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INFO: task hung in addrconf_verify_work

Status: upstream: reported on 2025/12/19 17:57
Reported-by: syzbot+d9f3e3e4778c146a77fe@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 53d, last: 6d10h
Similar bugs (24)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
android-49 INFO: task hung in addrconf_verify_work 1 18 2322d 2494d 0/3 auto-closed as invalid on 2020/01/31 12:44
linux-6.1 INFO: task hung in addrconf_verify_work (2) 1 46 406d 743d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/04/10 16:42
linux-4.19 INFO: task hung in addrconf_verify_work (5) 1 3 1308d 1348d 0/1 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2022/11/10 09:18
linux-4.19 INFO: task hung in addrconf_verify_work (6) 1 C error 4 1090d 1149d 0/1 upstream: reported C repro on 2022/12/19 15:22
linux-4.19 INFO: task hung in addrconf_verify_work (3) 1 1 1795d 1795d 0/1 auto-closed as invalid on 2021/07/11 07:19
linux-4.19 INFO: task hung in addrconf_verify_work (4) 1 6 1490d 1576d 0/1 auto-closed as invalid on 2022/05/13 00:19
linux-4.14 INFO: task hung in addrconf_verify_work (2) 1 C error 7 1088d 1931d 0/1 upstream: reported C repro on 2020/10/28 05:47
upstream INFO: task hung in addrconf_verify_work (2) net 1 C 22 2311d 2311d 13/29 fixed on 2019/11/04 14:50
linux-4.19 INFO: task hung in addrconf_verify_work (2) 1 2 1935d 2025d 0/1 auto-closed as invalid on 2021/02/21 08:05
linux-5.15 INFO: task hung in addrconf_verify_work missing-backport 1 C done 53 588d 631d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/10/23 03:15
android-414 INFO: task hung in addrconf_verify_work 1 C 6 2311d 2497d 0/1 public: reported C repro on 2019/04/12 00:01
upstream INFO: task hung in addrconf_verify_work (8) net 1 C error 1294 581d 785d 26/29 fixed on 2024/07/09 19:14
android-44 INFO: task hung in addrconf_verify_work 1 3 2828d 2857d 0/2 auto-closed as invalid on 2019/02/22 14:29
linux-4.19 INFO: task hung in addrconf_verify_work 1 1 2155d 2155d 0/1 auto-closed as invalid on 2020/07/16 23:17
linux-6.1 INFO: task hung in addrconf_verify_work (3) 1 3 35d 95d 0/3 upstream: reported on 2025/11/08 00:01
upstream INFO: task hung in addrconf_verify_work (3) 1 C done 75 1925d 1960d 15/29 fixed on 2020/11/16 12:12
upstream INFO: task hung in addrconf_verify_work (5) net 1 C done done 68 1503d 1595d 0/29 closed as invalid on 2022/02/01 17:39
upstream INFO: task hung in addrconf_verify_work (7) netfilter 1 C error 64 804d 951d 0/29 closed as invalid on 2023/12/01 14:19
linux-5.15 INFO: task hung in addrconf_verify_work (2) 1 1 3d04h 3d04h 0/3 upstream: reported on 2026/02/07 23:02
linux-6.1 INFO: task hung in addrconf_verify_work 1 2 1013d 1064d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/08/23 09:09
linux-4.14 INFO: task hung in addrconf_verify_work 1 4 2080d 2152d 0/1 auto-closed as invalid on 2020/09/29 04:19
upstream INFO: task hung in addrconf_verify_work net 1 C 2 2878d 2878d 0/29 closed as invalid on 2018/03/27 11:14
upstream INFO: task hung in addrconf_verify_work (4) 1 C done 132 1816d 1904d 20/29 fixed on 2021/04/09 19:46
upstream INFO: task hung in addrconf_verify_work (6) 1 C done 86 1086d 1323d 22/29 fixed on 2023/02/24 13:51

Sample crash report:
INFO: task kworker/R-ipv6_:3153 blocked for more than 151 seconds.
      Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:kworker/R-ipv6_ state:D stack:29544 pid:3153  ppid:2      flags:0x00004000
Workqueue: ipv6_addrconf addrconf_verify_work
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5381 [inline]
 __schedule+0x1553/0x45a0 kernel/sched/core.c:6700
 schedule+0xbd/0x170 kernel/sched/core.c:6774
 schedule_preempt_disabled+0x13/0x20 kernel/sched/core.c:6833
 __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:679 [inline]
 __mutex_lock+0x6a9/0xcc0 kernel/locking/mutex.c:747
 addrconf_verify_work+0x19/0x30 net/ipv6/addrconf.c:4718
 process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:2634 [inline]
 process_scheduled_works+0xa5d/0x15d0 kernel/workqueue.c:2711
 rescuer_thread+0x50b/0xbe0 kernel/workqueue.c:2888
 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:
2 locks held by kthreadd/2:
1 lock held by kworker/R-rcu_g/4:
 #0: ffffffff8cfddba8 (wq_pool_attach_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: worker_detach_from_pool+0x4c/0x270 kernel/workqueue.c:2137
6 locks held by kworker/R-netns/7:
 #0: ffff888017c73938 ((wq_completion)netns){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:2609 [inline]
 #0: ffff888017c73938 ((wq_completion)netns){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_scheduled_works+0x96f/0x15d0 kernel/workqueue.c:2711
 #1: ffffc900000c7d20 (net_cleanup_work){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:2609 [inline]
 #1: ffffc900000c7d20 (net_cleanup_work){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_scheduled_works+0x96f/0x15d0 kernel/workqueue.c:2711
 #2: ffffffff8e3b3150 (pernet_ops_rwsem){++++}-{3:3}, at: cleanup_net+0x14c/0xbb0 net/core/net_namespace.c:606
 #3: ffffffff8e3c0308 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: wg_netns_pre_exit+0x1c/0x1c0 drivers/net/wireguard/device.c:422
 #4: ffff888030ac93e8 (&wg->device_update_lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: wg_netns_pre_exit+0xb0/0x1c0 drivers/net/wireguard/device.c:427
 #5: ffffffff8d1379b8

Crashes (2):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/02/04 16:44 linux-6.6.y 2cf6f68313dc ea10c935 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf INFO: task hung in addrconf_verify_work
2025/12/19 17:57 linux-6.6.y 5fa4793a2d2d d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf INFO: task hung in addrconf_verify_work
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.