INFO: task hung in fbcon_fb_registered

Status: upstream: reported on 2026/10/22 00:58
Reported-by: syzbot+a58d1ffb053f4067b6a1@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 22d, last: 22d

Sample crash report:
INFO: task kworker/0:3:2188 blocked for more than 143 seconds.
      Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:kworker/0:3     state:D stack:15872 pid:2188  ppid:2      flags:0x00004000
Workqueue: usb_hub_wq hub_event
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5246 [inline]
 __schedule+0x107f/0x4030 kernel/sched/core.c:6563
 schedule+0xb9/0x180 kernel/sched/core.c:6639
 schedule_timeout+0xbd/0x2d0 kernel/time/timer.c:2144
 ___down_common kernel/locking/semaphore.c:229 [inline]
 __down_common+0x30c/0x740 kernel/locking/semaphore.c:250
 down+0x7c/0xd0 kernel/locking/semaphore.c:64
 console_lock+0x141/0x1c0 kernel/printk/printk.c:2629
 fbcon_fb_registered+0x44/0x5f0 drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.c:3063
 do_register_framebuffer drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c:1611 [inline]
 register_framebuffer+0x93e/0xc10 drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c:1718
 __drm_fb_helper_initial_config_and_unlock+0x1109/0x16d0 drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c:1972
 drm_fb_helper_initial_config drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c:2038 [inline]
 drm_fbdev_client_hotplug+0x5f3/0x760 drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c:2552
 drm_client_register+0x166/0x1f0 drivers/gpu/drm/drm_client.c:149
 gud_probe+0x1293/0x1710 drivers/gpu/drm/gud/gud_drv.c:633
 usb_probe_interface+0x6e7/0xcf0 drivers/usb/core/driver.c:395
 call_driver_probe drivers/base/dd.c:-1 [inline]
 really_probe+0x24a/0xb40 drivers/base/dd.c:638
 __driver_probe_device+0x1f5/0x390 drivers/base/dd.c:804
 driver_probe_device+0x4f/0x420 drivers/base/dd.c:834
 __device_attach_driver+0x2c6/0x510 drivers/base/dd.c:962
 bus_for_each_drv+0x184/0x210 drivers/base/bus.c:429
 __device_attach+0x2a7/0x480 drivers/base/dd.c:1034
 bus_probe_device+0xba/0x1d0 drivers/base/bus.c:489
 device_add+0xbcf/0x1050 drivers/base/core.c:3712
 usb_set_configuration+0x19d5/0x2030 drivers/usb/core/message.c:2223
 usb_generic_driver_probe+0x89/0x150 drivers/usb/core/generic.c:238
 usb_probe_device+0x126/0x250 drivers/usb/core/driver.c:291
 call_driver_probe drivers/base/dd.c:-1 [inline]
 really_probe+0x24a/0xb40 drivers/base/dd.c:638
 __driver_probe_device+0x1f5/0x390 drivers/base/dd.c:804
 driver_probe_device+0x4f/0x420 drivers/base/dd.c:834
 __device_attach_driver+0x2c6/0x510 drivers/base/dd.c:962
 bus_for_each_drv+0x184/0x210 drivers/base/bus.c:429
 __device_attach+0x2a7/0x480 drivers/base/dd.c:1034
 bus_probe_device+0xba/0x1d0 drivers/base/bus.c:489
 device_add+0xbcf/0x1050 drivers/base/core.c:3712
 usb_new_device+0xa01/0x15e0 drivers/usb/core/hub.c:2664
 hub_port_connect drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5522 [inline]
 hub_port_connect_change drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5662 [inline]
 port_event drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5822 [inline]
 hub_event+0x2b2f/0x5200 drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5904
 process_one_work+0x8ab/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2292
 worker_thread+0xaf5/0x12a0 kernel/workqueue.c:2439
 kthread+0x29d/0x330 kernel/kthread.c:376
 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:295
 </TASK>
INFO: task udevd:4264 blocked for more than 143 seconds.
      Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:udevd           state:D stack:23088 pid:4264  ppid:3638   flags:0x00004002
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5246 [inline]
 __schedule+0x107f/0x4030 kernel/sched/core.c:6563
 schedule+0xb9/0x180 kernel/sched/core.c:6639
 schedule_preempt_disabled+0xf/0x20 kernel/sched/core.c:6698
 __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:679 [inline]
 __mutex_lock+0x548/0xae0 kernel/locking/mutex.c:747
 device_lock include/linux/device.h:885 [inline]
 uevent_show+0x16e/0x320 drivers/base/core.c:2669
 dev_attr_show+0x50/0xb0 drivers/base/core.c:2372
 sysfs_kf_seq_show+0x349/0x4b0 fs/sysfs/file.c:59
 seq_read_iter+0x460/0xc50 fs/seq_file.c:230
 call_read_iter include/linux/fs.h:2265 [inline]
 new_sync_read fs/read_write.c:389 [inline]
 vfs_read+0x471/0x960 fs/read_write.c:470
 ksys_read+0x14d/0x260 fs/read_write.c:613
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:46 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x4c/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:76
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2
RIP: 0033:0x7fb369ea7407
RSP: 002b:00007ffd42566850 EFLAGS: 00000202 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000000
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007fb36a56b880 RCX: 00007fb369ea7407
RDX: 0000000000001000 RSI: 00005647d1727220 RDI: 0000000000000008
RBP: 00007fb369fefff0 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000202 R12: 000000000000000a
R13: 00007fb369fefea0 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 00005647d1557c60
 </TASK>

Showing all locks held in the system:
1 lock held by rcu_tasks_kthre/12:
 #0: ffffffff8d92e230 (rcu_tasks.tasks_gp_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rcu_tasks_one_gp+0x33/0xef0 kernel/rcu/tasks.h:517
1 lock held by rcu_tasks_trace/13:
 #0: ffffffff8d92ea50 (rcu_tasks_trace.tasks_gp_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rcu_tasks_one_gp+0x33/0xef0 kernel/rcu/tasks.h:517
1 lock held by khungtaskd/28:
 #0: ffffffff8d92d8a0 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: rcu_lock_acquire include/linux/rcupdate.h:350 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8d92d8a0 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: rcu_read_lock include/linux/rcupdate.h:791 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8d92d8a0 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: debug_show_all_locks+0x51/0x290 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:6669
3 locks held by kworker/u4:4/57:
7 locks held by kworker/0:3/2188:
 #0: ffff88801ca9e138 ((wq_completion)usb_hub_wq){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x7b4/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2267
 #1: ffffc90006657d00 ((work_completion)(&hub->events)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x7b4/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2267
 #2: ffff8880294ba190 (&dev->mutex){....}-{3:3}, at: device_lock include/linux/device.h:885 [inline]
 #2: ffff8880294ba190 (&dev->mutex){....}-{3:3}, at: hub_event+0x178/0x5200 drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5850
 #3: ffff8880584f5190 (&dev->mutex){....}-{3:3}, at: device_lock include/linux/device.h:885 [inline]
 #3: ffff8880584f5190 (&dev->mutex){....}-{3:3}, at: __device_attach+0x85/0x480 drivers/base/dd.c:1009
 #4: ffff888028a56118 (&dev->mutex){....}-{3:3}, at: device_lock include/linux/device.h:885 [inline]
 #4: ffff888028a56118 (&dev->mutex){....}-{3:3}, at: __device_attach+0x85/0x480 drivers/base/dd.c:1009
 #5: ffff88807a6f42f0 (&dev->clientlist_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: drm_client_register+0x47/0x1f0 drivers/gpu/drm/drm_client.c:135
 #6: ffffffff8e013888 (registration_lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: register_framebuffer+0x2aa/0xc10 drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c:1717
2 locks held by getty/4032:
 #0: ffff88814d243098 (&tty->ldisc_sem){++++}-{0:0}, at: tty_ldisc_ref_wait+0x21/0x70 drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c:244
 #1: ffffc9000327b2f0 (&ldata->atomic_read_lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: n_tty_read+0x41e/0x1360 drivers/tty/n_tty.c:2198
4 locks held by udevd/4264:
 #0: ffff888028d2b9e0 (&p->lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: seq_read_iter+0x9d/0xc50 fs/seq_file.c:182
 #1: ffff888031865c88 (&of->mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: kernfs_seq_start+0x59/0x410 fs/kernfs/file.c:172
 #2: ffff888078ddb830 (kn->active#5){++++}-{0:0}, at: kernfs_get_active_of fs/kernfs/file.c:80 [inline]
 #2: ffff888078ddb830 (kn->active#5){++++}-{0:0}, at: kernfs_seq_start+0xae/0x410 fs/kernfs/file.c:173
 #3: ffff8880584f5190 (&dev->mutex){....}-{3:3}, at: device_lock include/linux/device.h:885 [inline]
 #3: ffff8880584f5190 (&dev->mutex){....}-{3:3}, at: uevent_show+0x16e/0x320 drivers/base/core.c:2669
2 locks held by kworker/0:4/4346:
 #0: ffff888018470938 ((wq_completion)events){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x7b4/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2267
 #1: ffffc900044f7d00 (console_work){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x7b4/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2267
6 locks held by kworker/u4:24/7427:
 #0: ffff888018479138 ((wq_completion)events_unbound){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x7b4/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2267
 #1: ffffc90003d37d00 ((work_completion)(&buf->work)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x7b4/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2267
 #2: ffff8880186280b8 (&buf->lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: flush_to_ldisc+0x34/0x800 drivers/tty/tty_buffer.c:537
 #3: ffff88805018d098 (&tty->ldisc_sem){++++}-{0:0}, at: tty_ldisc_ref+0x18/0x80 drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c:264
 #4: ffff88805018d2e8 (&tty->termios_rwsem){++++}-{3:3}, at: n_tty_receive_buf_common+0x79/0x1470 drivers/tty/n_tty.c:1684
 #5: ffffc9000455b380 (&ldata->output_lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: commit_echoes drivers/tty/n_tty.c:766 [inline]
 #5: ffffc9000455b380 (&ldata->output_lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: n_tty_receive_char+0x5ed/0xbb0 drivers/tty/n_tty.c:1420
5 locks held by syz.0.668/7533:
1 lock held by syz-executor/8622:
1 lock held by sed/10766:

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NMI backtrace for cpu 0
CPU: 0 PID: 28 Comm: khungtaskd Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 10/07/2026
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 dump_stack_lvl+0x188/0x24e lib/dump_stack.c:106
 nmi_cpu_backtrace+0x3e6/0x460 lib/nmi_backtrace.c:111
 nmi_trigger_cpumask_backtrace+0x1d4/0x450 lib/nmi_backtrace.c:62
 trigger_all_cpu_backtrace include/linux/nmi.h:148 [inline]
 check_hung_uninterruptible_tasks kernel/hung_task.c:220 [inline]
 watchdog+0xf0e/0xf50 kernel/hung_task.c:377
 kthread+0x29d/0x330 kernel/kthread.c:376
 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:295
 </TASK>

Crashes (1):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/10/22 00:58 linux-6.1.y 79807e970724 4ba27f85 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in fbcon_fb_registered
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.