INFO: task hung in dvb_usbv2_probe

Status: upstream: reported on 2026/09/03 01:43
Reported-by: syzbot+b0c4ee29359df9b4f86b@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 3d18h, last: 3d17h
Similar bugs (3)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
upstream INFO: task hung in dvb_usbv2_probe prio:low usb 1 syz, C error 515 32m 463d 0/29 upstream: reported C repro on 2025/05/31 05:48
linux-5.15 INFO: task hung in dvb_usbv2_probe 1 1 21d 21d 0/3 upstream: reported on 2026/08/15 21:31
linux-6.1 INFO: task hung in dvb_usbv2_probe 1 1 3d17h 3d17h 0/3 upstream: reported on 2026/09/03 02:11

Sample crash report:
INFO: task kworker/1:1:42 blocked for more than 142 seconds.
      Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:kworker/1:1     state:D stack:21352 pid:42    ppid:2      flags:0x00004000
Workqueue: usb_hub_wq hub_event
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_timeout+0xc1/0x2d0 kernel/time/timer.c:2144
 do_wait_for_common kernel/sched/completion.c:95 [inline]
 __wait_for_common kernel/sched/completion.c:116 [inline]
 wait_for_common kernel/sched/completion.c:127 [inline]
 wait_for_completion+0x2c6/0x5a0 kernel/sched/completion.c:148
 i2c_del_adapter+0x2cd/0x430 drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.c:1838
 dvb_usbv2_probe+0x4cf/0x3d20 drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb-v2/dvb_usb_core.c:994
 usb_probe_interface+0x5c2/0xaf0 drivers/usb/core/driver.c:396
 call_driver_probe drivers/base/dd.c:-1 [inline]
 really_probe+0x247/0xae0 drivers/base/dd.c:717
 __driver_probe_device+0x1f5/0x390 drivers/base/dd.c:879
 driver_probe_device+0x4f/0x420 drivers/base/dd.c:909
 __device_attach_driver+0x2ca/0x510 drivers/base/dd.c:1037
 bus_for_each_drv+0x252/0x2e0 drivers/base/bus.c:459
 __device_attach+0x2c1/0x420 drivers/base/dd.c:1109
 bus_probe_device+0x180/0x260 drivers/base/bus.c:580
 device_add+0x87c/0xc40 drivers/base/core.c:3700
 usb_set_configuration+0x1ad0/0x2150 drivers/usb/core/message.c:2265
 usb_generic_driver_probe+0x8d/0x150 drivers/usb/core/generic.c:238
 usb_probe_device+0x12a/0x260 drivers/usb/core/driver.c:293
 call_driver_probe drivers/base/dd.c:-1 [inline]
 really_probe+0x247/0xae0 drivers/base/dd.c:717
 __driver_probe_device+0x1f5/0x390 drivers/base/dd.c:879
 driver_probe_device+0x4f/0x420 drivers/base/dd.c:909
 __device_attach_driver+0x2ca/0x510 drivers/base/dd.c:1037
 bus_for_each_drv+0x252/0x2e0 drivers/base/bus.c:459
 __device_attach+0x2c1/0x420 drivers/base/dd.c:1109
 bus_probe_device+0x180/0x260 drivers/base/bus.c:580
 device_add+0x87c/0xc40 drivers/base/core.c:3700
 usb_new_device+0x995/0x1550 drivers/usb/core/hub.c:2665
 hub_port_connect drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5534 [inline]
 hub_port_connect_change drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5674 [inline]
 port_event drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5838 [inline]
 hub_event+0x29d5/0x4a80 drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5920
 process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:2657 [inline]
 process_scheduled_works+0xa60/0x1600 kernel/workqueue.c:2734
 worker_thread+0xa5e/0xfe0 kernel/workqueue.c:2815
 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>

Showing all locks held in the system:
1 lock held by khungtaskd/28:
 #0: ffffffff8d1320e0 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: rcu_lock_acquire include/linux/rcupdate.h:334 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8d1320e0 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: rcu_read_lock include/linux/rcupdate.h:786 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8d1320e0 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: debug_show_all_locks+0x55/0x290 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:6633
5 locks held by kworker/1:1/42:
 #0: ffff88814725c538 ((wq_completion)usb_hub_wq){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:2632 [inline]
 #0: ffff88814725c538 ((wq_completion)usb_hub_wq){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_scheduled_works+0x975/0x1600 kernel/workqueue.c:2734
 #1: ffffc90000b2fd00 ((work_completion)(&hub->events)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:2632 [inline]
 #1: ffffc90000b2fd00 ((work_completion)(&hub->events)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_scheduled_works+0x975/0x1600 kernel/workqueue.c:2734
 #2: ffff888142b3e1d8 (&dev->mutex){....}-{3:3}, at: device_lock include/linux/device.h:1094 [inline]
 #2: ffff888142b3e1d8 (&dev->mutex){....}-{3:3}, at: hub_event+0x188/0x4a80 drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5866
 #3: ffff8880244901d8 (&dev->mutex){....}-{3:3}, at: device_lock include/linux/device.h:1094 [inline]
 #3: ffff8880244901d8 (&dev->mutex){....}-{3:3}, at: __device_attach+0x89/0x420 drivers/base/dd.c:1084
 #4: ffff88805dce01a8 (&dev->mutex){....}-{3:3}, at: device_lock include/linux/device.h:1094 [inline]
 #4: ffff88805dce01a8 (&dev->mutex){....}-{3:3}, at: __device_attach+0x89/0x420 drivers/base/dd.c:1084
2 locks held by getty/5528:
 #0: ffff88814c80b0a0 (&tty->ldisc_sem){++++}-{0:0}, at: tty_ldisc_ref_wait+0x25/0x70 drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c:243
 #1: ffffc9000327b2f0 (&ldata->atomic_read_lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: n_tty_read+0x428/0x1370 drivers/tty/n_tty.c:2217
4 locks held by udevd/7374:
 #0: ffff8880754670a0 (&p->lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: seq_read_iter+0xa1/0xc50 fs/seq_file.c:182
 #1: ffff88805bf57488 (&of->mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: kernfs_seq_start+0x5d/0x410 fs/kernfs/file.c:172
 #2: ffff88814cb309b8 (kn->active#24){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: kernfs_get_active_of fs/kernfs/file.c:80 [inline]
 #2: ffff88814cb309b8 (kn->active#24){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: kernfs_seq_start+0xb2/0x410 fs/kernfs/file.c:173
 #3: ffff8880244901d8 (&dev->mutex){....}-{3:3}, at: device_lock_interruptible include/linux/device.h:1099 [inline]
 #3: ffff8880244901d8 (&dev->mutex){....}-{3:3}, at: manufacturer_show+0x26/0xa0 drivers/usb/core/sysfs.c:142

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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 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>
Sending NMI from CPU 0 to CPUs 1:
NMI backtrace for cpu 1
CPU: 1 PID: 12 Comm: kworker/u4:1 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/24/2026
Workqueue: bat_events batadv_nc_worker
RIP: 0010:check_wait_context kernel/locking/lockdep.c:4796 [inline]
RIP: 0010:__lock_acquire+0xa17/0x7d80 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5087
Code: 03 42 0f b6 04 00 84 c0 0f 85 37 01 00 00 41 80 3e 02 0f 84 91 00 00 00 48 8b 44 24 78 42 0f b6 04 00 84 c0 0f 85 ef 00 00 00 <48> ff c3 48 8b 44 24 48 48 63 00 49 83 c5 28 49 83 c7 28 48 39 c3
RSP: 0018:ffffc900001177c0 EFLAGS: 00000046
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000000000001 RCX: ffffffff8168a3e2
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000008 RDI: ffffffff911ef5d8
RBP: ffffc90000117a08 R08: dffffc0000000000 R09: 1ffffffff223debb
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffffbfff223debc R12: 0000000000000000
R13: ffff88801b65e530 R14: ffffffff90bafe60 R15: ffff88801b65e530
FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8880b8f00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 0000001b2db1fff8 CR3: 000000000cf32000 CR4: 00000000003506e0
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 lock_acquire+0x19e/0x420 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5754
 rcu_lock_acquire include/linux/rcupdate.h:334 [inline]
 rcu_read_lock include/linux/rcupdate.h:786 [inline]
 batadv_nc_purge_orig_hash net/batman-adv/network-coding.c:408 [inline]
 batadv_nc_worker+0xef/0x600 net/batman-adv/network-coding.c:719
 process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:2657 [inline]
 process_scheduled_works+0xa60/0x1600 kernel/workqueue.c:2734
 worker_thread+0xa5e/0xfe0 kernel/workqueue.c:2815
 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 (2):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/09/03 02:05 linux-6.6.y 8b73de7da85f 85995287 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: task hung in dvb_usbv2_probe
2026/09/03 01:43 linux-6.6.y 8b73de7da85f 85995287 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: task hung in dvb_usbv2_probe
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.