INFO: task kworker/0:5:5934 blocked for more than 143 seconds.
Tainted: G L syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:kworker/0:5 state:D stack:17384 pid:5934 tgid:5934 ppid:2 task_flags:0x4208060 flags:0x00080000
Workqueue: events request_firmware_work_func
Call Trace:
context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5295 [inline]
__schedule+0x15dd/0x52d0 kernel/sched/core.c:6908
__schedule_loop kernel/sched/core.c:6990 [inline]
schedule+0x164/0x360 kernel/sched/core.c:7005
schedule_preempt_disabled+0x13/0x30 kernel/sched/core.c:7062
__mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:692 [inline]
__mutex_lock+0x7fe/0x1300 kernel/locking/mutex.c:776
device_lock include/linux/device.h:895 [inline]
ath9k_hif_usb_firmware_fail drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hif_usb.c:1161 [inline]
ath9k_hif_usb_firmware_cb+0x332/0x4c0 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hif_usb.c:1294
request_firmware_work_func+0x105/0x1c0 drivers/base/firmware_loader/main.c:1152
process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3275 [inline]
process_scheduled_works+0xb02/0x1830 kernel/workqueue.c:3358
worker_thread+0xa50/0xfc0 kernel/workqueue.c:3439
kthread+0x388/0x470 kernel/kthread.c:436
ret_from_fork+0x51e/0xb90 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158
ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245
Showing all locks held in the system:
1 lock held by pool_workqueue_/3:
#0: ffff8880b863ade0 (&rq->__lock){-.-.}-{2:2}, at: raw_spin_rq_lock_nested+0xb6/0x150 kernel/sched/core.c:655
6 locks held by kworker/0:0/9:
1 lock held by khungtaskd/31:
#0: ffffffff8e75e3e0 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:3}, at: rcu_lock_acquire include/linux/rcupdate.h:312 [inline]
#0: ffffffff8e75e3e0 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:3}, at: rcu_read_lock include/linux/rcupdate.h:850 [inline]
#0: ffffffff8e75e3e0 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:3}, at: debug_show_all_locks+0x2e/0x180 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:6775
4 locks held by kworker/u8:4/55:
#0: ffff88801b6de948 ((wq_completion)netns){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3250 [inline]
#0: ffff88801b6de948 ((wq_completion)netns){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_scheduled_works+0x9ea/0x1830 kernel/workqueue.c:3358
#1: ffffc90001417c40 (net_cleanup_work){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3251 [inline]
#1: ffffc90001417c40 (net_cleanup_work){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_scheduled_works+0xa25/0x1830 kernel/workqueue.c:3358
#2: ffffffff8fbbe5b0 (pernet_ops_rwsem){++++}-{4:4}, at: cleanup_net+0xf4/0x800 net/core/net_namespace.c:675
#3: ffffffff8e764678 (rcu_state.exp_mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: exp_funnel_lock kernel/rcu/tree_exp.h:343 [inline]
#3: ffffffff8e764678 (rcu_state.exp_mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: synchronize_rcu_expedited+0x38d/0x770 kernel/rcu/tree_exp.h:961
1 lock held by klogd/5183:
2 locks held by getty/5585:
#0: ffff88803215d0a0 (&tty->ldisc_sem){++++}-{0:0}, at: tty_ldisc_ref_wait+0x25/0x70 drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c:243
#1: ffffc9000332b2f0 (&ldata->atomic_read_lock){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: n_tty_read+0x45c/0x13c0 drivers/tty/n_tty.c:2211
6 locks held by kworker/1:4/5833:
3 locks held by kworker/0:5/5934:
#0: ffff88813fe0f148 ((wq_completion)events){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3250 [inline]
#0: ffff88813fe0f148 ((wq_completion)events){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_scheduled_works+0x9ea/0x1830 kernel/workqueue.c:3358
#1: ffffc90004327c40 ((work_completion)(&fw_work->work)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3251 [inline]
#1: ffffc90004327c40 ((work_completion)(&fw_work->work)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_scheduled_works+0xa25/0x1830 kernel/workqueue.c:3358
#2: ffff888029a20198 (&dev->mutex){....}-{4:4}, at: device_lock include/linux/device.h:895 [inline]
#2: ffff888029a20198 (&dev->mutex){....}-{4:4}, at: ath9k_hif_usb_firmware_fail drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hif_usb.c:1161 [inline]
#2: ffff888029a20198 (&dev->mutex){....}-{4:4}, at: ath9k_hif_usb_firmware_cb+0x332/0x4c0 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hif_usb.c:1294
5 locks held by kworker/0:7/5960:
1 lock held by syz.3.348/7254:
#0: ffff888029840198 (&dev->mutex){....}-{4:4}, at: device_lock include/linux/device.h:895 [inline]
#0: ffff888029840198 (&dev->mutex){....}-{4:4}, at: usbdev_open+0x182/0x770 drivers/usb/core/devio.c:1054
=============================================
NMI backtrace for cpu 1
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 31 Comm: khungtaskd Tainted: G L syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full)
Tainted: [L]=SOFTLOCKUP
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 02/12/2026
Call Trace:
dump_stack_lvl+0xe8/0x150 lib/dump_stack.c:120
nmi_cpu_backtrace+0x274/0x2d0 lib/nmi_backtrace.c:113
nmi_trigger_cpumask_backtrace+0x17a/0x300 lib/nmi_backtrace.c:62
trigger_all_cpu_backtrace include/linux/nmi.h:161 [inline]
__sys_info lib/sys_info.c:157 [inline]
sys_info+0x135/0x170 lib/sys_info.c:165
check_hung_uninterruptible_tasks kernel/hung_task.c:346 [inline]
watchdog+0xfd9/0x1030 kernel/hung_task.c:515
kthread+0x388/0x470 kernel/kthread.c:436
ret_from_fork+0x51e/0xb90 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158
ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245
Sending NMI from CPU 1 to CPUs 0:
NMI backtrace for cpu 0
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 9 Comm: kworker/0:0 Tainted: G L syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full)
Tainted: [L]=SOFTLOCKUP
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 02/12/2026
Workqueue: usb_hub_wq hub_event
RIP: 0010:__lock_release kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5521 [inline]
RIP: 0010:lock_release+0xbd/0x3d0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5889
Code: 5b fa 48 c7 c7 f6 e1 f0 8d e8 3f 45 0c 0a 65 ff 05 28 5d 7a 11 c7 44 24 24 01 00 00 00 83 3d 29 06 70 0e 00 0f 84 90 01 00 00 <41> 8b 87 50 0b 00 00 85 c0 0f 84 17 01 00 00 4c 89 6c 24 18 48 89
RSP: 0018:ffffc900000074b0 EFLAGS: 00000002
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000000000002 RCX: 0000000080000100
RDX: ffffc90000007601 RSI: ffffffff8df0e1f6 RDI: ffffffff8c27b380
RBP: dffffc0000000000 R08: ffffc900000e74b0 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: ffffc90000007638 R11: fffff52000000ec9 R12: ffffc900000e74c0
R13: ffffffff81767de5 R14: ffffffff8e75e3e0 R15: ffff88801d2edb80
FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff888125463000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 0000200000294030 CR3: 000000007cbf2000 CR4: 00000000003526f0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000ffff0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000600
Call Trace:
rcu_lock_release include/linux/rcupdate.h:322 [inline]
rcu_read_unlock include/linux/rcupdate.h:881 [inline]
class_rcu_destructor include/linux/rcupdate.h:1193 [inline]
unwind_next_frame+0x1aaa/0x23c0 arch/x86/kernel/unwind_orc.c:695
arch_stack_walk+0x11b/0x150 arch/x86/kernel/stacktrace.c:25
stack_trace_save+0xa9/0x100 kernel/stacktrace.c:122
kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:57 [inline]
kasan_save_track+0x3e/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:78
kasan_save_free_info+0x46/0x50 mm/kasan/generic.c:584
poison_slab_object mm/kasan/common.c:253 [inline]
__kasan_slab_free+0x5c/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:285
kasan_slab_free include/linux/kasan.h:235 [inline]
slab_free_hook mm/slub.c:2692 [inline]
slab_free mm/slub.c:6168 [inline]
kmem_cache_free+0x187/0x630 mm/slub.c:6298
ath6kl_usb_cleanup_recv_urb drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/usb.c:171 [inline]
ath6kl_usb_recv_complete+0x1d6/0x4d0 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/usb.c:550
__usb_hcd_giveback_urb+0x376/0x540 drivers/usb/core/hcd.c:1657
dummy_timer+0xbbd/0x45d0 drivers/usb/gadget/udc/dummy_hcd.c:1995
__run_hrtimer kernel/time/hrtimer.c:1785 [inline]
__hrtimer_run_queues+0x53a/0xcc0 kernel/time/hrtimer.c:1849
hrtimer_run_softirq+0x182/0x5a0 kernel/time/hrtimer.c:1866
handle_softirqs+0x22a/0x870 kernel/softirq.c:622
__do_softirq kernel/softirq.c:656 [inline]
invoke_softirq kernel/softirq.c:496 [inline]
__irq_exit_rcu+0x5f/0x150 kernel/softirq.c:723
irq_exit_rcu+0x9/0x30 kernel/softirq.c:739
instr_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1056 [inline]
sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0xa6/0xc0 arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1056
asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x1a/0x20 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:697
RIP: 0010:jhash2 include/linux/jhash.h:129 [inline]
RIP: 0010:hash_stack lib/stackdepot.c:571 [inline]
RIP: 0010:stack_depot_save_flags+0xad/0x810 lib/stackdepot.c:672
Code: 31 c0 01 ef 45 89 c1 41 c1 c1 08 44 29 c5 41 31 e9 41 01 f8 44 29 cf 44 89 c9 c1 c1 10 31 f9 45 01 c1 89 c8 c1 c0 13 41 29 c8 <44> 31 c0 44 01 c9 41 29 c1 89 c5 c1 c5 04 44 31 cd 01 c8 83 c6 fd
RSP: 0018:ffffc900000e6798 EFLAGS: 00000a87
RAX: 00000000130cfbe1 RBX: 0000000000020801 RCX: 000000009f7c2261
RDX: ffffc900000e68ec RSI: 000000000000000d RDI: 0000000059cdbd12
RBP: 000000007735f7e7 R08: 00000000b0ada793 R09: 00000000ef9d90a5
R10: 0000000000000026 R11: ffffffff81b0bfa0 R12: ffff888025875dc0
R13: 0000000000020820 R14: ffffc900000e67f0 R15: ffffc900000e67f0
kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:58 [inline]
kasan_save_track+0x4f/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:78
unpoison_slab_object mm/kasan/common.c:340 [inline]
__kasan_slab_alloc+0x6c/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:366
kasan_slab_alloc include/linux/kasan.h:253 [inline]
slab_post_alloc_hook mm/slub.c:4542 [inline]
slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:4869 [inline]
kmem_cache_alloc_node_noprof+0x384/0x690 mm/slub.c:4921
__alloc_skb+0x1d0/0x7d0 net/core/skbuff.c:702
__netdev_alloc_skb+0xc1/0x810 net/core/skbuff.c:775
netdev_alloc_skb include/linux/skbuff.h:3485 [inline]
dev_alloc_skb include/linux/skbuff.h:3498 [inline]
ath6kl_usb_post_recv_transfers+0x207/0x6f0 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/usb.c:427
ath6kl_usb_start_recv_pipes drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/usb.c:497 [inline]
hif_start drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/usb.c:702 [inline]
ath6kl_usb_power_on+0x6a/0x280 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/usb.c:1061
ath6kl_hif_power_on drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/hif-ops.h:136 [inline]
ath6kl_core_init+0x1e1/0x10b0 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/core.c:97
ath6kl_usb_probe+0x14df/0x15d0 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/usb.c:1167
usb_probe_interface+0x668/0xc90 drivers/usb/core/driver.c:396
call_driver_probe drivers/base/dd.c:-1 [inline]
really_probe+0x267/0xaf0 drivers/base/dd.c:661
__driver_probe_device+0x18c/0x320 drivers/base/dd.c:803
driver_probe_device+0x4f/0x240 drivers/base/dd.c:833
__device_attach_driver+0x279/0x430 drivers/base/dd.c:961
bus_for_each_drv+0x258/0x2f0 drivers/base/bus.c:500
__device_attach+0x2c5/0x450 drivers/base/dd.c:1033
device_initial_probe+0xa1/0xd0 drivers/base/dd.c:1088
bus_probe_device+0x12a/0x220 drivers/base/bus.c:574
device_add+0x7b6/0xb70 drivers/base/core.c:3689
usb_set_configuration+0x1a87/0x2110 drivers/usb/core/message.c:2208
usb_generic_driver_probe+0x8d/0x150 drivers/usb/core/generic.c:250
usb_probe_device+0x1c4/0x3b0 drivers/usb/core/driver.c:291
call_driver_probe drivers/base/dd.c:-1 [inline]
really_probe+0x267/0xaf0 drivers/base/dd.c:661
__driver_probe_device+0x18c/0x320 drivers/base/dd.c:803
driver_probe_device+0x4f/0x240 drivers/base/dd.c:833
__device_attach_driver+0x279/0x430 drivers/base/dd.c:961
bus_for_each_drv+0x258/0x2f0 drivers/base/bus.c:500
__device_attach+0x2c5/0x450 drivers/base/dd.c:1033
device_initial_probe+0xa1/0xd0 drivers/base/dd.c:1088
bus_probe_device+0x12a/0x220 drivers/base/bus.c:574
device_add+0x7b6/0xb70 drivers/base/core.c:3689
usb_new_device+0xa08/0x16f0 drivers/usb/core/hub.c:2695
hub_port_connect drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5567 [inline]
hub_port_connect_change drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5707 [inline]
port_event drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5871 [inline]
hub_event+0x2a1c/0x4f30 drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5953
process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3275 [inline]
process_scheduled_works+0xb02/0x1830 kernel/workqueue.c:3358
worker_thread+0xa50/0xfc0 kernel/workqueue.c:3439
kthread+0x388/0x470 kernel/kthread.c:436
ret_from_fork+0x51e/0xb90 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158
ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245