INFO: task hung in hfsplus_find_init (3)

Status: upstream: reported C repro on 2025/08/01 17:38
Subsystems: hfs
Labels: prio:high
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Reported-by: syzbot+6f9eae7d87e0afb22029@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 386d, last: 107d
Cause bisection: failed (error log, bisect log)
  
Fix bisection: failed (error log, bisect log)
  
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d6b40df9 assessment-security DenialOfService: ✅ Exploitable: ❌ FilesystemTrigger: ✅ NetworkTrigger: ❌ PeripheralTrigger: ✅ RemoteTrigger: ❌ Unprivileged: ✅ UserNamespace: ❌ VMGuestTrigger: ❌ VMHostTrigger: ❌ INFO: task hung in hfsplus_find_init (3) 2026/05/19 02:46 2026/05/19 02:46 2026/05/19 03:34 9f74d399
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[syzbot] Monthly hfs report (May 2026) 0 (1) 2026/05/02 20:32
[syzbot] [hfs?] INFO: task hung in hfsplus_find_init (3) 1 (2) 2025/08/01 17:48
Similar bugs (5)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
linux-5.15 INFO: task hung in hfsplus_find_init origin:upstream 1 syz, C error 17 52d 264d 0/3 upstream: reported C repro on 2025/12/01 22:56
upstream INFO: task hung in hfsplus_find_init hfs 1 syz, C error done 1 976d 1071d 25/29 fixed on 2024/01/31 13:17
upstream INFO: task hung in hfsplus_find_init (2) hfs 1 1 696d 696d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/12/25 06:58
linux-6.6 INFO: task hung in hfsplus_find_init origin:upstream 1 syz, C error 17 232d 250d 0/2 upstream: reported C repro on 2025/12/15 15:07
linux-6.1 INFO: task hung in hfsplus_find_init origin:upstream missing-backport 1 syz, C error 15 7h31m 238d 0/3 upstream: reported C repro on 2025/12/27 18:45
Last patch testing requests (10)
Created Duration User Patch Repo Result
2026/08/20 13:58 1h41m retest repro upstream no crash job log log
2026/07/31 18:20 35m retest repro linux-next error
2026/07/30 14:56 29m retest repro upstream report log
2026/07/30 14:56 1h00m retest repro upstream report log
2026/07/30 14:56 31m retest repro linux-next error
2026/07/15 07:31 26m retest repro upstream log
2026/07/15 07:31 24m retest repro upstream error
2026/05/21 10:41 30m retest repro linux-next log
2026/05/21 10:41 32m retest repro upstream log
2026/05/21 10:41 3h49m retest repro upstream log
Fix bisection attempts (2)
Created Duration User Patch Repo Result
2026/06/06 10:02 37m bisect fix upstream error job log
2025/11/26 12:54 3h24m bisect fix upstream OK (0) job log log

Sample crash report:
INFO: task kworker/u8:12:4833 blocked for more than 143 seconds.
      Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:kworker/u8:12   state:D
 stack:22744 pid:4833  tgid:4833  ppid:2      task_flags:0x4208060 flags:0x00080000
Workqueue: writeback wb_workfn (flush-7:0)
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5256 [inline]
 __schedule+0x149b/0x4fd0 kernel/sched/core.c:6863
 __schedule_loop kernel/sched/core.c:6945 [inline]
 schedule+0x165/0x360 kernel/sched/core.c:6960
 schedule_preempt_disabled+0x13/0x30 kernel/sched/core.c:7017
 __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:692 [inline]
 __mutex_lock+0x7e6/0x1350 kernel/locking/mutex.c:776
 hfsplus_find_init+0x168/0x2d0 fs/hfsplus/bfind.c:28
 hfsplus_cat_write_inode+0x1e6/0x7a0 fs/hfsplus/inode.c:625
 write_inode fs/fs-writeback.c:1582 [inline]
 __writeback_single_inode+0x7e1/0x1240 fs/fs-writeback.c:1802
 writeback_sb_inodes+0x93a/0x1870 fs/fs-writeback.c:2030
 __writeback_inodes_wb+0x111/0x240 fs/fs-writeback.c:2107
 wb_writeback+0x43f/0xaa0 fs/fs-writeback.c:2218
 wb_check_old_data_flush fs/fs-writeback.c:2322 [inline]
 wb_do_writeback fs/fs-writeback.c:2375 [inline]
 wb_workfn+0xad2/0xed0 fs/fs-writeback.c:2403
 process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3257 [inline]
 process_scheduled_works+0xad1/0x1770 kernel/workqueue.c:3340
 worker_thread+0x8a0/0xda0 kernel/workqueue.c:3421
 kthread+0x711/0x8a0 kernel/kthread.c:463
 ret_from_fork+0x510/0xa50 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158
 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:246
 </TASK>

Showing all locks held in the system:
4 locks held by kworker/u8:1/13:
 #0: ffff88801e690148 ((wq_completion)writeback){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3232 [inline]
 #0: ffff88801e690148 ((wq_completion)writeback){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_scheduled_works+0x9b4/0x1770 kernel/workqueue.c:3340
 #1: 

Crashes (43):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/01/16 08:58 upstream 603c05a1639f d6526ea3 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in hfsplus_find_init
2025/08/01 12:22 upstream f2d282e1dfb3 0c075d67 .config strace log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in hfsplus_find_init
2025/10/01 06:48 upstream 4b81e2eb9e4d 65a0eece .config console log report syz / log C [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro] ci-snapshot-upstream-root INFO: task hung in hfsplus_find_init
2026/01/14 21:25 linux-next b775e489bec7 d6526ea3 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in hfsplus_find_init
2025/12/30 11:02 linux-next cc3aa43b44bd d6526ea3 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in hfsplus_find_init
2026/01/09 21:42 upstream 54e82e93ca93 d1b870e1 .config console log report syz / log [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro] ci-snapshot-upstream-root INFO: task hung in hfsplus_find_init
2026/04/22 04:02 upstream 4ee64205ffaa 0b6ab7ec .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in hfsplus_find_init
2026/04/11 13:52 upstream e774d5f1bc27 38c8e246 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in hfsplus_find_init
2026/04/06 18:21 upstream 591cd656a1bf 4440e7c2 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in hfsplus_find_init
2026/04/01 22:13 upstream 9147566d8016 0285fe54 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in hfsplus_find_init
2026/02/22 21:24 upstream 32a92f8c8932 6e7b5511 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in hfsplus_find_init
2026/02/15 12:10 upstream ca4ee40bf13d 1e62d198 .config console log report info [disk image] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in hfsplus_find_init
2026/02/08 17:27 upstream e7aa57247700 4c131dc4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in hfsplus_find_init
2026/02/08 11:47 upstream e7aa57247700 4c131dc4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in hfsplus_find_init
2026/01/11 12:12 upstream 97313d6113ab d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in hfsplus_find_init
2026/01/09 00:50 upstream 79b95d74470d d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in hfsplus_find_init
2025/12/29 23:53 upstream 7839932417dd d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in hfsplus_find_init
2025/12/26 08:24 upstream ccd1cdca5cd4 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in hfsplus_find_init
2025/12/24 16:27 upstream b927546677c8 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in hfsplus_find_init
2025/12/18 09:56 upstream ea1013c15392 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in hfsplus_find_init
2025/12/10 14:07 upstream c9b47175e913 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in hfsplus_find_init
2025/11/30 15:39 upstream 6bda50f4333f d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in hfsplus_find_init
2025/10/10 14:48 upstream 5472d60c129f ff1712fe .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in hfsplus_find_init
2025/08/20 10:32 upstream b19a97d57c15 79512909 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in hfsplus_find_init
2025/08/19 17:12 upstream be48bcf004f9 523f460e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in hfsplus_find_init
2025/08/18 21:24 upstream c17b750b3ad9 1804e95e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in hfsplus_find_init
2025/08/15 08:04 upstream 24ea63ea3877 dcc075fb .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in hfsplus_find_init
2025/08/05 00:13 upstream d2eedaa3909b abdcb213 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in hfsplus_find_init
2025/08/01 09:44 upstream f2d282e1dfb3 0c075d67 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in hfsplus_find_init
2026/04/05 10:35 linux-next cc13002a9f98 4440e7c2 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in hfsplus_find_init
2026/01/19 08:29 linux-next 46fe65a2c28e d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in hfsplus_find_init
2026/01/18 12:23 linux-next 46fe65a2c28e d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in hfsplus_find_init
2026/01/01 09:42 linux-next cc3aa43b44bd d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in hfsplus_find_init
2025/12/31 21:37 linux-next cc3aa43b44bd d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in hfsplus_find_init
2025/12/27 15:18 linux-next cc3aa43b44bd d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in hfsplus_find_init
2025/12/09 20:11 linux-next c75caf76ed86 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in hfsplus_find_init
2025/12/03 01:20 linux-next 7d31f578f323 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in hfsplus_find_init
2025/11/30 23:24 linux-next 7d31f578f323 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in hfsplus_find_init
2025/10/27 01:02 linux-next 72fb0170ef1f c0460fcd .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in hfsplus_find_init
2025/08/11 21:54 linux-next b1549501188c 32a0e5ed .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in hfsplus_find_init
2025/08/11 12:53 linux-next b1549501188c 32a0e5ed .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in hfsplus_find_init
2025/08/10 14:03 linux-next b1549501188c 32a0e5ed .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in hfsplus_find_init
2025/08/03 20:13 linux-next 84b92a499e7e 7368264b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in hfsplus_find_init
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.