Re: [syzbot] [net?] INFO: task hung in nsim_destroy (4)

From: syzbot

Date: Mon Jun 22 2026 - 03:44:54 EST


syzbot has found a reproducer for the following issue on:

HEAD commit: b85966adbf5d Merge tag 'net-next-7.2' of git://git.kernel...
git tree: net-next
console output: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/log.txt?x=11f167b6580000
kernel config: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/.config?x=9a9f723a32776544
dashboard link: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=8141dcbd23a8f857798a
compiler: Debian clang version 22.1.6 (++20260514074242+fc4aad7b5db3-1~exp1~20260514074407.73), Debian LLD 22.1.6
syz repro: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/repro.syz?x=15cf400a580000
C reproducer: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/repro.c?x=1013a50e580000

Downloadable assets:
disk image: https://storage.googleapis.com/syzbot-assets/d65306d96573/disk-b85966ad.raw.xz
vmlinux: https://storage.googleapis.com/syzbot-assets/ef43139aab0e/vmlinux-b85966ad.xz
kernel image: https://storage.googleapis.com/syzbot-assets/26d4d1ab67c3/bzImage-b85966ad.xz

IMPORTANT: if you fix the issue, please add the following tag to the commit:
Reported-by: syzbot+8141dcbd23a8f857798a@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

INFO: task kworker/R-netns:8 blocked for more than 140 seconds.
Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:kworker/R-netns state:D stack:27768 pid:8 tgid:8 ppid:2 task_flags:0x4208060 flags:0x00080000
Workqueue: netns cleanup_net
Call Trace:
<TASK>
context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5504 [inline]
__schedule+0x17d9/0x56c0 kernel/sched/core.c:7228
__schedule_loop kernel/sched/core.c:7307 [inline]
schedule+0x164/0x360 kernel/sched/core.c:7322
schedule_preempt_disabled+0x13/0x30 kernel/sched/core.c:7379
__mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:726 [inline]
__mutex_lock+0x7bf/0x1550 kernel/locking/mutex.c:821
rtnl_net_lock include/linux/rtnetlink.h:130 [inline]
rtnl_net_dev_lock+0x257/0x2f0 net/core/dev.c:2163
unregister_netdevice_notifier_dev_net+0x96/0x450 net/core/dev.c:2208
nsim_destroy+0xfd/0x800 drivers/net/netdevsim/netdev.c:1183
__nsim_dev_port_del+0x14e/0x200 drivers/net/netdevsim/dev.c:1547
nsim_dev_port_del_all drivers/net/netdevsim/dev.c:1561 [inline]
nsim_dev_reload_destroy+0x288/0x490 drivers/net/netdevsim/dev.c:1785
nsim_dev_reload_down+0x8a/0xc0 drivers/net/netdevsim/dev.c:1038
devlink_reload+0x1c5/0x890 net/devlink/dev.c:462
devlink_pernet_pre_exit+0x1ff/0x420 net/devlink/core.c:560
ops_pre_exit_list net/core/net_namespace.c:161 [inline]
ops_undo_list+0x17d/0x8d0 net/core/net_namespace.c:234
cleanup_net+0x572/0x810 net/core/net_namespace.c:702
process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3314 [inline]
process_scheduled_works+0xa8e/0x14e0 kernel/workqueue.c:3397
rescuer_thread+0x7b6/0x10b0 kernel/workqueue.c:3621
kthread+0x388/0x470 kernel/kthread.c:436
ret_from_fork+0x514/0xb70 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158
ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245
</TASK>
INFO: task kworker/0:1:10 blocked for more than 142 seconds.
Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:kworker/0:1 state:D stack:27096 pid:10 tgid:10 ppid:2 task_flags:0x4208060 flags:0x00080000
Workqueue: events request_firmware_work_func
Call Trace:
<TASK>
context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5504 [inline]
__schedule+0x17d9/0x56c0 kernel/sched/core.c:7228
__schedule_loop kernel/sched/core.c:7307 [inline]
schedule+0x164/0x360 kernel/sched/core.c:7322
schedule_preempt_disabled+0x13/0x30 kernel/sched/core.c:7379
__mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:726 [inline]
__mutex_lock+0x7bf/0x1550 kernel/locking/mutex.c:821
regdb_fw_cb+0x7d/0x1c0 net/wireless/reg.c:1005
request_firmware_work_func+0xf2/0x1a0 drivers/base/firmware_loader/main.c:1152
process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3314 [inline]
process_scheduled_works+0xa8e/0x14e0 kernel/workqueue.c:3397
worker_thread+0xa47/0xfb0 kernel/workqueue.c:3478
kthread+0x388/0x470 kernel/kthread.c:436
ret_from_fork+0x514/0xb70 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158
ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245
</TASK>
INFO: task kworker/u8:0:12 blocked for more than 143 seconds.
Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:kworker/u8:0 state:D stack:23864 pid:12 tgid:12 ppid:2 task_flags:0x4208060 flags:0x00080000
Workqueue: ipv6_addrconf addrconf_dad_work
Call Trace:
<TASK>
context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5504 [inline]
__schedule+0x17d9/0x56c0 kernel/sched/core.c:7228
__schedule_loop kernel/sched/core.c:7307 [inline]
schedule+0x164/0x360 kernel/sched/core.c:7322
schedule_preempt_disabled+0x13/0x30 kernel/sched/core.c:7379
__mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:726 [inline]
__mutex_lock+0x7bf/0x1550 kernel/locking/mutex.c:821
rtnl_net_lock include/linux/rtnetlink.h:130 [inline]
addrconf_dad_work+0x116/0x15c0 net/ipv6/addrconf.c:4223
</TASK>
INFO: task syz-executor831:5632 blocked for more than 144 seconds.
Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:syz-executor831 state:R running task stack:22336 pid:5632 tgid:5632 ppid:5629 task_flags:0x400140 flags:0x00080000
Call Trace:
<TASK>
context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5504 [inline]
__schedule+0x17d9/0x56c0 kernel/sched/core.c:7228
</TASK>
INFO: lockdep is turned off.
NMI backtrace for cpu 1
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 31 Comm: khungtaskd Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full)
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 05/09/2026
Call Trace:
<TASK>
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:162 [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:353 [inline]
watchdog+0xfd7/0x1030 kernel/hung_task.c:561
kthread+0x388/0x470 kernel/kthread.c:436
ret_from_fork+0x514/0xb70 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158
ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245
</TASK>
Sending NMI from CPU 1 to CPUs 0:
NMI backtrace for cpu 0
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 808 Comm: kworker/0:2 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full)
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 05/09/2026
Workqueue: wg-crypt-wg0 wg_packet_encrypt_worker
RIP: 0010:memset_orig+0x25/0xb0 arch/x86/lib/memset_64.S:64
Code: 90 90 90 90 90 49 89 fa 40 0f b6 ce 48 b8 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 48 0f af c1 41 89 f9 41 83 e1 07 75 74 48 89 d1 48 c1 e9 06 <74> 39 66 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 48 ff c9 48 89 07 48 89 47 08 48
RSP: 0018:ffffc90000006f20 EFLAGS: 00000246
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffffc90000007078 RCX: 0000000000000000
RDX: 0000000000000010 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: ffffc90000007078
RBP: 1ffffffff2189698 R08: ffffc90000007087 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: ffffc90000007078 R11: fffff52000000e11 R12: dffffc0000000000
R13: ffffffff90c4b4c0 R14: ffffc90000007028 R15: ffffc90000007070
FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff88812527c000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 000055968609b450 CR3: 000000000e746000 CR4: 00000000003526f0
Call Trace:
<IRQ>
unwind_next_frame+0xd04/0x2550 arch/x86/kernel/unwind_orc.c:621
__unwind_start+0x514/0x660 arch/x86/kernel/unwind_orc.c:787
unwind_start arch/x86/include/asm/unwind.h:64 [inline]
arch_stack_walk+0xe3/0x150 arch/x86/kernel/stacktrace.c:24
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+0x40/0x50 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:2700 [inline]
slab_free mm/slub.c:6310 [inline]
kmem_cache_free+0x182/0x650 mm/slub.c:6437
nft_synproxy_eval_v4+0x383/0x530 net/netfilter/nft_synproxy.c:61
nft_synproxy_do_eval+0x335/0x550 net/netfilter/nft_synproxy.c:142
expr_call_ops_eval net/netfilter/nf_tables_core.c:237 [inline]
nft_do_chain+0x48d/0x1b10 net/netfilter/nf_tables_core.c:285
nft_do_chain_inet+0x360/0x4b0 net/netfilter/nft_chain_filter.c:162
nf_hook_entry_hookfn include/linux/netfilter.h:158 [inline]
nf_hook_slow+0xc5/0x220 net/netfilter/core.c:619
nf_hook include/linux/netfilter.h:273 [inline]
NF_HOOK+0x21f/0x3c0 include/linux/netfilter.h:316
NF_HOOK+0x336/0x3c0 include/linux/netfilter.h:318
__netif_receive_skb_one_core net/core/dev.c:6206 [inline]
__netif_receive_skb net/core/dev.c:6319 [inline]
process_backlog+0xa34/0x1860 net/core/dev.c:6670
__napi_poll+0xaa/0x330 net/core/dev.c:7729
napi_poll net/core/dev.c:7792 [inline]
net_rx_action+0x61d/0xf50 net/core/dev.c:7949
handle_softirqs+0x225/0x840 kernel/softirq.c:622
do_softirq+0x76/0xd0 kernel/softirq.c:523
</IRQ>
<TASK>
__local_bh_enable_ip+0xf8/0x130 kernel/softirq.c:450
spin_unlock_bh include/linux/spinlock.h:396 [inline]
ptr_ring_consume_bh include/linux/ptr_ring.h:393 [inline]
wg_packet_encrypt_worker+0x16e2/0x1760 drivers/net/wireguard/send.c:293
process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3314 [inline]
process_scheduled_works+0xa8e/0x14e0 kernel/workqueue.c:3397
worker_thread+0xa47/0xfb0 kernel/workqueue.c:3478
kthread+0x388/0x470 kernel/kthread.c:436
ret_from_fork+0x514/0xb70 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158
ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245
</TASK>
INFO: NMI handler (nmi_cpu_backtrace_handler) took too long to run: 2.314 msecs


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