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INFO: task hung in mpol_rebind_mm (2)

Status: upstream: reported C repro on 2025/09/23 07:26
Bug presence: origin:upstream
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Reported-by: syzbot+b9b07367c7593c3811f2@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 25d, last: 6d08h
Bug presence (1)
Date Name Commit Repro Result
2025/09/29 upstream (ToT) e5f0a698b34e C [report] INFO: task hung in exit_mmap
Similar bugs (2)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
linux-6.1 INFO: task hung in mpol_rebind_mm 1 1 351d 351d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/02/09 04:47
linux-5.15 INFO: task hung in mpol_rebind_mm origin:upstream 1 C 10 1d08h 19d 0/3 upstream: reported C repro on 2025/09/28 22:17

Sample crash report:
INFO: task syz-executor:4409 blocked for more than 143 seconds.
      Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:syz-executor    state:D stack:22144 pid:4409  ppid:4402   flags:0x00004000
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5244 [inline]
 __schedule+0x10ec/0x40b0 kernel/sched/core.c:6561
 schedule+0xb9/0x180 kernel/sched/core.c:6637
 rwsem_down_write_slowpath+0xbed/0x1090 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1189
 mmap_write_lock include/linux/mmap_lock.h:71 [inline]
 mpol_rebind_mm+0xbe/0x370 mm/mempolicy.c:386
 cpuset_attach+0x284/0x540 kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c:2663
 cgroup_migrate_execute+0x7a3/0xf30 kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c:2662
 cgroup_attach_task+0x558/0x840 kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c:2953
 __cgroup1_procs_write+0x2e0/0x3e0 kernel/cgroup/cgroup-v1.c:522
 cgroup_file_write+0x2f8/0x660 kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c:4100
 kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x3b2/0x520 fs/kernfs/file.c:352
 call_write_iter include/linux/fs.h:2265 [inline]
 new_sync_write fs/read_write.c:491 [inline]
 vfs_write+0x44c/0x960 fs/read_write.c:584
 ksys_write+0x143/0x240 fs/read_write.c:637
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:51 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x4c/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:81
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2
RIP: 0033:0x7f9ece38d97f
RSP: 002b:00007ffcf9880f60 EFLAGS: 00000293 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000001
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000000000003 RCX: 00007f9ece38d97f
RDX: 0000000000000001 RSI: 00007ffcf9880fb0 RDI: 0000000000000003
RBP: 00007ffcf9881520 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 00007ffcf9880db7
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000293 R12: 0000000000000001
R13: 00007ffcf9880fb0 R14: 00007ffcf98814e0 R15: 00007ffcf9881520
 </TASK>
INFO: task syz.2.19:4524 blocked for more than 143 seconds.
      Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:syz.2.19        state:D stack:25256 pid:4524  ppid:4407   flags:0x00004000
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5244 [inline]
 __schedule+0x10ec/0x40b0 kernel/sched/core.c:6561
 schedule+0xb9/0x180 kernel/sched/core.c:6637
 rwsem_down_write_slowpath+0xbed/0x1090 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1189
 mmap_write_lock include/linux/mmap_lock.h:71 [inline]
 exit_mmap+0x20f/0x8e0 mm/mmap.c:3258
 __mmput+0x118/0x3c0 kernel/fork.c:1200
 exit_mm+0x1e6/0x2c0 kernel/exit.c:565
 do_exit+0x8c1/0x2400 kernel/exit.c:867
 do_group_exit+0x217/0x2d0 kernel/exit.c:1022
 __do_sys_exit_group kernel/exit.c:1033 [inline]
 __se_sys_exit_group kernel/exit.c:1031 [inline]
 __x64_sys_exit_group+0x3b/0x40 kernel/exit.c:1031
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:51 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x4c/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:81
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2
RIP: 0033:0x7f7a5b38eec9
RSP: 002b:00007ffeda25fe48 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 00000000000000e7
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 00007f7a5b38eec9
RDX: 0000000000000064 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000000
RBP: 0000000000000003 R08: 00000005da25ff3f R09: 00007f7a5b5b1280
R10: 0000000000000001 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f7a5b5b1280 R14: 0000000000000003 R15: 00007ffeda25ff00
 </TASK>
INFO: task syz.0.30:4525 blocked for more than 144 seconds.
      Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:syz.0.30        state:D stack:25384 pid:4525  ppid:4398   flags:0x00004000
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5244 [inline]
 __schedule+0x10ec/0x40b0 kernel/sched/core.c:6561
 schedule+0xb9/0x180 kernel/sched/core.c:6637
 rwsem_down_write_slowpath+0xbed/0x1090 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1189
 mmap_write_lock include/linux/mmap_lock.h:71 [inline]
 exit_mmap+0x20f/0x8e0 mm/mmap.c:3258
 __mmput+0x118/0x3c0 kernel/fork.c:1200
 exit_mm+0x1e6/0x2c0 kernel/exit.c:565
 do_exit+0x8c1/0x2400 kernel/exit.c:867
 do_group_exit+0x217/0x2d0 kernel/exit.c:1022
 __do_sys_exit_group kernel/exit.c:1033 [inline]
 __se_sys_exit_group kernel/exit.c:1031 [inline]
 __x64_sys_exit_group+0x3b/0x40 kernel/exit.c:1031
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:51 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x4c/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:81
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2
RIP: 0033:0x7f2a9c98eec9
RSP: 002b:00007ffd7e2af6d8 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 00000000000000e7
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 00007f2a9c98eec9
RDX: 0000000000000064 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000000
RBP: 00007ffd7e2af73c R08: 000000057e2af7cf R09: 00000000000927c0
R10: 0000000000000001 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000002
R13: 00000000000927c0 R14: 00000000000261f6 R15: 00007ffd7e2af790
 </TASK>

Showing all locks held in the system:
2 locks held by kworker/u4:1/11:
 #0: ffff888017479138 ((wq_completion)events_unbound){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x7a1/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2267
 #1: ffffc90000107d00 ((work_completion)(&sub_info->work)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x7a1/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2267
1 lock held by rcu_tasks_kthre/12:
 #0: ffffffff8cb2b570 (rcu_tasks.tasks_gp_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rcu_tasks_one_gp+0x33/0xf00 kernel/rcu/tasks.h:517
1 lock held by rcu_tasks_trace/13:
 #0: ffffffff8cb2bd90 (rcu_tasks_trace.tasks_gp_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rcu_tasks_one_gp+0x33/0xf00 kernel/rcu/tasks.h:517
1 lock held by khungtaskd/27:
 #0: ffffffff8cb2abe0 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: rcu_lock_acquire include/linux/rcupdate.h:350 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8cb2abe0 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: rcu_read_lock include/linux/rcupdate.h:791 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8cb2abe0 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: debug_show_all_locks+0x51/0x290 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:6513
1 lock held by dhcpcd/3933:
 #0: ffffffff8cb53810 (cgroup_threadgroup_rwsem){++++}-{0:0}, at: copy_process+0x248b/0x4020 kernel/fork.c:2446
2 locks held by getty/4024:
 #0: ffff88814d6f2098 (&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+0x41b/0x1380 drivers/tty/n_tty.c:2198
1 lock held by udevd/4308:
 #0: ffffffff8cb53810 (cgroup_threadgroup_rwsem){++++}-{0:0}, at: do_exit+0x578/0x2400 kernel/exit.c:827
1 lock held by udevd/4321:
 #0: ffffffff8cb53810 (cgroup_threadgroup_rwsem){++++}-{0:0}, at: do_exit+0x578/0x2400 kernel/exit.c:827
1 lock held by syz-executor/4396:
 #0: ffffffff8cb53810 (cgroup_threadgroup_rwsem){++++}-{0:0}, at: do_exit+0x578/0x2400 kernel/exit.c:827
2 locks held by syz-executor/4399:
 #0: ffffffff8cbc4f50 (dup_mmap_sem){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: dup_mmap kernel/fork.c:593 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8cbc4f50 (dup_mmap_sem){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: dup_mm kernel/fork.c:1541 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8cbc4f50 (dup_mmap_sem){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: copy_mm+0x2a9/0x15c0 kernel/fork.c:1590
 #1: ffff88807d9362d8 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: mmap_write_lock_killable include/linux/mmap_lock.h:87 [inline]
 #1: ffff88807d9362d8 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: dup_mmap kernel/fork.c:594 [inline]
 #1: ffff88807d9362d8 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: dup_mm kernel/fork.c:1541 [inline]
 #1: ffff88807d9362d8 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: copy_mm+0x2c3/0x15c0 kernel/fork.c:1590
7 locks held by syz-executor/4409:
 #0: ffff88807b07e460 (sb_writers#11){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: vfs_write+0x256/0x960 fs/read_write.c:580
 #1: ffff888027479088 (&of->mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x1e3/0x520 fs/kernfs/file.c:343
 #2: ffffffff8cb53628 (cgroup_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: cgroup_lock include/linux/cgroup.h:442 [inline]
 #2: ffffffff8cb53628 (cgroup_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: cgroup_kn_lock_live+0xee/0x230 kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c:1700
 #3: ffffffff8c9c7a70 (cpu_hotplug_lock){++++}-{0:0}, at: cgroup_attach_lock kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c:2476 [inline]
 #3: ffffffff8c9c7a70 (cpu_hotplug_lock){++++}-{0:0}, at: cgroup_procs_write_start+0x183/0x600 kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c:2982
 #4: ffffffff8cb53810 (cgroup_threadgroup_rwsem){++++}-{0:0}, at: cgroup_attach_lock kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c:2478 [inline]
 #4: ffffffff8cb53810 (cgroup_threadgroup_rwsem){++++}-{0:0}, at: cgroup_procs_write_start+0x199/0x600 kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c:2982
 #5: ffffffff8cb61ca8 (cpuset_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: cpuset_attach+0xac/0x540 kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c:2647
 #6: ffff88807ca488d8 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: mmap_write_lock include/linux/mmap_lock.h:71 [inline]
 #6: ffff88807ca488d8 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: mpol_rebind_mm+0xbe/0x370 mm/mempolicy.c:386
1 lock held by udevd/4471:
 #0: ffffffff8cb53810 (cgroup_threadgroup_rwsem){++++}-{0:0}, at: do_exit+0x578/0x2400 kernel/exit.c:827
1 lock held by syz.2.19/4524:
 #0: ffff88807de817d8 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: mmap_write_lock include/linux/mmap_lock.h:71 [inline]
 #0: ffff88807de817d8 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: exit_mmap+0x20f/0x8e0 mm/mmap.c:3258
1 lock held by syz.0.30/4525:
 #0: ffff88807de835d8 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: mmap_write_lock include/linux/mmap_lock.h:71 [inline]
 #0: ffff88807de835d8 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: exit_mmap+0x20f/0x8e0 mm/mmap.c:3258
1 lock held by modprobe/4526:
 #0: ffff88807de82e58 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: mmap_write_lock_killable include/linux/mmap_lock.h:87 [inline]
 #0: ffff88807de82e58 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: setup_arg_pages+0x301/0xab0 fs/exec.c:802

=============================================

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 08/18/2025
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 dump_stack_lvl+0x168/0x22e lib/dump_stack.c:106
 nmi_cpu_backtrace+0x3f4/0x470 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+0xeee/0xf30 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>
Sending NMI from CPU 0 to CPUs 1:
NMI backtrace for cpu 1
CPU: 1 PID: 3626 Comm: klogd Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 08/18/2025
RIP: 0010:orc_ip arch/x86/kernel/unwind_orc.c:30 [inline]
RIP: 0010:__orc_find arch/x86/kernel/unwind_orc.c:52 [inline]
RIP: 0010:orc_find arch/x86/kernel/unwind_orc.c:178 [inline]
RIP: 0010:unwind_next_frame+0x1361/0x20b0 arch/x86/kernel/unwind_orc.c:448
Code: e8 3f 48 01 c8 48 83 e0 fe 4d 8d 74 45 00 4c 89 f0 48 c1 e8 03 48 b9 00 00 00 00 00 fc ff df 0f b6 04 08 84 c0 75 27 49 63 06 <4c> 01 f0 49 8d 4e 04 48 39 e8 4c 0f 46 e9 49 8d 46 fc 4c 0f 47 e0
RSP: 0018:ffffc900031871b0 EFLAGS: 00000246
RAX: fffffffff30a00f0 RBX: ffffc900031872e8 RCX: dffffc0000000000
RDX: ffffffff8e9e06d6 RSI: ffffffff8e2e8720 RDI: ffffffff8138651f
RBP: ffffffff8138883d R08: 0000000000000009 R09: ffffc900031872e8
R10: fffff52000630e69 R11: 1ffff92000630e5d R12: ffffffff8e2e8740
R13: ffffffff8e2e8720 R14: ffffffff8e2e8730 R15: ffffffff8e2e8720
FS:  00007f8b07b59c80(0000) GS:ffff8880b8f00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007fe70b0ab0c0 CR3: 000000007e1ec000 CR4: 00000000003506e0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 __unwind_start+0x5bb/0x740 arch/x86/kernel/unwind_orc.c:717
 unwind_start arch/x86/include/asm/unwind.h:64 [inline]
 arch_stack_walk+0xda/0x140 arch/x86/kernel/stacktrace.c:24
 stack_trace_save+0x98/0xe0 kernel/stacktrace.c:122
 save_stack+0xf3/0x1e0 mm/page_owner.c:127
 __reset_page_owner+0x51/0x1a0 mm/page_owner.c:148
 reset_page_owner include/linux/page_owner.h:24 [inline]
 free_pages_prepare mm/page_alloc.c:1459 [inline]
 free_pcp_prepare mm/page_alloc.c:1509 [inline]
 free_unref_page_prepare+0x8b4/0x9a0 mm/page_alloc.c:3384
 free_unref_page+0x2e/0x3f0 mm/page_alloc.c:3479
 free_slab mm/slub.c:2036 [inline]
 discard_slab mm/slub.c:2042 [inline]
 __unfreeze_partials+0x1a5/0x200 mm/slub.c:2591
 put_cpu_partial+0x17c/0x250 mm/slub.c:2667
 qlink_free mm/kasan/quarantine.c:168 [inline]
 qlist_free_all+0x76/0xe0 mm/kasan/quarantine.c:187
 kasan_quarantine_reduce+0x144/0x160 mm/kasan/quarantine.c:294
 __kasan_slab_alloc+0x1e/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:305
 kasan_slab_alloc include/linux/kasan.h:201 [inline]
 slab_post_alloc_hook+0x4b/0x480 mm/slab.h:737
 slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:3359 [inline]
 kmem_cache_alloc_node+0x14d/0x320 mm/slub.c:3404
 __alloc_skb+0xfc/0x7e0 net/core/skbuff.c:505
 alloc_skb include/linux/skbuff.h:1271 [inline]
 alloc_skb_with_frags+0xa7/0x710 net/core/skbuff.c:6162
 sock_alloc_send_pskb+0x853/0x980 net/core/sock.c:2755
 unix_dgram_sendmsg+0x592/0x16c0 net/unix/af_unix.c:1945
 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:718 [inline]
 __sock_sendmsg net/socket.c:730 [inline]
 __sys_sendto+0x44f/0x5c0 net/socket.c:2153
 __do_sys_sendto net/socket.c:2165 [inline]
 __se_sys_sendto net/socket.c:2161 [inline]
 __x64_sys_sendto+0xda/0xf0 net/socket.c:2161
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:51 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x4c/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:81
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2
RIP: 0033:0x7f8b07ca9407
Code: 48 89 fa 4c 89 df e8 38 aa 00 00 8b 93 08 03 00 00 59 5e 48 83 f8 fc 74 1a 5b c3 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 48 8b 44 24 10 0f 05 <5b> c3 0f 1f 80 00 00 00 00 83 e2 39 83 fa 08 75 de e8 23 ff ff ff
RSP: 002b:00007ffc0ccb8960 EFLAGS: 00000202 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000002c
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f8b07b59c80 RCX: 00007f8b07ca9407
RDX: 0000000000000049 RSI: 00007ffc0ccb8aa0 RDI: 0000000000000003
RBP: 00007ffc0ccb8ed0 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000004000 R11: 0000000000000202 R12: 00007ffc0ccb8ee8
R13: 00007ffc0ccb8aa0 R14: 000000000000002e R15: 00007ffc0ccb8aa0
 </TASK>

Crashes (5):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2025/10/09 09:24 linux-6.1.y 882efbdd9d34 7e2882b3 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf INFO: task hung in mpol_rebind_mm
2025/09/29 01:20 linux-6.1.y 7b34dc04e4ff 001c9061 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf INFO: task hung in mpol_rebind_mm
2025/10/12 09:51 linux-6.1.y 882efbdd9d34 ff1712fe .config console log report syz / log [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf INFO: task hung in mpol_rebind_mm
2025/10/05 03:47 linux-6.1.y 882efbdd9d34 49379ee0 .config console log report syz / log [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf INFO: task hung in mpol_rebind_mm
2025/09/23 07:26 linux-6.1.y 363a599da6d9 0ac7291c .config console log report syz / log [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf INFO: task hung in mpol_rebind_mm
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.