INFO: task hung in nfsd_umount

Status: upstream: reported on 2026/07/28 12:58
Reported-by: syzbot+9624214b5aa7ac2f6851@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 20d, last: 6d01h
Similar bugs (3)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
linux-6.1 INFO: task hung in nfsd_umount 1 12 3d21h 20d 0/3 upstream: reported on 2026/07/27 19:55
upstream INFO: task hung in nfsd_umount prio:normal nfs 1 syz, C 5017 5h35m 771d 0/29 upstream: reported C repro on 2024/07/07 04:37
linux-5.15 INFO: task hung in nfsd_umount 1 1 5d18h 5d18h 0/3 upstream: reported on 2026/08/11 22:40

Sample crash report:
INFO: task syz-executor:6270 blocked for more than 142 seconds.
      Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:syz-executor    state:D stack:22056 pid:6270  ppid:1      flags:0x00004004
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5382 [inline]
 __schedule+0x15ae/0x4660 kernel/sched/core.c:6701
 schedule+0xbd/0x170 kernel/sched/core.c:6775
 schedule_preempt_disabled+0x13/0x20 kernel/sched/core.c:6834
 __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:679 [inline]
 __mutex_lock+0x673/0xc80 kernel/locking/mutex.c:747
 nfsd_shutdown_threads+0x53/0x1a0 fs/nfsd/nfssvc.c:638
 nfsd_umount+0x42/0xc0 fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c:1464
 deactivate_locked_super+0x97/0x100 fs/super.c:481
 cleanup_mnt+0x3d7/0x460 fs/namespace.c:1259
 task_work_run+0x1d4/0x260 kernel/task_work.c:245
 resume_user_mode_work include/linux/resume_user_mode.h:49 [inline]
 exit_to_user_mode_loop+0xe6/0x110 kernel/entry/common.c:177
 exit_to_user_mode_prepare+0xee/0x180 kernel/entry/common.c:210
 __syscall_exit_to_user_mode_work kernel/entry/common.c:291 [inline]
 syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x1a/0x50 kernel/entry/common.c:302
 do_syscall_64+0x61/0xb0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:82
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2
RIP: 0033:0x7f92ea79f317
RSP: 002b:00007fff18e91998 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 00000000000000a6
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 00007f92ea834474 RCX: 00007f92ea79f317
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000009 RDI: 00007fff18e91a50
RBP: 00007fff18e91a50 R08: 00007fff18e92a50 R09: 00000000ffffffff
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 00007fff18e92ae0
R13: 00007f92ea834474 R14: 000000000005dfc0 R15: 00007fff18e92b20
 </TASK>
INFO: task syz.0.2801:13495 blocked for more than 143 seconds.
      Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:syz.0.2801      state:D stack:28296 pid:13495 ppid:5778   flags:0x00004004
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5382 [inline]
 __schedule+0x15ae/0x4660 kernel/sched/core.c:6701
 schedule+0xbd/0x170 kernel/sched/core.c:6775
 schedule_preempt_disabled+0x13/0x20 kernel/sched/core.c:6834
 __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:679 [inline]
 __mutex_lock+0x673/0xc80 kernel/locking/mutex.c:747
 write_ports+0xb7/0xfa0 fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c:843
 nfsctl_transaction_write+0x10c/0x150 fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c:113
 vfs_write+0x299/0x9a0 fs/read_write.c:582
 ksys_write+0x151/0x260 fs/read_write.c:637
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:46 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x55/0xb0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:76
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2
RIP: 0033:0x7f9449d9e0d9
RSP: 002b:00007f944ab9f028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000001
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f944a025fa0 RCX: 00007f9449d9e0d9
RDX: 0000000000000055 RSI: 0000200000000280 RDI: 0000000000000003
RBP: 00007f9449e35024 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f944a026038 R14: 00007f944a025fa0 R15: 00007ffd73846688
 </TASK>

Showing all locks held in the system:
1 lock held by khungtaskd/29:
 #0: ffffffff8d131da0 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: rcu_lock_acquire include/linux/rcupdate.h:334 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8d131da0 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: rcu_read_lock include/linux/rcupdate.h:786 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8d131da0 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: debug_show_all_locks+0x55/0x290 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:6633
2 locks held by kworker/u4:2/42:
 #0: ffff8880b8e3c298 (&rq->__lock){-.-.}-{2:2}, at: raw_spin_rq_lock_nested+0x29/0x130 kernel/sched/core.c:559
 #1: ffff8880b8e28a00 (psi_seq){-.-.}-{0:0}, at: psi_sched_switch kernel/sched/stats.h:189 [inline]
 #1: ffff8880b8e28a00 (psi_seq){-.-.}-{0:0}, at: __schedule+0x21d3/0x4660 kernel/sched/core.c:6696
2 locks held by syz-executor/6270:
 #0: ffff88805aaf00e0 (&type->s_umount_key#108){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: __super_lock fs/super.c:56 [inline]
 #0: ffff88805aaf00e0 (&type->s_umount_key#108){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: __super_lock_excl fs/super.c:71 [inline]
 #0: ffff88805aaf00e0 (&type->s_umount_key#108){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: deactivate_super+0xa4/0xe0 fs/super.c:513
 #1: ffffffff8d3e1748 (nfsd_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: nfsd_shutdown_threads+0x53/0x1a0 fs/nfsd/nfssvc.c:638
2 locks held by getty/8685:
 #0: ffff88823bc408a0 (&tty->ldisc_sem){++++}-{0:0}, at: tty_ldisc_ref_wait+0x25/0x70 drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c:243
 #1: ffffc9000baf32f0 (&ldata->atomic_read_lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: n_tty_read+0x428/0x1370 drivers/tty/n_tty.c:2217
2 locks held by syz-executor/11420:
 #0: ffff888058d560e0 (&type->s_umount_key#108){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: __super_lock fs/super.c:56 [inline]
 #0: ffff888058d560e0 (&type->s_umount_key#108){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: __super_lock_excl fs/super.c:71 [inline]
 #0: ffff888058d560e0 (&type->s_umount_key#108){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: deactivate_super+0xa4/0xe0 fs/super.c:513
 #1: ffffffff8d3e1748 (nfsd_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: nfsd_shutdown_threads+0x53/0x1a0 fs/nfsd/nfssvc.c:638
3 locks held by syz.3.2493/12715:
 #0: ffff888057d0cd48 (&f->f_pos_lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: __fdget_pos+0x2a3/0x330 fs/file.c:1040
 #1: ffff88802d68c418 (sb_writers#37){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: vfs_write+0x21e/0x9a0 fs/read_write.c:580
 #2: ffffffff8d3e1748 (nfsd_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: nfsd_svc+0x65/0xab0 fs/nfsd/nfssvc.c:788
3 locks held by syz.0.2801/13495:
 #0: ffff888075f8e848 (&f->f_pos_lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: __fdget_pos+0x2a3/0x330 fs/file.c:1040
 #1: ffff88805a908418 (sb_writers#37){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: vfs_write+0x21e/0x9a0 fs/read_write.c:580
 #2: ffffffff8d3e1748 (nfsd_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: write_ports+0xb7/0xfa0 fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c:843
2 locks held by syz-executor/13925:
 #0: ffff88806acac0e0 (&type->s_umount_key#108){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: __super_lock fs/super.c:56 [inline]
 #0: ffff88806acac0e0 (&type->s_umount_key#108){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: __super_lock_excl fs/super.c:71 [inline]
 #0: ffff88806acac0e0 (&type->s_umount_key#108){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: deactivate_super+0xa4/0xe0 fs/super.c:513
 #1: ffffffff8d3e1748 (nfsd_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: nfsd_shutdown_threads+0x53/0x1a0 fs/nfsd/nfssvc.c:638

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NMI backtrace for cpu 0
CPU: 0 PID: 29 Comm: khungtaskd Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/24/2026
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 dump_stack_lvl+0x18c/0x250 lib/dump_stack.c:106
 nmi_cpu_backtrace+0x3a6/0x3e0 lib/nmi_backtrace.c:113
 nmi_trigger_cpumask_backtrace+0x17a/0x2f0 lib/nmi_backtrace.c:62
 trigger_all_cpu_backtrace include/linux/nmi.h:160 [inline]
 check_hung_uninterruptible_tasks kernel/hung_task.c:222 [inline]
 watchdog+0xf59/0xfa0 kernel/hung_task.c:379
 kthread+0x2fa/0x390 kernel/kthread.c:388
 ret_from_fork+0x48/0x80 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:152
 ret_from_fork_asm+0x11/0x20 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:293
 </TASK>

Crashes (10):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/08/11 15:11 linux-6.6.y d27334b2888c 71790083 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: task hung in nfsd_umount
2026/08/10 20:19 linux-6.6.y d27334b2888c 508909ea .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: task hung in nfsd_umount
2026/08/10 07:48 linux-6.6.y d27334b2888c 5d63f80b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: task hung in nfsd_umount
2026/08/07 09:47 linux-6.6.y 6436c12a2ced c38879ea .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: task hung in nfsd_umount
2026/08/04 00:15 linux-6.6.y aa0e49877a2e 9451e17e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: task hung in nfsd_umount
2026/07/31 14:20 linux-6.6.y a1153c0deb44 7664cf44 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: task hung in nfsd_umount
2026/07/30 08:56 linux-6.6.y ae068b676196 2377cd3d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: task hung in nfsd_umount
2026/07/30 08:39 linux-6.6.y ae068b676196 2377cd3d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: task hung in nfsd_umount
2026/07/30 06:24 linux-6.6.y ae068b676196 6ef5c1e2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: task hung in nfsd_umount
2026/07/28 12:57 linux-6.6.y c5596480c50e 45ae1df4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: task hung in nfsd_umount
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.