INFO: task hung in do_uevent

Status: upstream: reported on 2026/08/04 22:04
Reported-by: syzbot+f7adf4cd0ff444911ad2@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 52d, last: 40d
▶ ▼ Similar bugs (3)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
linux-5.15 INFO: task hung in do_uevent 1 5 2d10h 52d 0/3 upstream: reported on 2026/08/05 00:48
upstream INFO: task hung in do_uevent prio:high gfs2 1 syz, C error 159 3d06h 50d 0/29 upstream: reported C repro on 2026/08/07 00:00
linux-6.1 INFO: task hung in do_uevent 1 18 4d04h 52d 0/3 upstream: reported on 2026/08/04 21:23

Sample crash report:
INFO: task syz.3.44:6003 blocked for more than 164 seconds.
      Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:syz.3.44        state:D stack:24984 pid:6003  ppid:5776   flags:0x00004006
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
 do_uevent+0x1ed/0x490 fs/dlm/lockspace.c:210
 new_lockspace fs/dlm/lockspace.c:633 [inline]
 __dlm_new_lockspace+0x1dca/0x2360 fs/dlm/lockspace.c:693
 device_create_lockspace+0xc8/0x350 fs/dlm/user.c:430
 device_write+0x875/0xed0 fs/dlm/user.c:622
 vfs_write+0x299/0x9a0 fs/read_write.c:582
 ksys_write+0x151/0x260 fs/read_write.c:637
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:46 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x55/0xb0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:76
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2
RIP: 0033:0x7f4e3039e0d9
RSP: 002b:00007f4e31219028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000001
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f4e30625fa0 RCX: 00007f4e3039e0d9
RDX: 000000000000007d RSI: 00002000000006c0 RDI: 0000000000000008
RBP: 00007f4e30435024 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f4e30626038 R14: 00007f4e30625fa0 R15: 00007ffc7ccbf698
 </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
5 locks held by kworker/u4:3/43:
 #0: ffff88801a25d138 ((wq_completion)netns){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:2632 [inline]
 #0: ffff88801a25d138 ((wq_completion)netns){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_scheduled_works+0x975/0x1600 kernel/workqueue.c:2734
 #1: ffffc90000b3fd00 (net_cleanup_work){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:2632 [inline]
 #1: ffffc90000b3fd00 (net_cleanup_work){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_scheduled_works+0x975/0x1600 kernel/workqueue.c:2734
 #2: ffffffff8e3c9ad0 (pernet_ops_rwsem){++++}-{3:3}, at: cleanup_net+0x14c/0xbb0 net/core/net_namespace.c:606
 #3: ffffffff8e3d6ac8 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: default_device_exit_batch+0xf2/0xa00 net/core/dev.c:11732
 #4: ffffffff8d137778 (rcu_state.exp_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: exp_funnel_lock kernel/rcu/tree_exp.h:292 [inline]
 #4: ffffffff8d137778 (rcu_state.exp_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: synchronize_rcu_expedited+0x306/0x880 kernel/rcu/tree_exp.h:1004
3 locks held by kworker/u4:4/59:
 #0: ffff888017c71938 ((wq_completion)events_unbound){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:2632 [inline]
 #0: ffff888017c71938 ((wq_completion)events_unbound){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_scheduled_works+0x975/0x1600 kernel/workqueue.c:2734
 #1: ffffc900015a7d00 ((linkwatch_work).work){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:2632 [inline]
 #1: ffffc900015a7d00 ((linkwatch_work).work){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_scheduled_works+0x975/0x1600 kernel/workqueue.c:2734
 #2: ffffffff8e3d6ac8 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: linkwatch_event+0xe/0x60 net/core/link_watch.c:286
3 locks held by kworker/u4:7/3426:
 #0: ffff88802cae3d38 ((wq_completion)ipv6_addrconf){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:2632 [inline]
 #0: ffff88802cae3d38 ((wq_completion)ipv6_addrconf){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_scheduled_works+0x975/0x1600 kernel/workqueue.c:2734
 #1: ffffc9000cc4fd00 ((work_completion)(&(&ifa->dad_work)->work)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:2632 [inline]
 #1: ffffc9000cc4fd00 ((work_completion)(&(&ifa->dad_work)->work)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_scheduled_works+0x975/0x1600 kernel/workqueue.c:2734
 #2: ffffffff8e3d6ac8 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: addrconf_dad_work+0xce/0x1550 net/ipv6/addrconf.c:4188
1 lock held by dhcpcd/5436:
 #0: ffffffff8e3d6ac8 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnl_lock net/core/rtnetlink.c:78 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8e3d6ac8 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x7ed/0xf90 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6481
2 locks held by getty/5531:
 #0: ffff88802d3620a0 (&tty->ldisc_sem){++++}-{0:0}, at: tty_ldisc_ref_wait+0x25/0x70 drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c:243
 #1: ffffc900032762f0 (&ldata->atomic_read_lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: n_tty_read+0x428/0x1370 drivers/tty/n_tty.c:2217
3 locks held by kworker/0:6/5845:
 #0: ffff888017c70938 ((wq_completion)events){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:2632 [inline]
 #0: ffff888017c70938 ((wq_completion)events){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_scheduled_works+0x975/0x1600 kernel/workqueue.c:2734
 #1: ffffc90004c27d00 (deferred_process_work){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:2632 [inline]
 #1: ffffc90004c27d00 (deferred_process_work){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_scheduled_works+0x975/0x1600 kernel/workqueue.c:2734
 #2: ffffffff8e3d6ac8 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: switchdev_deferred_process_work+0xe/0x20 net/switchdev/switchdev.c:104
1 lock held by syz.3.44/6003:
 #0: ffffffff973cba68 (&ls_lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: __dlm_new_lockspace+0xb1/0x2360 fs/dlm/lockspace.c:687
1 lock held by dlm_recoverd/6008:
 #0: ffff888022296aa8 (&ls->ls_in_recovery){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: dlm_recoverd+0xa5/0x1e50 fs/dlm/recoverd.c:310
1 lock held by syz-executor/7154:
 #0: ffffffff8e3d6ac8 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnl_lock net/core/rtnetlink.c:78 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8e3d6ac8 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x7ed/0xf90 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6481
1 lock held by syz-executor/7155:
 #0: ffffffff8e3d6ac8 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnl_lock net/core/rtnetlink.c:78 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8e3d6ac8 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x7ed/0xf90 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6481
1 lock held by syz-executor/7159:
 #0: ffffffff8e3d6ac8 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnl_lock net/core/rtnetlink.c:78 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8e3d6ac8 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x7ed/0xf90 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6481
1 lock held by syz-executor/7161:
 #0: ffffffff8e3d6ac8 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnl_lock net/core/rtnetlink.c:78 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8e3d6ac8 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x7ed/0xf90 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6481

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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 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>

Crashes (4):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/08/17 10:24 linux-6.6.y d27334b2888c 746171ee .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: task hung in do_uevent
2026/08/05 01:14 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_uevent
2026/08/04 23:21 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_uevent
2026/08/04 22:04 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_uevent
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.