INFO: task hung in usb_stor_scan_dwork

Status: upstream: reported C repro on 2026/09/28 21:54
Subsystems: usb-storage
Labels: prio:high
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Reported-by: syzbot+30552b4cbe99d6d91306@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 63d, last: 2d14h
Cause bisection: failed (error log, bisect log)
  
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ID Workflow Result Correct Bug Created Started Finished Revision
1d1bfb33 assessment-security DenialOfService: ✅ Exploitable: ❌ FilesystemTrigger: ❌ NetworkTrigger: ❌ PeripheralTrigger: ✅ RemoteTrigger: ❌ Unprivileged: ❌ UserNamespace: ❌ VMGuestTrigger: ❌ VMHostTrigger: ❌ ❓ INFO: task hung in usb_stor_scan_dwork 2026/09/12 00:46 2026/09/12 00:46 2026/09/12 00:51 6816f32e
▶ ▼ Discussions (6)
Title Replies (including bot) Last reply
[PATCH v4] usb-storage: ene_ub6250: don't let the card-type probe hang forever 3 (3) 2026/11/11 15:51
[PATCH v2] usb: storage: don't hold dev_mutex across the max_lun control transfer 3 (3) 2026/11/09 11:07
[PATCH] usb: storage: don't hold dev_mutex across the max_lun control transfer 1 (1) 2026/11/08 23:33
[syzbot] [usb-storage?] INFO: task hung in usb_stor_scan_dwork 0 (2) 2026/11/07 14:56
[PATCH v3 1/2] usb-storage: ene_ub6250: don't let the card-type probe hang forever 1 (1) 2026/10/01 12:31
[PATCH] usb-storage: ene_ub6250: don't let the card-type probe hang forever 3 (3) 2026/10/01 11:20
▶ ▼ Cause bisection attempts (2)
Created Duration User Patch Repo Result
2026/11/07 15:57 12h47m bisect upstream error job log
2026/10/21 11:13 0m bisect upstream error

Sample crash report:
INFO: task kworker/0:2:53 blocked for more than 143 seconds.
      Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:kworker/0:2     state:D stack:25320 pid:53    tgid:53    ppid:2      task_flags:0x4208060 flags:0x00080000
Workqueue: events_freezable usb_stor_scan_dwork
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5583 [inline]
 __schedule+0x17dd/0x5830 kernel/sched/core.c:7382
 __schedule_loop kernel/sched/core.c:7459 [inline]
 schedule+0x164/0x2b0 kernel/sched/core.c:7474
 schedule_preempt_disabled+0x13/0x30 kernel/sched/core.c:7531
 __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:726 [inline]
 __mutex_lock+0x7c4/0x15a0 kernel/locking/mutex.c:821
 usb_stor_scan_dwork+0xec/0x2c0 drivers/usb/storage/usb.c:987
 process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3505 [inline]
 process_scheduled_works+0xc3d/0x1630 kernel/workqueue.c:3588
 worker_thread+0xa47/0xfb0 kernel/workqueue.c:3669
 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>
INFO: task syz-executor339:5675 blocked for more than 143 seconds.
      Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:syz-executor339 state:D stack:25984 pid:5675  tgid:5675  ppid:5674   task_flags:0x400040 flags:0x00080802
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5583 [inline]
 __schedule+0x17dd/0x5830 kernel/sched/core.c:7382
 __schedule_loop kernel/sched/core.c:7459 [inline]
 schedule+0x164/0x2b0 kernel/sched/core.c:7474
 schedule_preempt_disabled+0x13/0x30 kernel/sched/core.c:7531
 __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:726 [inline]
 __mutex_lock+0x7c4/0x15a0 kernel/locking/mutex.c:821
 device_lock include/linux/device.h:1109 [inline]
 usbdev_open+0x151/0x760 drivers/usb/core/devio.c:1054
 chrdev_open+0x4d9/0x600 fs/char_dev.c:413
 do_dentry_open+0x80e/0x1360 fs/open.c:1000
 vfs_open_consume+0x4a/0x350 fs/open.c:1131
 do_open fs/namei.c:4851 [inline]
 path_openat+0x16fc/0x20f0 fs/namei.c:5016
 do_file_open+0x23e/0x4a0 fs/namei.c:5045
 do_sys_openat2+0x115/0x200 fs/open.c:1443
 do_sys_open fs/open.c:1449 [inline]
 __do_sys_openat fs/open.c:1789 [inline]
 __se_sys_openat fs/open.c:1784 [inline]
 __x64_sys_openat+0x138/0x170 fs/open.c:1784
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:61 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x16a/0x530 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:89
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x00007f51c95c0f57
RSP: 002b:00007ffcc92de380 EFLAGS: 00000202 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000101
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 000055557438e400 RCX: 00007f51c95c0f57
RDX: 0000000000103381 RSI: 00007ffcc92de420 RDI: ffffffffffffff9c
RBP: 00007ffcc92de420 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000202 R12: cccccccccccccccd
R13: 431bde82d7b634db R14: 00007f51c9641c40 R15: 0000000000000002
 </TASK>

Showing all locks held in the system:
locks held by khungtaskd/35: 1, last CPU#1:
 #0: ffffffff9035a560 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:3}, at: rcu_lock_acquire include/linux/rcupdate.h:309 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff9035a560 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:3}, at: rcu_read_lock include/linux/rcupdate.h:849 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff9035a560 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:3}, at: debug_show_all_locks+0x2e/0x180 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:6871
locks held by kworker/u8:2/46: 2, on CPU#0:
 #0: ffff88813fea4150 ((wq_completion)events_unbound){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: rcu_lock_acquire include/linux/rcupdate.h:309 [inline]
 #0: ffff88813fea4150 ((wq_completion)events_unbound){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: rcu_read_lock include/linux/rcupdate.h:849 [inline]
 #0: ffff88813fea4150 ((wq_completion)events_unbound){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3470 [inline]
 #0: ffff88813fea4150 ((wq_completion)events_unbound){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_scheduled_works+0x97a/0x1630 kernel/workqueue.c:3588
 #1: ffffc90000b67c40 ((work_completion)(&(&kfence_timer)->work)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: rcu_lock_acquire include/linux/rcupdate.h:309 [inline]
 #1: ffffc90000b67c40 ((work_completion)(&(&kfence_timer)->work)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: rcu_read_lock include/linux/rcupdate.h:849 [inline]
 #1: ffffc90000b67c40 ((work_completion)(&(&kfence_timer)->work)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3470 [inline]
 #1: ffffc90000b67c40 ((work_completion)(&(&kfence_timer)->work)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_scheduled_works+0x97a/0x1630 kernel/workqueue.c:3588
locks held by kworker/0:2/53: 3, on CPU#0:
 #0: ffff88813fe66150 ((wq_completion)events_freezable){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: rcu_lock_acquire include/linux/rcupdate.h:309 [inline]
 #0: ffff88813fe66150 ((wq_completion)events_freezable){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: rcu_read_lock include/linux/rcupdate.h:849 [inline]
 #0: ffff88813fe66150 ((wq_completion)events_freezable){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3470 [inline]
 #0: ffff88813fe66150 ((wq_completion)events_freezable){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_scheduled_works+0x97a/0x1630 kernel/workqueue.c:3588
 #1: ffffc90000bd7c40 ((work_completion)(&(&us->scan_dwork)->work)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: rcu_lock_acquire include/linux/rcupdate.h:309 [inline]
 #1: ffffc90000bd7c40 ((work_completion)(&(&us->scan_dwork)->work)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: rcu_read_lock include/linux/rcupdate.h:849 [inline]
 #1: ffffc90000bd7c40 ((work_completion)(&(&us->scan_dwork)->work)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3470 [inline]
 #1: ffffc90000bd7c40 ((work_completion)(&(&us->scan_dwork)->work)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_scheduled_works+0x97a/0x1630 kernel/workqueue.c:3588
 #2: ffff88807f54cee8 (&us_interface_key[i]){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: usb_stor_scan_dwork+0xec/0x2c0 drivers/usb/storage/usb.c:987
locks held by kworker/0:3/1244: 6, on CPU#0:
 #0: ffff888022689550 ((wq_completion)usb_hub_wq){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: rcu_lock_acquire include/linux/rcupdate.h:309 [inline]
 #0: ffff888022689550 ((wq_completion)usb_hub_wq){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: rcu_read_lock include/linux/rcupdate.h:849 [inline]
 #0: ffff888022689550 ((wq_completion)usb_hub_wq){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3470 [inline]
 #0: ffff888022689550 ((wq_completion)usb_hub_wq){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_scheduled_works+0x97a/0x1630 kernel/workqueue.c:3588
 #1: ffffc90005367c40 ((work_completion)(&hub->events)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: rcu_lock_acquire include/linux/rcupdate.h:309 [inline]
 #1: ffffc90005367c40 ((work_completion)(&hub->events)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: rcu_read_lock include/linux/rcupdate.h:849 [inline]
 #1: ffffc90005367c40 ((work_completion)(&hub->events)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3470 [inline]
 #1: ffffc90005367c40 ((work_completion)(&hub->events)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_scheduled_works+0x97a/0x1630 kernel/workqueue.c:3588
 #2: ffff88802b35a1d8 (&dev->mutex){....}-{4:4}, at: device_lock include/linux/device.h:1109 [inline]
 #2: ffff88802b35a1d8 (&dev->mutex){....}-{4:4}, at: hub_event+0x184/0x4d30 drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5917
 #3: ffff888024ada1d8 (&dev->mutex){....}-{4:4}, at: device_lock include/linux/device.h:1109 [inline]
 #3: ffff888024ada1d8 (&dev->mutex){....}-{4:4}, at: __device_attach+0x88/0x430 drivers/base/dd.c:1106
 #4: ffff888024ad81a0 (&dev->mutex){....}-{4:4}, at: device_lock include/linux/device.h:1109 [inline]
 #4: ffff888024ad81a0 (&dev->mutex){....}-{4:4}, at: __device_attach+0x88/0x430 drivers/base/dd.c:1106
 #5: ffff88807f54cee8 (&us_interface_key[i]){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: ene_ub6250_probe+0x375/0x610 drivers/usb/storage/ene_ub6250.c:2362
locks held by getty/5393: 2, on CPU#1:
 #0: ffff88803791f0a0 (&tty->ldisc_sem){++++}-{0:0}, at: tty_ldisc_ref_wait+0x25/0x70 drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c:243
 #1: ffffc900032532e8 (&ldata->atomic_read_lock){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: n_tty_read+0x45a/0x1360 drivers/tty/n_tty.c:2211
locks held by syz-executor339/5675: 1, on CPU#0:
 #0: ffff88802b35a1d8 (&dev->mutex){....}-{4:4}, at: device_lock include/linux/device.h:1109 [inline]
 #0: ffff88802b35a1d8 (&dev->mutex){....}-{4:4}, at: usbdev_open+0x151/0x760 drivers/usb/core/devio.c:1054

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NMI backtrace for cpu 1
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 35 Comm: khungtaskd Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) 
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 10/15/2026
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:377 [inline]
 watchdog+0x1073/0x10f0 kernel/hung_task.c:598
 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 10/15/2026
RIP: 0010:pv_native_safe_halt+0xf/0x20 arch/x86/kernel/paravirt.c:64
Code: 3a ad 02 e9 83 17 03 00 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 a3 ea 29 00 fb f4 <c3> cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc 90 90 90 90 90
RSP: 0018:ffffffff90007ca0 EFLAGS: 00000246
RAX: 0000000001e595ff RBX: ffffffff819ce03c RCX: 8000000000000001
RDX: 0000000000000001 RSI: ffffffff8e9f0244 RDI: ffffffff8cb01080
RBP: ffffffff90007d78 R08: ffff8880b8233d9b R09: 1ffff110170467b3
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: ffffed10170467b4 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 1ffffffff2011df8 R14: 1ffffffff2000f9c R15: dffffc0000000000
FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff888123159000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 0000564b99d54168 CR3: 0000000010148000 CR4: 00000000003526f0
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+0x1cc/0x540 kernel/sched/idle.c:355
 cpu_startup_entry+0x43/0x60 kernel/sched/idle.c:458
 rest_init+0x378/0x3a0 init/main.c:789
 start_kernel+0x392/0x3e0 init/main.c:1247
 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 (21):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/11/07 14:56 linux-next ddfe51b0a0f5 5cecaf1f .config strace log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce INFO: task hung in usb_stor_scan_dwork
2026/10/21 17:56 upstream 9e947d96915a 61c200c7 .config strace log report syz / log [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce INFO: task hung in usb_stor_scan_dwork
2026/09/27 07:17 upstream fd179f8a05be a3c7249d .config console log report syz / log [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-386 INFO: task hung in usb_stor_scan_dwork
2026/10/28 15:28 upstream 65ba8f34ec88 858db2ec .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce INFO: task hung in usb_stor_scan_dwork
2026/10/21 14:27 upstream 9e947d96915a 61c200c7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce INFO: task hung in usb_stor_scan_dwork
2026/10/19 10:08 upstream 8486d3571291 432c0077 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce INFO: task hung in usb_stor_scan_dwork
2026/10/15 23:35 upstream 0fcb05b72344 3f2522c6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce INFO: task hung in usb_stor_scan_dwork
2026/10/07 17:38 upstream 602042bf29f6 6520ecdb .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce INFO: task hung in usb_stor_scan_dwork
2026/10/07 17:37 upstream 602042bf29f6 6520ecdb .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce INFO: task hung in usb_stor_scan_dwork
2026/10/03 19:43 upstream e767a4ea70a3 57bbd979 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce INFO: task hung in usb_stor_scan_dwork
2026/09/30 22:33 upstream 551c722f4080 892a21ec .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce INFO: task hung in usb_stor_scan_dwork
2026/09/27 10:12 upstream fd179f8a05be a3c7249d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce INFO: task hung in usb_stor_scan_dwork
2026/09/21 20:44 upstream 93f51579e7df 853b104b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce INFO: task hung in usb_stor_scan_dwork
2026/09/14 15:54 upstream 704340f1cd0d 924033e8 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce INFO: task hung in usb_stor_scan_dwork
2026/09/10 19:01 upstream 50d05c7c76c9 1fe56c0a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root INFO: task hung in usb_stor_scan_dwork
2026/10/15 11:30 upstream 0fcb05b72344 8fb0ae89 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-386 INFO: task hung in usb_stor_scan_dwork
2026/10/13 10:49 upstream 24a19b953e2a 745a967f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-386 INFO: task hung in usb_stor_scan_dwork
2026/09/27 04:37 upstream fd179f8a05be a3c7249d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-386 INFO: task hung in usb_stor_scan_dwork
2026/11/10 16:38 linux-next 630059a5a632 70ec0380 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce INFO: task hung in usb_stor_scan_dwork
2026/11/07 12:11 linux-next ddfe51b0a0f5 5cecaf1f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce INFO: task hung in usb_stor_scan_dwork
2026/09/24 21:52 linux-next 3d7783543c26 3c3cdf19 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in usb_stor_scan_dwork
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.