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INFO: task hung in blkdev_put

Status: upstream: reported C repro on 2025/07/23 11:17
Bug presence: origin:upstream
Labels: missing-backport
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Reported-by: syzbot+810a82ba4601be510bde@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 354d, last: 21d
Fix bisection: failed (error log, bisect log)
  
Bug presence (3)
Date Name Commit Repro Result
2025/09/16 linux-6.6.y (ToT) 60a9e718726f C [report] INFO: task hung in blkdev_put
2025/07/26 upstream (ToT) 302f88ff3584 C [report] INFO: task hung in bdev_release
2025/09/16 upstream (ToT) 46a51f4f5eda C Didn't crash
Similar bugs (15)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
upstream INFO: task hung in blkdev_put (3) fs 1 1 2268d 2268d 0/29 auto-closed as invalid on 2020/06/25 13:28
android-49 INFO: task hung in blkdev_put (2) 1 3 2431d 2450d 0/3 auto-closed as invalid on 2020/03/14 12:22
linux-4.19 INFO: task hung in blkdev_put 1 C error 31 1415d 2180d 0/1 upstream: reported C repro on 2020/07/23 21:33
upstream INFO: task hung in blkdev_put udf 1 320 2710d 3136d 0/29 closed as dup on 2018/11/11 08:29
linux-4.14 INFO: task hung in blkdev_put 1 2 2494d 2643d 0/1 auto-closed as invalid on 2020/01/12 01:56
linux-5.15 INFO: task hung in blkdev_put origin:upstream 1 C error 5 744d 1116d 0/3 upstream: reported C repro on 2023/06/23 01:15
linux-4.14 INFO: task hung in blkdev_put (3) 1 C error 16 1364d 2142d 0/1 upstream: reported C repro on 2020/08/30 21:52
upstream INFO: task hung in blkdev_put (4) block 1 C done error 486 852d 2108d 0/29 upstream: reported C repro on 2020/10/03 13:09
android-49 INFO: task hung in blkdev_put 1 220 2629d 2646d 0/3 auto-closed as invalid on 2019/10/25 08:47
linux-4.14 INFO: task hung in blkdev_put (2) 1 2 2297d 2335d 0/1 auto-closed as invalid on 2020/07/26 14:38
android-414 INFO: task hung in blkdev_put 1 119 2415d 2648d 0/1 auto-closed as invalid on 2020/03/30 04:06
android-44 INFO: task hung in blkdev_put 1 26 2716d 2646d 0/2 auto-closed as invalid on 2019/08/03 02:42
android-44 INFO: task hung in blkdev_put (2) 1 3 2427d 2504d 0/2 auto-closed as invalid on 2020/03/18 19:27
linux-6.1 INFO: task hung in blkdev_put origin:upstream 1 C error 236 21d 1174d 0/3 upstream: reported C repro on 2023/04/25 09:01
upstream INFO: task hung in blkdev_put (2) fs 1 2 2422d 2468d 0/29 auto-closed as invalid on 2020/02/22 04:07
Fix bisection attempts (5)
Created Duration User Patch Repo Result
2026/01/22 11:25 0m bisect fix linux-6.6.y error job log
2025/12/21 12:12 2h50m bisect fix linux-6.6.y OK (0) job log log
2025/11/17 20:17 2h01m bisect fix linux-6.6.y OK (0) job log log
2025/10/12 18:04 2h06m fix candidate upstream OK (0) job log log
2025/08/30 02:15 1h59m bisect fix linux-6.6.y OK (0) job log log

Sample crash report:
INFO: task syz.0.43:6012 blocked for more than 143 seconds.
      Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:syz.0.43        state:D stack:28136 pid:6012  ppid:5905   flags:0x00004006
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5381 [inline]
 __schedule+0x15ae/0x4660 kernel/sched/core.c:6700
 schedule+0xbd/0x170 kernel/sched/core.c:6774
 schedule_preempt_disabled+0x13/0x20 kernel/sched/core.c:6833
 __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:679 [inline]
 __mutex_lock+0x673/0xc80 kernel/locking/mutex.c:747
 blkdev_put+0x100/0x7a0 block/bdev.c:944
 blkdev_release+0x84/0x90 block/fops.c:604
 __fput+0x221/0x930 fs/file_table.c:384
 task_work_run+0x1d4/0x260 kernel/task_work.c:245
 get_signal+0x11da/0x1390 kernel/signal.c:2679
 arch_do_signal_or_restart+0xc2/0x7b0 arch/x86/kernel/signal.c:310
 exit_to_user_mode_loop+0x70/0x110 kernel/entry/common.c:174
 exit_to_user_mode_prepare+0xee/0x180 kernel/entry/common.c:210
 __syscall_exit_to_user_mode_work kernel/entry/common.c:291 [inline]
 syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x1a/0x50 kernel/entry/common.c:302
 do_syscall_64+0x61/0xb0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:82
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2
RIP: 0033:0x7f74b8f9ce59
RSP: 002b:00007f74b85fe028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000010
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 00007f74b9216090 RCX: 00007f74b8f9ce59
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 000000000000ab03 RDI: 0000000000000003
RBP: 00007f74b9032e6f R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f74b9216128 R14: 00007f74b9216090 R15: 00007fff5c02fff8
 </TASK>

Showing all locks held in the system:
1 lock held by khungtaskd/29:
 #0: ffffffff8d131da0 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: rcu_lock_acquire include/linux/rcupdate.h:334 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8d131da0 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: rcu_read_lock include/linux/rcupdate.h:786 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8d131da0 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: debug_show_all_locks+0x55/0x290 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:6633
2 locks held by getty/5531:
 #0: ffff888030be20a0 (&tty->ldisc_sem){++++}-{0:0}, at: tty_ldisc_ref_wait+0x25/0x70 drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c:243
 #1: ffffc9000327b2f0 (&ldata->atomic_read_lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: n_tty_read+0x428/0x1370 drivers/tty/n_tty.c:2217
1 lock held by udevd/5914:
 #0: ffff888141b994c8 (&disk->open_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: blkdev_get_by_dev+0x11b/0x610 block/bdev.c:805
1 lock held by udevd/5915:
 #0: ffff888021cf34c8 (&disk->open_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: blkdev_get_by_dev+0x11b/0x610 block/bdev.c:805
1 lock held by udevd/5916:
 #0: ffff888021d434c8 (&disk->open_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: blkdev_get_by_dev+0x11b/0x610 block/bdev.c:805
1 lock held by udevd/5917:
 #0: ffff888021e304c8 (&disk->open_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: blkdev_get_by_dev+0x11b/0x610 block/bdev.c:805
1 lock held by syz.0.43/6012:
 #0: ffff888141b994c8 (&disk->open_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: blkdev_put+0x100/0x7a0 block/bdev.c:944
1 lock held by syz.1.55/6050:
 #0: ffff888021cf34c8 (&disk->open_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: blkdev_put+0x100/0x7a0 block/bdev.c:944
1 lock held by syz.2.72/6101:
 #0: ffff888021d434c8 (&disk->open_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: blkdev_put+0x100/0x7a0 block/bdev.c:944
1 lock held by syz.3.130/6245:
 #0: ffff888021e304c8 (&disk->open_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: blkdev_put+0x100/0x7a0 block/bdev.c:944
1 lock held by syz.4.142/6291:
 #0: ffff888021d57198 (&nbd->config_lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: nbd_ioctl+0x134/0xf10 drivers/block/nbd.c:1563
1 lock held by syz.4.142/6292:
 #0: ffff888021d57198 (&nbd->config_lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: nbd_ioctl+0x134/0xf10 drivers/block/nbd.c:1563

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NMI backtrace for cpu 0
CPU: 0 PID: 29 Comm: khungtaskd Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 05/09/2026
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 dump_stack_lvl+0x18c/0x250 lib/dump_stack.c:106
 nmi_cpu_backtrace+0x3a6/0x3e0 lib/nmi_backtrace.c:113
 nmi_trigger_cpumask_backtrace+0x17a/0x2f0 lib/nmi_backtrace.c:62
 trigger_all_cpu_backtrace include/linux/nmi.h:160 [inline]
 check_hung_uninterruptible_tasks kernel/hung_task.c:222 [inline]
 watchdog+0xf59/0xfa0 kernel/hung_task.c:379
 kthread+0x2fa/0x390 kernel/kthread.c:388
 ret_from_fork+0x48/0x80 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:152
 ret_from_fork_asm+0x11/0x20 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:293
 </TASK>
Sending NMI from CPU 0 to CPUs 1:
NMI backtrace for cpu 1
CPU: 1 PID: 59 Comm: kworker/u4:4 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 05/09/2026
Workqueue: bat_events batadv_nc_worker
RIP: 0010:__lock_acquire+0xe4a/0x7d80 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5120
Code: 00 00 84 c9 0f 84 60 0a 00 00 48 89 d8 48 c1 e8 03 42 80 3c 00 00 74 12 48 89 df e8 10 44 77 00 49 b8 00 00 00 00 00 fc ff df <4c> 89 3b 48 8b 44 24 78 42 0f b6 04 00 84 c0 0f 85 a5 0d 00 00 48
RSP: 0018:ffffc900015a77c0 EFLAGS: 00000046
RAX: 1ffff1100365f166 RBX: ffff88801b2f8b30 RCX: ffffffff816815a2
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000008 RDI: ffffffff911bc500
RBP: ffffc900015a7a08 R08: dffffc0000000000 R09: 1ffffffff22378a0
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffffbfff22378a1 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: ffff88801b2f8000 R14: ffff88801b2f8ad0 R15: 86a5e2a755741a0c
FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8880b8f00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007f5019e9cff8 CR3: 000000000cf32000 CR4: 00000000003506e0
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 lock_acquire+0x19e/0x420 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5754
 rcu_lock_acquire include/linux/rcupdate.h:334 [inline]
 rcu_read_lock include/linux/rcupdate.h:786 [inline]
 batadv_nc_purge_orig_hash net/batman-adv/network-coding.c:408 [inline]
 batadv_nc_worker+0xef/0x600 net/batman-adv/network-coding.c:719
 process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:2653 [inline]
 process_scheduled_works+0xa60/0x1600 kernel/workqueue.c:2730
 worker_thread+0xa5e/0xfe0 kernel/workqueue.c:2811
 kthread+0x2fa/0x390 kernel/kthread.c:388
 ret_from_fork+0x48/0x80 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:152
 ret_from_fork_asm+0x11/0x20 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:293
 </TASK>

Crashes (11):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/06/21 16:46 linux-6.6.y d1cfde2d5d15 43bfcdb0 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: task hung in blkdev_put
2026/06/21 11:12 linux-6.6.y d1cfde2d5d15 43bfcdb0 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: task hung in blkdev_put
2026/02/21 23:07 linux-6.6.y 7a137e9bfa0e 6e7b5511 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: task hung in blkdev_put
2025/12/23 10:22 linux-6.6.y 5fa4793a2d2d d6526ea3 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: task hung in blkdev_put
2025/07/26 09:18 linux-6.6.y dbcb8d8e4163 fb8f743d .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: task hung in blkdev_put
2025/07/26 06:25 linux-6.6.y dbcb8d8e4163 fb8f743d .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: task hung in blkdev_put
2026/03/01 05:22 linux-6.6.y 7a137e9bfa0e 43249bac .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: task hung in blkdev_put
2026/02/27 13:54 linux-6.6.y 7a137e9bfa0e a2f13f71 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: task hung in blkdev_put
2026/02/26 18:42 linux-6.6.y 7a137e9bfa0e ffa54287 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: task hung in blkdev_put
2025/12/23 06:08 linux-6.6.y 5fa4793a2d2d d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: task hung in blkdev_put
2025/07/23 11:17 linux-6.6.y d96eb99e2f0e e1dd4f22 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: task hung in blkdev_put
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.