[syzbot] [scsi?] INFO: task hung in scsi_scan_host_selected

From: syzbot

Date: Thu Sep 03 2026 - 11:41:29 EST


Hello,

syzbot found the following issue on:

HEAD commit: 940de590b839 Merge tag 'hardening-v7.3-rc2' of git://git.k..
git tree: upstream
console+strace: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/log.txt?x=14f950f9580000
kernel config: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/.config?x=b454dc6b1b7acd30
dashboard link: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=1f678bd2872aefb11d8a
compiler: Debian clang version 22.1.8 (++20260613092233+e80beda6e255-1~exp1~20260613092250.77), Debian LLD 22.1.8
syz repro: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/repro.syz?x=15114b49580000
C reproducer: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/repro.c?x=16769f79580000

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kernel image: https://storage.googleapis.com/syzbot-assets/fbe1a9f530ca/bzImage-940de590.xz

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INFO: task syz-executor247:5632 blocked for more than 143 seconds.
Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:syz-executor247 state:D stack:27912 pid:5632 tgid:5632 ppid:5629 task_flags:0x400140 flags:0x00080002
Call Trace:
<TASK>
context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5520 [inline]
__schedule+0x16d9/0x5700 kernel/sched/core.c:7270
__schedule_loop kernel/sched/core.c:7347 [inline]
rt_mutex_schedule+0x76/0xf0 kernel/sched/core.c:7643
rt_mutex_slowlock_block+0x55e/0x690 kernel/locking/rtmutex.c:1670
__rt_mutex_slowlock kernel/locking/rtmutex.c:1747 [inline]
__rt_mutex_slowlock_locked kernel/locking/rtmutex.c:1787 [inline]
rt_mutex_slowlock+0x2d4/0x780 kernel/locking/rtmutex.c:1827
__rt_mutex_lock kernel/locking/rtmutex.c:1842 [inline]
__mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/rtmutex_api.c:560 [inline]
mutex_lock_nested+0x168/0x1d0 kernel/locking/rtmutex_api.c:578
scsi_scan_host_selected+0x19f/0x6c0 drivers/scsi/scsi_scan.c:1916
scsi_scan drivers/scsi/scsi_sysfs.c:151 [inline]
store_scan+0x4aa/0x540 drivers/scsi/scsi_sysfs.c:191
kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x3a5/0x540 fs/kernfs/file.c:345
new_sync_write fs/read_write.c:595 [inline]
vfs_write+0x61e/0xbb0 fs/read_write.c:687
ksys_write+0x156/0x270 fs/read_write.c:739
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:61 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0x166/0x520 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:84
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x7f95515558b9
RSP: 002b:00007ffdb0003058 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000001
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 00007f95515558b9
RDX: 0000000000000005 RSI: 0000200000001400 RDI: 0000000000000003
RBP: 00000000000f4240 R08: 0000000000000009 R09: 0000000000000009
R10: 0000000000000009 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 00007ffdb00031d8
R13: 0000000000000002 R14: 00007ffdb0003080 R15: 00007ffdb0003070
</TASK>

Showing all locks held in the system:
locks held by pr/ttyS0/17: 3, last CPU#1:
#0: ffffffff8e09d578 (console_srcu){....}-{0:0}, at: rcu_try_lock_acquire include/linux/rcupdate.h:314 [inline]
#0: ffffffff8e09d578 (console_srcu){....}-{0:0}, at: srcu_read_lock_nmisafe include/linux/srcu.h:439 [inline]
#0: ffffffff8e09d578 (console_srcu){....}-{0:0}, at: console_srcu_read_lock+0x30/0x60 kernel/printk/printk.c:291
#1: ffffffff99e981f8 (&port_lock_key){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: nbcon_emit_one kernel/printk/nbcon.c:1137 [inline]
#1: ffffffff99e981f8 (&port_lock_key){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: nbcon_kthread_func+0x64c/0x880 kernel/printk/nbcon.c:1271
#2: ffffffff8e1c3ac0 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:3}, at: rcu_lock_acquire include/linux/rcupdate.h:309 [inline]
#2: ffffffff8e1c3ac0 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:3}, at: rcu_read_lock include/linux/rcupdate.h:849 [inline]
#2: ffffffff8e1c3ac0 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:3}, at: __rt_spin_lock kernel/locking/spinlock_rt.c:50 [inline]
#2: ffffffff8e1c3ac0 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:3}, at: rt_spin_lock+0x1e2/0x400 kernel/locking/spinlock_rt.c:57
locks held by khungtaskd/38: 1, last CPU#0:
#0: ffffffff8e1c3ac0 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:3}, at: rcu_lock_acquire include/linux/rcupdate.h:309 [inline]
#0: ffffffff8e1c3ac0 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:3}, at: rcu_read_lock include/linux/rcupdate.h:849 [inline]
#0: ffffffff8e1c3ac0 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:3}, at: debug_show_all_locks+0x2e/0x180 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:6837
locks held by getty/5344: 2, on CPU#0:
#0: ffff8880290a90a0 (&tty->ldisc_sem){++++}-{0:0}, at: tty_ldisc_ref_wait+0x25/0x70 drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c:243
#1: ffffc900044cb2e0 (&ldata->atomic_read_lock){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: n_tty_read+0x460/0x1360 drivers/tty/n_tty.c:2211
locks held by syz-executor247/5632: 4, on CPU#0:
#0: ffff888035fc8510 (sb_writers#7){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: file_start_write include/linux/fs.h:2753 [inline]
#0: ffff888035fc8510 (sb_writers#7){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: vfs_write+0x231/0xbb0 fs/read_write.c:683
#1: ffff88802d053878 (&of->mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x1d9/0x540 fs/kernfs/file.c:336
#2: ffff888027b9b0f8 (kn->active#49){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: kernfs_get_active_of fs/kernfs/file.c:73 [inline]
#2: ffff888027b9b0f8 (kn->active#49){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x22c/0x540 fs/kernfs/file.c:337
#3: ffff8880227cc110 (&shost->scan_mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: scsi_scan_host_selected+0x19f/0x6c0 drivers/scsi/scsi_scan.c:1916
locks held by syz-executor247/5633: 4, on CPU#0:
#0: ffff888035fc8510 (sb_writers#7){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: file_start_write include/linux/fs.h:2753 [inline]
#0: ffff888035fc8510 (sb_writers#7){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: vfs_write+0x231/0xbb0 fs/read_write.c:683
#1: ffff88803bd46878 (&of->mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x1d9/0x540 fs/kernfs/file.c:336
#2: ffff888027b9b0f8 (kn->active#49){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: kernfs_get_active_of fs/kernfs/file.c:73 [inline]
#2: ffff888027b9b0f8 (kn->active#49){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x22c/0x540 fs/kernfs/file.c:337
#3: ffff8880227cc110 (&shost->scan_mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: scsi_scan_host_selected+0x19f/0x6c0 drivers/scsi/scsi_scan.c:1916
locks held by syz-executor247/5640: 4, on CPU#1:
#0: ffff888035fc8510 (sb_writers#7){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: file_start_write include/linux/fs.h:2753 [inline]
#0: ffff888035fc8510 (sb_writers#7){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: vfs_write+0x231/0xbb0 fs/read_write.c:683
#1: ffff88803bd47078 (&of->mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x1d9/0x540 fs/kernfs/file.c:336
#2: ffff888027b9b0f8 (kn->active#49){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: kernfs_get_active_of fs/kernfs/file.c:73 [inline]
#2: ffff888027b9b0f8 (kn->active#49){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x22c/0x540 fs/kernfs/file.c:337
#3: ffff8880227cc110 (&shost->scan_mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: scsi_scan_host_selected+0x19f/0x6c0 drivers/scsi/scsi_scan.c:1916
locks held by syz-executor247/5641: 4, on CPU#1:
#0: ffff888035fc8510 (sb_writers#7){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: file_start_write include/linux/fs.h:2753 [inline]
#0: ffff888035fc8510 (sb_writers#7){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: vfs_write+0x231/0xbb0 fs/read_write.c:683
#1: ffff88803bd47478 (&of->mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x1d9/0x540 fs/kernfs/file.c:336
#2: ffff888027b9b0f8 (kn->active#49){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: kernfs_get_active_of fs/kernfs/file.c:73 [inline]
#2: ffff888027b9b0f8 (kn->active#49){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x22c/0x540 fs/kernfs/file.c:337
#3: ffff8880227cc110 (&shost->scan_mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: scsi_scan_host_selected+0x19f/0x6c0 drivers/scsi/scsi_scan.c:1916
locks held by syz-executor247/5648: 4, on CPU#1:
#0: ffff888035fc8510 (sb_writers#7){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: file_start_write include/linux/fs.h:2753 [inline]
#0: ffff888035fc8510 (sb_writers#7){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: vfs_write+0x231/0xbb0 fs/read_write.c:683
#1: ffff88803bd47878 (&of->mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x1d9/0x540 fs/kernfs/file.c:336
#2: ffff888027b9b0f8 (kn->active#49){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: kernfs_get_active_of fs/kernfs/file.c:73 [inline]
#2: ffff888027b9b0f8 (kn->active#49){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x22c/0x540 fs/kernfs/file.c:337
#3: ffff8880227cc110 (&shost->scan_mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: scsi_scan_host_selected+0x19f/0x6c0 drivers/scsi/scsi_scan.c:1916

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NMI backtrace for cpu 0
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 38 Comm: khungtaskd Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT_{RT,(full)}
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/24/2026
Call Trace:
<TASK>
dump_stack_lvl+0xe8/0x150 lib/dump_stack.c:120
nmi_cpu_backtrace+0x274/0x2d0 lib/nmi_backtrace.c:123
nmi_trigger_cpumask_backtrace+0x17d/0x390 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+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+0x38b/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 0 to CPUs 1:
NMI backtrace for cpu 1
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 17 Comm: pr/ttyS0 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT_{RT,(full)}
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/24/2026
RIP: 0010:io_serial_in+0x77/0xc0 drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c:409
Code: e8 ce cc 65 fc 44 89 f9 d3 e3 49 83 ee 80 4c 89 f0 48 c1 e8 03 42 80 3c 20 00 74 08 4c 89 f7 e8 6f 7b d1 fc 41 03 1e 89 da ec <0f> b6 c0 5b 41 5c 41 5e 41 5f c3 cc cc cc cc cc 44 89 f9 80 e1 07
RSP: 0018:ffffc900001678b8 EFLAGS: 00000202
RAX: 1ffffffff33d3000 RBX: 00000000000003fd RCX: 0000000000000000
RDX: 00000000000003fd RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000000
RBP: dffffc0000000000 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: ffffffff8560aca0 R12: dffffc0000000000
R13: 0000000000000000 R14: ffffffff99e98220 R15: 0000000000000000
FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff888125cd5000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00005555889aa798 CR3: 000000003ff02000 CR4: 00000000003526f0
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+0x190/0x300 drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c:2013
serial8250_fifo_wait_for_lsr_thre drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c:3270 [inline]
__serial8250_console_fifo_write+0xd0/0x3f0 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+0xac5/0x1230 drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c:3493
nbcon_emit_next_record+0xef5/0x1a90 kernel/printk/nbcon.c:-1
nbcon_emit_one kernel/printk/nbcon.c:1157 [inline]
nbcon_kthread_func+0x679/0x880 kernel/printk/nbcon.c:1271
kthread+0x38b/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>


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