INFO: task hung in nfsd_nrthreads

Status: upstream: reported on 2026/08/27 23:06
Subsystems: nfs
Labels: prio:low
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Reported-by: syzbot+86a9d43d89b86def6d59@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 31d, last: 4h02m
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c99c3637 assessment-security DenialOfService: ✅ Exploitable: ❌ FilesystemTrigger: ❌ NetworkTrigger: ❌ PeripheralTrigger: ❌ RemoteTrigger: ❌ Unprivileged: ❌ UserNamespace: ❌ VMGuestTrigger: ❌ VMHostTrigger: ❌ INFO: task hung in nfsd_nrthreads 2026/07/29 01:41 2026/07/29 01:41 2026/07/29 02:26 7be3c40b
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[syzbot] [nfs?] INFO: task hung in nfsd_nrthreads 0 (1) 2026/08/27 23:06
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Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
linux-6.1 INFO: task hung in nfsd_nrthreads 1 3 24d 30d 0/3 upstream: reported on 2026/07/28 20:58

Sample crash report:
INFO: task syz.5.5561:24998 blocked for more than 143 seconds.
      Tainted: G             L      syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:syz.5.5561      state:D stack:26016 pid:24998 tgid:24991 ppid:19107  task_flags:0x400140 flags:0x00080002
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5520 [inline]
 __schedule+0x1259/0x6920 kernel/sched/core.c:7270
 __schedule_loop kernel/sched/core.c:7347 [inline]
 schedule+0xdd/0x2c0 kernel/sched/core.c:7362
 schedule_preempt_disabled+0x13/0x30 kernel/sched/core.c:7419
 __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:726 [inline]
 __mutex_lock+0xcbf/0x1bc0 kernel/locking/mutex.c:821
 nfsd_nrthreads+0x57/0xd0 fs/nfsd/nfssvc.c:252
 write_threads+0x34a/0x600 fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c:445
 nfsctl_transaction_write+0x106/0x1a0 fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c:114
 vfs_write+0x2aa/0x1050 fs/read_write.c:685
 ksys_write+0x12a/0x250 fs/read_write.c:739
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:61 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x123/0x790 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:84
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x7f681799e159
RSP: 002b:00007f6818818028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000001
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f6817c26180 RCX: 00007f681799e159
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000007
RBP: 00007f6817a35024 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f6817c26218 R14: 00007f6817c26180 R15: 00007ffcdfd38b68
 </TASK>

Showing all locks held in the system:
locks held by pr/ttyS0/16: 2, last CPU#1:
 #0: ffffffff8edd8338 (console_srcu){....}-{0:0}, at: rcu_try_lock_acquire include/linux/rcupdate.h:314 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8edd8338 (console_srcu){....}-{0:0}, at: srcu_read_lock_nmisafe include/linux/srcu.h:439 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8edd8338 (console_srcu){....}-{0:0}, at: console_srcu_read_lock+0x49/0x60 kernel/printk/printk.c:291
 #1: ffffffff9bc5bb38 (&port_lock_key){-.-.}-{3:3}, at: __uart_port_lock_irqsave include/linux/serial_core.h:613 [inline]
 #1: ffffffff9bc5bb38 (&port_lock_key){-.-.}-{3:3}, at: univ8250_console_device_lock+0x64/0xc0 drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_core.c:413
locks held by khungtaskd/32: 1, last CPU#0:
 #0: ffffffff8edec060 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:3}, at: rcu_lock_acquire include/linux/rcupdate.h:309 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8edec060 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:3}, at: rcu_read_lock include/linux/rcupdate.h:849 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8edec060 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:3}, at: debug_show_all_locks+0x3d/0x184 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:6837
locks held by kworker/u8:3/51: 3, last CPU#1:
 #0: ffff88801c094140 ((wq_completion)events_unbound){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x1466/0x1b10 kernel/workqueue.c:3362
 #1: ffffc90000bb7d08 ((work_completion)(&(&nsim_dev->trap_data->trap_report_dw)->work)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0xa2c/0x1b10 kernel/workqueue.c:3363
 #2: ffff8880344cd258 (&devlink->lock_key#20){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: nsim_dev_trap_report_work+0x56/0xd20 drivers/net/netdevsim/dev.c:834
locks held by getty/5368: 2, on CPU#1:
 #0: ffff8880326c30a0 (&tty->ldisc_sem){++++}-{0:0}, at: tty_ldisc_ref_wait+0x24/0x80 drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c:243
 #1: ffffc9000321e2e8 (&ldata->atomic_read_lock){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: n_tty_read+0x419/0x14e0 drivers/tty/n_tty.c:2211
locks held by kworker/u8:13/7197: 3, last CPU#0:
 #0: ffff88801c094140 ((wq_completion)events_unbound){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x1466/0x1b10 kernel/workqueue.c:3362
 #1: ffffc9001b78fd08 ((work_completion)(&rdev->wiphy_work)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0xa2c/0x1b10 kernel/workqueue.c:3363
 #2: ffff88805fee07a0 (&rdev->wiphy.mtx){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: class_wiphy_constructor include/net/cfg80211.h:6905 [inline]
 #2: ffff88805fee07a0 (&rdev->wiphy.mtx){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: cfg80211_wiphy_work+0x92/0x550 net/wireless/core.c:527
locks held by kworker/u8:17/7609: 3, last CPU#0:
 #0: ffff88801c094140 ((wq_completion)events_unbound){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x1466/0x1b10 kernel/workqueue.c:3362
 #1: ffffc90004da7d08 ((work_completion)(&(&nsim_dev->trap_data->trap_report_dw)->work)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0xa2c/0x1b10 kernel/workqueue.c:3363
 #2: ffff88805dfd7258 (&devlink->lock_key#19){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: nsim_dev_trap_report_work+0x56/0xd20 drivers/net/netdevsim/dev.c:834
locks held by kworker/u8:19/16164: 3, last CPU#0:
 #0: ffff88801c094140 ((wq_completion)events_unbound){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x1466/0x1b10 kernel/workqueue.c:3362
 #1: ffffc9000621fd08 ((work_completion)(&rdev->wiphy_work)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0xa2c/0x1b10 kernel/workqueue.c:3363
 #2: ffff88805d0707a0 (&rdev->wiphy.mtx){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: class_wiphy_constructor include/net/cfg80211.h:6905 [inline]
 #2: ffff88805d0707a0 (&rdev->wiphy.mtx){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: cfg80211_wiphy_work+0x92/0x550 net/wireless/core.c:527
locks held by syz.1.4909/22706: 3, on CPU#1:
 #0: ffff88802d06c9b0 (&f->f_pos_lock){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: fdget_pos+0x2aa/0x380 fs/file.c:1259
 #1: ffff888035380460 (sb_writers#27){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: ksys_write+0x12a/0x250 fs/read_write.c:739
 #2: ffffffff8f287500 (nfsd_mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: write_threads+0x288/0x600 fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c:436
locks held by kworker/u8:7/23291: 3, last CPU#1:
 #0: ffff88801c094140 ((wq_completion)events_unbound){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x1466/0x1b10 kernel/workqueue.c:3362
 #1: ffffc9000f29fd08 ((work_completion)(&(&nsim_dev->trap_data->trap_report_dw)->work)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0xa2c/0x1b10 kernel/workqueue.c:3363
 #2: ffff88807c994258 (&devlink->lock_key#12){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: nsim_dev_trap_report_work+0x56/0xd20 drivers/net/netdevsim/dev.c:834
locks held by kworker/u8:24/23298: 3, last CPU#0:
 #0: ffff88801c094140 ((wq_completion)events_unbound){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x1466/0x1b10 kernel/workqueue.c:3362
 #1: ffffc90010eafd08 ((work_completion)(&rdev->wiphy_work)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0xa2c/0x1b10 kernel/workqueue.c:3363
 #2: ffff8880334307a0 (&rdev->wiphy.mtx){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: class_wiphy_constructor include/net/cfg80211.h:6905 [inline]
 #2: ffff8880334307a0 (&rdev->wiphy.mtx){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: cfg80211_wiphy_work+0x92/0x550 net/wireless/core.c:527
locks held by kworker/u8:30/23304: 2, last CPU#1:
 #0: ffff88801c094140 ((wq_completion)events_unbound){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x1466/0x1b10 kernel/workqueue.c:3362
 #1: ffffc9000f22fd08 ((work_completion)(&(&kfence_timer)->work)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0xa2c/0x1b10 kernel/workqueue.c:3363
locks held by syz.5.5561/24998: 3, on CPU#0:
 #0: ffff88807d3762b0 (&f->f_pos_lock){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: fdget_pos+0x2aa/0x380 fs/file.c:1259
 #1: ffff88802d338460 (sb_writers#27){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: ksys_write+0x12a/0x250 fs/read_write.c:739
 #2: ffffffff8f287500 (nfsd_mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: nfsd_nrthreads+0x57/0xd0 fs/nfsd/nfssvc.c:252
locks held by syz.2.5913/27040: 3, on CPU#0:
 #0: ffff888078d5f430 (&f->f_pos_lock){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: fdget_pos+0x2aa/0x380 fs/file.c:1259
 #1: ffff88802e8ae460 (sb_writers#10){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: ksys_write+0x12a/0x250 fs/read_write.c:739
 #2: ffff888055f26c80 (&of->mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x2c2/0x5f0 fs/kernfs/file.c:336
locks held by dhcpcd-run-hook/27232: 1, last CPU#0:
 #0: ffff88807c2f5038 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{4:4}, at: mmap_write_lock_killable include/linux/mmap_lock.h:562 [inline]
 #0: ffff88807c2f5038 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{4:4}, at: vm_mmap_pgoff+0x1f5/0x470 mm/util.c:579
locks held by syz.7.5948/27233: 2, last CPU#0:
 #0: ffff88807dc00460 (sb_writers#6){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: get_signal+0x1f2a/0x21e0 kernel/signal.c:3024
 #1: ffff888059d95cf8 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{4:4}, at: mmap_read_lock_killable include/linux/mmap_lock.h:609 [inline]
 #1: ffff888059d95cf8 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{4:4}, at: dump_user_range+0x151/0xad0 fs/coredump.c:1349

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NMI backtrace for cpu 0
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 32 Comm: khungtaskd Tainted: G             L      syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) 
Tainted: [L]=SOFTLOCKUP
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/16/2026
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:94 [inline]
 dump_stack_lvl+0x100/0x190 lib/dump_stack.c:120
 nmi_cpu_backtrace.cold+0x12d/0x151 lib/nmi_backtrace.c:123
 nmi_trigger_cpumask_backtrace+0x21f/0x2a0 lib/nmi_backtrace.c:66
 trigger_all_cpu_backtrace include/linux/nmi.h:164 [inline]
 __sys_info lib/sys_info.c:157 [inline]
 sys_info+0x141/0x190 lib/sys_info.c:165
 check_hung_uninterruptible_tasks kernel/hung_task.c:353 [inline]
 watchdog+0xcb1/0x1030 kernel/hung_task.c:561
 kthread+0x373/0x450 kernel/kthread.c:436
 ret_from_fork+0x730/0xd60 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158
 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245
 </TASK>
Sending NMI from CPU 0 to CPUs 1:
NMI backtrace for cpu 1
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/1 Tainted: G             L      syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) 
Tainted: [L]=SOFTLOCKUP
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/16/2026
RIP: 0010:pv_native_safe_halt+0xf/0x20 arch/x86/kernel/paravirt.c:64
Code: 18 9d 02 e9 43 4f 03 00 0f 1f 00 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 c3 66 1d 00 fb f4 <c3> cc cc cc cc 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 66 90 90 90 90 90 90
RSP: 0018:ffffc900001a7e00 EFLAGS: 00000246
RAX: 00000000035bac7d RBX: ffff88801fa84b00 RCX: ffffffff8bce5115
RDX: 0000000000000001 RSI: ffffffff8e3e98e5 RDI: ffffffff8c620380
RBP: ffffed1003f50960 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: ffffed10170a67bd
R10: ffff8880b8533deb R11: 0000000000000001 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 1ffff92000034fc4 R15: dffffc0000000000
FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff888123c69000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 0000001b3310eff8 CR3: 0000000078c25000 CR4: 00000000003526f0
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 arch_safe_halt arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt.h:62 [inline]
 default_idle+0x9/0x10 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:768
 default_idle_call+0x6c/0xb0 kernel/sched/idle.c:122
 cpuidle_idle_call kernel/sched/idle.c:199 [inline]
 do_idle+0x3ae/0x5b0 kernel/sched/idle.c:355
 cpu_startup_entry+0x4f/0x60 kernel/sched/idle.c:454
 start_secondary+0x21d/0x2d0 arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c:312
 common_startup_64+0x13e/0x158
 </TASK>

Crashes (35):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/08/28 16:28 upstream 1b78070aaef6 bcbc8ceb .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: task hung in nfsd_nrthreads
2026/08/26 21:44 upstream 502d45774af0 a2b77b9e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: task hung in nfsd_nrthreads
2026/08/25 01:09 upstream 0a0d1d55dad5 23caa175 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in nfsd_nrthreads
2026/08/23 03:15 upstream 66fb95a52111 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root INFO: task hung in nfsd_nrthreads
2026/08/23 02:56 upstream 66fb95a52111 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: task hung in nfsd_nrthreads
2026/08/21 23:05 upstream 4e69c1856bfd 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in nfsd_nrthreads
2026/08/19 11:14 upstream bd5f485f3f02 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in nfsd_nrthreads
2026/08/19 09:52 upstream bd5f485f3f02 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in nfsd_nrthreads
2026/08/19 07:43 upstream 0f23d56f17fd 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in nfsd_nrthreads
2026/08/18 14:31 upstream ff68e5f557f6 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in nfsd_nrthreads
2026/08/16 03:14 upstream 3eb40771c00a 746171ee .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: task hung in nfsd_nrthreads
2026/08/05 02:31 upstream c21bb4193868 d4abbeac .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: task hung in nfsd_nrthreads
2026/08/04 12:25 upstream 848acc8ffe1b d4abbeac .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: task hung in nfsd_nrthreads
2026/08/04 00:26 upstream c8e0d43058e6 a68cb31b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: task hung in nfsd_nrthreads
2026/08/03 23:20 upstream c8e0d43058e6 a68cb31b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: task hung in nfsd_nrthreads
2026/08/03 22:41 upstream c8e0d43058e6 a68cb31b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: task hung in nfsd_nrthreads
2026/08/03 20:24 upstream 075b74841bd0 a68cb31b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in nfsd_nrthreads
2026/08/03 18:43 upstream 075b74841bd0 a68cb31b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: task hung in nfsd_nrthreads
2026/08/03 16:02 upstream 075b74841bd0 e611ffe1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in nfsd_nrthreads
2026/07/30 23:55 upstream 3708dd948844 aaffb173 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root INFO: task hung in nfsd_nrthreads
2026/07/29 00:44 upstream 3b5f4b83c4ab 19622d9d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in nfsd_nrthreads
2026/07/29 00:41 upstream 3b5f4b83c4ab 19622d9d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in nfsd_nrthreads
2026/07/28 19:38 upstream 62cc90241548 19622d9d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root INFO: task hung in nfsd_nrthreads
2026/07/28 19:31 upstream 62cc90241548 19622d9d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: task hung in nfsd_nrthreads
2026/07/28 19:03 upstream 62cc90241548 19622d9d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: task hung in nfsd_nrthreads
2026/07/28 12:07 upstream 62cc90241548 45ae1df4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: task hung in nfsd_nrthreads
2026/07/28 10:10 upstream 62cc90241548 45ae1df4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in nfsd_nrthreads
2026/07/28 06:58 upstream 62cc90241548 45ae1df4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: task hung in nfsd_nrthreads
2026/07/27 23:01 upstream f5098b6bae76 4cb2b096 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: task hung in nfsd_nrthreads
2026/08/24 12:43 linux-next 903c1cf6dff9 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce INFO: task hung in nfsd_nrthreads
2026/08/24 03:11 linux-next 903c1cf6dff9 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce INFO: task hung in nfsd_nrthreads
2026/08/23 22:55 linux-next 903c1cf6dff9 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce INFO: task hung in nfsd_nrthreads
2026/08/21 02:44 linux-next 7079a12d7506 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce INFO: task hung in nfsd_nrthreads
2026/08/09 18:16 linux-next 6b8c8af514d7 5d63f80b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in nfsd_nrthreads
2026/07/29 05:17 linux-next cc2b5f627e8c 19622d9d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce INFO: task hung in nfsd_nrthreads
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.