INFO: task hung in __trace_eprobe_create

Status: upstream: reported on 2026/08/28 00:22
Reported-by: syzbot+9ec7e4d46fa11e400b01@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 21d, last: 21d

Sample crash report:
INFO: task syz.9.4488:23946 blocked for more than 143 seconds.
      Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:syz.9.4488      state:D stack:27016 pid:23946 ppid:13709  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
 __trace_eprobe_create+0x6c1/0xc50 kernel/trace/trace_eprobe.c:924
 trace_probe_create+0xc8/0x130 kernel/trace/trace_probe.c:2138
 create_dyn_event+0xad/0x140 kernel/trace/trace_dynevent.c:152
 trace_parse_run_command+0x1f2/0x340 kernel/trace/trace.c:10243
 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: 0033:0x7f9ea5f9e0d9
RSP: 002b:00007f9ea41d5028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000001
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f9ea6226180 RCX: 00007f9ea5f9e0d9
RDX: 0000000000000025 RSI: 0000200000000100 RDI: 0000000000000007
RBP: 00007f9ea6035024 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f9ea6226218 R14: 00007f9ea6226180 R15: 00007ffedb2e3908
 </TASK>
INFO: task syz.9.4488:23947 blocked for more than 149 seconds.
      Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:syz.9.4488      state:D stack:25832 pid:23947 ppid:13709  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
 tracing_open_file_tr+0x157/0x2f0 kernel/trace/trace.c:4867
 do_dentry_open+0x880/0x14b0 fs/open.c:929
 do_open fs/namei.c:3683 [inline]
 path_openat+0x284f/0x3270 fs/namei.c:3844
 do_filp_open+0x1f2/0x430 fs/namei.c:3871
 do_sys_openat2+0x134/0x1d0 fs/open.c:1422
 do_sys_open fs/open.c:1437 [inline]
 __do_sys_openat fs/open.c:1453 [inline]
 __se_sys_openat fs/open.c:1448 [inline]
 __x64_sys_openat+0x139/0x160 fs/open.c:1448
 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: 0033:0x7f9ea5f9e0d9
RSP: 002b:00007f9ea3db2028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000101
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f9ea6226270 RCX: 00007f9ea5f9e0d9
RDX: 0000000000000002 RSI: 0000200000000140 RDI: ffffffffffffff9c
RBP: 00007f9ea6035024 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f9ea6226308 R14: 00007f9ea6226270 R15: 00007ffedb2e3908

Crashes (1):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/08/28 00:22 linux-6.6.y 93e0c9521fa8 69a01293 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: task hung in __trace_eprobe_create
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.