INFO: task hung in ath9k_hif_usb_firmware_cb (5)

Status: upstream: reported on 2026/10/18 15:27
Reported-by: syzbot+a42c4238d6a925993d6e@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 1d21h, last: 1d21h
▶ ▼ Similar bugs (8)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
linux-5.15 INFO: task hung in ath9k_hif_usb_firmware_cb (2) 1 1 730d 730d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/01/28 01:34
linux-5.15 INFO: task hung in ath9k_hif_usb_firmware_cb 1 3 1146d 1233d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/12/08 21:15
upstream INFO: task hung in ath9k_hif_usb_firmware_cb (2) wireless 1 1318 911d 1273d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/07/01 07:03
upstream INFO: task hung in ath9k_hif_usb_firmware_cb (3) prio:high wireless 1 syz error 363 14h54m 798d 0/29 upstream: reported syz repro on 2024/08/13 04:37
upstream INFO: task hung in ath9k_hif_usb_firmware_cb wireless 1 12148 1359d 2296d 0/29 closed as dup on 2022/07/03 14:29
linux-5.15 INFO: task hung in ath9k_hif_usb_firmware_cb (4) 1 2 132d 225d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2026/09/17 23:40
linux-5.15 INFO: task hung in ath9k_hif_usb_firmware_cb (3) 1 1 518d 518d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/08/27 17:18
linux-6.1 INFO: task hung in ath9k_hif_usb_firmware_cb 1 1 123d 123d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2026/09/26 17:16

Sample crash report:
INFO: task kworker/0:4:4260 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:19808 pid: 4260 ppid:     2 flags:0x00004000
Workqueue: events request_firmware_work_func
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5049 [inline]
 __schedule+0x11c3/0x4350 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+0xdf5/0x2400 kernel/locking/mutex.c:669
 __mutex_lock kernel/locking/mutex.c:729 [inline]
 mutex_lock_nested+0x17/0x20 kernel/locking/mutex.c:743
 device_lock include/linux/device.h:809 [inline]
 ath9k_hif_usb_firmware_fail drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hif_usb.c:1163 [inline]
 ath9k_hif_usb_firmware_cb+0x326/0x4b0 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hif_usb.c:1291
 request_firmware_work_func+0xe8/0x1a0 drivers/base/firmware_loader/main.c:1129
 process_one_work+0x867/0xff0 kernel/workqueue.c:2310
 worker_thread+0xad7/0x12a0 kernel/workqueue.c:2457
 kthread+0x42e/0x520 kernel/kthread.c:334
 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:287
 </TASK>

Showing all locks held in the system:
1 lock held by khungtaskd/27:
 #0: ffffffff8d11efa0 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: rcu_lock_acquire+0x0/0x30
4 locks held by udevd/4176:
 #0: ffff888018fb1418 (&p->lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: seq_read_iter+0x9d/0xc50 fs/seq_file.c:182
 #1: ffff88805f571488 (&of->mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: kernfs_seq_start+0x55/0x3c0 fs/kernfs/file.c:112
 #2: ffff888026bc8ae8 (kn->active#32){++++}-{0:0}, at: kernfs_seq_start+0x75/0x3c0 fs/kernfs/file.c:113
 #3: ffff8880797491a8 (&dev->mutex){....}-{3:3}, at: device_lock include/linux/device.h:809 [inline]
 #3: ffff8880797491a8 (&dev->mutex){....}-{3:3}, at: uevent_show+0x16c/0x320 drivers/base/core.c:2408
3 locks held by kworker/0:4/4260:
 #0: ffff888017870938 ((wq_completion)events){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x75c/0xff0 kernel/workqueue.c:-1
 #1: ffffc900034dfd00 ((work_completion)(&fw_work->work)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x79e/0xff0 kernel/workqueue.c:2285
 #2: ffff888025078220 (&dev->mutex){....}-{3:3}, at: device_lock include/linux/device.h:809 [inline]
 #2: ffff888025078220 (&dev->mutex){....}-{3:3}, at: ath9k_hif_usb_firmware_fail drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hif_usb.c:1163 [inline]
 #2: ffff888025078220 (&dev->mutex){....}-{3:3}, at: ath9k_hif_usb_firmware_cb+0x326/0x4b0 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hif_usb.c:1291
3 locks held by kworker/1:3/4263:
 #0: ffff888017870938 ((wq_completion)events){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x75c/0xff0 kernel/workqueue.c:-1
 #1: ffffc900034ffd00 (key_gc_work){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x79e/0xff0 kernel/workqueue.c:2285
 #2: ffffffff8d123a28 (rcu_state.exp_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: exp_funnel_lock kernel/rcu/tree_exp.h:290 [inline]
 #2: ffffffff8d123a28 (rcu_state.exp_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: synchronize_rcu_expedited+0x2d1/0x750 kernel/rcu/tree_exp.h:845
5 locks held by kworker/0:13/4395:
 #0: ffff88801c902938 ((wq_completion)usb_hub_wq){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x75c/0xff0 kernel/workqueue.c:-1
 #1: ffffc900032cfd00 ((work_completion)(&hub->events)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x79e/0xff0 kernel/workqueue.c:2285
 #2: ffff888025078220 (&dev->mutex){....}-{3:3}, at: device_lock include/linux/device.h:809 [inline]
 #2: ffff888025078220 (&dev->mutex){....}-{3:3}, at: hub_event+0x178/0x5260 drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5832
 #3: ffff888079748220 (&dev->mutex){....}-{3:3}, at: device_lock include/linux/device.h:809 [inline]
 #3: ffff888079748220 (&dev->mutex){....}-{3:3}, at: __device_attach+0x85/0x480 drivers/base/dd.c:974
 #4: ffff8880797491a8 (&dev->mutex){....}-{3:3}, at: device_lock include/linux/device.h:809 [inline]
 #4: ffff8880797491a8 (&dev->mutex){....}-{3:3}, at: __device_attach+0x85/0x480 drivers/base/dd.c:974
2 locks held by kworker/1:12/4634:
 #0: ffff888017872138 ((wq_completion)rcu_gp){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x75c/0xff0 kernel/workqueue.c:-1
 #1: ffffc9000326fd00 ((work_completion)(&rew.rew_work)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x79e/0xff0 kernel/workqueue.c:2285
1 lock held by syz.3.439/6305:

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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 07/24/2026
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+0xe1b/0xe60 kernel/hung_task.c:369
 kthread+0x42e/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: 4445 Comm: kworker/u4:7 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/24/2026
Workqueue: bat_events batadv_nc_worker
RIP: 0010:kasan_check_range+0x1b0/0x290 mm/kasan/generic.c:-1
Code: f3 4d 01 f3 49 89 df 49 8d 5f 07 4d 85 ff 49 0f 49 df 48 83 e3 f8 49 29 df 74 0e 41 80 3b 00 75 69 49 ff c3 49 ff cf 75 f2 5b <41> 5c 41 5e 41 5f 5d c3 45 84 ff 0f 85 91 00 00 00 41 f7 c7 00 ff
RSP: 0018:ffffc9000332f758 EFLAGS: 00000056
RAX: 0000000000000001 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: ffffffff815cfde1
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000008 RDI: ffffffff910151b0
RBP: ffffc9000332f9c8 R08: ffffffff910151b7 R09: 1ffffffff2202a36
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffffbfff2202a37 R12: dffffc0000000001
R13: ffff88801ea78004 R14: 1ffffffff2202a36 R15: 0000000000000001
FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8880b8e00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 0000200000ffa030 CR3: 0000000060935000 CR4: 00000000003506f0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 instrument_atomic_read include/linux/instrumented.h:71 [inline]
 test_bit include/asm-generic/bitops/instrumented-non-atomic.h:134 [inline]
 hlock_class kernel/locking/lockdep.c:197 [inline]
 check_wait_context kernel/locking/lockdep.c:4784 [inline]
 __lock_acquire+0xa41/0x7d40 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5070
 lock_acquire+0x19f/0x400 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5737
 __raw_spin_lock_bh include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h:135 [inline]
 _raw_spin_lock_bh+0x32/0x50 kernel/locking/spinlock.c:178
 spin_lock_bh include/linux/spinlock.h:369 [inline]
 batadv_nc_purge_paths+0xe2/0x3a0 net/batman-adv/network-coding.c:446
 batadv_nc_worker+0x2e1/0x5c0 net/batman-adv/network-coding.c:724
 process_one_work+0x867/0xff0 kernel/workqueue.c:2310
 worker_thread+0xad7/0x12a0 kernel/workqueue.c:2457
 kthread+0x42e/0x520 kernel/kthread.c:334
 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:287
 </TASK>

Crashes (1):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/10/18 15:26 linux-5.15.y 792fbe1537d8 432c0077 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in ath9k_hif_usb_firmware_cb
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.