INFO: task hung in linkwatch_event (6)

Status: upstream: reported syz repro on 2026/08/17 14:48
Reported-by: syzbot+552cdfac54372f71f075@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 11d, last: 8d20h
Bug presence (1)
Date Name Commit Repro Result
2026/08/22 upstream (ToT) 26260251022f syz Failed due to an error; will retry later
Similar bugs (21)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
linux-5.15 INFO: task hung in linkwatch_event (2) 1 1 566d 566d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/05/19 15:08
linux-6.1 INFO: task hung in linkwatch_event (5) 1 syz error 8 135d 308d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2026/07/24 12:40
linux-6.1 INFO: task hung in linkwatch_event (4) 1 syz 7 442d 534d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/09/20 14:43
android-414 INFO: task hung in linkwatch_event 1 syz, C 7 2477d 2697d 0/1 public: reported C repro on 2019/04/10 16:14
linux-6.6 INFO: task hung in linkwatch_event origin:lts-only 1 syz, C inconclusive 33 14d 420d 0/2 upstream: reported C repro on 2025/07/04 13:16
linux-4.14 INFO: task hung in linkwatch_event (2) 1 1 1498d 1498d 0/1 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2022/11/19 11:58
android-44 INFO: task hung in linkwatch_event 1 6 2913d 3059d 0/2 auto-closed as invalid on 2019/03/05 13:11
linux-5.15 INFO: task hung in linkwatch_event 1 84 665d 960d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/01/11 00:55
upstream INFO: task hung in linkwatch_event (4) prio:low net 1 syz, C done 3804 42m 763d 0/29 upstream: reported C repro on 2024/07/27 06:21
linux-5.15 INFO: task hung in linkwatch_event (3) 1 8 41d 342d 0/3 upstream: reported on 2025/09/20 20:03
upstream INFO: task hung in linkwatch_event net 1 syz, C 82 2506d 3117d 0/29 closed as dup on 2018/02/14 15:33
linux-4.14 INFO: task hung in linkwatch_event 1 5 2182d 2309d 0/1 auto-closed as invalid on 2021/01/05 01:42
linux-4.19 INFO: task hung in linkwatch_event (2) 1 syz, C error 217 1273d 2361d 0/1 upstream: reported C repro on 2020/03/11 20:12
upstream INFO: task hung in linkwatch_event (2) net 1 syz, C done done 1033 1587d 2313d 20/29 fixed on 2022/05/13 11:13
linux-4.19 INFO: task hung in linkwatch_event 1 3 2515d 2629d 0/1 auto-closed as invalid on 2020/02/07 01:11
upstream INFO: task hung in linkwatch_event (3) net 1 1634 781d 1375d 26/29 fixed on 2024/07/09 19:14
linux-4.14 INFO: task hung in linkwatch_event (3) 1 2 1333d 1333d 0/1 upstream: reported on 2023/01/03 10:49
android-49 INFO: task hung in linkwatch_event 1 13 2677d 2694d 0/3 auto-closed as invalid on 2019/10/25 08:50
linux-6.1 INFO: task hung in linkwatch_event (2) 1 32 716d 830d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/11/21 00:32
linux-6.1 INFO: task hung in linkwatch_event 1 2 1119d 1235d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/11/14 00:59
linux-6.1 INFO: task hung in linkwatch_event (3) 1 1 641d 641d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/03/05 15:51

Sample crash report:
INFO: task kworker/u4:1:11 blocked for more than 143 seconds.
      Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:kworker/u4:1    state:D stack:22432 pid:11    ppid:2      flags:0x00004000
Workqueue: events_unbound linkwatch_event
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
 linkwatch_event+0xa/0x50 net/core/link_watch.c:263
 process_one_work+0x8ab/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2292
 worker_thread+0xaf5/0x12a0 kernel/workqueue.c:2439
 kthread+0x29d/0x330 kernel/kthread.c:376
 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:295
 </TASK>
INFO: task kworker/0:2:1203 blocked for more than 145 seconds.
      Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:kworker/0:2     state:D stack:24368 pid:1203  ppid:2      flags:0x00004000
Workqueue: events switchdev_deferred_process_work
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
 switchdev_deferred_process_work+0xa/0x20 net/switchdev/switchdev.c:104
 process_one_work+0x8ab/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2292
 worker_thread+0xaf5/0x12a0 kernel/workqueue.c:2439
 kthread+0x29d/0x330 kernel/kthread.c:376
 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:295
 </TASK>
INFO: task dhcpcd:3932 blocked for more than 147 seconds.
      Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:dhcpcd          state:D stack:25264 pid:3932  ppid:1      flags:0x00004002
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
 __netlink_dump_start+0x11e/0x6f0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2310
 netlink_dump_start include/linux/netlink.h:269 [inline]
 rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0xe55/0xfb0 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6122
 netlink_rcv_skb+0x1ef/0x440 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2516
 netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1318 [inline]
 netlink_unicast+0x7ad/0x920 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1344
 netlink_sendmsg+0x8ad/0xbd0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1877
 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:718 [inline]
 __sock_sendmsg net/socket.c:730 [inline]
 ____sys_sendmsg+0x5ed/0x9a0 net/socket.c:2519
 ___sys_sendmsg+0x2a2/0x360 net/socket.c:2573
 __sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2602 [inline]
 __do_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2611 [inline]
 __se_sys_sendmsg+0x1c3/0x2b0 net/socket.c:2609
 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: 0033:0x7f678a26c407
RSP: 002b:00007ffd90358350 EFLAGS: 00000202 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000002e
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f678a1e2740 RCX: 00007f678a26c407
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 00007ffd903583d0 RDI: 000000000000000c
RBP: 00007ffd9035c480 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000202 R12: 00005562abbaf480
R13: 000000000000000c R14: 00007ffd9035c670 R15: 00007ffd9035c6bc
 </TASK>

Showing all locks held in the system:
3 locks held by kworker/u4:1/11:
 #0: ffff888017479138 ((wq_completion)events_unbound){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x7b4/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2267
 #1: ffffc90000107d00 ((linkwatch_work).work){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x7b4/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2267
 #2: ffffffff8dd5c0a8 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: linkwatch_event+0xa/0x50 net/core/link_watch.c:263
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
5 locks held by kworker/u4:4/1153:
 #0: ffff88801761e938 ((wq_completion)netns){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x7b4/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2267
 #1: ffffc90004fafd00 (net_cleanup_work){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x7b4/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2267
 #2: ffffffff8dd4f210 (pernet_ops_rwsem){++++}-{3:3}, at: cleanup_net+0x148/0xba0 net/core/net_namespace.c:594
 #3: ffffffff8dd5c0a8 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: default_device_exit_batch+0xee/0x9f0 net/core/dev.c:11535
 #4: ffffffff8cb33838 (rcu_state.exp_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: exp_funnel_lock kernel/rcu/tree_exp.h:291 [inline]
 #4: ffffffff8cb33838 (rcu_state.exp_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: synchronize_rcu_expedited+0x2ec/0x890 kernel/rcu/tree_exp.h:962
3 locks held by kworker/0:2/1203:
 #0: ffff888017470938 ((wq_completion)events){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x7b4/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2267
 #1: ffffc900053c7d00 (deferred_process_work){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x7b4/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2267
 #2: ffffffff8dd5c0a8 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: switchdev_deferred_process_work+0xa/0x20 net/switchdev/switchdev.c:104
1 lock held by dhcpcd/3932:
 #0: ffffffff8dd5c0a8 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: __netlink_dump_start+0x11e/0x6f0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2310
2 locks held by getty/4027:
 #0: ffff88814d236098 (&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
3 locks held by kworker/1:4/4390:
 #0: ffff88802f2e9d38 ((wq_completion)ipv6_addrconf){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x7b4/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2267
 #1: ffffc90003297d00 ((work_completion)(&(&net->ipv6.addr_chk_work)->work)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x7b4/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2267
 #2: ffffffff8dd5c0a8 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: addrconf_verify_work+0x15/0x30 net/ipv6/addrconf.c:4679
3 locks held by kworker/0:10/4450:
 #0: ffff88802f2e9d38 ((wq_completion)ipv6_addrconf){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x7b4/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2267
 #1: ffffc90003357d00 ((work_completion)(&(&net->ipv6.addr_chk_work)->work)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x7b4/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2267
 #2: ffffffff8dd5c0a8 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: addrconf_verify_work+0x15/0x30 net/ipv6/addrconf.c:4679
1 lock held by syz-executor/4811:
 #0: ffffffff8cb33838 (rcu_state.exp_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: exp_funnel_lock kernel/rcu/tree_exp.h:323 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8cb33838 (rcu_state.exp_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: synchronize_rcu_expedited+0x3c0/0x890 kernel/rcu/tree_exp.h:962
2 locks held by kworker/u4:10/4902:
3 locks held by kworker/1:11/5051:
 #0: ffff888017471938 ((wq_completion)events_power_efficient){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x7b4/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2267
 #1: ffffc90004437d00 ((reg_check_chans).work){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x7b4/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2267
 #2: ffffffff8dd5c0a8 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: reg_check_chans_work+0x82/0xd40 net/wireless/reg.c:2499
2 locks held by kworker/1:13/5054:
 #0: ffff888017472138 ((wq_completion)rcu_gp){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x7b4/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2267
 #1: ffffc90004347d00 ((work_completion)(&rew->rew_work)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x7b4/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2267

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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: 5357 Comm: kworker/u4:15 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/24/2026
Workqueue: bat_events batadv_nc_worker
RIP: 0010:mark_held_locks kernel/locking/lockdep.c:4223 [inline]
RIP: 0010:__trace_hardirqs_on_caller kernel/locking/lockdep.c:4253 [inline]
RIP: 0010:lockdep_hardirqs_on_prepare+0x259/0x7c0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:4320
Code: 4c 89 fe e8 a9 ed 00 00 48 8d b3 d8 0a 00 00 48 ba 00 00 00 00 00 fc ff df 85 c0 0f 84 ec 01 00 00 41 0f b6 04 16 84 c0 75 6c <49> ff c5 48 63 06 49 83 c7 28 49 83 c4 28 49 39 c5 7c 8c e9 82 00
RSP: 0018:ffffc900054bfa00 EFLAGS: 00000046
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff888056450000 RCX: ffffffff8164b3c4
RDX: dffffc0000000000 RSI: ffff888056450ad8 RDI: ffffffff90b12330
RBP: ffffc900054bfaa8 R08: ffffffff90b12337 R09: 1ffffffff2162466
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffffbfff2162467 R12: ffff888056450b00
R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 1ffff1100ac8a15b R15: ffff888056450ae0
FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8880b8f00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007f955623e000 CR3: 000000007e548000 CR4: 00000000003506e0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 trace_hardirqs_on+0x34/0x40 kernel/trace/trace_preemptirq.c:49
 __local_bh_enable_ip+0x136/0x1c0 kernel/softirq.c:426
 spin_unlock_bh include/linux/spinlock.h:396 [inline]
 batadv_nc_purge_paths+0x305/0x3a0 net/batman-adv/network-coding.c:471
 batadv_nc_worker+0x31e/0x600 net/batman-adv/network-coding.c:720
 process_one_work+0x8ab/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2292
 worker_thread+0xaf5/0x12a0 kernel/workqueue.c:2439
 kthread+0x29d/0x330 kernel/kthread.c:376
 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:295
 </TASK>

Crashes (2):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/08/20 14:13 linux-6.1.y 7e6e67054721 1e72964b .config console log report syz / log [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in linkwatch_event
2026/08/17 14:47 linux-6.1.y e4f7d8be268e 905244d6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in linkwatch_event
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.