INFO: task hung in usbdev_ioctl (8)

Status: upstream: reported C repro on 2026/09/21 15:54
Subsystems: usb
Labels: prio:high
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Reported-by: syzbot+109061940215dd4b011e@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 99d, last: 6d09h
Cause bisection: failed (error log, bisect log)
  
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4b3c5dc7 assessment-security DenialOfService: ✅ Exploitable: ❌ FilesystemTrigger: ❌ NetworkTrigger: ❌ PeripheralTrigger: ✅ RemoteTrigger: ❌ Unprivileged: ❌ UserNamespace: ❌ VMGuestTrigger: ❌ VMHostTrigger: ❌ ❓ INFO: task hung in usbdev_ioctl (8) 2026/07/05 02:34 2026/07/05 02:34 2026/07/05 03:23 93f57954
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[syzbot] [usb?] INFO: task hung in usbdev_ioctl (8) 0 (3) 2026/10/04 14:43
[PATCH] usb: sisusbvga: stop early init on the first failed transfer 1 (1) 2026/09/23 15:07
▶ ▼ Similar bugs (12)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
upstream INFO: task hung in usbdev_ioctl (6) usb 1 1 712d 712d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/01/26 07:16
linux-6.1 INFO: task hung in usbdev_ioctl 1 1 921d 921d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/07/10 11:29
upstream INFO: task hung in usbdev_ioctl (5) usb 1 4 901d 946d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/07/21 02:28
upstream INFO: task hung in usbdev_ioctl (4) usb 1 1 1203d 1203d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/09/22 21:55
android-6-12 INFO: task hung in usbdev_ioctl (2) origin:upstream 1 syz 4 50d 90d 0/1 premoderation: reported syz repro on 2026/07/11 15:35
android-6-12 INFO: task hung in usbdev_ioctl 1 1 387d 387d 0/1 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/12/16 11:45
upstream INFO: task hung in usbdev_ioctl (7) usb 1 11 275d 590d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2026/04/07 22:15
upstream INFO: task hung in usbdev_ioctl (2) usb 1 1 1693d 1693d 0/29 auto-closed as invalid on 2022/05/21 06:20
upstream INFO: task hung in usbdev_ioctl (3) usb 1 4 1322d 1482d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/05/26 15:30
linux-5.15 INFO: task hung in usbdev_ioctl 1 2 47d 47d 0/3 upstream: reported on 2026/08/24 07:30
linux-6.1 INFO: task hung in usbdev_ioctl (2) 1 8 28d 67d 0/3 upstream: reported on 2026/08/03 16:39
upstream INFO: task hung in usbdev_ioctl usb 1 3 1779d 1785d 0/29 closed as invalid on 2022/02/08 09:40
▶ ▼ Last patch testing requests (1)
Created Duration User Patch Repo Result
2026/10/04 14:43 27m ngocthang2710.1999@gmail.com patch upstream OK job log log

Sample crash report:
INFO: task syz-executor345:5644 blocked for more than 143 seconds.
      Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:syz-executor345 state:D stack:26368 pid:5644  tgid:5644  ppid:5643   task_flags:0x400040 flags:0x00080802
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5533 [inline]
 __schedule+0x1259/0x6920 kernel/sched/core.c:7284
 __schedule_loop kernel/sched/core.c:7361 [inline]
 schedule+0xdd/0x2c0 kernel/sched/core.c:7376
 schedule_preempt_disabled+0x13/0x30 kernel/sched/core.c:7433
 __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:726 [inline]
 __mutex_lock+0xccb/0x1bd0 kernel/locking/mutex.c:821
 device_lock include/linux/device.h:1104 [inline]
 usbdev_do_ioctl drivers/usb/core/devio.c:2613 [inline]
 usbdev_ioctl+0x1a7/0x3a90 drivers/usb/core/devio.c:2829
 vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline]
 __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:597 [inline]
 __se_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:583 [inline]
 __x64_sys_ioctl+0x18e/0x210 fs/ioctl.c:583
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:61 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x123/0x790 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:84
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x7fc92deb6c49
RSP: 002b:00007ffe79a51768 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000010
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 00007fc92deb6c49
RDX: 9999999999999999 RSI: 000000004004550c RDI: 0000000000000003
RBP: 0000000000000001 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000006
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 00007ffe79a518d8
R13: 431bde82d7b634db R14: 00007fc92df49c40 R15: 0000000000000002
 </TASK>

Showing all locks held in the system:
locks held by kworker/u8:1/13: 2, on CPU#0:
 #0: ffff88801c094140 ((wq_completion)events_unbound){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x1466/0x1b10 kernel/workqueue.c:3371
 #1: ffffc90000127d08 ((work_completion)(&(&kfence_timer)->work)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0xa2c/0x1b10 kernel/workqueue.c:3372
locks held by kworker/1:0/25: 5, on CPU#1:
 #0: ffff888023ec4540 ((wq_completion)usb_hub_wq){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x1466/0x1b10 kernel/workqueue.c:3371
 #1: ffffc900001f7d08 ((work_completion)(&hub->events)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0xa2c/0x1b10 kernel/workqueue.c:3372
 #2: ffff88802c2911d8 (&dev->mutex){....}-{4:4}, at: device_lock include/linux/device.h:1104 [inline]
 #2: ffff88802c2911d8 (&dev->mutex){....}-{4:4}, at: hub_event+0x1bb/0x4420 drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5912
 #3: ffff888023eda1d8 (&dev->mutex){....}-{4:4}, at: device_lock include/linux/device.h:1104 [inline]
 #3: ffff888023eda1d8 (&dev->mutex){....}-{4:4}, at: __device_attach+0x7e/0x4d0 drivers/base/dd.c:1073
 #4: ffff888023e911a0 (&dev->mutex){....}-{4:4}, at: device_lock include/linux/device.h:1104 [inline]
 #4: ffff888023e911a0 (&dev->mutex){....}-{4:4}, at: __device_attach+0x7e/0x4d0 drivers/base/dd.c:1073
locks held by khungtaskd/32: 1, last CPU#1:
 #0: ffffffff8edec5a0 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:3}, at: rcu_lock_acquire include/linux/rcupdate.h:309 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8edec5a0 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:3}, at: rcu_read_lock include/linux/rcupdate.h:849 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8edec5a0 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:3}, at: debug_show_all_locks+0x3d/0x184 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:6871
locks held by getty/5366: 2, on CPU#1:
 #0: ffff88802e0360a0 (&tty->ldisc_sem){++++}-{0:0}, at: tty_ldisc_ref_wait+0x24/0x80 drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c:243
 #1: ffffc900032262e8 (&ldata->atomic_read_lock){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: n_tty_read+0x419/0x14e0 drivers/tty/n_tty.c:2211
locks held by syz-executor345/5644: 1, on CPU#0:
 #0: ffff88802c2911d8 (&dev->mutex){....}-{4:4}, at: device_lock include/linux/device.h:1104 [inline]
 #0: ffff88802c2911d8 (&dev->mutex){....}-{4:4}, at: usbdev_do_ioctl drivers/usb/core/devio.c:2613 [inline]
 #0: ffff88802c2911d8 (&dev->mutex){....}-{4:4}, at: usbdev_ioctl+0x1a7/0x3a90 drivers/usb/core/devio.c:2829
locks held by udevd/5646: 4, on CPU#1:
 #0: ffff888036dccab8 (&p->lock){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: seq_read_iter+0xe1/0x1270 fs/seq_file.c:183
 #1: ffff88807aa3ec80 (&of->mutex#2){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: kernfs_seq_start+0x4f/0x2a0 fs/kernfs/file.c:165
 #2: ffff888036458788 (kn->active#27){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: kernfs_get_active_of fs/kernfs/file.c:73 [inline]
 #2: ffff888036458788 (kn->active#27){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: kernfs_seq_start+0xbc/0x2a0 fs/kernfs/file.c:166
 #3: ffff888023eda1d8 (&dev->mutex){....}-{4:4}, at: device_lock_interruptible include/linux/device.h:1109 [inline]
 #3: ffff888023eda1d8 (&dev->mutex){....}-{4:4}, at: manufacturer_show+0x26/0xa0 drivers/usb/core/sysfs.c:142

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NMI backtrace for cpu 1
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 32 Comm: khungtaskd Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) 
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 09/16/2026
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:94 [inline]
 dump_stack_lvl+0x100/0x190 lib/dump_stack.c:120
 nmi_cpu_backtrace.cold+0x12d/0x151 lib/nmi_backtrace.c:123
 nmi_trigger_cpumask_backtrace+0x21f/0x2a0 lib/nmi_backtrace.c:66
 trigger_all_cpu_backtrace include/linux/nmi.h:164 [inline]
 __sys_info lib/sys_info.c:157 [inline]
 sys_info+0x141/0x190 lib/sys_info.c:165
 check_hung_uninterruptible_tasks kernel/hung_task.c:353 [inline]
 watchdog+0xcb1/0x1030 kernel/hung_task.c:561
 kthread+0x373/0x450 kernel/kthread.c:436
 ret_from_fork+0x730/0xd60 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158
 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245
 </TASK>
Sending NMI from CPU 1 to CPUs 0:
NMI backtrace for cpu 0
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) 
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 09/16/2026
RIP: 0010:pv_native_safe_halt+0xf/0x20 arch/x86/kernel/paravirt.c:64
Code: 17 93 02 c3 cc cc cc cc 0f 1f 00 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 f3 0f 1e fa 66 90 0f 00 2d 73 f8 18 00 fb f4 <e9> 0c 50 03 00 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 66 90 90 90 90 90 90
RSP: 0018:ffffffff8ea07cf0 EFLAGS: 00000246
RAX: 00000000000c970f RBX: ffffffff8ea91580 RCX: ffffffff8bd2c215
RDX: 0000000000000001 RSI: ffffffff8e38edcf RDI: ffffffff8c623a80
RBP: fffffbfff1d522b0 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: ffffed10170867bd
R10: ffff8880b8433deb R11: 0000000000000001 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 1ffffffff1d40fa2 R15: dffffc0000000000
FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff888123b4e000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 000055cf112b4168 CR3: 000000000eb96000 CR4: 00000000003526f0
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 arch_safe_halt arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt.h:62 [inline]
 default_idle+0x9/0x10 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:768
 default_idle_call+0x6c/0xb0 kernel/sched/idle.c:122
 cpuidle_idle_call kernel/sched/idle.c:199 [inline]
 do_idle+0x3ae/0x5b0 kernel/sched/idle.c:355
 cpu_startup_entry+0x4f/0x60 kernel/sched/idle.c:454
 rest_init+0x2d3/0x2e0 init/main.c:732
 start_kernel+0x48e/0x490 init/main.c:1190
 x86_64_start_reservations+0x24/0x30 arch/x86/kernel/head64.c:310
 x86_64_start_kernel+0x12b/0x130 arch/x86/kernel/head64.c:291
 common_startup_64+0x13e/0x158
 </TASK>

Crashes (6):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/10/03 22:31 upstream e767a4ea70a3 57bbd979 .config strace log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: task hung in usbdev_ioctl
2026/09/21 07:37 upstream 50d05c7c76c9 853b104b .config console log report syz / log [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-386 INFO: task hung in usbdev_ioctl
2026/10/03 19:52 upstream e767a4ea70a3 57bbd979 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: task hung in usbdev_ioctl
2026/07/03 03:54 upstream 87320be9f0d2 58bf2096 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce INFO: task hung in usbdev_ioctl
2026/09/21 03:48 upstream 50d05c7c76c9 853b104b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-386 INFO: task hung in usbdev_ioctl
2026/08/22 15:38 linux-next 903c1cf6dff9 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in usbdev_ioctl
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.