INFO: task hung in exit_aio (5)

Status: upstream: reported on 2026/05/17 16:41
Subsystems: kernel
Labels: prio:low
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Reported-by: syzbot+4c9b421ef4f6c18a174e@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 403d, last: 6d22h
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ID Workflow Result Correct Bug Created Started Finished Revision
93024099 assessment-security DenialOfService: ✅ Exploitable: ❌ FilesystemTrigger: ❌ NetworkTrigger: ❌ PeripheralTrigger: ❌ RemoteTrigger: ❌ Unprivileged: ❌ UserNamespace: ❌ VMGuestTrigger: ❌ VMHostTrigger: ❌ INFO: task hung in exit_aio (5) 2026/05/30 18:05 2026/05/30 18:05 2026/05/30 19:04 6b4a8443
ec3aa5ac assessment-security 💥 INFO: task hung in exit_aio (5) 2026/05/14 11:20 2026/05/14 11:20 2026/05/14 11:21 6ccb967e
fe59251d repro INFO: task hung in exit_aio (5) 2026/03/06 13:52 2026/03/06 13:52 2026/03/06 14:02 31e9c887
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[syzbot] [kernel?] INFO: task hung in exit_aio (5) 0 (1) 2026/05/17 16:41
Similar bugs (7)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
android-6-12 INFO: task hung in exit_aio (2) 1 22 76d 191d 0/1 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2026/08/12 14:31
upstream INFO: task hung in exit_aio (4) fs 1 6 608d 674d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/03/13 05:51
android-414 INFO: task hung in exit_aio 1 3 2658d 2659d 0/1 auto-closed as invalid on 2019/10/25 08:40
upstream INFO: task hung in exit_aio (2) fs 1 3 1736d 1814d 0/29 closed as invalid on 2022/02/07 19:09
upstream INFO: task hung in exit_aio (3) fs 1 1 769d 769d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/10/04 00:29
android-6-12 INFO: task hung in exit_aio 1 38 274d 416d 0/1 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2026/01/04 12:01
upstream INFO: task hung in exit_aio fs 1 syz, C 17519 2553d 3168d 0/29 closed as dup on 2018/04/08 22:50

Sample crash report:
INFO: task syz.3.271:6593 blocked for more than 144 seconds.
      Tainted: G             L      syzkaller #0
      Blocked by coredump.
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:syz.3.271       state:D stack:28408 pid:6593  tgid:6585  ppid:5614   task_flags:0x40044c flags:0x00080001
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5510 [inline]
 __schedule+0x16dc/0x5500 kernel/sched/core.c:7234
 __schedule_loop kernel/sched/core.c:7311 [inline]
 schedule+0x164/0x2b0 kernel/sched/core.c:7326
 schedule_timeout+0xc0/0x2c0 kernel/time/sleep_timeout.c:75
 do_wait_for_common kernel/sched/completion.c:100 [inline]
 __wait_for_common kernel/sched/completion.c:121 [inline]
 wait_for_common kernel/sched/completion.c:132 [inline]
 wait_for_completion+0x2ca/0x5e0 kernel/sched/completion.c:153
 exit_aio+0x310/0x3e0 fs/aio.c:980
 __mmput+0x68/0x3d0 kernel/fork.c:1184
 exit_mm+0x186/0x240 kernel/exit.c:615
 do_exit+0x6cd/0x2360 kernel/exit.c:997
 do_group_exit+0x22d/0x2f0 kernel/exit.c:1152
 get_signal+0x121b/0x12c0 kernel/signal.c:3046
 arch_do_signal_or_restart+0xbb/0x860 arch/x86/kernel/signal.c:337
 __exit_to_user_mode_loop kernel/entry/common.c:66 [inline]
 exit_to_user_mode_loop+0x104/0x730 kernel/entry/common.c:101
 __exit_to_user_mode_prepare include/linux/irq-entry-common.h:207 [inline]
 syscall_exit_to_user_mode_prepare include/linux/irq-entry-common.h:230 [inline]
 syscall_exit_to_user_mode include/linux/entry-common.h:318 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x353/0x580 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:100
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x7f0f53ebde99
RSP: 002b:00007f0f520d4028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000001
RAX: 0000000000000ff0 RBX: 00007f0f54146180 RCX: 00007f0f53ebde99
RDX: 0000000000002778 RSI: 0000200000000040 RDI: 0000000000000003
RBP: 00007f0f53f53eaf R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f0f54146218 R14: 00007f0f54146180 R15: 00007ffe35cb29c8
 </TASK>

Showing all locks held in the system:
4 locks held by kworker/0:0/9:
4 locks held by rcuc/0/20:
1 lock held by khungtaskd/38:
 #0: ffffffff8e1c3000 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:3}, at: rcu_lock_acquire include/linux/rcupdate.h:300 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8e1c3000 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:3}, at: rcu_read_lock include/linux/rcupdate.h:840 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8e1c3000 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:3}, at: debug_show_all_locks+0x2e/0x180 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:6775
5 locks held by kworker/u8:2/43:
3 locks held by kworker/u8:8/1126:
 #0: ffff88813ff5c138 ((wq_completion)events_unbound){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3297 [inline]
 #0: ffff88813ff5c138 ((wq_completion)events_unbound){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_scheduled_works+0xa20/0x14e0 kernel/workqueue.c:3405
 #1: ffffc90005ecfc40 ((linkwatch_work).work){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3297 [inline]
 #1: ffffc90005ecfc40 ((linkwatch_work).work){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_scheduled_works+0xa20/0x14e0 kernel/workqueue.c:3405
 #2: ffffffff8f5b1df8 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: linkwatch_event+0xe/0x60 net/core/link_watch.c:313
5 locks held by kworker/u8:12/1474:
6 locks held by kworker/u8:15/3437:
2 locks held by kworker/u8:16/3441:
 #0: ffff88813ff5c138 ((wq_completion)events_unbound){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3297 [inline]
 #0: ffff88813ff5c138 ((wq_completion)events_unbound){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_scheduled_works+0xa20/0x14e0 kernel/workqueue.c:3405
 #1: ffffc9000e377c40 ((work_completion)(&sub_info->work)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3297 [inline]
 #1: ffffc9000e377c40 ((work_completion)(&sub_info->work)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_scheduled_works+0xa20/0x14e0 kernel/workqueue.c:3405
1 lock held by jbd2/sda1-8/4927:
2 locks held by getty/5357:
 #0: ffff8880368d60a0 (&tty->ldisc_sem){++++}-{0:0}, at: tty_ldisc_ref_wait+0x25/0x70 drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c:243
 #1: ffffc90003cbe2e0 (&ldata->atomic_read_lock){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: n_tty_read+0x460/0x1360 drivers/tty/n_tty.c:2211
1 lock held by syz.0.276/6600:
 #0: ffffffff8e1c91b0 (rcu_state.barrier_mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: rcu_barrier+0x4c/0x530 kernel/rcu/tree.c:3857
1 lock held by syz.1.278/6614:
 #0: ffffffff8e1c91b0 (rcu_state.barrier_mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: rcu_barrier+0x4c/0x530 kernel/rcu/tree.c:3857
1 lock held by syz-executor/6641:
 #0: ffffffff8e1c91b0 (rcu_state.barrier_mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: rcu_barrier+0x4c/0x530 kernel/rcu/tree.c:3857
1 lock held by syz-executor/6652:
 #0: ffffffff8e1c91b0 (rcu_state.barrier_mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: rcu_barrier+0x4c/0x530 kernel/rcu/tree.c:3857
1 lock held by syz-executor/6667:
 #0: ffffffff8e1c91b0 (rcu_state.barrier_mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: rcu_barrier+0x4c/0x530 kernel/rcu/tree.c:3857
1 lock held by syz.4.302/6686:
 #0: ffffffff8e1c91b0 (rcu_state.barrier_mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: rcu_barrier+0x4c/0x530 kernel/rcu/tree.c:3857
1 lock held by syz-executor/6758:
 #0: ffffffff8e1c91b0 (rcu_state.barrier_mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: rcu_barrier+0x4c/0x530 kernel/rcu/tree.c:3857
1 lock held by syz-executor/6811:
1 lock held by syz-executor/6840:
2 locks held by syz-executor/6933:
 #0: ffffffff8f5a3240 (pernet_ops_rwsem){++++}-{4:4}, at: copy_net_ns+0x4e2/0x720 net/core/net_namespace.c:575
 #1: ffffffff8f5b1df8 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: ip_tunnel_init_net+0x2d5/0x820 net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.c:1149
1 lock held by syz.2.385/6974:
 #0: ffffffff8e1c91b0 (rcu_state.barrier_mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: rcu_barrier+0x4c/0x530 kernel/rcu/tree.c:3857
1 lock held by syz-executor/6979:
 #0: ffffffff8f5b1df8 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: rtnl_net_lock include/linux/rtnetlink.h:130 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8f5b1df8 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: inet_rtm_newaddr+0x464/0x19e0 net/ipv4/devinet.c:978
3 locks held by udevd/6982:
5 locks held by syz-executor/6986:
2 locks held by modprobe/6989:

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NMI backtrace for cpu 0
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 38 Comm: khungtaskd Tainted: G             L      syzkaller #0 PREEMPT_{RT,(full)} 
Tainted: [L]=SOFTLOCKUP
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/16/2026
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 dump_stack_lvl+0xe8/0x150 lib/dump_stack.c:120
 nmi_cpu_backtrace+0x274/0x2d0 lib/nmi_backtrace.c:122
 nmi_trigger_cpumask_backtrace+0x17a/0x380 lib/nmi_backtrace.c:65
 trigger_all_cpu_backtrace include/linux/nmi.h:162 [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:353 [inline]
 watchdog+0xfd7/0x1030 kernel/hung_task.c:561
 kthread+0x388/0x470 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>

Crashes (36):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/07/28 15:41 upstream 62cc90241548 19622d9d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root INFO: task hung in exit_aio
2026/05/20 03:13 upstream 27fa82620cba 0909d65f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root INFO: task hung in exit_aio
2026/05/20 03:06 upstream 27fa82620cba 0909d65f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root INFO: task hung in exit_aio
2026/05/13 16:33 upstream 1d5dcaa3bd65 fec2a7ee .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root INFO: task hung in exit_aio
2026/04/26 05:59 upstream 897d54018cc9 9c2d0995 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root INFO: task hung in exit_aio
2026/04/12 21:59 upstream f5459048c38a 38c8e246 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: task hung in exit_aio
2026/03/19 11:22 upstream 8a30aeb0d1b4 bd6dcb30 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root INFO: task hung in exit_aio
2026/02/07 09:21 upstream 2687c848e578 f20fc9f9 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root INFO: task hung in exit_aio
2026/01/15 03:37 upstream 944aacb68baf d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce INFO: task hung in exit_aio
2026/01/01 08:36 upstream 9528d5c091c5 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root INFO: task hung in exit_aio
2025/12/27 04:22 upstream 3f0e9c8cefa9 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root INFO: task hung in exit_aio
2025/11/25 19:21 upstream 8a2bcda5e139 64219f15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root INFO: task hung in exit_aio
2025/11/19 00:30 upstream 5bebe8de1926 ef766cd7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root INFO: task hung in exit_aio
2025/11/16 06:06 upstream f824272b6e3f f7988ea4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root INFO: task hung in exit_aio
2025/11/11 14:23 upstream 4427259cc7f7 4e1406b4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root INFO: task hung in exit_aio
2025/10/17 21:40 upstream cf1ea8854e4f 7adf5298 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root INFO: task hung in exit_aio
2025/10/06 13:23 upstream fd94619c4336 91305dbe .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root INFO: task hung in exit_aio
2025/10/01 23:00 upstream d3479214c05d a1859138 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root INFO: task hung in exit_aio
2025/10/01 06:06 upstream 50c19e20ed2e 65a0eece .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root INFO: task hung in exit_aio
2025/09/29 11:41 upstream e5f0a698b34e 86341da6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root INFO: task hung in exit_aio
2025/09/28 19:05 upstream 8f9736633f8c 001c9061 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root INFO: task hung in exit_aio
2025/09/25 11:01 upstream bf40f4b87761 0abd0691 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root INFO: task hung in exit_aio
2025/09/08 20:03 upstream f777d1112ee5 d291dd2d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root INFO: task hung in exit_aio
2025/09/06 00:00 upstream d1d10cea0895 d291dd2d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root INFO: task hung in exit_aio
2025/09/05 10:47 upstream d69eb204c255 d291dd2d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root INFO: task hung in exit_aio
2025/09/04 10:11 upstream b9a10f876409 d291dd2d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root INFO: task hung in exit_aio
2025/09/02 23:25 upstream e6b9dce0aeeb 091ba174 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root INFO: task hung in exit_aio
2025/09/02 14:05 upstream b320789d6883 807a3b61 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root INFO: task hung in exit_aio
2025/08/31 03:57 upstream c8bc81a52d5a 807a3b61 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root INFO: task hung in exit_aio
2025/08/29 00:33 upstream 07d9df80082b 3e1beec6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root INFO: task hung in exit_aio
2025/08/28 11:00 upstream 07d9df80082b 443c11c7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root INFO: task hung in exit_aio
2026/08/07 03:01 linux-next cc2b5f627e8c c38879ea .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce INFO: task hung in exit_aio
2026/06/11 14:06 linux-next abe651837cb3 d93a6ab6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce INFO: task hung in exit_aio
2026/05/26 05:24 linux-next c1ecb239fa34 c69befb3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in exit_aio
2025/07/06 22:24 linux-next 26ffb3d6f02c 4f67c4ae .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in exit_aio
2025/08/07 15:37 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/riscv/linux.git for-next 21ef6a269833 04cffc22 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu2-riscv64 INFO: task hung in exit_aio
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.