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INFO: task hung in exit_mm

Status: upstream: reported on 2025/10/08 16:33
Reported-by: syzbot+1fccef9498203420f8ab@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 102d, last: 13d
Similar bugs (5)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
upstream INFO: task hung in exit_mm (5) trace 1 C done 775 11d 181d 0/29 upstream: reported C repro on 2025/07/22 15:17
upstream INFO: task hung in exit_mm (3) kernel 1 1 691d 691d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/05/28 14:48
upstream INFO: task hung in exit_mm perf 1 syz done error 7 1489d 2394d 0/29 closed as dup on 2021/01/21 05:51
upstream INFO: task hung in exit_mm (2) arm 1 8 1039d 1165d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/06/14 23:13
upstream INFO: task hung in exit_mm (4) kernel 1 11 390d 543d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/03/24 22:19

Sample crash report:
INFO: task syz.4.286:5548 blocked for more than 143 seconds.
      Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:syz.4.286       state:D stack:25184 pid: 5548 ppid:  4185 flags:0x00004004
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5049 [inline]
 __schedule+0x11bb/0x4390 kernel/sched/core.c:6395
 schedule+0x11b/0x1e0 kernel/sched/core.c:6478
 schedule_preempt_disabled+0xf/0x20 kernel/sched/core.c:6537
 rwsem_down_read_slowpath+0x528/0x990 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1055
 __down_read_common kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1239 [inline]
 __down_read kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1252 [inline]
 down_read+0x96/0x2e0 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1500
 mmap_read_lock include/linux/mmap_lock.h:117 [inline]
 exit_mm+0xda/0x6c0 kernel/exit.c:499
 do_exit+0x5a1/0x20a0 kernel/exit.c:870
 do_group_exit+0x12e/0x300 kernel/exit.c:997
 get_signal+0x6ca/0x12c0 kernel/signal.c:2900
 arch_do_signal_or_restart+0xc1/0x1300 arch/x86/kernel/signal.c:867
 handle_signal_work kernel/entry/common.c:154 [inline]
 exit_to_user_mode_loop+0x9e/0x130 kernel/entry/common.c:178
 exit_to_user_mode_prepare+0xee/0x180 kernel/entry/common.c:214
 __syscall_exit_to_user_mode_work kernel/entry/common.c:296 [inline]
 syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x16/0x40 kernel/entry/common.c:307
 do_syscall_64+0x58/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:86
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x66/0xd0
RIP: 0033:0x7f155ebd5783
RSP: 002b:00007fffc8d2b4b8 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000009
RAX: fffffffffffffffc RBX: 00007f155d63d6c0 RCX: 00007f155ebd5783
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000021000 RDI: 0000000000000000
RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 00000000ffffffff R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000020022 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 00007fffc8d2b610
R13: ffffffffffffffc0 R14: 0000000000001000 R15: 0000000000000000
 </TASK>
INFO: task syz.4.286:5550 blocked for more than 143 seconds.
      Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:syz.4.286       state:D stack:26352 pid: 5550 ppid:  4185 flags:0x00004004
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5049 [inline]
 __schedule+0x11bb/0x4390 kernel/sched/core.c:6395
 schedule+0x11b/0x1e0 kernel/sched/core.c:6478
 schedule_preempt_disabled+0xf/0x20 kernel/sched/core.c:6537
 rwsem_down_read_slowpath+0x528/0x990 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1055
 __down_read_common kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1239 [inline]
 __down_read kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1252 [inline]
 down_read+0x96/0x2e0 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1500
 mmap_read_lock+0x1c/0x50 include/linux/mmap_lock.h:117
 do_user_addr_fault+0xc35/0xc80 arch/x86/mm/fault.c:1308
 handle_page_fault arch/x86/mm/fault.c:1445 [inline]
 exc_page_fault+0x60/0x100 arch/x86/mm/fault.c:1501
 asm_exc_page_fault+0x22/0x30 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:606
RIP: 0033:0x7f155ea9c9ca
RSP: 002b:00007f155ce3a4f0 EFLAGS: 00010206
RAX: 00007f155ea9c9b0 RBX: 00007f155ee2bfa0 RCX: 0000200000000100
RDX: 0000200000000000 RSI: 0000000000000003 RDI: ffffffffffffffff
RBP: 00007f155ec59f91 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: 0000000000000042
R10: ffffffffffffffff R11: 0000200000000000 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f155ee2c038 R14: 00007f155ee2bfa0 R15: 00000000fec00000
 </TASK>
INFO: task syz.4.286:5551 blocked for more than 143 seconds.
      Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:syz.4.286       state:D stack:26496 pid: 5551 ppid:  4185 flags:0x00004004
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5049 [inline]
 __schedule+0x11bb/0x4390 kernel/sched/core.c:6395
 schedule+0x11b/0x1e0 kernel/sched/core.c:6478
 schedule_preempt_disabled+0xf/0x20 kernel/sched/core.c:6537
 rwsem_down_read_slowpath+0x528/0x990 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1055
 __down_read_common kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1239 [inline]
 __down_read kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1252 [inline]
 down_read+0x96/0x2e0 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1500
 mmap_read_lock+0x1c/0x50 include/linux/mmap_lock.h:117
 do_user_addr_fault+0xc35/0xc80 arch/x86/mm/fault.c:1308
 handle_page_fault arch/x86/mm/fault.c:1445 [inline]
 exc_page_fault+0x60/0x100 arch/x86/mm/fault.c:1501
 asm_exc_page_fault+0x22/0x30 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:606
RIP: 0033:0x7f155ea9c9ca
RSP: 002b:00007f155ce194f0 EFLAGS: 00010206
RAX: 00007f155ea9c9b0 RBX: 00007f155ee2c090 RCX: 0000200000000040
RDX: 0000200000000000 RSI: ffffffffffffffff RDI: ffffffffffffffff
RBP: 00007f155ec59f91 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: 0000000000000011
R10: ffffffffffffffff R11: 0000200000000000 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f155ee2c128 R14: 00007f155ee2c090 R15: 00000000fec00000
 </TASK>
INFO: task syz.4.286:5553 blocked for more than 144 seconds.
      Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:syz.4.286       state:D stack:26496 pid: 5553 ppid:  4185 flags:0x00004004
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5049 [inline]
 __schedule+0x11bb/0x4390 kernel/sched/core.c:6395
 schedule+0x11b/0x1e0 kernel/sched/core.c:6478
 rwsem_down_write_slowpath+0xc46/0x11f0 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1165
 mmap_write_lock include/linux/mmap_lock.h:71 [inline]
 mmu_notifier_register+0x27/0xa0 mm/mmu_notifier.c:727
 kvm_init_mmu_notifier virt/kvm/kvm_main.c:862 [inline]
 kvm_create_vm virt/kvm/kvm_main.c:1156 [inline]
 kvm_dev_ioctl_create_vm virt/kvm/kvm_main.c:4754 [inline]
 kvm_dev_ioctl+0x13ac/0x2040 virt/kvm/kvm_main.c:4809
 vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline]
 __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:874 [inline]
 __se_sys_ioctl+0xfa/0x170 fs/ioctl.c:860
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x4c/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x66/0xd0
RIP: 0033:0x7f155ebd5749
RSP: 002b:00007f155cdfa038 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000010
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f155ee2c180 RCX: 00007f155ebd5749
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 000000000000ae01 RDI: 0000000000000003
RBP: 00007f155ec59f91 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f155ee2c218 R14: 00007f155ee2c180 R15: 00007fffc8d2b518
 </TASK>

Showing all locks held in the system:
1 lock held by khungtaskd/27:
 #0: ffffffff8c11c720 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: rcu_lock_acquire+0x0/0x30
1 lock held by klogd/3549:
 #0: ffff8880b903a358 (&rq->__lock){-.-.}-{2:2}, at: raw_spin_rq_lock_nested+0x26/0x140 kernel/sched/core.c:475
1 lock held by dhcpcd/3853:
 #0: ffff88801e78a428 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: mmap_write_lock_killable include/linux/mmap_lock.h:87 [inline]
 #0: ffff88801e78a428 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: vm_mmap_pgoff+0x15d/0x2b0 mm/util.c:549
2 locks held by getty/3950:
 #0: ffff88802bbaa098 (&tty->ldisc_sem){++++}-{0:0}, at: tty_ldisc_ref_wait+0x21/0x70 drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c:252
 #1: ffffc90002d032e8 (&ldata->atomic_read_lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: n_tty_read+0x5ba/0x1a30 drivers/tty/n_tty.c:2158
1 lock held by syz-executor/4171:
 #0: ffff88807bd2f128 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: mmap_write_lock_killable include/linux/mmap_lock.h:87 [inline]
 #0: ffff88807bd2f128 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: vm_mmap_pgoff+0x15d/0x2b0 mm/util.c:549
1 lock held by udevd/4176:
 #0: ffff888076d44028 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: mmap_write_lock_killable include/linux/mmap_lock.h:87 [inline]
 #0: ffff888076d44028 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: vm_mmap_pgoff+0x15d/0x2b0 mm/util.c:549
2 locks held by syz-executor/4183:
 #0: ffffffff8c1a68b0 (dup_mmap_sem){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: dup_mmap kernel/fork.c:503 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8c1a68b0 (dup_mmap_sem){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: dup_mm kernel/fork.c:1466 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8c1a68b0 (dup_mmap_sem){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: copy_mm+0x21f/0x1380 kernel/fork.c:1518
 #1: ffff88807af99d28 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: mmap_write_lock_killable include/linux/mmap_lock.h:87 [inline]
 #1: ffff88807af99d28 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: dup_mmap kernel/fork.c:504 [inline]
 #1: ffff88807af99d28 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: dup_mm kernel/fork.c:1466 [inline]
 #1: ffff88807af99d28 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: copy_mm+0x238/0x1380 kernel/fork.c:1518
2 locks held by syz-executor/4184:
 #0: ffffffff8c1a68b0 (dup_mmap_sem){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: dup_mmap kernel/fork.c:503 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8c1a68b0 (dup_mmap_sem){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: dup_mm kernel/fork.c:1466 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8c1a68b0 (dup_mmap_sem){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: copy_mm+0x21f/0x1380 kernel/fork.c:1518
 #1: ffff88807af9a428 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: mmap_write_lock_killable include/linux/mmap_lock.h:87 [inline]
 #1: ffff88807af9a428 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: dup_mmap kernel/fork.c:504 [inline]
 #1: ffff88807af9a428 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: dup_mm kernel/fork.c:1466 [inline]
 #1: ffff88807af9a428 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: copy_mm+0x238/0x1380 kernel/fork.c:1518
1 lock held by syz.4.286/5548:
 #0: ffff88807e000128 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: mmap_read_lock include/linux/mmap_lock.h:117 [inline]
 #0: ffff88807e000128 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: exit_mm+0xda/0x6c0 kernel/exit.c:499
1 lock held by syz.4.286/5550:
 #0: ffff88807e000128 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: mmap_read_lock+0x1c/0x50 include/linux/mmap_lock.h:117
1 lock held by syz.4.286/5551:
 #0: ffff88807e000128 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: mmap_read_lock+0x1c/0x50 include/linux/mmap_lock.h:117
1 lock held by syz.4.286/5553:
 #0: ffff88807e000128 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: mmap_write_lock include/linux/mmap_lock.h:71 [inline]
 #0: ffff88807e000128 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: mmu_notifier_register+0x27/0xa0 mm/mmu_notifier.c:727

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NMI backtrace for cpu 0
CPU: 0 PID: 27 Comm: khungtaskd Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 10/25/2025
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 dump_stack_lvl+0x168/0x230 lib/dump_stack.c:106
 nmi_cpu_backtrace+0x397/0x3d0 lib/nmi_backtrace.c:111
 nmi_trigger_cpumask_backtrace+0x163/0x280 lib/nmi_backtrace.c:62
 trigger_all_cpu_backtrace include/linux/nmi.h:148 [inline]
 check_hung_uninterruptible_tasks kernel/hung_task.c:212 [inline]
 watchdog+0xe0f/0xe50 kernel/hung_task.c:369
 kthread+0x436/0x520 kernel/kthread.c:334
 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:287
 </TASK>
Sending NMI from CPU 0 to CPUs 1:
NMI backtrace for cpu 1 skipped: idling at native_safe_halt arch/x86/include/asm/irqflags.h:51 [inline]
NMI backtrace for cpu 1 skipped: idling at arch_safe_halt arch/x86/include/asm/irqflags.h:89 [inline]
NMI backtrace for cpu 1 skipped: idling at default_idle+0xb/0x10 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:729

Crashes (3):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/01/06 07:41 linux-5.15.y 68efe5a6c16a d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in exit_mm
2025/11/09 21:00 linux-5.15.y cc5ec8769306 4e1406b4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in exit_mm
2025/10/08 16:32 linux-5.15.y 29e53a5b1c4f 7e2882b3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in exit_mm
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.