INFO: task hung in nfsd_nrthreads

Status: upstream: reported on 2026/07/28 20:58
Reported-by: syzbot+3fdbad09fc1abd5f7da5@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 28d, last: 21d

Sample crash report:
INFO: task syz.3.1287:8982 blocked for more than 143 seconds.
      Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:syz.3.1287      state:D stack:27920 pid:8982  ppid:4283   flags:0x00004004
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5246 [inline]
 __schedule+0x107f/0x4030 kernel/sched/core.c:6563
 schedule+0xb9/0x180 kernel/sched/core.c:6639
 schedule_preempt_disabled+0xf/0x20 kernel/sched/core.c:6698
 __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:679 [inline]
 __mutex_lock+0x548/0xae0 kernel/locking/mutex.c:747
 nfsd_nrthreads+0x48/0xe0 fs/nfsd/nfssvc.c:280
 write_threads+0x1ec/0x350 fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c:428
 nfsctl_transaction_write+0x105/0x150 fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c:114
 vfs_write+0x2dc/0x9a0 fs/read_write.c:582
 ksys_write+0x14d/0x260 fs/read_write.c:637
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:46 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x4c/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:76
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2
RIP: 0033:0x7f8e22d9e019
RSP: 002b:00007f8e23c48028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000001
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f8e23026090 RCX: 00007f8e22d9e019
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000004
RBP: 00007f8e22e3500c R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f8e23026128 R14: 00007f8e23026090 R15: 00007ffc27924a78
 </TASK>

Showing all locks held in the system:
1 lock held by rcu_tasks_kthre/12:
 #0: ffffffff8cb2e4f0 (rcu_tasks.tasks_gp_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rcu_tasks_one_gp+0x33/0xef0 kernel/rcu/tasks.h:517
1 lock held by rcu_tasks_trace/13:
 #0: ffffffff8cb2ed10 (rcu_tasks_trace.tasks_gp_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rcu_tasks_one_gp+0x33/0xef0 kernel/rcu/tasks.h:517
1 lock held by khungtaskd/28:
 #0: ffffffff8cb2db60 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: rcu_lock_acquire include/linux/rcupdate.h:350 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8cb2db60 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: rcu_read_lock include/linux/rcupdate.h:791 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8cb2db60 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: debug_show_all_locks+0x51/0x290 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:6527
2 locks held by getty/4032:
 #0: ffff88814d653098 (&tty->ldisc_sem){++++}-{0:0}, at: tty_ldisc_ref_wait+0x21/0x70 drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c:244
 #1: ffffc9000327b2f0 (&ldata->atomic_read_lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: n_tty_read+0x41e/0x1360 drivers/tty/n_tty.c:2198
1 lock held by syz-executor/4259:
2 locks held by kworker/0:5/4350:
 #0: ffff888017472138 ((wq_completion)rcu_gp){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x7b4/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2267
 #1: ffffc900044e7d00 ((work_completion)(&rew->rew_work)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x7b4/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2267
3 locks held by syz.3.1287/8976:
 #0: ffff88807ce254e8 (&f->f_pos_lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: __fdget_pos+0x2ae/0x360 fs/file.c:1038
 #1: ffff88807d232460 (sb_writers#21){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: vfs_write+0x270/0x9a0 fs/read_write.c:580
 #2: ffffffff8cdcce08 (nfsd_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: write_ports+0xb3/0xb80 fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c:846
3 locks held by syz.3.1287/8982:
 #0: ffff88802c4c3768 (&f->f_pos_lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: __fdget_pos+0x2ae/0x360 fs/file.c:1038
 #1: ffff88807d232460 (sb_writers#21){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: vfs_write+0x270/0x9a0 fs/read_write.c:580
 #2: ffffffff8cdcce08 (nfsd_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: nfsd_nrthreads+0x48/0xe0 fs/nfsd/nfssvc.c:280
2 locks held by dhcpcd/10613:
 #0: ffff888024026130 (sk_lock-AF_PACKET){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: lock_sock include/net/sock.h:1805 [inline]
 #0: ffff888024026130 (sk_lock-AF_PACKET){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: packet_do_bind+0x33/0xd40 net/packet/af_packet.c:3255
 #1: ffffffff8cb33838 (rcu_state.exp_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: exp_funnel_lock kernel/rcu/tree_exp.h:291 [inline]
 #1: ffffffff8cb33838 (rcu_state.exp_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: synchronize_rcu_expedited+0x2ec/0x890 kernel/rcu/tree_exp.h:962
1 lock held by sed/10617:

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NMI backtrace for cpu 0
CPU: 0 PID: 28 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+0x188/0x24e lib/dump_stack.c:106
 nmi_cpu_backtrace+0x3e6/0x460 lib/nmi_backtrace.c:111
 nmi_trigger_cpumask_backtrace+0x1d4/0x450 lib/nmi_backtrace.c:62
 trigger_all_cpu_backtrace include/linux/nmi.h:148 [inline]
 check_hung_uninterruptible_tasks kernel/hung_task.c:220 [inline]
 watchdog+0xf0e/0xf50 kernel/hung_task.c:377
 kthread+0x29d/0x330 kernel/kthread.c:376
 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:295
 </TASK>
Sending NMI from CPU 0 to CPUs 1:
NMI backtrace for cpu 1
CPU: 1 PID: 10617 Comm: sed Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/24/2026
RIP: 0010:lockdep_recursion_finish kernel/locking/lockdep.c:467 [inline]
RIP: 0010:lock_release+0x565/0x920 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5698
Code: 24 10 48 8b 54 24 30 e8 19 6c 00 00 4c 8b 7c 24 18 48 c7 c7 20 29 8c 8a e8 f8 ad cb 08 b8 ff ff ff ff 65 0f c1 05 ab f9 9d 7e <83> f8 01 75 7f 43 c6 44 2f 04 00 48 c7 84 24 80 00 00 00 00 00 00
RSP: 0018:ffffc9000c67f580 EFLAGS: 00000057
RAX: 0000000000000001 RBX: 38cdf0b8fe435742 RCX: 256d873b112b3400
RDX: 0000000000000003 RSI: ffffffff8a8c2920 RDI: ffffffff8adf5de0
RBP: ffffc9000c67f690 R08: ffffffff8e210aef R09: 1ffffffff1c4215d
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffffbfff1c4215e R12: ffff88802580a958
R13: dffffc0000000000 R14: ffff88802580a8d0 R15: 1ffff920018cfebc
FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8880b8f00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007fe716477e9c CR3: 000000002dba7000 CR4: 00000000003506e0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 folio_memcg_lock+0x172/0x320 mm/memcontrol.c:2112
 page_remove_rmap+0x2e/0xef0 mm/rmap.c:1426
 zap_pte_range mm/memory.c:1451 [inline]
 zap_pmd_range mm/memory.c:1572 [inline]
 zap_pud_range mm/memory.c:1601 [inline]
 zap_p4d_range mm/memory.c:1622 [inline]
 unmap_page_range+0x10db/0x25b0 mm/memory.c:1643
 unmap_vmas+0x260/0x390 mm/memory.c:1728
 exit_mmap+0x20d/0x970 mm/mmap.c:3250
 __mmput+0x118/0x3a0 kernel/fork.c:1206
 exit_mm+0x24d/0x350 kernel/exit.c:572
 do_exit+0x958/0x2570 kernel/exit.c:874
 do_group_exit+0x229/0x2e0 kernel/exit.c:1030
 __do_sys_exit_group kernel/exit.c:1041 [inline]
 __se_sys_exit_group kernel/exit.c:1039 [inline]
 __x64_sys_exit_group+0x3b/0x40 kernel/exit.c:1039
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:46 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x4c/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:76
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2
RIP: 0033:0x7fe7165d66c5
Code: Unable to access opcode bytes at 0x7fe7165d669b.
RSP: 002b:00007fff63d39fb8 EFLAGS: 00000206 ORIG_RAX: 00000000000000e7
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007fe7166d7fe8 RCX: 00007fe7165d66c5
RDX: 00000000000000e7 RSI: ffffffffffffff88 RDI: 0000000000000000
RBP: 0000000000000001 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000206 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 00007fe7166d6680 R15: 00007fe7166d8000
 </TASK>

Crashes (3):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/08/04 09:36 linux-6.1.y fb28aa725e05 9451e17e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in nfsd_nrthreads
2026/08/04 05:25 linux-6.1.y fb28aa725e05 9451e17e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in nfsd_nrthreads
2026/07/28 20:57 linux-6.1.y dc5c83b7f5f8 edc8a875 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 INFO: task hung in nfsd_nrthreads
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.