syzbot
INFO: task hung in tty_release_struct
Status:
upstream: reported on 2026/08/06 00:13
Reported-by: syzbot+b5d45664f813b26f41f1@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 48d, last: 19d
Sample crash report:
INFO: task syz.9.2200:11408 blocked for more than 143 seconds.
Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:syz.9.2200 state:D stack:25456 pid:11408 ppid: 10113 flags:0x00004004
Call Trace:
<TASK>
context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5049 [inline]
__schedule+0x11c3/0x4350 kernel/sched/core.c:6395
schedule+0x11b/0x1e0 kernel/sched/core.c:6478
schedule_preempt_disabled+0xf/0x20 kernel/sched/core.c:6537
__mutex_lock_common+0xdf5/0x2400 kernel/locking/mutex.c:669
__mutex_lock kernel/locking/mutex.c:729 [inline]
mutex_lock_nested+0x17/0x20 kernel/locking/mutex.c:743
tty_release_struct+0xaa/0xd0 drivers/tty/tty_io.c:1718
tty_release+0xc29/0x1630 drivers/tty/tty_io.c:1880
__fput+0x212/0x8c0 fs/file_table.c:311
task_work_run+0x125/0x1a0 kernel/task_work.c:188
tracehook_notify_resume include/linux/tracehook.h:189 [inline]
exit_to_user_mode_loop+0x10f/0x130 kernel/entry/common.c:181
exit_to_user_mode_prepare+0xee/0x180 kernel/entry/common.c:214
__syscall_exit_to_user_mode_work kernel/entry/common.c:296 [inline]
syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x16/0x40 kernel/entry/common.c:307
do_syscall_64+0x58/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:86
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x66/0xd0
RIP: 0033:0x7f10dcca8159
RSP: 002b:00007fff0e0764d8 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 00000000000001b4
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 00007fff0e0765c0 RCX: 00007f10dcca8159
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 000000000000001e RDI: 0000000000000003
RBP: 00000000000588af R08: 0000000000000001 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000001b32f20000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 00007fff0e076600
R13: 00007f10dcf2ffac R14: 0000000000058955 R15: 00007f10dcf2ffa0
</TASK>
INFO: task syz.6.2242:11555 blocked for more than 143 seconds.
Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:syz.6.2242 state:D stack:27696 pid:11555 ppid: 8375 flags:0x00004004
Call Trace:
<TASK>
context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5049 [inline]
__schedule+0x11c3/0x4350 kernel/sched/core.c:6395
schedule+0x11b/0x1e0 kernel/sched/core.c:6478
schedule_timeout+0xbd/0x2d0 kernel/time/timer.c:2093
__down_common+0x289/0x3b0 kernel/locking/semaphore.c:228
down+0x7e/0xd0 kernel/locking/semaphore.c:63
console_lock+0x29/0x70 kernel/printk/printk.c:2557
con_install+0x94/0x720 drivers/tty/vt/vt.c:3381
tty_driver_install_tty drivers/tty/tty_io.c:1317 [inline]
tty_init_dev+0xbb/0x470 drivers/tty/tty_io.c:1431
tty_open_by_driver drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2100 [inline]
tty_open+0x7e8/0xcd0 drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2148
chrdev_open+0x585/0x5f0 fs/char_dev.c:414
do_dentry_open+0x7f7/0xf90 fs/open.c:826
do_open fs/namei.c:3659 [inline]
path_openat+0x2718/0x2fb0 fs/namei.c:3793
do_filp_open+0x1df/0x400 fs/namei.c:3820
do_sys_openat2+0x14b/0x500 fs/open.c:1255
do_sys_open fs/open.c:1271 [inline]
__do_sys_openat fs/open.c:1287 [inline]
__se_sys_openat fs/open.c:1282 [inline]
__x64_sys_openat+0x135/0x160 fs/open.c:1282
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0x4c/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x66/0xd0
RIP: 0033:0x7f4cd780c98e
RSP: 002b:00007f4cd5aa3b28 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000101
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f4cd5aa46c0 RCX: 00007f4cd780c98e
RDX: 0000000000000002 RSI: 00007f4cd5aa3c00 RDI: ffffffffffffff9c
RBP: 00007f4cd78e3024 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f4cd7ad4038 R14: 00007f4cd7ad3fa0 R15: 00007fffe6810a78
</TASK>
INFO: task syz.2.2255:11657 blocked for more than 143 seconds.
Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:syz.2.2255 state:D stack:27888 pid:11657 ppid: 10595 flags:0x00004004
Call Trace:
<TASK>
context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5049 [inline]
__schedule+0x11c3/0x4350 kernel/sched/core.c:6395
schedule+0x11b/0x1e0 kernel/sched/core.c:6478
schedule_preempt_disabled+0xf/0x20 kernel/sched/core.c:6537
__mutex_lock_common+0xdf5/0x2400 kernel/locking/mutex.c:669
__mutex_lock kernel/locking/mutex.c:729 [inline]
mutex_lock_nested+0x17/0x20 kernel/locking/mutex.c:743
ptmx_open+0xd2/0x2c0 drivers/tty/pty.c:823
chrdev_open+0x585/0x5f0 fs/char_dev.c:414
do_dentry_open+0x7f7/0xf90 fs/open.c:826
do_open fs/namei.c:3659 [inline]
path_openat+0x2718/0x2fb0 fs/namei.c:3793
do_filp_open+0x1df/0x400 fs/namei.c:3820
do_sys_openat2+0x14b/0x500 fs/open.c:1255
do_sys_open fs/open.c:1271 [inline]
__do_sys_openat fs/open.c:1287 [inline]
__se_sys_openat fs/open.c:1282 [inline]
__x64_sys_openat+0x135/0x160 fs/open.c:1282
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0x4c/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x66/0xd0
RIP: 0033:0x7fec46ec3159
RSP: 002b:00007fec4511b028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000101
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007fec4714afa0 RCX: 00007fec46ec3159
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 00002000000000c0 RDI: ffffffffffffff9c
RBP: 00007fec46f5a024 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007fec4714b038 R14: 00007fec4714afa0 R15: 00007ffc6c926a28
</TASK>
INFO: task syz.1.2325:11991 blocked for more than 143 seconds.
Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:syz.1.2325 state:D stack:27888 pid:11991 ppid: 11846 flags:0x00004004
Call Trace:
<TASK>
context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5049 [inline]
__schedule+0x11c3/0x4350 kernel/sched/core.c:6395
schedule+0x11b/0x1e0 kernel/sched/core.c:6478
schedule_timeout+0xbd/0x2d0 kernel/time/timer.c:2093
__down_common+0x289/0x3b0 kernel/locking/semaphore.c:228
down+0x7e/0xd0 kernel/locking/semaphore.c:63
console_lock+0x29/0x70 kernel/printk/printk.c:2557
vcs_open+0x59/0xc0 drivers/tty/vt/vc_screen.c:763
chrdev_open+0x585/0x5f0 fs/char_dev.c:414
do_dentry_open+0x7f7/0xf90 fs/open.c:826
do_open fs/namei.c:3659 [inline]
path_openat+0x2718/0x2fb0 fs/namei.c:3793
do_filp_open+0x1df/0x400 fs/namei.c:3820
do_sys_openat2+0x14b/0x500 fs/open.c:1255
do_sys_open fs/open.c:1271 [inline]
__do_sys_openat fs/open.c:1287 [inline]
__se_sys_openat fs/open.c:1282 [inline]
__x64_sys_openat+0x135/0x160 fs/open.c:1282
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0x4c/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x66/0xd0
RIP: 0033:0x7f8edbb82159
RSP: 002b:00007f8ed9dda028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000101
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f8edbe09fa0 RCX: 00007f8edbb82159
RDX: 0000000000000002 RSI: 0000200000000140 RDI: ffffffffffffff9c
RBP: 00007f8edbc19024 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f8edbe0a038 R14: 00007f8edbe09fa0 R15: 00007ffccf568f58
</TASK>
INFO: task syz.1.2325:11995 blocked for more than 143 seconds.
Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:syz.1.2325 state:D stack:27888 pid:11995 ppid: 11846 flags:0x00004004
Call Trace:
<TASK>
context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5049 [inline]
__schedule+0x11c3/0x4350 kernel/sched/core.c:6395
schedule+0x11b/0x1e0 kernel/sched/core.c:6478
schedule_preempt_disabled+0xf/0x20 kernel/sched/core.c:6537
__mutex_lock_common+0xdf5/0x2400 kernel/locking/mutex.c:669
__mutex_lock kernel/locking/mutex.c:729 [inline]
mutex_lock_nested+0x17/0x20 kernel/locking/mutex.c:743
tty_open_by_driver drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2064 [inline]
tty_open+0x20a/0xcd0 drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2148
chrdev_open+0x585/0x5f0 fs/char_dev.c:414
do_dentry_open+0x7f7/0xf90 fs/open.c:826
do_open fs/namei.c:3659 [inline]
path_openat+0x2718/0x2fb0 fs/namei.c:3793
do_filp_open+0x1df/0x400 fs/namei.c:3820
do_sys_openat2+0x14b/0x500 fs/open.c:1255
do_sys_open fs/open.c:1271 [inline]
__do_sys_openat fs/open.c:1287 [inline]
__se_sys_openat fs/open.c:1282 [inline]
__x64_sys_openat+0x135/0x160 fs/open.c:1282
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0x4c/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x66/0xd0
RIP: 0033:0x7f8edbb4298e
RSP: 002b:00007f8ed9db8b28 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000101
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f8ed9db96c0 RCX: 00007f8edbb4298e
RDX: 0000000000000002 RSI: 00007f8ed9db8c00 RDI: ffffffffffffff9c
RBP: 00007f8edbc19024 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f8edbe0a128 R14: 00007f8edbe0a090 R15: 00007ffccf568f58
</TASK>
Showing all locks held in the system:
6 locks held by kworker/u4:0/9:
#0: ffff888016c79138 ((wq_completion)events_unbound){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x75c/0xff0 kernel/workqueue.c:-1
#1: ffffc90000ce7d00 ((work_completion)(&buf->work)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x79e/0xff0 kernel/workqueue.c:2285
#2: ffff888016de00b8 (&buf->lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: flush_to_ldisc+0x34/0x530 drivers/tty/tty_buffer.c:495
#3: ffff8880618a8098 (&tty->ldisc_sem){++++}-{0:0}, at: tty_ldisc_ref+0x18/0x80 drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c:273
#4: ffff8880618a82e8 (&tty->termios_rwsem){++++}-{3:3}, at: n_tty_receive_buf_common+0x87/0x65b0 drivers/tty/n_tty.c:1637
#5: ffffc90001318378 (&ldata->output_lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: commit_echoes drivers/tty/n_tty.c:775 [inline]
#5: ffffc90001318378 (&ldata->output_lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: n_tty_receive_char+0x5ed/0xbb0 drivers/tty/n_tty.c:1411
1 lock held by khungtaskd/27:
#0: ffffffff8c31ef60 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: rcu_lock_acquire+0x0/0x30
3 locks held by kworker/0:2/1108:
#0: ffff88802bd8b538 ((wq_completion)ipv6_addrconf){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x75c/0xff0 kernel/workqueue.c:-1
#1: ffffc90005197d00 ((work_completion)(&(&ifa->dad_work)->work)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x79e/0xff0 kernel/workqueue.c:2285
#2: ffffffff8d44d008 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: addrconf_dad_work+0xc4/0x1530 net/ipv6/addrconf.c:4120
2 locks held by getty/3941:
#0: ffff88814c423098 (&tty->ldisc_sem){++++}-{0:0}, at: tty_ldisc_ref_wait+0x21/0x70 drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c:252
#1: ffffc900026562e8 (&ldata->atomic_read_lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: n_tty_read+0x594/0x1a50 drivers/tty/n_tty.c:2158
2 locks held by kworker/0:5/4233:
#0: ffff888016c70938 ((wq_completion)events){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x75c/0xff0 kernel/workqueue.c:-1
#1: ffffc900031bfd00 (console_work){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x79e/0xff0 kernel/workqueue.c:2285
2 locks held by kworker/u4:5/4261:
#0: ffff888016c79138 ((wq_completion)events_unbound){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x75c/0xff0 kernel/workqueue.c:-1
#1: ffffc9000323fd00 ((reaper_work).work){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x79e/0xff0 kernel/workqueue.c:2285
3 locks held by kworker/0:8/4280:
3 locks held by kworker/u4:6/4286:
#0: ffff888016c79138 ((wq_completion)events_unbound){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x75c/0xff0 kernel/workqueue.c:-1
#1: ffffc9000334fd00 ((linkwatch_work).work){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x79e/0xff0 kernel/workqueue.c:2285
#2: ffffffff8d44d008 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: linkwatch_event+0xa/0x50 net/core/link_watch.c:251
3 locks held by kworker/u4:7/5254:
5 locks held by syz.3.1882/10268:
1 lock held by syz.3.1882/10271:
1 lock held by syz.9.2200/11408:
#0: ffffffff8c9f64c8 (tty_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: tty_release_struct+0xaa/0xd0 drivers/tty/tty_io.c:1718
2 locks held by syz.6.2242/11555:
#0: ffffffff8c9f64c8 (tty_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: tty_open_by_driver drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2064 [inline]
#0: ffffffff8c9f64c8 (tty_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: tty_open+0x20a/0xcd0 drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2148
#1: ffff88802091c1c0 (&tty->legacy_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: tty_init_dev+0x6f/0x470 drivers/tty/tty_io.c:1430
1 lock held by syz.2.2255/11657:
#0: ffffffff8c9f64c8 (tty_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: ptmx_open+0xd2/0x2c0 drivers/tty/pty.c:823
1 lock held by syz.1.2325/11995:
#0: ffffffff8c9f64c8 (tty_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: tty_open_by_driver drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2064 [inline]
#0: ffffffff8c9f64c8 (tty_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: tty_open+0x20a/0xcd0 drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2148
1 lock held by syz.5.2364/12215:
#0: ffffffff8c9f64c8 (tty_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: tty_open_by_driver drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2064 [inline]
#0: ffffffff8c9f64c8 (tty_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: tty_open+0x20a/0xcd0 drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2148
1 lock held by syz.0.2453/12565:
#0: ffffffff8c9f64c8 (tty_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: tty_open_by_driver drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2064 [inline]
#0: ffffffff8c9f64c8 (tty_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: tty_open+0x20a/0xcd0 drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2148
1 lock held by syz.0.2453/12567:
#0: ffffffff8c9f64c8 (tty_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: tty_open_by_driver drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2064 [inline]
#0: ffffffff8c9f64c8 (tty_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: tty_open+0x20a/0xcd0 drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2148
1 lock held by syz.3.2471/12666:
#0: ffffffff8c9f64c8 (tty_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: tty_open_by_driver drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2064 [inline]
#0: ffffffff8c9f64c8 (tty_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: tty_open+0x20a/0xcd0 drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2148
1 lock held by syz.6.2478/12761:
#0: ffffffff8c9f64c8 (tty_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: tty_open_by_driver drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2064 [inline]
#0: ffffffff8c9f64c8 (tty_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: tty_open+0x20a/0xcd0 drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2148
1 lock held by syz.9.2591/13264:
#0: ffffffff8c9f64c8 (tty_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: ptmx_open+0xd2/0x2c0 drivers/tty/pty.c:823
1 lock held by syz.1.2755/13983:
#0: ffffffff8c9f64c8 (tty_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: tty_open_by_driver drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2064 [inline]
#0: ffffffff8c9f64c8 (tty_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: tty_open+0x20a/0xcd0 drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2148
1 lock held by syz.7.2790/14236:
#0: ffffffff8c9f64c8 (tty_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: tty_open_by_driver drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2064 [inline]
#0: ffffffff8c9f64c8 (tty_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: tty_open+0x20a/0xcd0 drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2148
1 lock held by syz.7.2790/14239:
#0: ffffffff8c9f64c8 (tty_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: tty_open_by_driver drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2064 [inline]
#0: ffffffff8c9f64c8 (tty_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: tty_open+0x20a/0xcd0 drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2148
1 lock held by syz.4.2846/14582:
#0: ffffffff8c9f64c8 (tty_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: tty_open_by_driver drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2064 [inline]
#0: ffffffff8c9f64c8 (tty_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: tty_open+0x20a/0xcd0 drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2148
3 locks held by syz-executor/14620:
1 lock held by syz.5.2936/14878:
#0: ffffffff8c9f64c8 (tty_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: ptmx_open+0xd2/0x2c0 drivers/tty/pty.c:823
1 lock held by syz.8.2991/15218:
#0: ffffffff8c9f64c8 (tty_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: ptmx_open+0xd2/0x2c0 drivers/tty/pty.c:823
1 lock held by syz-executor/15268:
2 locks held by syz.0.3007/15284:
5 locks held by syz.6.3026/15385:
1 lock held by rm/15414:
=============================================
NMI backtrace for cpu 0
CPU: 0 PID: 27 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+0x188/0x250 lib/dump_stack.c:106
nmi_cpu_backtrace+0x3a2/0x3d0 lib/nmi_backtrace.c:111
nmi_trigger_cpumask_backtrace+0x163/0x280 lib/nmi_backtrace.c:62
trigger_all_cpu_backtrace include/linux/nmi.h:148 [inline]
check_hung_uninterruptible_tasks kernel/hung_task.c:212 [inline]
watchdog+0xe1b/0xe60 kernel/hung_task.c:369
kthread+0x42e/0x520 kernel/kthread.c:334
ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:287
</TASK>
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.