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INFO: task hung in addrconf_verify_work (3)

Status: upstream: reported on 2025/11/08 00:01
Reported-by: syzbot+5fc02a0081ed048688e8@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 83d, last: 24d
Similar bugs (23)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
android-49 INFO: task hung in addrconf_verify_work 1 18 2311d 2483d 0/3 auto-closed as invalid on 2020/01/31 12:44
linux-6.1 INFO: task hung in addrconf_verify_work (2) 1 46 395d 731d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/04/10 16:42
linux-4.19 INFO: task hung in addrconf_verify_work (5) 1 3 1297d 1336d 0/1 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2022/11/10 09:18
linux-4.19 INFO: task hung in addrconf_verify_work (6) 1 C error 4 1078d 1138d 0/1 upstream: reported C repro on 2022/12/19 15:22
linux-4.19 INFO: task hung in addrconf_verify_work (3) 1 1 1784d 1784d 0/1 auto-closed as invalid on 2021/07/11 07:19
linux-4.19 INFO: task hung in addrconf_verify_work (4) 1 6 1478d 1565d 0/1 auto-closed as invalid on 2022/05/13 00:19
linux-4.14 INFO: task hung in addrconf_verify_work (2) 1 C error 7 1076d 1920d 0/1 upstream: reported C repro on 2020/10/28 05:47
upstream INFO: task hung in addrconf_verify_work (2) net 1 C 22 2300d 2300d 13/29 fixed on 2019/11/04 14:50
linux-4.19 INFO: task hung in addrconf_verify_work (2) 1 2 1924d 2013d 0/1 auto-closed as invalid on 2021/02/21 08:05
linux-5.15 INFO: task hung in addrconf_verify_work missing-backport 1 C done 53 577d 619d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/10/23 03:15
android-414 INFO: task hung in addrconf_verify_work 1 C 6 2300d 2485d 0/1 public: reported C repro on 2019/04/12 00:01
upstream INFO: task hung in addrconf_verify_work (8) net 1 C error 1294 569d 774d 26/29 fixed on 2024/07/09 19:14
android-44 INFO: task hung in addrconf_verify_work 1 3 2817d 2846d 0/2 auto-closed as invalid on 2019/02/22 14:29
linux-4.19 INFO: task hung in addrconf_verify_work 1 1 2143d 2143d 0/1 auto-closed as invalid on 2020/07/16 23:17
upstream INFO: task hung in addrconf_verify_work (3) 1 C done 75 1914d 1948d 15/29 fixed on 2020/11/16 12:12
upstream INFO: task hung in addrconf_verify_work (5) net 1 C done done 68 1492d 1584d 0/29 closed as invalid on 2022/02/01 17:39
upstream INFO: task hung in addrconf_verify_work (7) netfilter 1 C error 64 792d 939d 0/29 closed as invalid on 2023/12/01 14:19
linux-6.1 INFO: task hung in addrconf_verify_work 1 2 1001d 1052d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/08/23 09:09
linux-4.14 INFO: task hung in addrconf_verify_work 1 4 2069d 2141d 0/1 auto-closed as invalid on 2020/09/29 04:19
upstream INFO: task hung in addrconf_verify_work net 1 C 2 2866d 2866d 0/29 closed as invalid on 2018/03/27 11:14
upstream INFO: task hung in addrconf_verify_work (4) 1 C done 132 1805d 1892d 20/29 fixed on 2021/04/09 19:46
upstream INFO: task hung in addrconf_verify_work (6) 1 C done 86 1074d 1311d 22/29 fixed on 2023/02/24 13:51
linux-6.6 INFO: task hung in addrconf_verify_work 1 1 41d 41d 0/2 upstream: reported on 2025/12/19 17:57

Sample crash report:
INFO: task kworker/0:4:4330 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:24968 pid:4330  ppid:2      flags:0x00004000
Workqueue: ipv6_addrconf addrconf_verify_work
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5244 [inline]
 __schedule+0x10ec/0x40b0 kernel/sched/core.c:6561
 schedule+0xb9/0x180 kernel/sched/core.c:6637
 schedule_preempt_disabled+0xf/0x20 kernel/sched/core.c:6696
 __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:679 [inline]
 __mutex_lock+0x555/0xaf0 kernel/locking/mutex.c:747
 addrconf_verify_work+0x15/0x30 net/ipv6/addrconf.c:4672
 process_one_work+0x898/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2292
 worker_thread+0xaa2/0x1250 kernel/workqueue.c:2439
 kthread+0x29d/0x330 kernel/kthread.c:376
 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:295
 </TASK>
INFO: task kworker/u4:7:4876 blocked for more than 145 seconds.
      Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:kworker/u4:7    state:D stack:23968 pid:4876  ppid:2      flags:0x00004000
Workqueue: netns cleanup_net
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5244 [inline]
 __schedule+0x10ec/0x40b0 kernel/sched/core.c:6561
 schedule+0xb9/0x180 kernel/sched/core.c:6637
 schedule_preempt_disabled+0xf/0x20 kernel/sched/core.c:6696
 __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:679 [inline]
 __mutex_lock+0x555/0xaf0 kernel/locking/mutex.c:747
 cleanup_net+0x5f8/0xb80 net/core/net_namespace.c:630
 process_one_work+0x898/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2292
 worker_thread+0xaa2/0x1250 kernel/workqueue.c:2439
 kthread+0x29d/0x330 kernel/kthread.c:376
 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:295
 </TASK>
INFO: task kworker/u4:18:7940 blocked for more than 147 seconds.
      Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:kworker/u4:18   state:D stack:25704 pid:7940  ppid:2      flags:0x00004000
Workqueue: events_unbound linkwatch_event
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5244 [inline]
 __schedule+0x10ec/0x40b0 kernel/sched/core.c:6561
 schedule+0xb9/0x180 kernel/sched/core.c:6637
 schedule_preempt_disabled+0xf/0x20 kernel/sched/core.c:6696
 __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:679 [inline]
 __mutex_lock+0x555/0xaf0 kernel/locking/mutex.c:747
 linkwatch_event+0xa/0x50 net/core/link_watch.c:263
 process_one_work+0x898/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2292
 worker_thread+0xaa2/0x1250 kernel/workqueue.c:2439
 kthread+0x29d/0x330 kernel/kthread.c:376
 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:295
 </TASK>

Showing all locks held in the system:
1 lock held by rcu_tasks_kthre/12:
 #0: ffffffff8c92bab0 (rcu_tasks.tasks_gp_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rcu_tasks_one_gp+0x33/0xf00 kernel/rcu/tasks.h:517
1 lock held by rcu_tasks_trace/13:
 #0: ffffffff8c92c2d0 (rcu_tasks_trace.tasks_gp_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rcu_tasks_one_gp+0x33/0xf00 kernel/rcu/tasks.h:517
1 lock held by khungtaskd/27:
 #0: ffffffff8c92b120 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: rcu_lock_acquire include/linux/rcupdate.h:350 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8c92b120 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: rcu_read_lock include/linux/rcupdate.h:791 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8c92b120 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: debug_show_all_locks+0x51/0x290 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:6513
2 locks held by getty/4030:
 #0: ffff88807f508098 (&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+0x41b/0x1380 drivers/tty/n_tty.c:2198
1 lock held by dhcpcd/4062:
3 locks held by kworker/1:4/4322:
 #0: ffff88802f0b4938 ((wq_completion)ipv6_addrconf){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x7a1/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2267
 #1: ffffc90004027d00 ((work_completion)(&(&net->ipv6.addr_chk_work)->work)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x7a1/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2267
 #2: ffffffff8db3b3a8 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: addrconf_verify_work+0x15/0x30 net/ipv6/addrconf.c:4672
3 locks held by kworker/0:4/4330:
 #0: ffff88802f0b4938 ((wq_completion)ipv6_addrconf){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x7a1/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2267
 #1: ffffc90003fa7d00 ((work_completion)(&(&net->ipv6.addr_chk_work)->work)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x7a1/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2267
 #2: ffffffff8db3b3a8 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: addrconf_verify_work+0x15/0x30 net/ipv6/addrconf.c:4672
2 locks held by kworker/0:6/4353:
 #0: ffff888017472138 ((wq_completion)rcu_gp){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x7a1/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2267
 #1: ffffc900045ffd00 ((work_completion)(&rew->rew_work)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x7a1/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2267
3 locks held by kworker/1:7/4379:
 #0: ffff888017470938 ((wq_completion)events){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x7a1/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2267
 #1: ffffc90003d67d00 (deferred_process_work){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x7a1/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2267
 #2: ffffffff8db3b3a8 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: switchdev_deferred_process_work+0xa/0x20 net/switchdev/switchdev.c:104
4 locks held by kworker/u4:7/4876:
 #0: ffff888017616938 ((wq_completion)netns){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x7a1/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2267
 #1: ffffc9000d8ffd00 (net_cleanup_work){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x7a1/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2267
 #2: ffffffff8db2e6d0 (pernet_ops_rwsem){++++}-{3:3}, at: cleanup_net+0x132/0xb80 net/core/net_namespace.c:594
 #3: ffffffff8db3b3a8 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: cleanup_net+0x5f8/0xb80 net/core/net_namespace.c:630
3 locks held by kworker/u4:18/7940:
 #0: ffff888017479138 ((wq_completion)events_unbound){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x7a1/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2267
 #1: ffffc90003c87d00 ((linkwatch_work).work){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x7a1/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2267
 #2: ffffffff8db3b3a8 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: linkwatch_event+0xa/0x50 net/core/link_watch.c:263
2 locks held by syz.2.1060/8275:
 #0: ffffffff8db3b3a8 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: tun_detach drivers/net/tun.c:698 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8db3b3a8 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: tun_chr_close+0x3d/0x1b0 drivers/net/tun.c:3492
 #1: ffffffff8c930df8 (rcu_state.exp_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: exp_funnel_lock kernel/rcu/tree_exp.h:291 [inline]
 #1: ffffffff8c930df8 (rcu_state.exp_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: synchronize_rcu_expedited+0x455/0x830 kernel/rcu/tree_exp.h:962

Crashes (3):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/01/06 07:07 linux-6.1.y 50cbba13faa2 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf INFO: task hung in addrconf_verify_work
2025/11/24 23:37 linux-6.1.y f6e38ae624cf bf6fe8fe .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in addrconf_verify_work
2025/11/08 00:01 linux-6.1.y f6e38ae624cf 4e1406b4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf INFO: task hung in addrconf_verify_work
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.