INFO: task hung in shmem_swapin_page

Status: upstream: reported on 2026/09/04 05:58
Reported-by: syzbot+49e18bf30cffa3f57cb2@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 15d, last: 15d

Sample crash report:
INFO: task syz.3.901:7998 blocked for more than 143 seconds.
      Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:syz.3.901       state:D stack:24560 pid: 7998 ppid:  4197 flags:0x00004004
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5049 [inline]
 __schedule+0x11c3/0x4350 kernel/sched/core.c:6395
 schedule+0x11b/0x1e0 kernel/sched/core.c:6478
 io_schedule+0x7c/0xd0 kernel/sched/core.c:8503
 wait_on_page_bit_common+0x8bf/0xeb0 mm/filemap.c:1356
 wait_on_page_writeback+0x122/0x180 mm/page-writeback.c:2909
 shmem_swapin_page+0xc20/0x22f0 mm/shmem.c:1758
 shmem_getpage_gfp+0x3bc/0x2c10 mm/shmem.c:1854
 shmem_fault+0x1ac/0x550 mm/shmem.c:2118
 __do_fault+0x141/0x330 mm/memory.c:3928
 do_read_fault mm/memory.c:4264 [inline]
 do_fault mm/memory.c:4392 [inline]
 handle_pte_fault mm/memory.c:4650 [inline]
 __handle_mm_fault mm/memory.c:4785 [inline]
 handle_mm_fault+0x2982/0x4440 mm/memory.c:4883
 do_user_addr_fault+0x494/0xc90 arch/x86/mm/fault.c:1355
 handle_page_fault arch/x86/mm/fault.c:1443 [inline]
 exc_page_fault+0x60/0x100 arch/x86/mm/fault.c:1496
 asm_exc_page_fault+0x22/0x30 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:606
RIP: 0010:copy_user_generic_unrolled+0x86/0xc0 arch/x86/lib/copy_user_64.S:91
Code: 4c 8b 5e 38 4c 89 47 20 4c 89 4f 28 4c 89 57 30 4c 89 5f 38 48 8d 76 40 48 8d 7f 40 ff c9 75 b6 89 d1 83 e2 07 c1 e9 03 74 12 <4c> 8b 06 4c 89 07 48 8d 76 08 48 8d 7f 08 ff c9 75 ee 21 d2 74 10
RSP: 0018:ffffc90002e4fd80 EFLAGS: 00050206
RAX: ffffffff83e8a501 RBX: 0000000000000028 RCX: 0000000000000005
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000200000000000 RDI: ffffc90002e4fe00
RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: ffffc90002e4fe27 R09: 1ffff920005c9fc4
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffff520005c9fc5 R12: 00007ffffffff000
R13: 0000200000000028 R14: ffffc90002e4fe00 R15: 0000200000000000
 copy_user_generic arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess_64.h:37 [inline]
 raw_copy_from_user arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess_64.h:52 [inline]
 _copy_from_user+0xfa/0x170 lib/usercopy.c:23
 copy_from_user include/linux/uaccess.h:192 [inline]
 copy_from_bpfptr_offset include/linux/bpfptr.h:52 [inline]
 copy_from_bpfptr include/linux/bpfptr.h:58 [inline]
 __sys_bpf+0x26d/0x6f0 kernel/bpf/syscall.c:4630
 __do_sys_bpf kernel/bpf/syscall.c:4761 [inline]
 __se_sys_bpf kernel/bpf/syscall.c:4759 [inline]
 __x64_sys_bpf+0x78/0x90 kernel/bpf/syscall.c:4759
 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: 0033:0x7fd1105c4159
RSP: 002b:00007fd10e81c028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000141
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007fd11084bfa0 RCX: 00007fd1105c4159
RDX: 0000000000000028 RSI: 0000200000000000 RDI: 0000000000000012
RBP: 00007fd11065b024 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007fd11084c038 R14: 00007fd11084bfa0 R15: 00007fff3f758c18
 </TASK>

Showing all locks held in the system:
1 lock held by khungtaskd/27:
 #0: ffffffff8c31ef60 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: rcu_lock_acquire+0x0/0x30
2 locks held by getty/3948:
 #0: ffff88802c52f098 (&tty->ldisc_sem){++++}-{0:0}, at: tty_ldisc_ref_wait+0x21/0x70 drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c:252
 #1: ffffc900026562e8 (&ldata->atomic_read_lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: n_tty_read+0x594/0x1a50 drivers/tty/n_tty.c:2158
3 locks held by syz-executor/4174:
 #0: ffff88807b8c6328 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: mmap_read_trylock include/linux/mmap_lock.h:136 [inline]
 #0: ffff88807b8c6328 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: do_user_addr_fault+0x2bb/0xc90 arch/x86/mm/fault.c:1296
 #1: ffff88814d108558 (sb_pagefaults){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: __sb_start_write include/linux/fs.h:1817 [inline]
 #1: ffff88814d108558 (sb_pagefaults){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: sb_start_pagefault include/linux/fs.h:1916 [inline]
 #1: ffff88814d108558 (sb_pagefaults){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: ext4_page_mkwrite+0x1a5/0x1250 fs/ext4/inode.c:6194
 #2: ffff88814d10c990 (jbd2_handle){++++}-{0:0}, at: start_this_handle+0x12d5/0x1560 fs/jbd2/transaction.c:462
3 locks held by kworker/u4:13/4978:
3 locks held by syz-executor/7838:
 #0: ffff88814d108460 (sb_writers#5){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: mnt_want_write+0x3d/0x90 fs/namespace.c:386
 #1: ffff88805e34b5c8 (&type->i_mutex_dir_key#4/1){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: inode_lock_nested include/linux/fs.h:828 [inline]
 #1: ffff88805e34b5c8 (&type->i_mutex_dir_key#4/1){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: filename_create+0x20b/0x450 fs/namei.c:3886
 #2: ffff88814d10c990 (jbd2_handle){++++}-{0:0}, at: start_this_handle+0x12d5/0x1560 fs/jbd2/transaction.c:462
3 locks held by syz-executor/7993:
 #0: ffff88814d108460 (sb_writers#5){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: mnt_want_write+0x3d/0x90 fs/namespace.c:386
 #1: ffff88805e2c2bd0 (&type->i_mutex_dir_key#4/1){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: inode_lock_nested include/linux/fs.h:828 [inline]
 #1: ffff88805e2c2bd0 (&type->i_mutex_dir_key#4/1){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: filename_create+0x20b/0x450 fs/namei.c:3886
 #2: ffff88814d10c990 (jbd2_handle){++++}-{0:0}, at: start_this_handle+0x12d5/0x1560 fs/jbd2/transaction.c:462
1 lock held by syz.3.901/7998:
 #0: ffff88807f5d6a28 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: mmap_read_trylock include/linux/mmap_lock.h:136 [inline]
 #0: ffff88807f5d6a28 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: do_user_addr_fault+0x2bb/0xc90 arch/x86/mm/fault.c:1296
3 locks held by syz.4.906/8023:
 #0: ffff88801ab8b928 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: mmap_read_trylock include/linux/mmap_lock.h:136 [inline]
 #0: ffff88801ab8b928 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: do_user_addr_fault+0x2bb/0xc90 arch/x86/mm/fault.c:1296
 #1: ffff88814d108558 (sb_pagefaults){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: __sb_start_write include/linux/fs.h:1817 [inline]
 #1: ffff88814d108558 (sb_pagefaults){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: sb_start_pagefault include/linux/fs.h:1916 [inline]
 #1: ffff88814d108558 (sb_pagefaults){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: ext4_page_mkwrite+0x1a5/0x1250 fs/ext4/inode.c:6194
 #2: ffff88814d10c990 (jbd2_handle){++++}-{0:0}, at: start_this_handle+0x12d5/0x1560 fs/jbd2/transaction.c:462
3 locks held by syz.2.907/8036:
 #0: ffff88801ed4b928 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: mmap_read_trylock include/linux/mmap_lock.h:136 [inline]
 #0: ffff88801ed4b928 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: do_user_addr_fault+0x2bb/0xc90 arch/x86/mm/fault.c:1296
 #1: ffff88814d108558 (sb_pagefaults){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: __sb_start_write include/linux/fs.h:1817 [inline]
 #1: ffff88814d108558 (sb_pagefaults){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: sb_start_pagefault include/linux/fs.h:1916 [inline]
 #1: ffff88814d108558 (sb_pagefaults){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: ext4_page_mkwrite+0x1a5/0x1250 fs/ext4/inode.c:6194
 #2: ffff88814d10c990 (jbd2_handle){++++}-{0:0}, at: start_this_handle+0x12d5/0x1560 fs/jbd2/transaction.c:462

=============================================

NMI backtrace for cpu 1
CPU: 1 PID: 27 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+0x188/0x250 lib/dump_stack.c:106
 nmi_cpu_backtrace+0x3a2/0x3d0 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+0xe1b/0xe60 kernel/hung_task.c:369
 kthread+0x42e/0x520 kernel/kthread.c:334
 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:287
 </TASK>
Sending NMI from CPU 1 to CPUs 0:
NMI backtrace for cpu 0
CPU: 0 PID: 7 Comm: kworker/0:0 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/24/2026
Workqueue: events nsim_dev_trap_report_work
RIP: 0010:put_unaligned_le32 include/asm-generic/unaligned.h:47 [inline]
RIP: 0010:chacha_block_generic+0x59d/0xd80 lib/crypto/chacha.c:86
Code: 3c 4c 89 f8 48 c1 e8 03 0f b6 04 10 84 c0 0f 85 76 07 00 00 41 03 1f 4d 8d 7e 3c 49 83 c6 3f 4c 89 f8 48 c1 e8 03 0f b6 04 10 <84> c0 0f 85 82 07 00 00 4c 89 f0 48 c1 e8 03 0f b6 04 10 84 c0 49
RSP: 0018:ffffc90000cc77e0 EFLAGS: 00000807
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 000000006b8adea3 RCX: 00000000b3ee209f
RDX: dffffc0000000000 RSI: ffffc90000cc7844 RDI: ffffc90000cc7a70
RBP: ffffc90000cc78d0 R08: 000000009c60ad06 R09: ffffc90000cc7848
R10: 00000000e727410f R11: 00000000a061a2e5 R12: 00000000933292c0
R13: ffffc90000cc7958 R14: ffffc90000cc795f R15: ffffc90000cc795c
FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8880b9000000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 0000562cf6709168 CR3: 000000007e252000 CR4: 00000000003506f0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 chacha20_block include/crypto/chacha.h:36 [inline]
 crng_fast_key_erasure drivers/char/random.c:296 [inline]
 crng_make_state+0x2eb/0x670 drivers/char/random.c:391
 _get_random_bytes+0xfc/0x250 drivers/char/random.c:405
 eth_random_addr include/linux/etherdevice.h:225 [inline]
 nsim_dev_trap_skb_build drivers/net/netdevsim/dev.c:671 [inline]
 nsim_dev_trap_report drivers/net/netdevsim/dev.c:721 [inline]
 nsim_dev_trap_report_work+0x2f9/0xab0 drivers/net/netdevsim/dev.c:762
 process_one_work+0x867/0xff0 kernel/workqueue.c:2310
 worker_thread+0xad7/0x12a0 kernel/workqueue.c:2457
 kthread+0x42e/0x520 kernel/kthread.c:334
 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:287
 </TASK>

Crashes (1):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/09/04 05:58 linux-5.15.y 0996e0926f6b 801f0966 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in shmem_swapin_page
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.