INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access

Status: upstream: reported C repro on 2026/08/04 22:42
Bug presence: origin:upstream
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Reported-by: syzbot+f6f6839e83d0831a77a9@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 8d03h, last: 4h41m
Bug presence (1)
Date Name Commit Repro Result
2026/08/11 upstream (ToT) f5bbbfec59b4 C [report] INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access
Similar bugs (6)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
upstream INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access (3) prio:low ext4 1 syz, C error 582 19m 627d 0/29 upstream: reported C repro on 2024/11/23 20:42
linux-6.1 INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access 1 syz, C 26 4h38m 8d01h 0/3 upstream: reported C repro on 2026/08/05 00:11
upstream INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access (2) ext4 1 1 813d 813d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/08/19 05:35
upstream INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access ext4 1 1 1715d 1715d 0/29 closed as invalid on 2022/02/08 09:40
android-6-12 INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access 1 syz, C 6 1d07h 11d 0/1 premoderation: reported C repro on 2026/08/01 18:31
linux-5.15 INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access 1 syz, C 30 4h50m 8d02h 0/3 upstream: reported C repro on 2026/08/04 22:50

Sample crash report:
INFO: task syz.0.252:6170 blocked for more than 143 seconds.
      Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:syz.0.252       state:D stack:27536 pid:6170  ppid:5891   flags:0x00004004
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5382 [inline]
 __schedule+0x15ae/0x4660 kernel/sched/core.c:6701
 schedule+0xbd/0x170 kernel/sched/core.c:6775
 io_schedule+0x80/0xd0 kernel/sched/core.c:9024
 bit_wait_io+0x11/0xd0 kernel/sched/wait_bit.c:209
 __wait_on_bit+0x9f/0x2c0 kernel/sched/wait_bit.c:49
 out_of_line_wait_on_bit+0x13c/0x190 kernel/sched/wait_bit.c:64
 wait_on_bit_io include/linux/wait_bit.h:101 [inline]
 do_get_write_access+0x5c9/0xe00 fs/jbd2/transaction.c:1096
 jbd2_journal_get_write_access+0x10c/0x140 fs/jbd2/transaction.c:1231
 __ext4_journal_get_write_access+0x208/0x6d0 fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.c:241
 ext4_reserve_inode_write+0x205/0x2a0 fs/ext4/inode.c:5933
 __ext4_mark_inode_dirty+0x13f/0x6d0 fs/ext4/inode.c:6107
 ext4_dirty_inode+0xcb/0x110 fs/ext4/inode.c:6144
 __mark_inode_dirty+0x2cc/0xc90 fs/fs-writeback.c:2522
 generic_update_time fs/inode.c:1981 [inline]
 inode_update_time fs/inode.c:1994 [inline]
 __file_update_time fs/inode.c:2180 [inline]
 file_update_time+0x187/0x1a0 fs/inode.c:2210
 ext4_page_mkwrite+0x1f9/0x11a0 fs/ext4/inode.c:6262
 do_page_mkwrite+0x153/0x3f0 mm/memory.c:2951
 do_shared_fault mm/memory.c:4717 [inline]
 do_fault mm/memory.c:4779 [inline]
 do_pte_missing mm/memory.c:3689 [inline]
 handle_pte_fault mm/memory.c:5047 [inline]
 __handle_mm_fault mm/memory.c:5188 [inline]
 handle_mm_fault+0x1a2c/0x4a50 mm/memory.c:5353
 do_user_addr_fault+0x736/0x12d0 arch/x86/mm/fault.c:1371
 handle_page_fault arch/x86/mm/fault.c:1463 [inline]
 exc_page_fault+0x64/0x100 arch/x86/mm/fault.c:1516
 asm_exc_page_fault+0x26/0x30 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:608
RIP: 0033:0x7fa1c40667f1
RSP: 002b:00007ffdf00f50d0 EFLAGS: 00010202
RAX: 0000001b2ce64000 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 000000000003fde8
RDX: 0000001b2ce63fff RSI: 0000000000000008 RDI: 00007fa1c4f55720
RBP: 00007fa1c4f55720 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 00007fa1c4426038
R10: 00007fa1c4f55700 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000003
 </TASK>

Showing all locks held in the system:
1 lock held by khungtaskd/28:
 #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
6 locks held by kworker/u4:4/64:
 #0: ffff888140054138 ((wq_completion)writeback){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:2632 [inline]
 #0: ffff888140054138 ((wq_completion)writeback){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_scheduled_works+0x975/0x1600 kernel/workqueue.c:2734
 #1: ffffc900015a7d00 ((work_completion)(&(&wb->dwork)->work)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:2632 [inline]
 #1: ffffc900015a7d00 ((work_completion)(&(&wb->dwork)->work)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_scheduled_works+0x975/0x1600 kernel/workqueue.c:2734
 #2: ffff88807fe6a0e0 (&type->s_umount_key#31){++++}-{3:3}, at: super_trylock_shared+0x20/0xf0 fs/super.c:607
 #3: ffff88807fe6cc58 (&sbi->s_writepages_rwsem){++++}-{0:0}, at: ext4_writepages_down_read fs/ext4/ext4.h:1768 [inline]
 #3: ffff88807fe6cc58 (&sbi->s_writepages_rwsem){++++}-{0:0}, at: ext4_writepages+0x1a4/0x350 fs/ext4/inode.c:2809
 #4: ffff88807fe6e990 (jbd2_handle){++++}-{0:0}, at: start_this_handle+0x1f3f/0x2170 fs/jbd2/transaction.c:448
 #5: ffff8880724b8288 (&ei->i_data_sem){++++}-{3:3}, at: ext4_map_blocks+0x918/0x1a90 fs/ext4/inode.c:647
2 locks held by getty/5534:
 #0: ffff88802df2e0a0 (&tty->ldisc_sem){++++}-{0:0}, at: tty_ldisc_ref_wait+0x25/0x70 drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c:243
 #1: ffffc9000326e2f0 (&ldata->atomic_read_lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: n_tty_read+0x428/0x1370 drivers/tty/n_tty.c:2217
3 locks held by syz.0.252/6170:
 #0: ffff88807e76d720 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: mmap_read_trylock include/linux/mmap_lock.h:165 [inline]
 #0: ffff88807e76d720 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: get_mmap_lock_carefully mm/memory.c:5380 [inline]
 #0: ffff88807e76d720 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: lock_mm_and_find_vma+0x32/0x2f0 mm/memory.c:5440
 #1: ffff88807fe6a510 (sb_pagefaults){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: __sb_start_write include/linux/fs.h:1633 [inline]
 #1: ffff88807fe6a510 (sb_pagefaults){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: sb_start_pagefault include/linux/fs.h:1737 [inline]
 #1: ffff88807fe6a510 (sb_pagefaults){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: ext4_page_mkwrite+0x1e2/0x11a0 fs/ext4/inode.c:6261
 #2: ffff88807fe6e990 (jbd2_handle){++++}-{0:0}, at: start_this_handle+0x1f3f/0x2170 fs/jbd2/transaction.c:448
3 locks held by syz-executor/6181:
 #0: ffff88807fe6a418 (sb_writers#4){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: mnt_want_write+0x41/0x90 fs/namespace.c:412
 #1: ffff888076d92c10 (&type->i_mutex_dir_key#3/1){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: inode_lock_nested include/linux/fs.h:839 [inline]
 #1: ffff888076d92c10 (&type->i_mutex_dir_key#3/1){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: filename_create+0x20f/0x450 fs/namei.c:3937
 #2: ffff88807fe6e990 (jbd2_handle){++++}-{0:0}, at: start_this_handle+0x1f3f/0x2170 fs/jbd2/transaction.c:448

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NMI backtrace for cpu 0
CPU: 0 PID: 28 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+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: 5806 Comm: kworker/1:3 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/24/2026
Workqueue: events_power_efficient wg_ratelimiter_gc_entries
RIP: 0010:native_save_fl arch/x86/include/asm/irqflags.h:26 [inline]
RIP: 0010:arch_local_save_flags arch/x86/include/asm/irqflags.h:89 [inline]
RIP: 0010:arch_local_irq_save arch/x86/include/asm/irqflags.h:107 [inline]
RIP: 0010:lock_is_held_type+0x65/0x190 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5821
Code: 0f 85 f4 00 00 00 65 48 8b 1d 07 ab 74 75 83 bb e4 0a 00 00 00 0f 85 df 00 00 00 41 89 f7 49 89 fe 48 c7 04 24 00 00 00 00 9c <8f> 04 24 4c 8b 2c 24 fa 48 c7 c7 c0 d8 ca 8a e8 27 13 00 00 65 ff
RSP: 0018:ffffc9000452f9f0 EFLAGS: 00000246
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff8880315d9e00 RCX: ffff8880315d9e00
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 00000000ffffffff RDI: ffffffff8d131e60
RBP: 00000000ffffffff R08: ffffffff8db85043 R09: 1ffffffff1b70a08
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffffbfff1b70a09 R12: ffff88806bbbc908
R13: dffffc0000000000 R14: ffffffff8d131e60 R15: 00000000ffffffff
FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8880b8f00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00005560c9c89660 CR3: 000000000cf32000 CR4: 00000000003506e0
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 lock_is_held include/linux/lockdep.h:288 [inline]
 __might_resched+0xee/0x5f0 kernel/sched/core.c:10174
 wg_ratelimiter_gc_entries+0x3a4/0x450 drivers/net/wireguard/ratelimiter.c:78
 process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:2657 [inline]
 process_scheduled_works+0xa60/0x1600 kernel/workqueue.c:2734
 worker_thread+0xa5e/0xfe0 kernel/workqueue.c:2815
 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 (35):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/08/11 12:38 linux-6.6.y d27334b2888c 508909ea .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access
2026/08/09 05:07 linux-6.6.y 6436c12a2ced 5d63f80b .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access
2026/08/06 09:03 linux-6.6.y aa0e49877a2e cd5b1963 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access
2026/08/12 21:08 linux-6.6.y d27334b2888c 359b2492 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access
2026/08/12 21:08 linux-6.6.y d27334b2888c 359b2492 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access
2026/08/12 04:44 linux-6.6.y d27334b2888c f8d35649 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access
2026/08/12 00:34 linux-6.6.y d27334b2888c 71790083 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access
2026/08/12 00:33 linux-6.6.y d27334b2888c 71790083 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access
2026/08/11 16:14 linux-6.6.y d27334b2888c 71790083 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access
2026/08/11 16:14 linux-6.6.y d27334b2888c 71790083 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access
2026/08/10 21:54 linux-6.6.y d27334b2888c 508909ea .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access
2026/08/10 21:53 linux-6.6.y d27334b2888c 508909ea .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access
2026/08/10 21:49 linux-6.6.y d27334b2888c 508909ea .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access
2026/08/10 21:49 linux-6.6.y d27334b2888c 508909ea .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access
2026/08/09 22:15 linux-6.6.y d27334b2888c 5d63f80b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access
2026/08/09 22:14 linux-6.6.y d27334b2888c 5d63f80b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access
2026/08/09 22:13 linux-6.6.y d27334b2888c 5d63f80b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access
2026/08/08 07:16 linux-6.6.y 6436c12a2ced 5d63f80b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access
2026/08/08 07:13 linux-6.6.y 6436c12a2ced 5d63f80b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access
2026/08/08 07:13 linux-6.6.y 6436c12a2ced 5d63f80b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access
2026/08/07 16:32 linux-6.6.y 6436c12a2ced e4ef95d6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access
2026/08/07 16:32 linux-6.6.y 6436c12a2ced e4ef95d6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access
2026/08/07 06:32 linux-6.6.y 80dfb0405055 c38879ea .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access
2026/08/06 21:59 linux-6.6.y 80dfb0405055 c38879ea .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access
2026/08/06 21:59 linux-6.6.y 80dfb0405055 c38879ea .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access
2026/08/06 17:38 linux-6.6.y aa0e49877a2e c38879ea .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access
2026/08/06 17:35 linux-6.6.y aa0e49877a2e c38879ea .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access
2026/08/06 17:35 linux-6.6.y aa0e49877a2e c38879ea .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access
2026/08/05 22:09 linux-6.6.y aa0e49877a2e cd5b1963 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access
2026/08/05 22:06 linux-6.6.y aa0e49877a2e cd5b1963 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access
2026/08/05 05:34 linux-6.6.y aa0e49877a2e 52aa2820 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access
2026/08/04 23:24 linux-6.6.y aa0e49877a2e d4abbeac .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access
2026/08/04 22:43 linux-6.6.y aa0e49877a2e d4abbeac .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access
2026/08/04 22:42 linux-6.6.y aa0e49877a2e d4abbeac .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access
2026/08/04 22:41 linux-6.6.y aa0e49877a2e d4abbeac .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: task hung in do_get_write_access
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.