INFO: task hung in con_install

Status: upstream: reported on 2026/07/25 09:43
Reported-by: syzbot+e606af51f0c2a8f3978c@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 104d, last: 3d17h
▶ ▼ Similar bugs (8)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
linux-6.6 INFO: task hung in con_install 1 2 3d05h 93d 0/2 upstream: reported on 2026/08/05 04:34
upstream INFO: task hung in con_install (2) serial 1 1 1192d 1192d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/10/31 16:25
linux-4.14 INFO: task hung in con_install 1 1 2393d 2393d 0/1 auto-closed as invalid on 2020/08/16 15:03
linux-4.19 INFO: task hung in con_install (2) 1 1 2339d 2339d 0/1 auto-closed as invalid on 2020/10/09 22:35
upstream INFO: task hung in con_install (3) prio:high kernel 1 122 73d 297d 0/29 upstream: reported on 2026/01/13 11:30
upstream INFO: task hung in con_install serial 1 6 2313d 2495d 0/29 closed as dup on 2020/08/16 15:20
linux-4.19 INFO: task hung in con_install 1 1 2473d 2473d 0/1 auto-closed as invalid on 2020/05/29 01:06
linux-6.1 INFO: task hung in con_install 1 13 2d17h 98d 0/3 upstream: reported on 2026/07/31 03:32

Sample crash report:
INFO: task syz.2.828:9096 blocked for more than 143 seconds.
      Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:syz.2.828       state:D stack:27664 pid: 9096 ppid:  4192 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:3384
 tty_driver_install_tty drivers/tty/tty_io.c:1306 [inline]
 tty_init_dev+0xbb/0x470 drivers/tty/tty_io.c:1418
 tty_open_by_driver drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2085 [inline]
 tty_open+0x7e8/0xcd0 drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2132
 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: 0033:0x7f25a603834e
RSP: 002b:00007f25a42cdb28 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000101
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f25a42ce6c0 RCX: 00007f25a603834e
RDX: 0000000000000002 RSI: 00007f25a42cdc00 RDI: ffffffffffffff9c
RBP: 00007f25a610faf8 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f25a62fe038 R14: 00007f25a62fdfa0 R15: 00007fffce690978
 </TASK>
INFO: task syz.4.876:9415 blocked for more than 143 seconds.
      Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:syz.4.876       state:D stack:27856 pid: 9415 ppid:  5629 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:764
 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: 0033:0x7f35b36b2b19
RSP: 002b:00007f35b1909028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000101
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f35b3938fa0 RCX: 00007f35b36b2b19
RDX: 0000000000002200 RSI: 0000200000000280 RDI: ffffffffffffff9c
RBP: 00007f35b374aaf8 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f35b3939038 R14: 00007f35b3938fa0 R15: 00007ffe0167dcc8
 </TASK>
INFO: task syz.3.878:9442 blocked for more than 143 seconds.
      Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:syz.3.878       state:D stack:25872 pid: 9442 ppid:  8644 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:2049 [inline]
 tty_open+0x20a/0xcd0 drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2132
 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: 0033:0x7f48fca6234e
RSP: 002b:00007f48facf7b28 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000101
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f48facf86c0 RCX: 00007f48fca6234e
RDX: 0000000000000002 RSI: 00007f48facf7c00 RDI: ffffffffffffff9c
RBP: 00007f48fcb39af8 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f48fcd28038 R14: 00007f48fcd27fa0 R15: 00007ffd10042038
 </TASK>

Showing all locks held in the system:
1 lock held by khungtaskd/27:
 #0: ffffffff8d11efa0 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: rcu_lock_acquire+0x0/0x30
4 locks held by kworker/u4:3/157:
 #0: ffff888019bb8138 ((wq_completion)writeback){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x75c/0xff0 kernel/workqueue.c:-1
 #1: ffffc90002087d00 ((work_completion)(&(&wb->dwork)->work)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x79e/0xff0 kernel/workqueue.c:2285
 #2: ffff88814d11c0e0 (&type->s_umount_key#32){++++}-{3:3}, at: trylock_super+0x1c/0xf0 fs/super.c:418
 #3: ffff88814d11ec58 (&sbi->s_writepages_rwsem){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: ext4_writepages+0x213/0x2d40 fs/ext4/inode.c:2691
2 locks held by getty/3951:
 #0: ffff88802d53b098 (&tty->ldisc_sem){++++}-{0:0}, at: tty_ldisc_ref_wait+0x21/0x70 drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c:252
 #1: ffffc900025ce2e8 (&ldata->atomic_read_lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: n_tty_read+0x594/0x1a50 drivers/tty/n_tty.c:2158
1 lock held by syz.7.801/8917:
2 locks held by syz.2.828/9096:
 #0: ffffffff8d7f6ee8 (tty_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: tty_open_by_driver drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2049 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8d7f6ee8 (tty_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: tty_open+0x20a/0xcd0 drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2132
 #1: ffff88804f5001c0 (&tty->legacy_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: tty_init_dev+0x6f/0x470 drivers/tty/tty_io.c:1417
1 lock held by syz.3.878/9442:
 #0: ffffffff8d7f6ee8 (tty_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: tty_open_by_driver drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2049 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8d7f6ee8 (tty_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: tty_open+0x20a/0xcd0 drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2132
1 lock held by syz.1.897/9655:
 #0: ffffffff8d7f6ee8 (tty_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: ptmx_open+0xd2/0x2c0 drivers/tty/pty.c:823
1 lock held by syz.6.941/10072:
 #0: ffffffff8d7f6ee8 (tty_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: ptmx_open+0xd2/0x2c0 drivers/tty/pty.c:823
1 lock held by syz.5.974/10351:
 #0: ffffffff8d7f6ee8 (tty_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: ptmx_open+0xd2/0x2c0 drivers/tty/pty.c:823
3 locks held by kworker/u4:15/10312:
1 lock held by syz.0.1029/10793:
 #0: ffffffff8d7f6ee8 (tty_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: tty_open_by_driver drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2049 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8d7f6ee8 (tty_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: tty_open+0x20a/0xcd0 drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2132
1 lock held by syz.2.1042/10954:
 #0: ffffffff8d7f6ee8 (tty_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: ptmx_open+0xd2/0x2c0 drivers/tty/pty.c:823
1 lock held by syz.4.1085/11390:
 #0: ffffffff8d7f6ee8 (tty_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: tty_open_by_driver drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2049 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8d7f6ee8 (tty_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: tty_open+0x20a/0xcd0 drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2132
1 lock held by syz.3.1087/11408:
 #0: ffffffff8d7f6ee8 (tty_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: ptmx_open+0xd2/0x2c0 drivers/tty/pty.c:823
1 lock held by syz.8.1096/11552:
 #0: ffffffff8d7f6ee8 (tty_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: tty_open_by_driver drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2049 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8d7f6ee8 (tty_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: tty_open+0x20a/0xcd0 drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2132
1 lock held by syz.1.1098/11650:
 #0: ffffffff8d7f6ee8 (tty_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: tty_open_by_driver drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2049 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8d7f6ee8 (tty_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: tty_open+0x20a/0xcd0 drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2132
1 lock held by syz.2.1302/12845:
 #0: ffffffff8d7f6ee8 (tty_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: tty_open_by_driver drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2049 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8d7f6ee8 (tty_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: tty_open+0x20a/0xcd0 drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2132
1 lock held by syz.5.1305/12848:
 #0: ffffffff8d7f6ee8 (tty_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: ptmx_open+0xd2/0x2c0 drivers/tty/pty.c:823
1 lock held by syz.9.1309/12857:
 #0: ffffffff8d7f6ee8 (tty_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: ptmx_open+0xd2/0x2c0 drivers/tty/pty.c:823
1 lock held by syz-executor/12900:

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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 10/07/2026
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>

Crashes (21):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/11/03 07:40 linux-5.15.y 700e62ea909a 6969b601 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in con_install
2026/10/30 22:59 linux-5.15.y 700e62ea909a 0ec395f8 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in con_install
2026/10/28 00:24 linux-5.15.y 792fbe1537d8 96923c60 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in con_install
2026/10/23 11:38 linux-5.15.y 792fbe1537d8 d566bfda .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in con_install
2026/10/22 20:11 linux-5.15.y 792fbe1537d8 b55fad29 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in con_install
2026/10/21 03:44 linux-5.15.y 792fbe1537d8 df8746fb .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in con_install
2026/10/18 05:59 linux-5.15.y 792fbe1537d8 432c0077 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in con_install
2026/10/14 05:39 linux-5.15.y a051a4bf909f 7321cd29 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in con_install
2026/10/03 15:33 linux-5.15.y a051a4bf909f 57bbd979 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in con_install
2026/09/15 20:34 linux-5.15.y 0248c33e835e 2daa4bb5 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in con_install
2026/09/14 19:07 linux-5.15.y 0248c33e835e 81a27d1a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in con_install
2026/08/27 03:13 linux-5.15.y 945fa863f02c a2b77b9e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in con_install
2026/08/22 08:16 linux-5.15.y 0eb903b5b519 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in con_install
2026/08/19 17:38 linux-5.15.y 0eb903b5b519 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in con_install
2026/08/13 01:52 linux-5.15.y aabd761612db 359b2492 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in con_install
2026/08/10 22:20 linux-5.15.y aabd761612db 508909ea .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in con_install
2026/08/10 05:11 linux-5.15.y aabd761612db 5d63f80b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in con_install
2026/08/07 03:29 linux-5.15.y 9c7634c60784 c38879ea .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in con_install
2026/08/01 07:53 linux-5.15.y 6e2fd6534337 e611ffe1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in con_install
2026/08/01 07:08 linux-5.15.y 6e2fd6534337 e611ffe1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in con_install
2026/07/25 09:43 linux-5.15.y 674f684f7c61 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: task hung in con_install
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.