INFO: task hung in write_threads

Status: upstream: reported on 2026/08/01 00:35
Subsystems: nfs
Labels: prio:high
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Reported-by: syzbot+78013a8f4497a445a448@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 62d, last: 12h24m
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d8f48850 assessment-security DenialOfService: ✅ Exploitable: ❌ FilesystemTrigger: ❌ NetworkTrigger: ❌ PeripheralTrigger: ❌ RemoteTrigger: ❌ Unprivileged: ✅ UserNamespace: ❌ VMGuestTrigger: ❌ VMHostTrigger: ❌ ❓ INFO: task hung in write_threads 2026/07/29 02:26 2026/07/29 02:26 2026/07/29 02:36 7be3c40b
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[syzbot] [nfs?] INFO: task hung in write_threads 0 (1) 2026/08/01 00:35

Sample crash report:
INFO: task syz.2.3478:19890 blocked for more than 144 seconds.
      Tainted: G             L      syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:syz.2.3478      state:D stack:27944 pid:19890 tgid:19889 ppid:18285  task_flags:0x400140 flags:0x00080002
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5533 [inline]
 __schedule+0x1259/0x6920 kernel/sched/core.c:7284
 __schedule_loop kernel/sched/core.c:7361 [inline]
 schedule+0xdd/0x2c0 kernel/sched/core.c:7376
 schedule_preempt_disabled+0x13/0x30 kernel/sched/core.c:7433
 __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:726 [inline]
 __mutex_lock+0xccb/0x1bd0 kernel/locking/mutex.c:821
 write_threads+0x288/0x600 fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c:436
 nfsctl_transaction_write+0x106/0x1a0 fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c:114
 vfs_write+0x2aa/0x1050 fs/read_write.c:685
 ksys_write+0x12a/0x250 fs/read_write.c:739
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:61 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x123/0x790 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:84
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x7f702eb9e159
RSP: 002b:00007f702cdf6028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000001
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f702ee25fa0 RCX: 00007f702eb9e159
RDX: 0000000000000001 RSI: 0000200000000380 RDI: 0000000000000003
RBP: 00007f702ec3506b R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f702ee26038 R14: 00007f702ee25fa0 R15: 00007ffd70f440f8
 </TASK>

Showing all locks held in the system:
locks held by khungtaskd/32: 1, last CPU#1:
 #0: ffffffff8edec4e0 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:3}, at: rcu_lock_acquire include/linux/rcupdate.h:309 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8edec4e0 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:3}, at: rcu_read_lock include/linux/rcupdate.h:849 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8edec4e0 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:3}, at: debug_show_all_locks+0x3d/0x184 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:6871
locks held by getty/5365: 2, on CPU#0:
 #0: ffff88803712c0a0 (&tty->ldisc_sem){++++}-{0:0}, at: tty_ldisc_ref_wait+0x24/0x80 drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c:243
 #1: ffffc900032262e8 (&ldata->atomic_read_lock){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: n_tty_read+0x419/0x14e0 drivers/tty/n_tty.c:2211
locks held by syz.4.3454/19795: 3, on CPU#1:
 #0: ffff888078c7bcf0 (&f->f_pos_lock){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: fdget_pos+0x2aa/0x380 fs/file.c:1259
 #1: ffff888053918460 (sb_writers#23){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: ksys_write+0x12a/0x250 fs/read_write.c:739
 #2: ffffffff8f289a40 (nfsd_mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: write_threads+0x288/0x600 fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c:436
locks held by syz.2.3478/19890: 3, on CPU#0:
 #0: ffff8880756f42b0 (&f->f_pos_lock){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: fdget_pos+0x2aa/0x380 fs/file.c:1259
 #1: ffff8880388ac460 (sb_writers#23){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: ksys_write+0x12a/0x250 fs/read_write.c:739
 #2: ffffffff8f289a40 (nfsd_mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: write_threads+0x288/0x600 fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c:436
locks held by syz.7.3791/21368: 1, last CPU#0:
 #0: ffff88802a835af0 (&u->iolock){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: __unix_dgram_recvmsg+0x255/0xc30 net/unix/af_unix.c:2587
locks held by dhcpcd-run-hook/21399: 1, last CPU#1:
 #0: ffffffff8effd718 (remove_cache_srcu){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: srcu_lock_acquire include/linux/srcu.h:198 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8effd718 (remove_cache_srcu){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: srcu_read_lock include/linux/srcu.h:305 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8effd718 (remove_cache_srcu){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: kasan_quarantine_reduce+0x8a/0x1f0 mm/kasan/quarantine.c:259
locks held by syz.5.3795/21400: 1, last CPU#1:
 #0: ffff88807ef769b8 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{4:4}, at: mmap_write_lock_killable include/linux/mmap_lock.h:562 [inline]
 #0: ffff88807ef769b8 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{4:4}, at: do_mprotect_pkey+0x254/0xdd0 mm/mprotect.c:902
locks held by syz.5.3795/21401: 3, last CPU#0:
 #0: ffff8880348ff160 (sk_lock-AF_INET6){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: lock_sock include/net/sock.h:1713 [inline]
 #0: ffff8880348ff160 (sk_lock-AF_INET6){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: sctp_connect net/sctp/socket.c:4821 [inline]
 #0: ffff8880348ff160 (sk_lock-AF_INET6){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: sctp_inet_connect+0xac/0x220 net/sctp/socket.c:4843
 #1: ffffffff8effd718 (remove_cache_srcu){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: srcu_lock_acquire include/linux/srcu.h:198 [inline]
 #1: ffffffff8effd718 (remove_cache_srcu){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: srcu_read_lock include/linux/srcu.h:305 [inline]
 #1: ffffffff8effd718 (remove_cache_srcu){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: kasan_quarantine_reduce+0x8a/0x1f0 mm/kasan/quarantine.c:259
 #2: ffffffff8edec4e0 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:3}, at: fs_reclaim_acquire mm/page_alloc.c:4392 [inline]
 #2: ffffffff8edec4e0 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:3}, at: fs_reclaim_acquire+0x70/0x100 mm/page_alloc.c:4383

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NMI backtrace for cpu 0
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 32 Comm: khungtaskd Tainted: G             L      syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) 
Tainted: [L]=SOFTLOCKUP
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 08/05/2026
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:94 [inline]
 dump_stack_lvl+0x100/0x190 lib/dump_stack.c:120
 nmi_cpu_backtrace.cold+0x12d/0x151 lib/nmi_backtrace.c:123
 nmi_trigger_cpumask_backtrace+0x21f/0x2a0 lib/nmi_backtrace.c:66
 trigger_all_cpu_backtrace include/linux/nmi.h:164 [inline]
 __sys_info lib/sys_info.c:157 [inline]
 sys_info+0x141/0x190 lib/sys_info.c:165
 check_hung_uninterruptible_tasks kernel/hung_task.c:353 [inline]
 watchdog+0xcb1/0x1030 kernel/hung_task.c:561
 kthread+0x373/0x450 kernel/kthread.c:436
 ret_from_fork+0x730/0xd60 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158
 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245
 </TASK>
Sending NMI from CPU 0 to CPUs 1:
NMI backtrace for cpu 1
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 16 Comm: pr/ttyS0 Tainted: G             L      syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) 
Tainted: [L]=SOFTLOCKUP
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 08/05/2026
RIP: 0010:io_serial_in+0x87/0xb0 drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c:410
Code: bd 5a fc 48 8d 7d 40 44 89 e1 48 b8 00 00 00 00 00 fc ff df 48 89 fa d3 e3 48 c1 ea 03 80 3c 02 00 75 1a 66 03 5d 40 89 da ec <5b> 0f b6 c0 5d 41 5c c3 cc cc cc cc e8 68 27 ce fc eb a2 e8 f1 27
RSP: 0018:ffffc90000157958 EFLAGS: 00000002
RAX: dffffc0000000000 RBX: 00000000000003fd RCX: 0000000000000000
RDX: 00000000000003fd RSI: ffffffff85b16510 RDI: ffffffff9bc72f60
RBP: ffffffff9bc72f20 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: 000000000000001f
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 205d323354202020 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 0000000000000020 R14: fffffbfff378e641 R15: dffffc0000000000
FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff888123c52000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007f1a46464d58 CR3: 0000000020f5a000 CR4: 00000000003526f0
DR0: 0000000000010000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000ffff0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 serial_in drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250.h:128 [inline]
 serial_lsr_in drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250.h:150 [inline]
 wait_for_lsr+0x13a/0x210 drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c:2013
 serial8250_fifo_wait_for_lsr_thre+0x5f/0xd0 drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c:3270
 __serial8250_console_fifo_write+0xa5/0x290 drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c:3345
 serial8250_console_fifo_write drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c:3378 [inline]
 __serial8250_console_write drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c:3429 [inline]
 serial8250_console_write+0xf46/0x1330 drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c:3493
 nbcon_emit_next_record+0x8f7/0xa70 kernel/printk/nbcon.c:1070
 nbcon_emit_one+0x1a8/0x2b0 kernel/printk/nbcon.c:1157
 nbcon_kthread_func+0x613/0x7d0 kernel/printk/nbcon.c:1271
 kthread+0x373/0x450 kernel/kthread.c:436
 ret_from_fork+0x730/0xd60 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158
 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245
 </TASK>

Crashes (276):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/09/25 23:31 upstream aa98230e410f f281d9d2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: task hung in write_threads
2026/09/23 20:53 upstream fe2ec83746e5 0a1606bc .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in write_threads
2026/09/23 09:25 upstream fe2ec83746e5 abce1216 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in write_threads
2026/09/22 23:41 upstream c4e9f74da438 3e2106e5 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in write_threads
2026/09/22 22:15 upstream c4e9f74da438 3e2106e5 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in write_threads
2026/09/22 20:46 upstream c4e9f74da438 3e2106e5 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in write_threads
2026/09/22 16:38 upstream f0100363d8c3 3e2106e5 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: task hung in write_threads
2026/09/22 15:21 upstream f0100363d8c3 e12281bd .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in write_threads
2026/09/22 13:23 upstream f0100363d8c3 e12281bd .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: task hung in write_threads
2026/09/22 09:49 upstream f0100363d8c3 e12281bd .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: task hung in write_threads
2026/09/22 07:55 upstream f0100363d8c3 e12281bd .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root INFO: task hung in write_threads
2026/09/22 04:57 upstream f0100363d8c3 e12281bd .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: task hung in write_threads
2026/09/18 20:35 upstream 5dd1818b15d9 8d7d05f1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in write_threads
2026/09/18 08:04 upstream 5dd1818b15d9 8d7d05f1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in write_threads
2026/09/18 00:28 upstream 4982d3552a3b 95928915 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in write_threads
2026/09/17 22:23 upstream 4982d3552a3b 95928915 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root INFO: task hung in write_threads
2026/09/17 21:01 upstream 4982d3552a3b 95928915 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in write_threads
2026/09/17 19:30 upstream 4982d3552a3b 95928915 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: task hung in write_threads
2026/09/17 17:40 upstream 238650ef6c7c 95928915 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: task hung in write_threads
2026/09/17 15:31 upstream 238650ef6c7c 95928915 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in write_threads
2026/09/17 15:23 upstream 238650ef6c7c 95928915 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in write_threads
2026/09/16 05:15 upstream 9b87fdc9af2f 12a0a44a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in write_threads
2026/09/16 03:42 upstream 9b87fdc9af2f 12a0a44a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root INFO: task hung in write_threads
2026/09/16 01:58 upstream 9b87fdc9af2f 81a27d1a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: task hung in write_threads
2026/09/16 00:36 upstream 9b87fdc9af2f 81a27d1a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in write_threads
2026/09/15 15:59 upstream 587858367581 81a27d1a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in write_threads
2026/09/15 14:46 upstream 587858367581 81a27d1a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in write_threads
2026/09/15 11:44 upstream 587858367581 81a27d1a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: task hung in write_threads
2026/09/15 08:39 upstream 587858367581 81a27d1a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: task hung in write_threads
2026/09/15 06:22 upstream 587858367581 924033e8 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: task hung in write_threads
2026/09/15 06:22 upstream 587858367581 924033e8 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: task hung in write_threads
2026/09/15 05:11 upstream 587858367581 924033e8 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: task hung in write_threads
2026/07/31 00:58 upstream 3708dd948844 aaffb173 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in write_threads
2026/07/28 23:21 upstream 3b5f4b83c4ab 19622d9d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in write_threads
2026/07/27 19:04 upstream f5098b6bae76 4cb2b096 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in write_threads
2026/07/27 17:19 upstream f5098b6bae76 aae9036b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs INFO: task hung in write_threads
2026/07/27 06:58 upstream 4235cb24ec1e 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-fs INFO: task hung in write_threads
2026/09/27 03:35 linux-next f5f84daefcd9 a3c7249d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce INFO: task hung in write_threads
2026/09/25 21:24 linux-next f5f84daefcd9 f281d9d2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce INFO: task hung in write_threads
2026/09/25 19:46 linux-next f5f84daefcd9 f281d9d2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in write_threads
2026/09/25 12:25 linux-next 4c253ac4b29b f281d9d2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in write_threads
2026/09/25 00:48 linux-next 4c253ac4b29b 3c3cdf19 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce INFO: task hung in write_threads
2026/09/24 06:07 linux-next 3d7783543c26 0a1606bc .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in write_threads
2026/09/23 13:21 linux-next 9d80aa4617b3 abce1216 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce INFO: task hung in write_threads
2026/09/23 07:10 linux-next a8c591ed6b67 abce1216 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in write_threads
2026/09/23 07:01 linux-next a8c591ed6b67 abce1216 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in write_threads
2026/09/23 05:31 linux-next a8c591ed6b67 abce1216 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in write_threads
2026/09/23 02:19 linux-next a8c591ed6b67 3e2106e5 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in write_threads
2026/09/23 00:48 linux-next a8c591ed6b67 3e2106e5 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in write_threads
2026/09/22 19:00 linux-next a8c591ed6b67 3e2106e5 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root INFO: task hung in write_threads
2026/09/20 23:36 linux-next 9d80aa4617b3 853b104b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce INFO: task hung in write_threads
2026/09/20 22:32 linux-next 9d80aa4617b3 853b104b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce INFO: task hung in write_threads
2026/09/17 12:57 linux-next 9d80aa4617b3 95928915 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce INFO: task hung in write_threads
2026/09/15 10:09 linux-next 9d80aa4617b3 81a27d1a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce INFO: task hung in write_threads
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.