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INFO: task hung in linkwatch_event (5)

Status: upstream: reported syz repro on 2025/10/25 05:38
Reported-by: syzbot+5a877b2c596425cbeeea@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 81d, last: 10d
▶ ▼ Bug presence (1)
Date Name Commit Repro Result
2025/10/28 upstream (ToT) fd57572253bc syz Didn't crash
▶ ▼ Similar bugs (20)
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 340d 340d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/05/19 15:08
linux-6.1 INFO: task hung in linkwatch_event (4) 1 syz 7 216d 307d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/09/20 14:43
android-414 INFO: task hung in linkwatch_event 1 C 7 2251d 2471d 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 C inconclusive 11 7d18h 194d 0/2 upstream: reported C repro on 2025/07/04 13:16
linux-4.14 INFO: task hung in linkwatch_event (2) 1 1 1272d 1272d 0/1 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2022/11/19 11:58
android-44 INFO: task hung in linkwatch_event 1 6 2687d 2832d 0/2 auto-closed as invalid on 2019/03/05 13:11
linux-5.15 INFO: task hung in linkwatch_event 1 84 439d 734d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/01/11 00:55
upstream INFO: task hung in linkwatch_event (4) net 1 C done 3450 1d01h 536d 0/29 upstream: reported C repro on 2024/07/27 06:21
linux-5.15 INFO: task hung in linkwatch_event (3) 1 4 16d 116d 0/3 upstream: reported on 2025/09/20 20:03
upstream INFO: task hung in linkwatch_event net 1 C 82 2279d 2891d 0/29 closed as dup on 2018/02/14 15:33
linux-4.14 INFO: task hung in linkwatch_event 1 5 1956d 2082d 0/1 auto-closed as invalid on 2021/01/05 01:42
linux-4.19 INFO: task hung in linkwatch_event (2) 1 C error 217 1046d 2135d 0/1 upstream: reported C repro on 2020/03/11 20:12
upstream INFO: task hung in linkwatch_event (2) net 1 C done done 1033 1361d 2086d 20/29 fixed on 2022/05/13 11:13
linux-4.19 INFO: task hung in linkwatch_event 1 3 2289d 2402d 0/1 auto-closed as invalid on 2020/02/07 01:11
upstream INFO: task hung in linkwatch_event (3) net 1 1634 554d 1149d 26/29 fixed on 2024/07/09 19:14
linux-4.14 INFO: task hung in linkwatch_event (3) 1 2 1106d 1107d 0/1 upstream: reported on 2023/01/03 10:49
android-49 INFO: task hung in linkwatch_event 1 13 2451d 2467d 0/3 auto-closed as invalid on 2019/10/25 08:50
linux-6.1 INFO: task hung in linkwatch_event (2) 1 32 490d 604d 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 893d 1008d 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 415d 415d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/03/05 15:51

Sample crash report:
INFO: task kworker/u4:24:4467 blocked for more than 143 seconds.
      Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:kworker/u4:24   state:D stack:25952 pid:4467  ppid:2      flags:0x00004000
Workqueue: events_unbound linkwatch_event
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5244 [inline]
 __schedule+0x10ec/0x40b0 kernel/sched/core.c:6561
 schedule+0xb9/0x180 kernel/sched/core.c:6637
 schedule_preempt_disabled+0xf/0x20 kernel/sched/core.c:6696
 __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:679 [inline]
 __mutex_lock+0x555/0xaf0 kernel/locking/mutex.c:747
 linkwatch_event+0xa/0x50 net/core/link_watch.c:263
 process_one_work+0x898/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2292
 worker_thread+0xaa2/0x1250 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/0:15:6213 blocked for more than 143 seconds.
      Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:kworker/0:15    state:D stack:24168 pid:6213  ppid:2      flags:0x00004000
Workqueue: events switchdev_deferred_process_work
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5244 [inline]
 __schedule+0x10ec/0x40b0 kernel/sched/core.c:6561
 schedule+0xb9/0x180 kernel/sched/core.c:6637
 schedule_preempt_disabled+0xf/0x20 kernel/sched/core.c:6696
 __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:679 [inline]
 __mutex_lock+0x555/0xaf0 kernel/locking/mutex.c:747
 switchdev_deferred_process_work+0xa/0x20 net/switchdev/switchdev.c:104
 process_one_work+0x898/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2292
 worker_thread+0xaa2/0x1250 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/1:1:18822 blocked for more than 144 seconds.
      Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:kworker/1:1     state:D stack:25040 pid:18822 ppid:2      flags:0x00004000
Workqueue: ipv6_addrconf addrconf_dad_work
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5244 [inline]
 __schedule+0x10ec/0x40b0 kernel/sched/core.c:6561
 schedule+0xb9/0x180 kernel/sched/core.c:6637
 schedule_preempt_disabled+0xf/0x20 kernel/sched/core.c:6696
 __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:679 [inline]
 __mutex_lock+0x555/0xaf0 kernel/locking/mutex.c:747
 addrconf_dad_work+0xc4/0x14d0 net/ipv6/addrconf.c:4131
 process_one_work+0x898/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2292
 worker_thread+0xaa2/0x1250 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 syz-executor:21488 blocked for more than 144 seconds.
      Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:syz-executor    state:D stack:22144 pid:21488 ppid:1      flags:0x00004004
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5244 [inline]
 __schedule+0x10ec/0x40b0 kernel/sched/core.c:6561
 schedule+0xb9/0x180 kernel/sched/core.c:6637
 schedule_preempt_disabled+0xf/0x20 kernel/sched/core.c:6696
 __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:679 [inline]
 __mutex_lock+0x555/0xaf0 kernel/locking/mutex.c:747
 rtnl_lock net/core/rtnetlink.c:74 [inline]
 rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x740/0xed0 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6147
 netlink_rcv_skb+0x1de/0x420 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2511
 netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1318 [inline]
 netlink_unicast+0x74d/0x8d0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1344
 netlink_sendmsg+0x89e/0xbc0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1872
 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:718 [inline]
 __sock_sendmsg net/socket.c:730 [inline]
 __sys_sendto+0x44f/0x5c0 net/socket.c:2153
 __do_sys_sendto net/socket.c:2165 [inline]
 __se_sys_sendto net/socket.c:2161 [inline]
 __x64_sys_sendto+0xda/0xf0 net/socket.c:2161
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:51 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x4c/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:81
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2
RIP: 0033:0x7fdf655915dc
RSP: 002b:00007fff4f0fe910 EFLAGS: 00000293 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000002c
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007fdf66314620 RCX: 00007fdf655915dc
RDX: 0000000000000028 RSI: 00007fdf66314670 RDI: 0000000000000003
RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 00007fff4f0fe964 R09: 000000000000000c
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000293 R12: 0000000000000003
R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 00007fdf66314670 R15: 0000000000000000
 </TASK>
INFO: task syz-executor:21496 blocked for more than 144 seconds.
      Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:syz-executor    state:D stack:22144 pid:21496 ppid:1      flags:0x00004004
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5244 [inline]
 __schedule+0x10ec/0x40b0 kernel/sched/core.c:6561
 schedule+0xb9/0x180 kernel/sched/core.c:6637
 schedule_preempt_disabled+0xf/0x20 kernel/sched/core.c:6696
 __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:679 [inline]
 __mutex_lock+0x555/0xaf0 kernel/locking/mutex.c:747
 rtnl_lock net/core/rtnetlink.c:74 [inline]
 rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x740/0xed0 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6147
 netlink_rcv_skb+0x1de/0x420 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2511
 netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1318 [inline]
 netlink_unicast+0x74d/0x8d0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1344
 netlink_sendmsg+0x89e/0xbc0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1872
 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:718 [inline]
 __sock_sendmsg net/socket.c:730 [inline]
 __sys_sendto+0x44f/0x5c0 net/socket.c:2153
 __do_sys_sendto net/socket.c:2165 [inline]
 __se_sys_sendto net/socket.c:2161 [inline]
 __x64_sys_sendto+0xda/0xf0 net/socket.c:2161
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:51 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x4c/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:81
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2
RIP: 0033:0x7fb54ef915dc
RSP: 002b:00007ffcb84941d0 EFLAGS: 00000293 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000002c
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007fb54fd14620 RCX: 00007fb54ef915dc
RDX: 0000000000000028 RSI: 00007fb54fd14670 RDI: 0000000000000003
RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 00007ffcb8494224 R09: 000000000000000c
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000293 R12: 0000000000000003
R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 00007fb54fd14670 R15: 0000000000000000
 </TASK>
INFO: task syz-executor:21497 blocked for more than 145 seconds.
      Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:syz-executor    state:D stack:22144 pid:21497 ppid:1      flags:0x00004004
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5244 [inline]
 __schedule+0x10ec/0x40b0 kernel/sched/core.c:6561
 schedule+0xb9/0x180 kernel/sched/core.c:6637
 schedule_preempt_disabled+0xf/0x20 kernel/sched/core.c:6696
 __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:679 [inline]
 __mutex_lock+0x555/0xaf0 kernel/locking/mutex.c:747
 rtnl_lock net/core/rtnetlink.c:74 [inline]
 rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x740/0xed0 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6147
 netlink_rcv_skb+0x1de/0x420 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2511
 netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1318 [inline]
 netlink_unicast+0x74d/0x8d0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1344
 netlink_sendmsg+0x89e/0xbc0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1872
 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:718 [inline]
 __sock_sendmsg net/socket.c:730 [inline]
 __sys_sendto+0x44f/0x5c0 net/socket.c:2153
 __do_sys_sendto net/socket.c:2165 [inline]
 __se_sys_sendto net/socket.c:2161 [inline]
 __x64_sys_sendto+0xda/0xf0 net/socket.c:2161
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:51 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x4c/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:81
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2
RIP: 0033:0x7f12191915dc
RSP: 002b:00007ffe8ba16310 EFLAGS: 00000293 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000002c
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f1219f14620 RCX: 00007f12191915dc
RDX: 0000000000000040 RSI: 00007f1219f14670 RDI: 0000000000000003
RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 00007ffe8ba16364 R09: 000000000000000c
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000293 R12: 0000000000000003
R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 00007f1219f14670 R15: 0000000000000000
 </TASK>
INFO: task kworker/0:3:21567 blocked for more than 145 seconds.
      Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:kworker/0:3     state:D stack:23400 pid:21567 ppid:2      flags:0x00004000
Workqueue: ipv6_addrconf addrconf_dad_work
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5244 [inline]
 __schedule+0x10ec/0x40b0 kernel/sched/core.c:6561
 schedule+0xb9/0x180 kernel/sched/core.c:6637
 schedule_preempt_disabled+0xf/0x20 kernel/sched/core.c:6696
 __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:679 [inline]
 __mutex_lock+0x555/0xaf0 kernel/locking/mutex.c:747
 addrconf_dad_work+0xc4/0x14d0 net/ipv6/addrconf.c:4131
 process_one_work+0x898/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2292
 worker_thread+0xaa2/0x1250 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 syz.1.4607:21693 blocked for more than 146 seconds.
      Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:syz.1.4607      state:D stack:26600 pid:21693 ppid:21490  flags:0x00004004
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5244 [inline]
 __schedule+0x10ec/0x40b0 kernel/sched/core.c:6561
 schedule+0xb9/0x180 kernel/sched/core.c:6637
 schedule_preempt_disabled+0xf/0x20 kernel/sched/core.c:6696
 __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:679 [inline]
 __mutex_lock+0x555/0xaf0 kernel/locking/mutex.c:747
 __tun_chr_ioctl+0x3ab/0x1e10 drivers/net/tun.c:3104
 vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline]
 __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:870 [inline]
 __se_sys_ioctl+0xfa/0x170 fs/ioctl.c:856
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:51 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x4c/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:81
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2
RIP: 0033:0x7f755cb8f749
RSP: 002b:00007f755d9e5038 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000010
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f755cde5fa0 RCX: 00007f755cb8f749
RDX: 0000200000000080 RSI: 00000000400454ca RDI: 0000000000000006
RBP: 00007f755cc13f91 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f755cde6038 R14: 00007f755cde5fa0 R15: 00007ffec6f52cb8
 </TASK>
INFO: task syz.7.4610:21705 blocked for more than 146 seconds.
      Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:syz.7.4610      state:D stack:27072 pid:21705 ppid:14452  flags:0x00004004
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5244 [inline]
 __schedule+0x10ec/0x40b0 kernel/sched/core.c:6561
 schedule+0xb9/0x180 kernel/sched/core.c:6637
 schedule_preempt_disabled+0xf/0x20 kernel/sched/core.c:6696
 __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:679 [inline]
 __mutex_lock+0x555/0xaf0 kernel/locking/mutex.c:747
 __netlink_dump_start+0x11f/0x6f0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2305
 netlink_dump_start include/linux/netlink.h:269 [inline]
 rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0xb92/0xed0 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6106
 netlink_rcv_skb+0x1de/0x420 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2511
 netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1318 [inline]
 netlink_unicast+0x74d/0x8d0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1344
 netlink_sendmsg+0x89e/0xbc0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1872
 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:718 [inline]
 __sock_sendmsg net/socket.c:730 [inline]
 sock_write_iter+0x2b5/0x3a0 net/socket.c:1143
 call_write_iter include/linux/fs.h:2265 [inline]
 new_sync_write fs/read_write.c:491 [inline]
 vfs_write+0x44c/0x960 fs/read_write.c:584
 ksys_write+0x143/0x240 fs/read_write.c:637
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:51 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x4c/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:81
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2
RIP: 0033:0x7ff77a78f749
RSP: 002b:00007ff77b54b038 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000001
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007ff77a9e5fa0 RCX: 00007ff77a78f749
RDX: 00000000000082d7 RSI: 0000200000000000 RDI: 0000000000000009
RBP: 00007ff77a813f91 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007ff77a9e6038 R14: 00007ff77a9e5fa0 R15: 00007ffc359a2f28
 </TASK>
INFO: task syz.7.4610:21708 blocked for more than 146 seconds.
      Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:syz.7.4610      state:D stack:27840 pid:21708 ppid:14452  flags:0x00004004
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5244 [inline]
 __schedule+0x10ec/0x40b0 kernel/sched/core.c:6561
 schedule+0xb9/0x180 kernel/sched/core.c:6637
 schedule_preempt_disabled+0xf/0x20 kernel/sched/core.c:6696
 __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:679 [inline]
 __mutex_lock+0x555/0xaf0 kernel/locking/mutex.c:747
 dev_ethtool+0x1c1/0x1140 net/ethtool/ioctl.c:3044
 dev_ioctl+0x48e/0xea0 net/core/dev_ioctl.c:524
 sock_do_ioctl+0x222/0x2f0 net/socket.c:1218
 sock_ioctl+0x4ed/0x6e0 net/socket.c:1321
 vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline]
 __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:870 [inline]
 __se_sys_ioctl+0xfa/0x170 fs/ioctl.c:856
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:51 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x4c/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:81
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2
RIP: 0033:0x7ff77a78f749
RSP: 002b:00007ff7785b2038 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000010
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007ff77a9e6270 RCX: 00007ff77a78f749
RDX: 0000200000000080 RSI: 0000000000008946 RDI: 000000000000000e
RBP: 00007ff77a813f91 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007ff77a9e6308 R14: 00007ff77a9e6270 R15: 00007ffc359a2f28
 </TASK>

Showing all locks held in the system:
1 lock held by rcu_tasks_kthre/12:
 #0: ffffffff8c92bab0 (rcu_tasks.tasks_gp_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rcu_tasks_one_gp+0x33/0xf00 kernel/rcu/tasks.h:517
1 lock held by rcu_tasks_trace/13:
 #0: ffffffff8c92c2d0 (rcu_tasks_trace.tasks_gp_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rcu_tasks_one_gp+0x33/0xf00 kernel/rcu/tasks.h:517
1 lock held by khungtaskd/27:
 #0: ffffffff8c92b120 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: rcu_lock_acquire include/linux/rcupdate.h:350 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8c92b120 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: rcu_read_lock include/linux/rcupdate.h:791 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8c92b120 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: debug_show_all_locks+0x51/0x290 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:6513
2 locks held by getty/4025:
 #0: ffff88802f4c9098 (&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+0x41b/0x1380 drivers/tty/n_tty.c:2198
3 locks held by kworker/u4:24/4467:
 #0: ffff888017479138 ((wq_completion)events_unbound){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x7a1/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2267
 #1: ffffc9000499fd00 ((linkwatch_work).work){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x7a1/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2267
 #2: ffffffff8db3b3a8 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: linkwatch_event+0xa/0x50 net/core/link_watch.c:263
3 locks held by kworker/0:15/6213:
 #0: ffff888017470938 ((wq_completion)events){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x7a1/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2267
 #1: ffffc90003827d00 (deferred_process_work){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x7a1/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2267
 #2: ffffffff8db3b3a8 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: switchdev_deferred_process_work+0xa/0x20 net/switchdev/switchdev.c:104
5 locks held by kworker/u4:35/7256:
3 locks held by kworker/1:1/18822:
 #0: ffff88814ce7f538 ((wq_completion)ipv6_addrconf){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x7a1/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2267
 #1: ffffc900036a7d00 ((work_completion)(&(&ifa->dad_work)->work)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x7a1/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2267
 #2: ffffffff8db3b3a8 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: addrconf_dad_work+0xc4/0x14d0 net/ipv6/addrconf.c:4131
1 lock held by syz-executor/21488:
 #0: ffffffff8db3b3a8 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnl_lock net/core/rtnetlink.c:74 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8db3b3a8 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x740/0xed0 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6147
1 lock held by syz-executor/21496:
 #0: ffffffff8db3b3a8 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnl_lock net/core/rtnetlink.c:74 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8db3b3a8 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x740/0xed0 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6147
1 lock held by syz-executor/21497:
 #0: ffffffff8db3b3a8 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnl_lock net/core/rtnetlink.c:74 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8db3b3a8 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x740/0xed0 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6147
3 locks held by kworker/0:3/21567:
 #0: ffff88814ce7f538 ((wq_completion)ipv6_addrconf){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x7a1/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2267
 #1: ffffc90003647d00 ((work_completion)(&(&ifa->dad_work)->work)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x7a1/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2267
 #2: ffffffff8db3b3a8 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: addrconf_dad_work+0xc4/0x14d0 net/ipv6/addrconf.c:4131
3 locks held by kworker/0:5/21568:
 #0: ffff888017471938 ((wq_completion)events_power_efficient){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x7a1/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2267
 #1: ffffc90003657d00 ((reg_check_chans).work){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x7a1/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2267
 #2: ffffffff8db3b3a8 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: reg_check_chans_work+0x8b/0xd80 net/wireless/reg.c:2499
1 lock held by syz.1.4607/21693:
 #0: ffffffff8db3b3a8 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: __tun_chr_ioctl+0x3ab/0x1e10 drivers/net/tun.c:3104
1 lock held by syz.7.4610/21705:
 #0: ffffffff8db3b3a8 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: __netlink_dump_start+0x11f/0x6f0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2305
1 lock held by syz.7.4610/21708:
 #0: ffffffff8db3b3a8 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: dev_ethtool+0x1c1/0x1140 net/ethtool/ioctl.c:3044
1 lock held by syz-executor/21711:
 #0: ffffffff8db3b3a8 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnl_lock net/core/rtnetlink.c:74 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8db3b3a8 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x740/0xed0 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6147
1 lock held by syz-executor/21714:
 #0: ffffffff8db3b3a8 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnl_lock net/core/rtnetlink.c:74 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8db3b3a8 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x740/0xed0 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6147
1 lock held by syz-executor/21719:
 #0: ffffffff8db3b3a8 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnl_lock net/core/rtnetlink.c:74 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8db3b3a8 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x740/0xed0 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6147
1 lock held by syz-executor/21721:
 #0: ffffffff8db3b3a8 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnl_lock net/core/rtnetlink.c:74 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8db3b3a8 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x740/0xed0 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6147
1 lock held by syz-executor/21723:
 #0: ffffffff8db3b3a8 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnl_lock net/core/rtnetlink.c:74 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8db3b3a8 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x740/0xed0 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6147
1 lock held by syz-executor/21732:
 #0: ffffffff8db3b3a8 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnl_lock net/core/rtnetlink.c:74 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8db3b3a8 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x740/0xed0 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6147
1 lock held by syz-executor/21735:
 #0: ffffffff8db3b3a8 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnl_lock net/core/rtnetlink.c:74 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8db3b3a8 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x740/0xed0 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6147
1 lock held by syz-executor/21740:
 #0: ffffffff8db3b3a8 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnl_lock net/core/rtnetlink.c:74 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8db3b3a8 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x740/0xed0 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6147
1 lock held by syz-executor/21742:
 #0: ffffffff8db3b3a8 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnl_lock net/core/rtnetlink.c:74 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8db3b3a8 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x740/0xed0 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6147
1 lock held by syz-executor/21746:
 #0: ffffffff8db3b3a8 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnl_lock net/core/rtnetlink.c:74 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8db3b3a8 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x740/0xed0 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6147
1 lock held by syz-executor/21755:
 #0: ffffffff8db3b3a8 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnl_lock net/core/rtnetlink.c:74 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8db3b3a8 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x740/0xed0 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6147
1 lock held by syz-executor/21758:
 #0: ffffffff8db3b3a8 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnl_lock net/core/rtnetlink.c:74 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8db3b3a8 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x740/0xed0 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6147

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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 10/25/2025
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 dump_stack_lvl+0x168/0x22e lib/dump_stack.c:106
 nmi_cpu_backtrace+0x3f4/0x470 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+0xeee/0xf30 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 1 to CPUs 0:
NMI backtrace for cpu 0
CPU: 0 PID: 4358 Comm: kworker/u4:7 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 10/25/2025
Workqueue: events_unbound nsim_dev_trap_report_work
RIP: 0010:__lock_acquire+0x5a00/0x7c50 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5076
Code: 00 00 00 00 49 b8 00 00 00 00 00 fc ff df 48 c7 84 24 20 01 00 00 0e 36 e0 45 48 8b 84 24 f0 00 00 00 42 c7 04 00 00 00 00 00 <4a> c7 44 00 0b 00 00 00 00 42 c7 44 00 17 00 00 00 00 42 c6 44 00
RSP: 0018:ffffc900041774a0 EFLAGS: 00000083
RAX: 1ffff9200082eeb8 RBX: ffff88802b994658 RCX: ffffffff81631b00
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000008 RDI: ffffffff908c8248
RBP: ffffc900041776f0 R08: dffffc0000000000 R09: fffffbfff211904a
R10: fffffbfff211904a R11: 1ffffffff2119049 R12: ffffffff904bec98
R13: 00000000a69dbc9f R14: b901e96e8d3f328e R15: ffff88802b994650
FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8880b8e00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 000055bc56cb5000 CR3: 000000000c68e000 CR4: 00000000003506f0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000ffff0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000600
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 lock_acquire+0x1b4/0x490 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5662
 local_lock_acquire include/linux/local_lock_internal.h:29 [inline]
 crng_make_state+0x1ca/0xa90 drivers/char/random.c:328
 _get_random_bytes+0xd2/0x210 drivers/char/random.c:366
 nsim_dev_trap_skb_build drivers/net/netdevsim/dev.c:775 [inline]
 nsim_dev_trap_report drivers/net/netdevsim/dev.c:805 [inline]
 nsim_dev_trap_report_work+0x642/0xaf0 drivers/net/netdevsim/dev.c:851
 process_one_work+0x898/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2292
 worker_thread+0xaa2/0x1250 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 (5):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/01/04 06:00 linux-6.1.y 50cbba13faa2 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf INFO: task hung in linkwatch_event
2025/12/11 01:30 linux-6.1.y 50cbba13faa2 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf INFO: task hung in linkwatch_event
2025/12/02 18:44 linux-6.1.y f6e38ae624cf d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf INFO: task hung in linkwatch_event
2025/11/21 00:22 linux-6.1.y f6e38ae624cf 2cc4c24a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf INFO: task hung in linkwatch_event
2025/10/25 05:37 linux-6.1.y 8e6e2188d949 c0460fcd .config console log report syz / log [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in linkwatch_event
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.