INFO: task hung in write_ports

Status: upstream: reported on 2026/07/28 12:50
Reported-by: syzbot+9e403a14b3069f615cab@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 78d, last: 6h02m
▶ ▼ Similar bugs (3)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
upstream INFO: task hung in write_ports prio:low nfs 1 syz, C error 192 1d10h 75d 0/29 upstream: reported C repro on 2026/08/01 00:01
linux-6.1 INFO: task hung in write_ports 1 syz, C 21 8d22h 79d 0/3 upstream: reported C repro on 2026/07/27 20:14
linux-5.15 INFO: task hung in write_ports 1 syz, C 5 25d 79d 0/3 upstream: reported C repro on 2026/07/27 22:00

Sample crash report:
INFO: task syz.0.298:6972 blocked for more than 143 seconds.
      Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:syz.0.298       state:D stack:27912 pid:6972  ppid:5776   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
 schedule_preempt_disabled+0x13/0x20 kernel/sched/core.c:6834
 __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:679 [inline]
 __mutex_lock+0x673/0xc80 kernel/locking/mutex.c:747
 write_ports+0xb7/0xfa0 fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c:843
 nfsctl_transaction_write+0x10c/0x150 fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c:113
 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: 0033:0x7f414519e559
RSP: 002b:00007f4146028028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000001
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f4145426090 RCX: 00007f414519e559
RDX: 0000000000000006 RSI: 000020000000fa40 RDI: 0000000000000004
RBP: 00007f41452358b0 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f4145426128 R14: 00007f4145426090 R15: 00007fffd38834a8
 </TASK>

Showing all locks held in the system:
1 lock held by khungtaskd/29:
 #0: ffffffff8df320e0 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: rcu_lock_acquire include/linux/rcupdate.h:334 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8df320e0 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: rcu_read_lock include/linux/rcupdate.h:786 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8df320e0 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: debug_show_all_locks+0x55/0x290 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:6669
2 locks held by getty/5535:
 #0: ffff8880335080a0 (&tty->ldisc_sem){++++}-{0:0}, at: tty_ldisc_ref_wait+0x25/0x70 drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c:243
 #1: ffffc9000327e2f0 (&ldata->atomic_read_lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: n_tty_read+0x428/0x1370 drivers/tty/n_tty.c:2217
5 locks held by kworker/1:5/5865:
 #0: ffff88814264b138 ((wq_completion)usb_hub_wq){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:2632 [inline]
 #0: ffff88814264b138 ((wq_completion)usb_hub_wq){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_scheduled_works+0x975/0x1600 kernel/workqueue.c:2734
 #1: ffffc9000498fd00 ((work_completion)(&hub->events)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:2632 [inline]
 #1: ffffc9000498fd00 ((work_completion)(&hub->events)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_scheduled_works+0x975/0x1600 kernel/workqueue.c:2734
 #2: ffff8881433251d8 (&dev->mutex){....}-{3:3}, at: device_lock include/linux/device.h:1094 [inline]
 #2: ffff8881433251d8 (&dev->mutex){....}-{3:3}, at: hub_event+0x188/0x4a80 drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5866
 #3: ffff8880325a41d8 (&dev->mutex){....}-{3:3}, at: device_lock include/linux/device.h:1094 [inline]
 #3: ffff8880325a41d8 (&dev->mutex){....}-{3:3}, at: __device_attach+0x89/0x420 drivers/base/dd.c:1084
 #4: ffff888026b9f1a8 (&dev->mutex){....}-{3:3}, at: device_lock include/linux/device.h:1094 [inline]
 #4: ffff888026b9f1a8 (&dev->mutex){....}-{3:3}, at: __device_attach+0x89/0x420 drivers/base/dd.c:1084
3 locks held by syz.0.298/6969:
 #0: ffff888026d49248 (&f->f_pos_lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: __fdget_pos+0x2a3/0x330 fs/file.c:1040
 #1: ffff888033170418 (sb_writers#30){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: vfs_write+0x21e/0x9a0 fs/read_write.c:580
 #2: ffffffff8e1e1708 (nfsd_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: write_ports+0xb7/0xfa0 fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c:843
3 locks held by syz.0.298/6972:
 #0: ffff888030449748 (&f->f_pos_lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: __fdget_pos+0x2a3/0x330 fs/file.c:1040
 #1: ffff888033170418 (sb_writers#30){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: vfs_write+0x21e/0x9a0 fs/read_write.c:580
 #2: ffffffff8e1e1708 (nfsd_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: write_ports+0xb7/0xfa0 fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c:843

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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>
Sending NMI from CPU 0 to CPUs 1:
NMI backtrace for cpu 1
CPU: 1 PID: 3454 Comm: kworker/u4:8 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/24/2026
Workqueue: events_unbound nsim_dev_trap_report_work
RIP: 0010:bytes_is_nonzero mm/kasan/generic.c:85 [inline]
RIP: 0010:memory_is_nonzero mm/kasan/generic.c:102 [inline]
RIP: 0010:memory_is_poisoned_n mm/kasan/generic.c:127 [inline]
RIP: 0010:memory_is_poisoned mm/kasan/generic.c:159 [inline]
RIP: 0010:check_region_inline mm/kasan/generic.c:178 [inline]
RIP: 0010:kasan_check_range+0x89/0x290 mm/kasan/generic.c:187
Code: 00 fc ff df 4d 8d 34 19 4d 89 f4 4d 29 dc 49 83 fc 10 7f 29 4d 85 e4 0f 84 3d 01 00 00 4c 89 cb 48 f7 d3 4c 01 fb 41 80 3b 00 <0f> 85 8d 01 00 00 49 ff c3 48 ff c3 75 ee e9 1d 01 00 00 44 89 dd
RSP: 0018:ffffc9000cdc7560 EFLAGS: 00000246
RAX: ffffc9000cdc7b01 RBX: fffffffffffffffe RCX: ffffffff813bc9f8
RDX: 0000000000000001 RSI: 0000000000000010 RDI: ffffc9000cdc76d8
RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: ffffc9000cdc76e7 R09: 1ffff920019b8edc
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffff520019b8edb R12: 0000000000000002
R13: ffffc9000cdc7688 R14: fffff520019b8edd R15: 1ffff920019b8edb
FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8880b8d00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007ffcba0dac00 CR3: 000000006568d000 CR4: 00000000003506e0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000ffff0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000600
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 __asan_memset+0x22/0x40 mm/kasan/shadow.c:84
 unwind_next_frame+0x1628/0x2990 arch/x86/kernel/unwind_orc.c:592
 arch_stack_walk+0x144/0x190 arch/x86/kernel/stacktrace.c:25
 stack_trace_save+0xaa/0x100 kernel/stacktrace.c:122
 kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:46 [inline]
 kasan_set_track+0x4e/0x70 mm/kasan/common.c:53
 ____kasan_kmalloc mm/kasan/common.c:375 [inline]
 __kasan_kmalloc+0x8f/0xa0 mm/kasan/common.c:384
 kasan_kmalloc include/linux/kasan.h:198 [inline]
 __do_kmalloc_node mm/slab_common.c:1007 [inline]
 __kmalloc_node_track_caller+0xb4/0x230 mm/slab_common.c:1027
 kmalloc_reserve+0x116/0x240 net/core/skbuff.c:584
 __alloc_skb+0x138/0x2c0 net/core/skbuff.c:653
 alloc_skb include/linux/skbuff.h:1316 [inline]
 nsim_dev_trap_skb_build drivers/net/netdevsim/dev.c:748 [inline]
 nsim_dev_trap_report drivers/net/netdevsim/dev.c:805 [inline]
 nsim_dev_trap_report_work+0x253/0xa90 drivers/net/netdevsim/dev.c:851
 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 (10):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/10/15 04:05 linux-6.6.y a91a6aa9253c 8fb0ae89 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: task hung in write_ports
2026/10/08 19:12 linux-6.6.y a91a6aa9253c b2734a59 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: task hung in write_ports
2026/10/01 14:12 linux-6.6.y 79643295eba1 f5cdae2f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: task hung in write_ports
2026/09/19 07:13 linux-6.6.y 79643295eba1 853b104b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: task hung in write_ports
2026/09/17 20:21 linux-6.6.y 79643295eba1 8d7d05f1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: task hung in write_ports
2026/08/10 06:34 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 write_ports
2026/08/05 04:44 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 write_ports
2026/08/04 09:21 linux-6.6.y aa0e49877a2e 9451e17e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: task hung in write_ports
2026/07/28 15:07 linux-6.6.y c5596480c50e edc8a875 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: task hung in write_ports
2026/07/28 12:49 linux-6.6.y c5596480c50e 45ae1df4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: task hung in write_ports
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.