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INFO: task hung in uevent_show

Status: upstream: reported C repro on 2024/08/12 05:03
Bug presence: origin:lts-only
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Reported-by: syzbot+49ec46118b7484c7ab31@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 516d, last: 38d
Bug presence (2)
Date Name Commit Repro Result
2025/11/29 linux-5.15.y (ToT) cc5ec8769306 C [report] INFO: task hung in uevent_show
2025/11/29 upstream (ToT) e66404878450 C Didn't crash
Similar bugs (4)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
upstream INFO: task hung in uevent_show usb 1 C done 9704 515d 576d 28/29 fixed on 2024/10/22 11:56
android-6-12 INFO: task hung in uevent_show origin:upstream 1 syz 7 201d 204d 0/1 premoderation: reported syz repro on 2025/06/19 15:22
linux-6.1 INFO: task hung in uevent_show origin:lts-only 1 C inconclusive 64 6d13h 533d 0/3 upstream: reported C repro on 2024/07/26 06:22
upstream INFO: task hung in uevent_show (2) kernel 1 C inconclusive 8325 188d 426d 29/29 fixed on 2025/07/17 21:22
Fix bisection attempts (1)
Created Duration User Patch Repo Result
2025/12/21 05:04 2h07m fix candidate upstream OK (0) job log

Sample crash report:
INFO: task udevd:4289 blocked for more than 143 seconds.
      Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:udevd           state:D stack:25504 pid: 4289 ppid:  3561 flags:0x00004002
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
 __mutex_lock_common+0xc71/0x2390 kernel/locking/mutex.c:669
 __mutex_lock kernel/locking/mutex.c:729 [inline]
 mutex_lock_nested+0x17/0x20 kernel/locking/mutex.c:743
 device_lock include/linux/device.h:764 [inline]
 uevent_show+0x17a/0x330 drivers/base/core.c:2408
 dev_attr_show+0x50/0xb0 drivers/base/core.c:2110
 sysfs_kf_seq_show+0x316/0x4c0 fs/sysfs/file.c:61
 seq_read_iter+0x49b/0xd50 fs/seq_file.c:230
 call_read_iter include/linux/fs.h:2167 [inline]
 new_sync_read fs/read_write.c:404 [inline]
 vfs_read+0x725/0xcf0 fs/read_write.c:485
 ksys_read+0x14d/0x250 fs/read_write.c:623
 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: 0033:0x7fe069669407
RSP: 002b:00007ffe1cb38570 EFLAGS: 00000202 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000000
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007fe06957b880 RCX: 00007fe069669407
RDX: 0000000000001000 RSI: 00005618a9a50360 RDI: 0000000000000008
RBP: 00007fe0697b1ff0 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000202 R12: 000000000000000a
R13: 00007fe0697b1ea0 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 00005618a9a2e870
 </TASK>

Showing all locks held in the system:
4 locks held by kworker/0:0/7:
 #0: ffff8880b903a358 (&rq->__lock){-.-.}-{2:2}, at: raw_spin_rq_lock_nested+0x26/0x140 kernel/sched/core.c:475
 #1: ffff8880b9027888 (&per_cpu_ptr(group->pcpu, cpu)->seq){-.-.}-{0:0}, at: psi_task_switch+0x4d6/0x810 kernel/sched/psi.c:891
 #2: ffff8880b90280d8 (&base->lock){-.-.}-{2:2}, at: lock_timer_base+0x123/0x270 kernel/time/timer.c:946
 #3: ffffffff962b89f8 (&obj_hash[i].lock){-.-.}-{2:2}, at: debug_object_activate+0x65/0x480 lib/debugobjects.c:694
1 lock held by khungtaskd/27:
 #0: ffffffff8c11c760 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: rcu_lock_acquire+0x0/0x30
1 lock held by klogd/3550:
 #0: ffff8880b913a358 (&rq->__lock){-.-.}-{2:2}, at: raw_spin_rq_lock_nested+0x26/0x140 kernel/sched/core.c:475
2 locks held by getty/3954:
 #0: ffff88802bf33098 (&tty->ldisc_sem){++++}-{0:0}, at: tty_ldisc_ref_wait+0x21/0x70 drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c:252
 #1: ffffc900025e62e8 (&ldata->atomic_read_lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: n_tty_read+0x5ba/0x1a30 drivers/tty/n_tty.c:2158
4 locks held by udevd/4289:
 #0: ffff8880298021c8 (&p->lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: seq_read_iter+0xad/0xd50 fs/seq_file.c:182
 #1: ffff888072903088 (&of->mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: kernfs_seq_start+0x51/0x3c0 fs/kernfs/file.c:112
 #2: ffff888144b8a660 (kn->active#32){++++}-{0:0}, at: kernfs_seq_start+0x71/0x3c0 fs/kernfs/file.c:113
 #3: ffff888078fc9220 (&dev->mutex){....}-{3:3}, at: device_lock include/linux/device.h:764 [inline]
 #3: ffff888078fc9220 (&dev->mutex){....}-{3:3}, at: uevent_show+0x17a/0x330 drivers/base/core.c:2408
6 locks held by kworker/0:11/4304:
 #0: ffff888017dbdd38 ((wq_completion)usb_hub_wq){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x760/0x1000 kernel/workqueue.c:-1
 #1: ffffc9000417fd00 ((work_completion)(&hub->events)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x7a3/0x1000 kernel/workqueue.c:2285
 #2: ffff8881489cc220 (&dev->mutex){....}-{3:3}, at: device_lock include/linux/device.h:764 [inline]
 #2: ffff8881489cc220 (&dev->mutex){....}-{3:3}, at: hub_event+0x1a7/0x5560 drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5827
 #3: ffff888078fc9220 (&dev->mutex){....}-{3:3}, at: device_lock include/linux/device.h:764 [inline]
 #3: ffff888078fc9220 (&dev->mutex){....}-{3:3}, at: __device_attach+0x85/0x460 drivers/base/dd.c:954
 #4: ffff8880787f41a8 (&dev->mutex){....}-{3:3}, at: device_lock include/linux/device.h:764 [inline]
 #4: ffff8880787f41a8 (&dev->mutex){....}-{3:3}, at: __device_attach+0x85/0x460 drivers/base/dd.c:954
 #5: ffffffff8bfccfd0 (umhelper_sem){++++}-{3:3}, at: usermodehelper_read_trylock+0xe7/0x320 kernel/umh.c:217

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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 10/02/2025
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 (49):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2025/11/27 23:22 linux-5.15.y cc5ec8769306 d6526ea3 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in uevent_show
2025/12/02 21:39 linux-5.15.y cc5ec8769306 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in uevent_show
2025/12/01 15:20 linux-5.15.y cc5ec8769306 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in uevent_show
2025/11/27 16:05 linux-5.15.y cc5ec8769306 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in uevent_show
2025/10/27 04:38 linux-5.15.y ac56c046adf4 c0460fcd .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in uevent_show
2025/10/27 02:38 linux-5.15.y ac56c046adf4 c0460fcd .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in uevent_show
2025/10/23 05:43 linux-5.15.y ac56c046adf4 c0460fcd .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in uevent_show
2025/10/14 14:44 linux-5.15.y 29e53a5b1c4f b6605ba8 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in uevent_show
2025/09/30 12:51 linux-5.15.y 43bb85222e53 86341da6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in uevent_show
2025/08/27 18:00 linux-5.15.y c79648372d02 e12e5ba4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in uevent_show
2025/07/23 10:24 linux-5.15.y c79648372d02 e1dd4f22 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in uevent_show
2025/07/23 00:30 linux-5.15.y c79648372d02 8e9d1dc1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in uevent_show
2025/07/21 17:45 linux-5.15.y c79648372d02 56d87229 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in uevent_show
2025/07/13 18:14 linux-5.15.y 2f693b607545 3cda49cf .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in uevent_show
2025/07/13 07:36 linux-5.15.y 2f693b607545 3cda49cf .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in uevent_show
2025/07/13 04:14 linux-5.15.y 2f693b607545 3cda49cf .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in uevent_show
2025/07/12 18:24 linux-5.15.y 2f693b607545 3cda49cf .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in uevent_show
2025/06/27 23:44 linux-5.15.y 3dea0e7f549e fc9d8ee5 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in uevent_show
2025/06/27 12:58 linux-5.15.y 3dea0e7f549e 803ce19b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in uevent_show
2025/05/27 11:03 linux-5.15.y 98f47d0e9b8c 874a1386 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in uevent_show
2025/05/18 04:11 linux-5.15.y 3b8db0e4f263 f41472b0 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in uevent_show
2025/05/17 22:37 linux-5.15.y 3b8db0e4f263 f41472b0 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in uevent_show
2025/05/13 09:30 linux-5.15.y 3b8db0e4f263 f6671af7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in uevent_show
2025/05/08 06:42 linux-5.15.y 16fdf2c7111b dbf35fa1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in uevent_show
2025/04/17 02:35 linux-5.15.y f7347f400572 a95239b1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in uevent_show
2025/04/14 20:50 linux-5.15.y f7347f400572 0bd6db41 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in uevent_show
2025/04/14 01:28 linux-5.15.y f7347f400572 0bd6db41 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in uevent_show
2025/03/17 03:03 linux-5.15.y 0c935c049b5c e2826670 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in uevent_show
2025/02/25 16:06 linux-5.15.y c16c81c81336 d34966d1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in uevent_show
2025/02/24 13:37 linux-5.15.y c16c81c81336 d34966d1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in uevent_show
2025/02/23 14:41 linux-5.15.y c16c81c81336 d34966d1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in uevent_show
2025/02/23 08:28 linux-5.15.y c16c81c81336 d34966d1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in uevent_show
2025/02/18 23:03 linux-5.15.y c16c81c81336 9a14138f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in uevent_show
2025/02/17 02:46 linux-5.15.y c16c81c81336 40a34ec9 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in uevent_show
2025/02/15 00:33 linux-5.15.y c16c81c81336 1022af74 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in uevent_show
2025/01/13 22:12 linux-5.15.y 4735586da88e 249ceea9 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in uevent_show
2025/01/04 19:41 linux-5.15.y 91786f140358 f3558dbf .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in uevent_show
2025/01/04 19:40 linux-5.15.y 91786f140358 f3558dbf .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in uevent_show
2024/12/28 08:24 linux-5.15.y 91786f140358 d3ccff63 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in uevent_show
2024/12/22 07:36 linux-5.15.y 91786f140358 d7f584ee .config console log report syz / log [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in uevent_show
2024/12/02 11:08 linux-5.15.y 0a51d2d4527b 68914665 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in uevent_show
2024/12/02 02:18 linux-5.15.y 0a51d2d4527b 68914665 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in uevent_show
2024/12/01 22:58 linux-5.15.y 0a51d2d4527b 68914665 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in uevent_show
2024/11/25 16:29 linux-5.15.y 0a51d2d4527b 68da6d95 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in uevent_show
2024/11/20 18:41 linux-5.15.y 0a51d2d4527b 4fca1650 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in uevent_show
2024/11/15 14:15 linux-5.15.y d98fd109f827 f6ede3a3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in uevent_show
2024/08/12 05:02 linux-5.15.y 7e89efd3ae1c 6f4edef4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in uevent_show
2025/05/03 12:00 linux-5.15.y 16fdf2c7111b b0714e37 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 INFO: task hung in uevent_show
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.