[v5.15] INFO: task hung in vcs_open

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HEAD commit: 6e2fd6534337 Linux 5.15.213
git tree: linux-5.15.y
console output: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/log.txt?x=14dade32580000
kernel config: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/.config?x=f161cbc9aef65db0
dashboard link: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=0b26cf09ae715791b68d
compiler: Debian clang version 22.1.8 (++20260613092233+e80beda6e255-1~exp1~20260613092250.77), Debian LLD 22.1.8

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INFO: task syz.2.1346:9992 blocked for more than 144 seconds.
Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:syz.2.1346 state:D stack:27888 pid: 9992 ppid: 9514 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:763
chrdev_open+0x585/0x5f0 fs/char_dev.c:414
do_dentry_open+0x7f7/0xf90 fs/open.c:826
do_open fs/namei.c:3616 [inline]
path_openat+0x2718/0x2fb0 fs/namei.c:3750
do_filp_open+0x1df/0x400 fs/namei.c:3777
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: 0033:0x7f93ec568019
RSP: 002b:00007f93ea79f028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000101
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f93ec7f0090 RCX: 00007f93ec568019
RDX: 0000000000020600 RSI: 0000200000000300 RDI: ffffffffffffff9c
RBP: 00007f93ec5ff00c R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f93ec7f0128 R14: 00007f93ec7f0090 R15: 00007ffc19f95f98
</TASK>
INFO: task syz.2.1346:9994 blocked for more than 144 seconds.
Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:syz.2.1346 state:D stack:27888 pid: 9994 ppid: 9514 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
vt_resizex+0x29f/0x5a0 drivers/tty/vt/vt_ioctl.c:706
vt_ioctl+0xffa/0x1cb0 drivers/tty/vt/vt_ioctl.c:937
tty_ioctl+0x848/0xc30 drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2810
vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline]
__do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:874 [inline]
__se_sys_ioctl+0xfa/0x170 fs/ioctl.c:860
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: 0033:0x7f93ec568019
RSP: 002b:00007f93ea77e028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000010
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f93ec7f0180 RCX: 00007f93ec568019
RDX: 00002000000006c0 RSI: 000000000000560a RDI: 0000000000000008
RBP: 00007f93ec5ff00c R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f93ec7f0218 R14: 00007f93ec7f0180 R15: 00007ffc19f95f98
</TASK>

Showing all locks held in the system:
1 lock held by khungtaskd/27:
#0: ffffffff8c31ef60 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: rcu_lock_acquire+0x0/0x30
3 locks held by kworker/u4:2/154:
#0: ffff888016c79138 ((wq_completion)events_unbound){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x75c/0xff0 kernel/workqueue.c:-1
#1: ffffc90001fc7d00 ((linkwatch_work).work){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x79e/0xff0 kernel/workqueue.c:2285
#2: ffffffff8d44d488 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: linkwatch_event+0xa/0x50 net/core/link_watch.c:251
2 locks held by getty/3944:
#0: ffff88802c54d098 (&tty->ldisc_sem){++++}-{0:0}, at: tty_ldisc_ref_wait+0x21/0x70 drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c:252
#1: ffffc90002cf62e8 (&ldata->atomic_read_lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: n_tty_read+0x594/0x1a50 drivers/tty/n_tty.c:2158
4 locks held by kworker/u4:15/6583:
3 locks held by kworker/0:13/6984:
#0: ffff888016c70938 ((wq_completion)events){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x75c/0xff0 kernel/workqueue.c:-1
#1: ffffc90002e3fd00 ((work_completion)(&data->fib_event_work)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x79e/0xff0 kernel/workqueue.c:2285
#2: ffff88802e8b5240 (&data->fib_lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: nsim_fib_event_work+0x283/0x3380 drivers/net/netdevsim/fib.c:1480
3 locks held by kworker/0:14/6985:
1 lock held by syz.0.1219/9373:
1 lock held by syz.7.1426/10437:
#0: ffffffff8c9f62e8 (tty_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: tty_release_struct+0xaa/0xd0 drivers/tty/tty_io.c:1718
2 locks held by syz.9.1427/10429:
#0: ffffffff8c9f62e8 (tty_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: tty_open_by_driver drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2064 [inline]
#0: ffffffff8c9f62e8 (tty_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: tty_open+0x20a/0xcd0 drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2148
#1: ffff88807a10d1c0 (&tty->legacy_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: tty_init_dev+0x6f/0x470 drivers/tty/tty_io.c:1430
1 lock held by syz.3.1430/10470:
#0: ffffffff8c9f62e8 (tty_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: tty_open_by_driver drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2064 [inline]
#0: ffffffff8c9f62e8 (tty_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: tty_open+0x20a/0xcd0 drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2148
1 lock held by syz.4.1474/10806:
#0: ffffffff8c9f62e8 (tty_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: ptmx_open+0xd2/0x2c0 drivers/tty/pty.c:823
1 lock held by syz.6.1476/10796:
#0: ffffffff8c9f62e8 (tty_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: tty_open_by_driver drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2064 [inline]
#0: ffffffff8c9f62e8 (tty_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: tty_open+0x20a/0xcd0 drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2148
1 lock held by syz.1.1477/10803:
#0: ffffffff8c9f62e8 (tty_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: tty_open_by_driver drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2064 [inline]
#0: ffffffff8c9f62e8 (tty_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: tty_open+0x20a/0xcd0 drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2148
1 lock held by syz.0.1502/10970:
#0: ffffffff8c9f62e8 (tty_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: tty_open_by_driver drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2064 [inline]
#0: ffffffff8c9f62e8 (tty_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: tty_open+0x20a/0xcd0 drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2148
3 locks held by syz-executor/11200:
1 lock held by syz.2.1528/11227:
#0: ffffffff8c9f62e8 (tty_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: tty_open_by_driver drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2064 [inline]
#0: ffffffff8c9f62e8 (tty_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: tty_open+0x20a/0xcd0 drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2148
1 lock held by syz.8.1551/11361:
#0: ffffffff8c9f62e8 (tty_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: tty_open_by_driver drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2064 [inline]
#0: ffffffff8c9f62e8 (tty_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: tty_open+0x20a/0xcd0 drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2148
1 lock held by syz.8.1551/11363:
#0: ffffffff8c9f62e8 (tty_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: tty_open_by_driver drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2064 [inline]
#0: ffffffff8c9f62e8 (tty_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: tty_open+0x20a/0xcd0 drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2148
1 lock held by syz.5.1553/11378:
#0: ffffffff8c9f62e8 (tty_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: tty_open_by_driver drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2064 [inline]
#0: ffffffff8c9f62e8 (tty_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: tty_open+0x20a/0xcd0 drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2148

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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 07/24/2026
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>


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