INFO: task hung in vmci_qp_broker_detach

Status: auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2026/04/11 23:01
Subsystems: kernel
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Reported-by: syzbot+68c586d577defab7485e@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 333d, last: 333d
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[syzbot] [kernel?] INFO: task hung in vmci_qp_broker_detach 0 (1) 2025/09/03 08:49
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Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
upstream INFO: task can't die in vmci_qp_broker_detach kernel 1 syz, C error error 5 1063d 1589d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/06/09 13:39
▶ ▼ Last patch testing requests (5)
Created Duration User Patch Repo Result
2026/04/11 21:51 1h09m retest repro linux-next OK log
2026/04/11 21:46 31m retest repro linux-next report log
2026/01/31 17:51 3h28m retest repro linux-next report log
2025/11/22 10:13 24m retest repro linux-next report log
2025/09/13 09:04 29m retest repro linux-next report log

Sample crash report:
INFO: task syz.1.8150:15216 blocked for more than 143 seconds.
      Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:syz.1.8150      state:D stack:27448 pid:15216 tgid:15216 ppid:13883  task_flags:0x400040 flags:0x00004004
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5357 [inline]
 __schedule+0x1798/0x4cc0 kernel/sched/core.c:6961
 __schedule_loop kernel/sched/core.c:7043 [inline]
 schedule+0x165/0x360 kernel/sched/core.c:7058
 schedule_preempt_disabled+0x13/0x30 kernel/sched/core.c:7115
 __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:676 [inline]
 __mutex_lock+0x7e6/0x1350 kernel/locking/mutex.c:760
 vmci_qp_broker_detach+0x113/0xf10 drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_queue_pair.c:2095
 ctx_free_ctx drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_context.c:424 [inline]
 kref_put include/linux/kref.h:65 [inline]
 vmci_ctx_put+0x603/0xbf0 drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_context.c:477
 vmci_ctx_enqueue_datagram+0x3ab/0x420 drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_context.c:340
 dg_dispatch_as_host drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_datagram.c:276 [inline]
 vmci_datagram_dispatch+0x43f/0xc10 drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_datagram.c:340
 qp_notify_peer drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_queue_pair.c:1481 [inline]
 vmci_qp_broker_detach+0x8c8/0xf10 drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_queue_pair.c:2188
 ctx_free_ctx drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_context.c:424 [inline]
 kref_put include/linux/kref.h:65 [inline]
 vmci_ctx_put+0x603/0xbf0 drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_context.c:477
 vmci_host_close+0x98/0x160 drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_host.c:143
 __fput+0x449/0xa70 fs/file_table.c:468
 task_work_run+0x1d4/0x260 kernel/task_work.c:227
 resume_user_mode_work include/linux/resume_user_mode.h:50 [inline]
 exit_to_user_mode_loop+0xec/0x130 kernel/entry/common.c:43
 exit_to_user_mode_prepare include/linux/irq-entry-common.h:225 [inline]
 syscall_exit_to_user_mode_work include/linux/entry-common.h:175 [inline]
 syscall_exit_to_user_mode include/linux/entry-common.h:210 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x2bd/0xfa0 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:100
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x7f68c378ebe9
RSP: 002b:00007ffe9f27e238 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 00000000000001b4
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 000000000008c3bc RCX: 00007f68c378ebe9
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 000000000000001e RDI: 0000000000000003
RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: 000000099f27e52f
R10: 0000001b2f520000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 00007f68c39c5fac
R13: 00007f68c39c5fa0 R14: ffffffffffffffff R15: 0000000000000003
 </TASK>
INFO: task syz.2.8151:15217 blocked for more than 143 seconds.
      Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:syz.2.8151      state:D stack:28360 pid:15217 tgid:15217 ppid:14709  task_flags:0x400040 flags:0x00004004
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5357 [inline]
 __schedule+0x1798/0x4cc0 kernel/sched/core.c:6961
 __schedule_loop kernel/sched/core.c:7043 [inline]
 schedule+0x165/0x360 kernel/sched/core.c:7058
 schedule_preempt_disabled+0x13/0x30 kernel/sched/core.c:7115
 __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:676 [inline]
 __mutex_lock+0x7e6/0x1350 kernel/locking/mutex.c:760
 qp_broker_alloc+0x1a2/0x2330 drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_queue_pair.c:1731
 vmci_qp_broker_alloc+0x92/0xc0 drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_queue_pair.c:1942
 vmci_host_do_alloc_queuepair drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_host.c:470 [inline]
 vmci_host_unlocked_ioctl+0x1262/0x2650 drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_host.c:934
 vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline]
 __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:598 [inline]
 __se_sys_ioctl+0xf9/0x170 fs/ioctl.c:584
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0xfa/0xfa0 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x7f34e798ebe9
RSP: 002b:00007ffcb7deb748 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000010
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f34e7bc5fa0 RCX: 00007f34e798ebe9
RDX: 0000200000000540 RSI: 00000000000007a8 RDI: 0000000000000005
RBP: 00007f34e7a11e19 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f34e7bc5fa0 R14: 00007f34e7bc5fa0 R15: 0000000000000003
 </TASK>
INFO: task syz.3.8152:15218 blocked for more than 144 seconds.
      Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:syz.3.8152      state:D stack:27176 pid:15218 tgid:15218 ppid:14309  task_flags:0x400040 flags:0x00004004
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5357 [inline]
 __schedule+0x1798/0x4cc0 kernel/sched/core.c:6961
 __schedule_loop kernel/sched/core.c:7043 [inline]
 schedule+0x165/0x360 kernel/sched/core.c:7058
 schedule_preempt_disabled+0x13/0x30 kernel/sched/core.c:7115
 __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:676 [inline]
 __mutex_lock+0x7e6/0x1350 kernel/locking/mutex.c:760
 qp_broker_alloc+0x1a2/0x2330 drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_queue_pair.c:1731
 vmci_qp_broker_alloc+0x92/0xc0 drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_queue_pair.c:1942
 vmci_host_do_alloc_queuepair drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_host.c:470 [inline]
 vmci_host_unlocked_ioctl+0x1262/0x2650 drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_host.c:934
 vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline]
 __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:598 [inline]
 __se_sys_ioctl+0xf9/0x170 fs/ioctl.c:584
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0xfa/0xfa0 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x7fd21db8ebe9
RSP: 002b:00007ffef05a1128 EFLAGS: 00000246
 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000010
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007fd21ddc5fa0 RCX: 00007fd21db8ebe9
RDX: 0000200000000540 RSI: 00000000000007a8 RDI: 0000000000000003
RBP: 00007fd21dc11e19 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007fd21ddc5fa0 R14: 00007fd21ddc5fa0 R15: 0000000000000003
 </TASK>
INFO: task syz.0.8114:15287 blocked for more than 144 seconds.
      Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:syz.0.8114      state:D stack:27336 pid:15287 tgid:15287 ppid:15178  task_flags:0x400040 flags:0x00004004
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5357 [inline]
 __schedule+0x1798/0x4cc0 kernel/sched/core.c:6961
 __schedule_loop kernel/sched/core.c:7043 [inline]
 schedule+0x165/0x360 kernel/sched/core.c:7058
 schedule_preempt_disabled+0x13/0x30 kernel/sched/core.c:7115
 __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:676 [inline]
 __mutex_lock+0x7e6/0x1350 kernel/locking/mutex.c:760
 qp_broker_alloc+0x1a2/0x2330 drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_queue_pair.c:1731
 vmci_qp_broker_alloc+0x92/0xc0 drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_queue_pair.c:1942
 vmci_host_do_alloc_queuepair drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_host.c:470 [inline]
 vmci_host_unlocked_ioctl+0x1262/0x2650 drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_host.c:934
 vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline]
 __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:598 [inline]
 __se_sys_ioctl+0xf9/0x170 fs/ioctl.c:584
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0xfa/0xfa0 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x7f874118ebe9
RSP: 002b:00007ffc65512958 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000010
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f87413c5fa0 RCX: 00007f874118ebe9
RDX: 0000200000000540 RSI: 00000000000007a8 RDI: 0000000000000003
RBP: 00007f8741211e19 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f87413c5fa0 R14: 00007f87413c5fa0 R15: 0000000000000003
 </TASK>
INFO: lockdep is turned off.
NMI backtrace for cpu 1
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 31 Comm: khungtaskd Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) 
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/12/2025
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 dump_stack_lvl+0x189/0x250 lib/dump_stack.c:120
 nmi_cpu_backtrace+0x39e/0x3d0 lib/nmi_backtrace.c:113
 nmi_trigger_cpumask_backtrace+0x17a/0x300 lib/nmi_backtrace.c:62
 trigger_all_cpu_backtrace include/linux/nmi.h:160 [inline]
 check_hung_uninterruptible_tasks kernel/hung_task.c:332 [inline]
 watchdog+0xf60/0xfa0 kernel/hung_task.c:495
 kthread+0x711/0x8a0 kernel/kthread.c:463
 ret_from_fork+0x47c/0x820 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:148
 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245
 </TASK>
Sending NMI from CPU 1 to CPUs 0:
NMI backtrace for cpu 0
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) 
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/12/2025
RIP: 0010:pv_native_safe_halt+0x13/0x20 arch/x86/kernel/paravirt.c:82
Code: cc cc cc cc cc cc cc 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 f3 0f 1e fa 66 90 0f 00 2d 83 0f 22 00 f3 0f 1e fa fb f4 <c3> cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90
RSP: 0018:ffffffff8e207d80 EFLAGS: 000002c2
RAX: 2609b6a075c24000 RBX: ffffffff8197ac78 RCX: 2609b6a075c24000
RDX: 0000000000000001 RSI: ffffffff8c04e5e0 RDI: ffffffff8197ac78
RBP: ffffffff8e207ea8 R08: ffff8880b8632f9b R09: 1ffff110170c65f3
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: ffffed10170c65f4 R12: ffffffff8fe52d30
R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 1ffffffff1c52a38
FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8881257c4000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007fbef4cf7d60 CR3: 000000000e338000 CR4: 00000000003526f0
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 arch_safe_halt arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt.h:107 [inline]
 default_idle+0x13/0x20 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:757
 default_idle_call+0x74/0xb0 kernel/sched/idle.c:122
 cpuidle_idle_call kernel/sched/idle.c:190 [inline]
 do_idle+0x1e8/0x510 kernel/sched/idle.c:330
 cpu_startup_entry+0x44/0x60 kernel/sched/idle.c:428
 rest_init+0x2de/0x300 init/main.c:756
 start_kernel+0x3a9/0x410 init/main.c:1109
 x86_64_start_reservations+0x24/0x30 arch/x86/kernel/head64.c:307
 x86_64_start_kernel+0x143/0x1c0 arch/x86/kernel/head64.c:288
 common_startup_64+0x13e/0x147
 </TASK>

Crashes (1):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2025/08/30 08:45 linux-next 7fa4d8dc380f 807a3b61 .config console log report syz / log [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce INFO: task hung in vmci_qp_broker_detach
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.