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INFO: task hung in mpol_rebind_mm

Status: upstream: reported C repro on 2025/09/28 22:17
Bug presence: origin:upstream
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Reported-by: syzbot+bbd2c8637e67cf4b529c@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 75d, last: 16d
Bug presence (1)
Date Name Commit Repro Result
2025/09/30 upstream (ToT) e129e479f2e4 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 407d 407d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/02/09 04:47
linux-6.1 INFO: task hung in mpol_rebind_mm (2) origin:upstream 1 C 6 19d 80d 0/3 upstream: reported C repro on 2025/09/23 07:26
Last patch testing requests (6)
Created Duration User Patch Repo Result
2025/12/11 18:34 17m retest repro linux-5.15.y report log
2025/12/11 18:34 17m retest repro linux-5.15.y report log
2025/12/11 18:34 18m retest repro linux-5.15.y report log
2025/12/11 18:34 13m retest repro linux-5.15.y report log
2025/12/11 03:14 18m retest repro linux-5.15.y report log
2025/12/11 03:14 12m retest repro linux-5.15.y report log

Sample crash report:
INFO: task syz-executor:4319 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:21504 pid: 4319 ppid:  4317 flags:0x00004000
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5049 [inline]
 __schedule+0x11bb/0x4390 kernel/sched/core.c:6395
 schedule+0x11b/0x1e0 kernel/sched/core.c:6478
 rwsem_down_write_slowpath+0xc46/0x11f0 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1165
 mmap_write_lock include/linux/mmap_lock.h:71 [inline]
 mpol_rebind_mm+0x33/0x2c0 mm/mempolicy.c:381
 cpuset_attach+0x330/0x5f0 kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c:2376
 cgroup_migrate_execute+0x7eb/0x1010 kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c:2597
 cgroup_attach_task+0x562/0x7e0 kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c:2892
 __cgroup1_procs_write+0x2e5/0x3f0 kernel/cgroup/cgroup-v1.c:527
 cgroup_file_write+0x2f7/0x630 kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c:3966
 kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x379/0x4c0 fs/kernfs/file.c:296
 call_write_iter include/linux/fs.h:2173 [inline]
 new_sync_write fs/read_write.c:507 [inline]
 vfs_write+0x712/0xd00 fs/read_write.c:594
 ksys_write+0x14d/0x250 fs/read_write.c:647
 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: 0033:0x7fb4078c91ff
RSP: 002b:00007fff779ecbc0 EFLAGS: 00000293 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000001
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000000000003 RCX: 00007fb4078c91ff
RDX: 0000000000000001 RSI: 00007fff779ecc10 RDI: 0000000000000003
RBP: 00007fff779ed180 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 00007fff779eca17
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000293 R12: 0000000000000001
R13: 00007fff779ecc10 R14: 00007fff779ed140 R15: 00007fff779ed180
 </TASK>
INFO: task syz-executor:4332 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:18344 pid: 4332 ppid:  4330 flags:0x00004000
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5049 [inline]
 __schedule+0x11bb/0x4390 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+0xc71/0x2390 kernel/locking/mutex.c:669
 __mutex_lock kernel/locking/mutex.c:729 [inline]
 mutex_lock_nested+0x17/0x20 kernel/locking/mutex.c:743
 cgroup_kn_lock_live+0xee/0x230 kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c:1662
 __cgroup_procs_write+0x73/0x350 kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c:5012
 cgroup_procs_write+0x23/0x40 kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c:5052
 cgroup_file_write+0x2f7/0x630 kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c:3966
 kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x379/0x4c0 fs/kernfs/file.c:296
 call_write_iter include/linux/fs.h:2173 [inline]
 new_sync_write fs/read_write.c:507 [inline]
 vfs_write+0x712/0xd00 fs/read_write.c:594
 ksys_write+0x14d/0x250 fs/read_write.c:647
 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: 0033:0x7f6fd0e651ff
RSP: 002b:00007ffde47da210 EFLAGS: 00000293 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000001
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000000000003 RCX: 00007f6fd0e651ff
RDX: 0000000000000001 RSI: 00007ffde47da260 RDI: 0000000000000003
RBP: 00007ffde47da7d0 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 00007ffde47da067
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000293 R12: 0000000000000001
R13: 00007ffde47da260 R14: 00007ffde47da790 R15: 00007ffde47da7d0
 </TASK>
INFO: task syz.3.20:4425 blocked for more than 143 seconds.
      Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:syz.3.20        state:D stack:25280 pid: 4425 ppid:  4331 flags:0x00004004
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5049 [inline]
 __schedule+0x11bb/0x4390 kernel/sched/core.c:6395
 schedule+0x11b/0x1e0 kernel/sched/core.c:6478
 percpu_rwsem_wait+0x2d8/0x310 kernel/locking/percpu-rwsem.c:160
 __percpu_down_read+0xc9/0x100 kernel/locking/percpu-rwsem.c:174
 percpu_down_read include/linux/percpu-rwsem.h:65 [inline]
 cgroup_threadgroup_change_begin include/linux/cgroup-defs.h:724 [inline]
 exit_signals+0x3e5/0x510 kernel/signal.c:2991
 do_exit+0x256/0x20a0 kernel/exit.c:830
 do_group_exit+0x12e/0x300 kernel/exit.c:997
 __do_sys_exit_group kernel/exit.c:1008 [inline]
 __se_sys_exit_group kernel/exit.c:1006 [inline]
 __x64_sys_exit_group+0x3b/0x40 kernel/exit.c:1006
 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: 0033:0x7fb12b205749
RSP: 002b:00007ffcb5c391e8 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 00000000000000e7
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 00007fb12b205749
RDX: 0000000000000064 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000000
RBP: 0000000000000003 R08: 00000005b5c392df R09: 00007fb12b42a280
R10: 0000000000000001 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007fb12b42a280 R14: 0000000000000003 R15: 00007ffcb5c392a0
 </TASK>

Showing all locks held in the system:
1 lock held by khungtaskd/27:
 #0: ffffffff8c11c760 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: rcu_lock_acquire+0x0/0x30
1 lock held by dhcpcd/3852:
 #0: ffffffff8c1421f0 (cgroup_threadgroup_rwsem){++++}-{0:0}, at: copy_process+0x2290/0x3e00 kernel/fork.c:2382
2 locks held by getty/3944:
 #0: ffff88814c784098 (&tty->ldisc_sem){++++}-{0:0}, at: tty_ldisc_ref_wait+0x21/0x70 drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c:252
 #1: ffffc90002cf62e8 (&ldata->atomic_read_lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: n_tty_read+0x5ba/0x1a30 drivers/tty/n_tty.c:2158
7 locks held by syz-executor/4319:
 #0: ffff888078ce8460 (sb_writers#11){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: vfs_write+0x28a/0xd00 fs/read_write.c:590
 #1: ffff8880607eb488 (&of->mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x1e5/0x4c0 fs/kernfs/file.c:287
 #2: ffffffff8c142008 (cgroup_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: cgroup_kn_lock_live+0xee/0x230 kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c:1662
 #3: ffffffff8bfbaed0 (cpu_hotplug_lock){++++}-{0:0}, at: cgroup_attach_lock kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c:2411 [inline]
 #3: ffffffff8bfbaed0 (cpu_hotplug_lock){++++}-{0:0}, at: cgroup_procs_write_start+0x17c/0x580 kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c:2921
 #4: ffffffff8c1421f0 (cgroup_threadgroup_rwsem){++++}-{0:0}, at: cgroup_attach_lock kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c:2413 [inline]
 #4: ffffffff8c1421f0 (cgroup_threadgroup_rwsem){++++}-{0:0}, at: cgroup_procs_write_start+0x192/0x580 kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c:2921
 #5: ffffffff8c14fb48 (cpuset_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: cpuset_attach+0xac/0x5f0 kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c:2348
 #6: ffff88802a763928 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: mmap_write_lock include/linux/mmap_lock.h:71 [inline]
 #6: ffff88802a763928 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: mpol_rebind_mm+0x33/0x2c0 mm/mempolicy.c:381
1 lock held by syz-executor/4320:
 #0: ffffffff8c1421f0 (cgroup_threadgroup_rwsem){++++}-{0:0}, at: do_exit+0x256/0x20a0 kernel/exit.c:830
2 locks held by syz-executor/4321:
 #0: ffffffff8c1a68f0 (dup_mmap_sem){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: dup_mmap kernel/fork.c:503 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8c1a68f0 (dup_mmap_sem){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: dup_mm kernel/fork.c:1466 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8c1a68f0 (dup_mmap_sem){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: copy_mm+0x21f/0x1380 kernel/fork.c:1518
 #1: ffff88802a765528 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: mmap_write_lock_killable include/linux/mmap_lock.h:87 [inline]
 #1: ffff88802a765528 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: dup_mmap kernel/fork.c:504 [inline]
 #1: ffff88802a765528 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: dup_mm kernel/fork.c:1466 [inline]
 #1: ffff88802a765528 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: copy_mm+0x238/0x1380 kernel/fork.c:1518
2 locks held by syz-executor/4324:
 #0: ffffffff8c1a68f0 (dup_mmap_sem){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: dup_mmap kernel/fork.c:503 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8c1a68f0 (dup_mmap_sem){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: dup_mm kernel/fork.c:1466 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8c1a68f0 (dup_mmap_sem){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: copy_mm+0x21f/0x1380 kernel/fork.c:1518
 #1: ffff88802a763228 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: mmap_write_lock_killable include/linux/mmap_lock.h:87 [inline]
 #1: ffff88802a763228 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: dup_mmap kernel/fork.c:504 [inline]
 #1: ffff88802a763228 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: dup_mm kernel/fork.c:1466 [inline]
 #1: ffff88802a763228 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: copy_mm+0x238/0x1380 kernel/fork.c:1518
3 locks held by syz-executor/4332:
 #0: ffff88807b742460 (sb_writers#10){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: vfs_write+0x28a/0xd00 fs/read_write.c:590
 #1: ffff88805b1bd488 (&of->mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x1e5/0x4c0 fs/kernfs/file.c:287
 #2: ffffffff8c142008 (cgroup_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: cgroup_kn_lock_live+0xee/0x230 kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c:1662
1 lock held by udevd/4360:
 #0: ffffffff8c1421f0 (cgroup_threadgroup_rwsem){++++}-{0:0}, at: do_exit+0x256/0x20a0 kernel/exit.c:830
1 lock held by udevd/4361:
 #0: ffff888028597128 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: mmap_write_lock_killable include/linux/mmap_lock.h:87 [inline]
 #0: ffff888028597128 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: __vm_munmap+0xf3/0x230 mm/mmap.c:2949
1 lock held by syz.3.20/4425:
 #0: ffffffff8c1421f0 (cgroup_threadgroup_rwsem){++++}-{0:0}, at: do_exit+0x256/0x20a0 kernel/exit.c:830

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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 10/02/2025
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 dump_stack_lvl+0x168/0x230 lib/dump_stack.c:106
 nmi_cpu_backtrace+0x397/0x3d0 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+0xe0f/0xe50 kernel/hung_task.c:369
 kthread+0x436/0x520 kernel/kthread.c:334
 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:287
 </TASK>
Sending NMI from CPU 0 to CPUs 1:
NMI backtrace for cpu 1
CPU: 1 PID: 3541 Comm: syslogd Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 10/02/2025
RIP: 0010:lock_acquire+0x192/0x3f0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5623
Code: c9 41 f7 c6 00 02 00 00 41 0f 94 c1 4c 89 e7 8b 74 24 1c 89 da 48 8b 4c 24 28 4c 8b 44 24 30 6a 00 6a 00 ff 75 10 ff 74 24 38 <e8> 99 03 00 00 48 83 c4 20 48 c7 c7 00 2f 0b 8a e8 69 83 4d 08 b8
RSP: 0018:ffffc900010df600 EFLAGS: 00000046
RAX: 0000000000000001 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 0000000000000000
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: ffffffff962fc2d0
RBP: ffffc900010df728 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: 0000000000000001
R10: fffffbfff1ad33a6 R11: 1ffffffff1ad33a5 R12: ffffffff962fc2d0
R13: 1ffff9200021bed0 R14: 0000000000000046 R15: dffffc0000000000
FS:  00007f73aba95c80(0000) GS:ffff8880b9100000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007fa661dad000 CR3: 000000007e2b9000 CR4: 00000000003506e0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 __raw_spin_lock_irqsave include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h:110 [inline]
 _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0xa4/0xf0 kernel/locking/spinlock.c:162
 __debug_check_no_obj_freed lib/debugobjects.c:962 [inline]
 debug_check_no_obj_freed+0x136/0x530 lib/debugobjects.c:1003
 slab_free_hook mm/slub.c:1685 [inline]
 slab_free_freelist_hook+0x8b/0x170 mm/slub.c:1736
 slab_free mm/slub.c:3504 [inline]
 kfree+0xef/0x2a0 mm/slub.c:4564
 skb_free_head net/core/skbuff.c:655 [inline]
 skb_release_data+0x6fe/0x850 net/core/skbuff.c:677
 skb_release_all net/core/skbuff.c:742 [inline]
 __kfree_skb net/core/skbuff.c:756 [inline]
 consume_skb+0xa2/0x100 net/core/skbuff.c:914
 skb_free_datagram+0x25/0xe0 net/core/datagram.c:325
 __unix_dgram_recvmsg+0x9cc/0xd50 net/unix/af_unix.c:2395
 sock_recvmsg_nosec net/socket.c:968 [inline]
 sock_recvmsg net/socket.c:986 [inline]
 sock_read_iter+0x2a2/0x340 net/socket.c:1067
 call_read_iter include/linux/fs.h:2167 [inline]
 new_sync_read fs/read_write.c:404 [inline]
 vfs_read+0x725/0xcf0 fs/read_write.c:485
 ksys_read+0x14d/0x250 fs/read_write.c:623
 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: 0033:0x7f73abbe5407
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:00007fff4826ae20 EFLAGS: 00000202 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000000
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f73aba95c80 RCX: 00007f73abbe5407
RDX: 00000000000000ff RSI: 000055c0e1d91950 RDI: 0000000000000000
RBP: 000055c0e1d91910 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000202 R12: 000055c0e1d9198d
R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 000055c0e1d91950 R15: 000055c0a51f7d98
 </TASK>

Crashes (17):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2025/11/23 10:30 linux-5.15.y cc5ec8769306 4fb8ef37 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in mpol_rebind_mm
2025/11/21 01:43 linux-5.15.y cc5ec8769306 2cc4c24a .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf INFO: task hung in mpol_rebind_mm
2025/10/04 00:17 linux-5.15.y 29e53a5b1c4f 49379ee0 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in mpol_rebind_mm
2025/09/28 22:16 linux-5.15.y 43bb85222e53 001c9061 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf INFO: task hung in mpol_rebind_mm
2025/10/09 09:27 linux-5.15.y 29e53a5b1c4f 7e2882b3 .config console log report syz / log [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf INFO: task hung in mpol_rebind_mm
2025/10/07 17:12 linux-5.15.y 29e53a5b1c4f 8ef35d49 .config console log report syz / log [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf INFO: task hung in mpol_rebind_mm
2025/11/26 18:19 linux-5.15.y cc5ec8769306 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in mpol_rebind_mm
2025/11/16 09:13 linux-5.15.y cc5ec8769306 f7988ea4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf INFO: task hung in mpol_rebind_mm
2025/11/09 21:47 linux-5.15.y cc5ec8769306 4e1406b4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf INFO: task hung in mpol_rebind_mm
2025/10/31 18:38 linux-5.15.y cc5ec8769306 2c50b6a9 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf INFO: task hung in mpol_rebind_mm
2025/10/20 18:41 linux-5.15.y ac56c046adf4 d422939c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in mpol_rebind_mm
2025/10/17 09:58 linux-5.15.y 29e53a5b1c4f 7adf5298 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf INFO: task hung in mpol_rebind_mm
2025/10/13 18:29 linux-5.15.y 29e53a5b1c4f b6605ba8 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in mpol_rebind_mm
2025/10/11 00:57 linux-5.15.y 29e53a5b1c4f ff1712fe .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf INFO: task hung in mpol_rebind_mm
2025/10/08 11:22 linux-5.15.y 29e53a5b1c4f 7e2882b3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf INFO: task hung in mpol_rebind_mm
2025/10/08 03:00 linux-5.15.y 29e53a5b1c4f 7e2882b3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf INFO: task hung in mpol_rebind_mm
2025/10/04 11:31 linux-5.15.y 29e53a5b1c4f 49379ee0 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf INFO: task hung in mpol_rebind_mm
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.