INFO: task hung in con_get_unimap

Status: upstream: reported on 2026/10/04 11:48
Reported-by: syzbot+5d054a5dafa27061d96c@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 13d, last: 13d

Sample crash report:
INFO: task syz.0.1480:10551 blocked for more than 144 seconds.
      Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:syz.0.1480      state:D stack:24368 pid:10551 ppid:10263  flags:0x00004004
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_timeout+0xbd/0x2d0 kernel/time/timer.c:2144
 ___down_common kernel/locking/semaphore.c:229 [inline]
 __down_common+0x30c/0x740 kernel/locking/semaphore.c:250
 down+0x7c/0xd0 kernel/locking/semaphore.c:64
 console_lock+0x141/0x1c0 kernel/printk/printk.c:2629
 con_get_unimap+0x55/0x3c0 drivers/tty/vt/consolemap.c:798
 do_unimap_ioctl drivers/tty/vt/vt_ioctl.c:506 [inline]
 vt_io_ioctl drivers/tty/vt/vt_ioctl.c:548 [inline]
 vt_ioctl+0x1235/0x1ca0 drivers/tty/vt/vt_ioctl.c:758
 tty_ioctl+0x7e6/0xba0 drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2776
 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:46 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x4c/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:76
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2
RIP: 0033:0x7fa6dbd9e159
RSP: 002b:00007fa6dcc41028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000010
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007fa6dc025fa0 RCX: 00007fa6dbd9e159
RDX: 0000200000000040 RSI: 0000000000004b66 RDI: 0000000000000003
RBP: 00007fa6dbe3506b R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007fa6dc026038 R14: 00007fa6dc025fa0 R15: 00007ffe428c2798
 </TASK>
INFO: task syz.0.1480:10554 blocked for more than 144 seconds.
      Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:syz.0.1480      state:D stack:29104 pid:10554 ppid:10263  flags:0x00004004
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_timeout+0xbd/0x2d0 kernel/time/timer.c:2144
 ___down_common kernel/locking/semaphore.c:229 [inline]
 __down_common+0x30c/0x740 kernel/locking/semaphore.c:250
 down+0x7c/0xd0 kernel/locking/semaphore.c:64
 console_lock+0x141/0x1c0 kernel/printk/printk.c:2629
 con_font_default drivers/tty/vt/vt.c:4701 [inline]
 con_font_op+0x2dd/0xdb0 drivers/tty/vt/vt.c:4728
 vt_k_ioctl drivers/tty/vt/vt_ioctl.c:476 [inline]
 vt_ioctl+0x161e/0x1ca0 drivers/tty/vt/vt_ioctl.c:754
 tty_ioctl+0x7e6/0xba0 drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2776
 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:46 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x4c/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:76
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2
RIP: 0033:0x7fa6dbd9e159
RSP: 002b:00007fa6dcc20028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000010
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007fa6dc026090 RCX: 00007fa6dbd9e159
RDX: 0000200000000480 RSI: 0000000000004b72 RDI: 0000000000000003
RBP: 00007fa6dbe3506b R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007fa6dc026128 R14: 00007fa6dc026090 R15: 00007ffe428c2798
 </TASK>

Showing all locks held in the system:
1 lock held by rcu_tasks_kthre/12:
 #0: ffffffff8cb2e230 (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: ffffffff8cb2ea50 (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: ffffffff8cb2d8a0 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: rcu_lock_acquire include/linux/rcupdate.h:350 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8cb2d8a0 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: rcu_read_lock include/linux/rcupdate.h:791 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8cb2d8a0 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: debug_show_all_locks+0x51/0x290 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:6669
2 locks held by kworker/u4:2/41:
4 locks held by kworker/u4:3/47:
3 locks held by kworker/0:2/954:
 #0: ffff888017470938 ((wq_completion)events){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x7b4/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2267
 #1: ffffc90004a17d00 (deferred_process_work){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x7b4/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2267
 #2: ffffffff8dd56d68 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: switchdev_deferred_process_work+0xa/0x20 net/switchdev/switchdev.c:104
1 lock held by dhcpcd/3933:
 #0: ffffffff8dd56d68 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: __netlink_dump_start+0x11e/0x6f0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2310
2 locks held by getty/4026:
 #0: ffff88814d507098 (&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/0:3/4321:
 #0: ffff88814d14e138 ((wq_completion)ipv6_addrconf){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x7b4/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2267
 #1: ffffc90004457d00 ((work_completion)(&(&ifa->dad_work)->work)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x7b4/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2267
 #2: ffffffff8dd56d68 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: addrconf_dad_work+0xc4/0x1500 net/ipv6/addrconf.c:4146
2 locks held by kworker/0:6/4325:
 #0: ffff888017470938 ((wq_completion)events){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x7b4/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2267
 #1: ffffc90004487d00 (console_work){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x7b4/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2267
5 locks held by kworker/u4:9/4369:
 #0: ffff888017479138 ((wq_completion)events_unbound){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x7b4/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2267
 #1: ffffc900048b7d00 ((work_completion)(&buf->work)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x7b4/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2267
 #2: ffff8880176280b8 (&buf->lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: flush_to_ldisc+0x34/0x800 drivers/tty/tty_buffer.c:537
 #3: ffff8880562ce098 (&tty->ldisc_sem){++++}-{0:0}, at: tty_ldisc_ref+0x18/0x80 drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c:264
 #4: ffff8880562ce2e8 (&tty->termios_rwsem){++++}-{3:3}, at: n_tty_receive_buf_common+0x79/0x1470 drivers/tty/n_tty.c:1684
3 locks held by kworker/u4:10/4370:
 #0: ffff888017479138 ((wq_completion)events_unbound){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x7b4/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2267
 #1: ffffc900048c7d00 ((linkwatch_work).work){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x7b4/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2267
 #2: ffffffff8dd56d68 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: linkwatch_event+0xa/0x50 net/core/link_watch.c:263
1 lock held by syz.9.1470/10483:
2 locks held by syz.6.1504/10662:
 #0: ffffffff8d2917e8 (tty_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: tty_open_by_driver drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2045 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8d2917e8 (tty_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: tty_open+0x204/0xcb0 drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2128
 #1: ffff8880543a41c0 (&tty->legacy_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: tty_init_dev+0x70/0x4c0 drivers/tty/tty_io.c:1414
1 lock held by syz.4.1506/10681:
 #0: ffffffff8d2917e8 (tty_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: tty_open_by_driver drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2045 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8d2917e8 (tty_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: tty_open+0x204/0xcb0 drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2128
1 lock held by syz.4.1506/10682:
 #0: ffffffff8d2917e8 (tty_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: tty_open_by_driver drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2045 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8d2917e8 (tty_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: tty_open+0x204/0xcb0 drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2128
1 lock held by syz.1.1518/10840:
 #0: ffffffff8d2917e8 (tty_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: ptmx_open+0xcc/0x2c0 drivers/tty/pty.c:823
1 lock held by syz.7.1547/11059:
 #0: ffffffff8d2917e8 (tty_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: ptmx_open+0xcc/0x2c0 drivers/tty/pty.c:823
1 lock held by syz.0.1600/11382:
 #0: ffffffff8d2917e8 (tty_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: ptmx_open+0xcc/0x2c0 drivers/tty/pty.c:823
1 lock held by syz.2.1611/11434:
 #0: ffffffff8d2917e8 (tty_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: ptmx_open+0xcc/0x2c0 drivers/tty/pty.c:823
1 lock held by syz.9.1619/11463:
 #0: ffffffff8d2917e8 (tty_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: tty_open_by_driver drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2045 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8d2917e8 (tty_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: tty_open+0x204/0xcb0 drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2128
1 lock held by syz-executor/11615:
 #0: ffffffff8dd56d68 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: devinet_ioctl+0x27f/0x1bf0 net/ipv4/devinet.c:1080
1 lock held by syz.5.1651/11676:
 #0: ffffffff8d2917e8 (tty_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: tty_open_by_driver drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2045 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8d2917e8 (tty_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: tty_open+0x204/0xcb0 drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2128
3 locks held by syz-executor/11816:
 #0: ffffffff8ddb7a50 (cb_lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: genl_rcv+0x15/0x40 net/netlink/genetlink.c:860
 #1: ffffffff8ddb7868 (genl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: genl_lock net/netlink/genetlink.c:33 [inline]
 #1: ffffffff8ddb7868 (genl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: genl_rcv_msg+0x107/0x790 net/netlink/genetlink.c:848
 #2: ffffffff8dd56d68 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: wg_set_device+0xf4/0x1fb0 drivers/net/wireguard/netlink.c:504
1 lock held by syz.8.1666/11836:
 #0: ffffffff8d2917e8 (tty_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: tty_open_by_driver drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2045 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8d2917e8 (tty_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: tty_open+0x204/0xcb0 drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2128
1 lock held by syz-executor/11864:
 #0: ffffffff8dd56d68 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnl_lock net/core/rtnetlink.c:74 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8dd56d68 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x80d/0xfb0 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6163
1 lock held by syz.1.1679/11936:

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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 09/16/2026
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>

Crashes (1):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/10/04 11:48 linux-6.1.y a500ba24937a 57bbd979 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in con_get_unimap
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.