INFO: task hung in write_versions

Status: upstream: reported on 2026/08/16 09:28
Subsystems: nfs
Labels: prio:low
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Reported-by: syzbot+1c807916bc4bb0c1c340@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 46d, last: 5h09m
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d7a8660f assessment-security DenialOfService: ❌ Exploitable: ❌ FilesystemTrigger: ❌ NetworkTrigger: ❌ PeripheralTrigger: ❌ RemoteTrigger: ❌ Unprivileged: ❌ UserNamespace: ❌ VMGuestTrigger: ❌ VMHostTrigger: ❌ INFO: task hung in write_versions 2026/07/29 02:25 2026/07/29 02:25 2026/07/29 03:12 7be3c40b
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[syzbot] [nfs?] INFO: task hung in write_versions 0 (1) 2026/08/16 09:28
Similar bugs (3)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
linux-6.1 INFO: task hung in write_versions 1 4 24d 45d 0/3 upstream: reported on 2026/07/27 23:37
linux-5.15 INFO: task hung in write_versions 1 1 37d 37d 0/3 upstream: reported on 2026/08/05 03:52
linux-6.6 INFO: task hung in write_versions 1 6 1d03h 45d 0/2 upstream: reported on 2026/07/27 21:30

Sample crash report:
INFO: task syz.3.1444:10784 blocked for more than 143 seconds.
      Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:syz.3.1444      state:D stack:28552 pid:10784 tgid:10779 ppid:5619   task_flags:0x400040 flags:0x00080002
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5526 [inline]
 __schedule+0x17db/0x58f0 kernel/sched/core.c:7276
 __schedule_loop kernel/sched/core.c:7353 [inline]
 schedule+0x164/0x2b0 kernel/sched/core.c:7368
 schedule_preempt_disabled+0x13/0x30 kernel/sched/core.c:7425
 __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:726 [inline]
 __mutex_lock+0x7c1/0x1550 kernel/locking/mutex.c:821
 write_versions+0x95/0xe30 fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c:708
 nfsctl_transaction_write+0x10f/0x160 fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c:114
 vfs_write+0x296/0xba0 fs/read_write.c:685
 ksys_write+0x150/0x270 fs/read_write.c:739
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:61 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x166/0x520 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:84
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x7fb3d659e159
RSP: 002b:00007fb3d73e2028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000001
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007fb3d6826090 RCX: 00007fb3d659e159
RDX: 0000000000000001 RSI: 0000200000000340 RDI: 0000000000000004
RBP: 00007fb3d663503b R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007fb3d6826128 R14: 00007fb3d6826090 R15: 00007fff7d611778
 </TASK>

Showing all locks held in the system:
locks held by khungtaskd/32: 1, last CPU#1:
 #0: ffffffff8ed5c8a0 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:3}, at: rcu_lock_acquire include/linux/rcupdate.h:309 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8ed5c8a0 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:3}, at: rcu_read_lock include/linux/rcupdate.h:849 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8ed5c8a0 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:3}, at: debug_show_all_locks+0x2e/0x180 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:6871
locks held by getty/5366: 2, on CPU#0:
 #0: ffff8880352d60a0 (&tty->ldisc_sem){++++}-{0:0}, at: tty_ldisc_ref_wait+0x25/0x70 drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c:243
 #1: ffffc9000322b2e8 (&ldata->atomic_read_lock){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: n_tty_read+0x45a/0x1360 drivers/tty/n_tty.c:2211
locks held by syz.3.1444/10781: 3, on CPU#1:
 #0: ffff88805756d7b0 (&f->f_pos_lock){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: fdget_pos+0x246/0x320 fs/file.c:1259
 #1: ffff888034c94460 (sb_writers#27){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: file_start_write include/linux/fs.h:2753 [inline]
 #1: ffff888034c94460 (sb_writers#27){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: vfs_write+0x22b/0xba0 fs/read_write.c:683
 #2: ffffffff8f09f500 (nfsd_mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: write_ports+0xb5/0xd10 fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c:867
locks held by syz.3.1444/10784: 3, on CPU#1:
 #0: ffff888034a7d0b0 (&f->f_pos_lock){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: fdget_pos+0x246/0x320 fs/file.c:1259
 #1: ffff888034c94460 (sb_writers#27){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: file_start_write include/linux/fs.h:2753 [inline]
 #1: ffff888034c94460 (sb_writers#27){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: vfs_write+0x22b/0xba0 fs/read_write.c:683
 #2: ffffffff8f09f500 (nfsd_mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: write_versions+0x95/0xe30 fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c:708

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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 08/05/2026
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 dump_stack_lvl+0xe8/0x150 lib/dump_stack.c:120
 nmi_cpu_backtrace+0x274/0x2d0 lib/nmi_backtrace.c:123
 nmi_trigger_cpumask_backtrace+0x17d/0x390 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+0x135/0x170 lib/sys_info.c:165
 check_hung_uninterruptible_tasks kernel/hung_task.c:353 [inline]
 watchdog+0xfd7/0x1030 kernel/hung_task.c:561
 kthread+0x38b/0x480 kernel/kthread.c:436
 ret_from_fork+0x514/0xb70 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 08/05/2026
RIP: 0010:pv_native_safe_halt+0xf/0x20 arch/x86/kernel/paravirt.c:64
Code: ac 8f 02 e9 5e 60 2b f5 cc cc cc 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 33 a1 24 00 fb f4 <e9> 37 60 2b f5 cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc 90 90 90 90 90
RSP: 0018:ffffffff8ea07ca0 EFLAGS: 00000246
RAX: 0000000000175e05 RBX: ffffffff819baed0 RCX: 8000000000000001
RDX: 0000000000000001 RSI: ffffffff8e476008 RDI: ffffffff8c6d9c80
RBP: ffffffff8ea07d78 R08: ffff8880b8633a1b R09: 1ffff110170c6743
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: ffffed10170c6744 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 1ffffffff1d51df8 R14: 1ffffffff1d40f9c R15: dffffc0000000000
FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff888124cd2000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 000055f3e76db168 CR3: 000000000eb48000 CR4: 0000000000350ef0
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 arch_safe_halt arch/x86/kernel/process.c:767 [inline]
 default_idle+0x9/0x20 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:768
 default_idle_call+0x72/0xb0 kernel/sched/idle.c:122
 cpuidle_idle_call kernel/sched/idle.c:199 [inline]
 do_idle+0x2e0/0x540 kernel/sched/idle.c:355
 cpu_startup_entry+0x43/0x60 kernel/sched/idle.c:454
 rest_init+0x378/0x3a0 init/main.c:727
 start_kernel+0x392/0x3e0 init/main.c:1185
 x86_64_start_reservations+0x24/0x30 arch/x86/kernel/head64.c:310
 x86_64_start_kernel+0x137/0x1b0 arch/x86/kernel/head64.c:291
 common_startup_64+0x13e/0x157
 </TASK>

Crashes (60):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/09/11 15:36 upstream 08df884136f1 b6a5eeb7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in write_versions
2026/09/04 11:40 upstream 841e384b841a 801f0966 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in write_versions
2026/09/03 15:39 upstream 940de590b839 6a988719 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root INFO: task hung in write_versions
2026/09/02 05:08 upstream 786262be6048 587f6b29 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: task hung in write_versions
2026/08/29 15:18 upstream cf72cbb39da8 2f52988a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in write_versions
2026/08/25 17:30 upstream 66498c75b4f8 614e416a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in write_versions
2026/08/24 01:50 upstream 4352b8aee980 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: task hung in write_versions
2026/08/23 06:34 upstream 66fb95a52111 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: task hung in write_versions
2026/08/23 05:07 upstream 66fb95a52111 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: task hung in write_versions
2026/08/23 01:33 upstream 66fb95a52111 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in write_versions
2026/08/22 09:12 upstream 26260251022f 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: task hung in write_versions
2026/08/18 08:59 upstream ff68e5f557f6 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: task hung in write_versions
2026/08/18 08:59 upstream ff68e5f557f6 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: task hung in write_versions
2026/08/17 11:42 upstream 8d3ae59288f1 746171ee .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: task hung in write_versions
2026/08/12 20:50 upstream 3d6d817622b0 7ae4acc7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in write_versions
2026/08/12 14:03 upstream f5bbbfec59b4 7ae4acc7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: task hung in write_versions
2026/08/12 09:33 upstream f5bbbfec59b4 f8d35649 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in write_versions
2026/08/12 09:16 upstream f5bbbfec59b4 f8d35649 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in write_versions
2026/08/12 09:16 upstream f5bbbfec59b4 f8d35649 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in write_versions
2026/08/12 05:18 upstream f5bbbfec59b4 f8d35649 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: task hung in write_versions
2026/08/11 14:08 upstream d58772d8520c 37a258dd .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in write_versions
2026/08/05 08:46 upstream c21bb4193868 b3eac40e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: task hung in write_versions
2026/08/04 19:57 upstream 848acc8ffe1b d4abbeac .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in write_versions
2026/08/04 19:57 upstream 848acc8ffe1b d4abbeac .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in write_versions
2026/08/04 16:26 upstream 848acc8ffe1b d4abbeac .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: task hung in write_versions
2026/08/04 16:25 upstream 848acc8ffe1b d4abbeac .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: task hung in write_versions
2026/08/04 16:25 upstream 848acc8ffe1b d4abbeac .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: task hung in write_versions
2026/08/04 16:25 upstream 848acc8ffe1b d4abbeac .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: task hung in write_versions
2026/08/04 03:06 upstream c8e0d43058e6 a68cb31b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in write_versions
2026/08/04 03:06 upstream c8e0d43058e6 a68cb31b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in write_versions
2026/08/04 01:25 upstream 075b74841bd0 a68cb31b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root INFO: task hung in write_versions
2026/08/03 20:31 upstream 075b74841bd0 a68cb31b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in write_versions
2026/08/03 17:18 upstream 075b74841bd0 a68cb31b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: task hung in write_versions
2026/08/03 17:07 upstream 075b74841bd0 a68cb31b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: task hung in write_versions
2026/08/03 00:36 upstream bd1dde877520 e611ffe1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in write_versions
2026/08/01 19:49 upstream 0131b508c0e2 e611ffe1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in write_versions
2026/07/29 13:42 upstream fc02acf6ac0c cb1587ea .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in write_versions
2026/07/28 19:17 upstream 62cc90241548 19622d9d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in write_versions
2026/07/28 13:45 upstream 62cc90241548 45ae1df4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in write_versions
2026/07/28 13:29 upstream 62cc90241548 45ae1df4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: task hung in write_versions
2026/07/28 01:44 upstream f5098b6bae76 4cb2b096 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root INFO: task hung in write_versions
2026/07/27 17:55 upstream f5098b6bae76 4cb2b096 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in write_versions
2026/07/27 15:03 upstream f5098b6bae76 4cb2b096 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: task hung in write_versions
2026/07/27 12:04 upstream f5098b6bae76 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root INFO: task hung in write_versions
2026/09/09 02:15 linux-next a9d7ced84989 8387c273 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in write_versions
2026/09/03 19:09 linux-next 32b6ef9a5d0e 6a988719 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in write_versions
2026/08/30 18:27 linux-next e30626823a40 2f52988a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in write_versions
2026/08/25 05:09 linux-next 4b18edbd8e70 23caa175 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce INFO: task hung in write_versions
2026/08/24 16:32 linux-next 4b18edbd8e70 23caa175 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in write_versions
2026/08/24 14:45 linux-next 903c1cf6dff9 23caa175 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce INFO: task hung in write_versions
2026/08/23 12:30 linux-next 903c1cf6dff9 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce INFO: task hung in write_versions
2026/08/21 20:13 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 write_versions
2026/08/21 15:18 linux-next 7079a12d7506 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in write_versions
2026/08/20 22:04 linux-next 7079a12d7506 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce INFO: task hung in write_versions
2026/08/12 03:34 linux-next 5e6de6a2b522 f8d35649 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in write_versions
2026/08/11 14:45 linux-next cc2b5f627e8c 37a258dd .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce INFO: task hung in write_versions
2026/08/10 03:42 linux-next 6b8c8af514d7 5d63f80b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in write_versions
2026/07/31 06:05 linux-next cc2b5f627e8c aaffb173 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce INFO: task hung in write_versions
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.