INFO: task hung in nfsd4_write_time

Status: upstream: reported on 2026/08/06 17:17
Reported-by: syzbot+d4b0d555b9afa7942416@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 55d, last: 13h55m
▶ ▼ Similar bugs (1)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
linux-6.6 INFO: task hung in nfsd4_write_time 1 3 51d 57d 0/2 upstream: reported on 2026/08/04 09:59

Sample crash report:
INFO: task syz.4.2436:11031 blocked for more than 143 seconds.
      Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:syz.4.2436      state:D stack:25392 pid:11031 ppid:4282   flags:0x00004004
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5246 [inline]
 __schedule+0x107f/0x4030 kernel/sched/core.c:6563
 schedule+0xb9/0x180 kernel/sched/core.c:6639
 schedule_preempt_disabled+0xf/0x20 kernel/sched/core.c:6698
 __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:679 [inline]
 __mutex_lock+0x548/0xae0 kernel/locking/mutex.c:747
 nfsd4_write_time+0xa4/0x330 fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c:980
 nfsctl_transaction_write+0x105/0x150 fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c:114
 vfs_write+0x2dc/0x9a0 fs/read_write.c:582
 ksys_write+0x14d/0x260 fs/read_write.c:637
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:46 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x4c/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:76
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2
RIP: 0033:0x7f01fc19e159
RSP: 002b:00007f01fd0ef028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000001
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f01fc425fa0 RCX: 00007f01fc19e159
RDX: 0000000000000032 RSI: 00002000000001c0 RDI: 0000000000000003
RBP: 00007f01fc23506b R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f01fc426038 R14: 00007f01fc425fa0 R15: 00007fff4887ba18
 </TASK>

Showing all locks held in the system:
1 lock held by rcu_tasks_kthre/12:
 #0: ffffffff8cb2e170 (rcu_tasks.tasks_gp_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rcu_tasks_one_gp+0x33/0xef0 kernel/rcu/tasks.h:517
1 lock held by rcu_tasks_trace/13:
 #0: ffffffff8cb2e990 (rcu_tasks_trace.tasks_gp_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rcu_tasks_one_gp+0x33/0xef0 kernel/rcu/tasks.h:517
1 lock held by khungtaskd/28:
 #0: ffffffff8cb2d7e0 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: rcu_lock_acquire include/linux/rcupdate.h:350 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8cb2d7e0 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: rcu_read_lock include/linux/rcupdate.h:791 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8cb2d7e0 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: debug_show_all_locks+0x51/0x290 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:6529
2 locks held by syz-executor/4275:
 #0: ffff888076a060e0 (&type->s_umount_key#80){++++}-{3:3}, at: deactivate_super+0xa0/0xd0 fs/super.c:362
 #1: ffffffff8cdcce48 (nfsd_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: nfsd_shutdown_threads+0x4f/0x1a0 fs/nfsd/nfssvc.c:633
2 locks held by kworker/0:9/4354:
 #0: ffff888017472138 ((wq_completion)rcu_gp){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x7b4/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2267
 #1: ffffc900048a7d00 ((work_completion)(&rew->rew_work)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x7b4/0x1160 kernel/workqueue.c:2267
2 locks held by syz-executor/5707:
 #0: ffff8880489c60e0 (&type->s_umount_key#80){++++}-{3:3}, at: deactivate_super+0xa0/0xd0 fs/super.c:362
 #1: ffffffff8cdcce48 (nfsd_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: nfsd_shutdown_threads+0x4f/0x1a0 fs/nfsd/nfssvc.c:633
3 locks held by syz.2.1821/9236:
 #0: ffff888024178368 (&f->f_pos_lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: __fdget_pos+0x2ae/0x360 fs/file.c:1038
 #1: ffff88806480a460 (sb_writers#30){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: vfs_write+0x270/0x9a0 fs/read_write.c:580
 #2: ffffffff8cdcce48 (nfsd_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: write_ports+0xb3/0xb80 fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c:846
2 locks held by syz-executor/9633:
 #0: ffff88807a5460e0 (&type->s_umount_key#80){++++}-{3:3}, at: deactivate_super+0xa0/0xd0 fs/super.c:362
 #1: ffffffff8cdcce48 (nfsd_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: nfsd_shutdown_threads+0x4f/0x1a0 fs/nfsd/nfssvc.c:633
3 locks held by syz.4.2436/11031:
 #0: ffff8880240c20e8 (&f->f_pos_lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: __fdget_pos+0x2ae/0x360 fs/file.c:1038
 #1: ffff8880731ec460 (sb_writers#30){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: vfs_write+0x270/0x9a0 fs/read_write.c:580
 #2: ffffffff8cdcce48 (nfsd_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: nfsd4_write_time+0xa4/0x330 fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c:980
3 locks held by syz.7.2708/11687:
 #0: ffff88802e5119e8 (&f->f_pos_lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: __fdget_pos+0x2ae/0x360 fs/file.c:1038
 #1: ffff888143b26460 (sb_writers#30){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: vfs_write+0x270/0x9a0 fs/read_write.c:580
 #2: ffffffff8cdcce48 (nfsd_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: write_ports+0xb3/0xb80 fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c:846
1 lock held by syz.1.3001/12552:
 #0: ffff8880489c60e0 (&type->s_umount_key#80){++++}-{3:3}, at: iterate_supers+0xa4/0x1d0 fs/super.c:755
2 locks held by getty/12570:
 #0: ffff88802fc95098 (&tty->ldisc_sem){++++}-{0:0}, at: tty_ldisc_ref_wait+0x21/0x70 drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c:244
 #1: ffffc900042312f0 (&ldata->atomic_read_lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: n_tty_read+0x41e/0x1360 drivers/tty/n_tty.c:2198
3 locks held by syz.8.3010/12586:
 #0: ffff88807c4dd268 (&f->f_pos_lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: __fdget_pos+0x2ae/0x360 fs/file.c:1038
 #1: ffff888032694460 (sb_writers#30){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: vfs_write+0x270/0x9a0 fs/read_write.c:580
 #2: ffffffff8cdcce48 (nfsd_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: write_ports+0xb3/0xb80 fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c:846
1 lock held by syz.4.3122/13013:
 #0: ffffffff8cdcce48 (nfsd_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: nfsd_pool_stats_open+0x8f/0x1a0 fs/nfsd/nfssvc.c:1083
1 lock held by syz.2.3194/13233:
 #0: ffff8880489c60e0 (&type->s_umount_key#80){++++}-{3:3}, at: iterate_supers+0xa4/0x1d0 fs/super.c:755
2 locks held by syz-executor/13475:
 #0: ffffffff8dd550a8 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnl_lock net/core/rtnetlink.c:74 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8dd550a8 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x80d/0xfb0 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6163
 #1: ffffffff8cb334b8 (rcu_state.exp_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: exp_funnel_lock kernel/rcu/tree_exp.h:291 [inline]
 #1: ffffffff8cb334b8 (rcu_state.exp_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: synchronize_rcu_expedited+0x2ec/0x890 kernel/rcu/tree_exp.h:962

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NMI backtrace for cpu 0
CPU: 0 PID: 28 Comm: khungtaskd Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 09/16/2026
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 dump_stack_lvl+0x188/0x24e lib/dump_stack.c:106
 nmi_cpu_backtrace+0x3e6/0x460 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+0xf0e/0xf50 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>

Crashes (8):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/09/30 19:45 linux-6.1.y 1a8763b93150 38f7f0d1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in nfsd4_write_time
2026/09/04 15:18 linux-6.1.y cf82dcca9634 f65209a4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in nfsd4_write_time
2026/09/04 03:43 linux-6.1.y cf82dcca9634 801f0966 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in nfsd4_write_time
2026/08/07 15:15 linux-6.1.y e4f7d8be268e e4ef95d6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in nfsd4_write_time
2026/08/07 11:30 linux-6.1.y e4f7d8be268e e4ef95d6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in nfsd4_write_time
2026/08/06 21:54 linux-6.1.y 03f3a99e8e93 c38879ea .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in nfsd4_write_time
2026/08/06 17:16 linux-6.1.y fb28aa725e05 c38879ea .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: task hung in nfsd4_write_time
2026/09/13 15:07 linux-6.1.y cf82dcca9634 70a60e12 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 INFO: task hung in nfsd4_write_time
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.