2285
 #2: ffffffff8d43c548 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: addrconf_dad_work+0xca/0x1540 net/ipv6/addrconf.c:4110
3 locks held by kworker/0:19/7299:
 #0: ffff888016c70938 ((wq_completion)events){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x761/0x1010 kernel/workqueue.c:-1
 #1: ffffc9000333fd00 (deferred_process_work){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x79f/0x1010 kernel/workqueue.c:2285
 #2: ffffffff8d43c548 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: switchdev_deferred_process_work+0xa/0x20 net/switchdev/switchdev.c:74
1 lock held by syz-executor/9710:
 #0: ffffffff8d43c548 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnl_lock net/core/rtnetlink.c:72 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8d43c548 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x7ee/0xf30 net/core/rtnetlink.c:5681
1 lock held by syz.1.12208/9921:
 #0: ffffffff8d43c548 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: bpf_xdp_link_attach+0xd2/0x480 net/core/dev.c:9763
1 lock held by syz.1.12208/9922:
 #0: ffffffff8d43c548 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: netlink_dump+0xec/0xcf0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2226
2 locks held by syz.2.12211/9929:
 #0: ffffffff8cccf3c8 (ppp_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: ppp_ioctl+0xdc/0x1a80 drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c:738
 #1: ffffffff8d43c548 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: ppp_create_interface drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c:3359 [inline]
 #1: ffffffff8d43c548 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: ppp_unattached_ioctl drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c:1069 [inline]
 #1: ffffffff8d43c548 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: ppp_ioctl+0x689/0x1a80 drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c:742
1 lock held by syz.2.12211/9932:
 #0: ffffffff8cccf3c8 (ppp_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: ppp_ioctl+0xdc/0x1a80 drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c:738
1 lock held by syz.4.12215/9941:
 #0: ffffffff8d43c548 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnl_lock net/core/rtnetlink.c:72 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8d43c548 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x7ee/0xf30 net/core/rtnetlink.c:5681
3 locks held by syz.3.12220/9956:
 #0: ffffffff8d498f10 (cb_lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: genl_rcv+0x15/0x40 net/netlink/genetlink.c:802
 #1: ffffffff8d498d68 (genl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: genl_lock net/netlink/genetlink.c:33 [inline]
 #1: ffffffff8d498d68 (genl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: genl_rcv_msg+0x161/0xf90 net/netlink/genetlink.c:790
 #2: ffffffff8d43c548 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: wiphy_new_nm+0x6f5/0x1770 net/wireless/core.c:464
1 lock held by syz-executor/9958:
 #0: ffffffff8d43c548 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnl_lock net/core/rtnetlink.c:72 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8d43c548 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x7ee/0xf30 net/core/rtnetlink.c:5681
1 lock held by syz-executor/9963:
 #0: ffffffff8d43c548 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnl_lock net/core/rtnetlink.c:72 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8d43c548 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x7ee/0xf30 net/core/rtnetlink.c:5681
1 lock held by syz-executor/9966:
 #0: ffffffff8d43c548 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnl_lock net/core/rtnetlink.c:72 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8d43c548 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x7ee/0xf30 net/core/rtnetlink.c:5681
1 lock held by syz-executor/9975:
 #0: ffffffff8d43c548 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnl_lock net/core/rtnetlink.c:72 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8d43c548 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x7ee/0xf30 net/core/rtnetlink.c:5681
1 lock held by syz-executor/9987:
 #0: ffffffff8d43c548 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnl_lock net/core/rtnetlink.c:72 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8d43c548 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x7ee/0xf30 net/core/rtnetlink.c:5681
1 lock held by syz-executor/9991:
 #0: ffffffff8d43c548 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnl_lock net/core/rtnetlink.c:72 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8d43c548 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x7ee/0xf30 net/core/rtnetlink.c:5681
1 lock held by syz-executor/9996:
 #0: ffffffff8d43c548 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnl_lock net/core/rtnetlink.c:72 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8d43c548 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x7ee/0xf30 net/core/rtnetlink.c:5681
1 lock held by syz-executor/9999:
 #0: ffffffff8d43c548 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnl_lock net/core/rtnetlink.c:72 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8d43c548 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x7ee/0xf30 net/core/rtnetlink.c:5681
1 lock held by syz-executor/10003:
 #0: ffffffff8d43c548 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnl_lock net/core/rtnetlink.c:72 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8d43c548 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x7ee/0xf30 net/core/rtnetlink.c:5681
1 lock held by syz-executor/10016:
 #0: ffffffff8d43c548 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnl_lock net/core/rtnetlink.c:72 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8d43c548 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x7ee/0xf30 net/core/rtnetlink.c:5681
1 lock held by syz-executor/10025:
 #0: ffffffff8d43c548 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnl_lock net/core/rtnetlink.c:72 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8d43c548 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x7ee/0xf30 net/core/rtnetlink.c:5681
1 lock held by syz-executor/10030:
 #0: ffffffff8d43c548 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnl_lock net/core/rtnetlink.c:72 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8d43c548 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x7ee/0xf30 net/core/rtnetlink.c:5681
1 lock held by syz-executor/10033:
 #0: ffffffff8d43c548 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnl_lock net/core/rtnetlink.c:72 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8d43c548 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x7ee/0xf30 net/core/rtnetlink.c:5681
1 lock held by syz-executor/10036:
 #0: ffffffff8d43c548 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnl_lock net/core/rtnetlink.c:72 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8d43c548 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x7ee/0xf30 net/core/rtnetlink.c:5681

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NMI backtrace for cpu 1
CPU: 1 PID: 27 Comm: khungtaskd Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 10/25/2025
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 dump_stack_lvl+0x188/0x250 lib/dump_stack.c:106
 nmi_cpu_backtrace+0x3a2/0x3d0 lib/nmi_backtrace.c:111
 nmi_trigger_cpumask_backtrace+0x163/0x280 lib/nmi_backtrace.c:62
 trigger_all_cpu_backtrace include/linux/nmi.h:148 [inline]
 check_hung_uninterruptible_tasks kernel/hung_task.c:212 [inline]
 watchdog+0xe0f/0xe50 kernel/hung_task.c:369
 kthread+0x436/0x520 kernel/kthread.c:334
 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:287
 </TASK>
Sending NMI from CPU 1 to CPUs 0:
NMI backtrace for cpu 0
CPU: 0 PID: 31780 Comm: kworker/u4:0 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 10/25/2025
Workqueue: bat_events batadv_nc_worker
RIP: 0010:__lock_acquire+0x1067/0x7d10 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5007
Code: dc 41 c1 c4 04 41 31 d4 48 c7 c0 48 0c 8a 8d 48 c1 e8 03 42 0f b6 04 00 84 c0 0f 85 28 5b 00 00 41 01 de 83 3d 81 f4 2c 0c 00 <4c> 8b 7c 24 18 0f 85 f9 02 00 00 48 83 7c 24 70 00 0f 84 34 02 00
RSP: 0018:ffffc90002eaf820 EFLAGS: 00000046
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 00000000d8c425e1 RCX: 00000000ac5dd08d
RDX: 00000000ada4f7b7 RSI: 0000000043d764b6 RDI: ffffffff901d10c0
RBP: ffffc90002eafa70 R08: dffffc0000000000 R09: 1ffffffff203a218
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffffbfff203a219 R12: 0000000021e6a9aa
R13: ffff88802a981dc0 R14: 000000009ddad20c R15: 00000000ae61a758
FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8880b9000000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007ffcc8eb7fec CR3: 000000001e358000 CR4: 00000000003506f0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000200000000300 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000ffff0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000600
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 lock_acquire+0x19e/0x400 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5623
 rcu_lock_acquire+0x2a/0x30 include/linux/rcupdate.h:313
 rcu_read_lock include/linux/rcupdate.h:740 [inline]
 batadv_nc_purge_orig_hash net/batman-adv/network-coding.c:412 [inline]
 batadv_nc_worker+0xc9/0x5c0 net/batman-adv/network-coding.c:723
 process_one_work+0x85f/0x1010 kernel/workqueue.c:2310
 worker_thread+0xaa6/0x1290 kernel/workqueue.c:2457
 kthread+0x436/0x520 kernel/kthread.c:334
 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:287
 </TASK>

Crashes (5):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/01/23 13:24 linux-5.15.y 9eec9a14ee10 e2b1b6e6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf INFO: task hung in linkwatch_event
2025/12/29 18:30 linux-5.15.y 68efe5a6c16a d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf INFO: task hung in linkwatch_event
2025/11/06 21:27 linux-5.15.y cc5ec8769306 4e1406b4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf INFO: task hung in linkwatch_event
2025/10/13 19:56 linux-5.15.y 29e53a5b1c4f b6605ba8 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in linkwatch_event
2025/09/20 20:03 linux-5.15.y 43bb85222e53 67c37560 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf INFO: task hung in linkwatch_event
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.