INFO: rcu detected stall in wg_expired_send_keepalive (2)

Status: upstream: reported C repro on 2026/04/26 05:43
Bug presence: origin:lts-only
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Reported-by: syzbot+68d211a136e482934302@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 110d, last: 110d
▶ ▼ Bug presence (2)
Date Name Commit Repro Result
2026/04/27 linux-5.15.y (ToT) b9d57c40a767 C [report] WARNING in perf_pending_task
2026/04/27 upstream (ToT) 254f49634ee1 C Didn't crash
▶ ▼ Similar bugs (3)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in wg_expired_send_keepalive kvm 1 1 1571d 1571d 0/29 auto-closed as invalid on 2022/06/24 21:49
linux-5.15 INFO: rcu detected stall in wg_expired_send_keepalive 1 1 354d 354d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/12/02 22:47
android-54 BUG: soft lockup in wg_expired_send_keepalive 1 1 786d 786d 0/2 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/09/16 17:51
▶ ▼ Last patch testing requests (1)
Created Duration User Patch Repo Result
2026/07/06 06:47 23m retest repro linux-5.15.y report log
▶ ▼ Fix bisection attempts (2)
Created Duration User Patch Repo Result
2026/07/12 13:17 3h01m fix candidate upstream OK (0) job log
2026/05/22 05:23 15m fix candidate upstream error job log

Sample crash report:
rcu: INFO: rcu_preempt self-detected stall on CPU
rcu: 	0-....: (10500 ticks this GP) idle=d5b/1/0x4000000000000000 softirq=15141/15141 fqs=22 
	(t=10502 jiffies g=19925 q=853)
NMI backtrace for cpu 0
CPU: 0 PID: 5508 Comm: syz.0.43 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 04/18/2026
Call Trace:
 <IRQ>
 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_single_cpu_backtrace include/linux/nmi.h:166 [inline]
 rcu_dump_cpu_stacks+0x22f/0x380 kernel/rcu/tree_stall.h:349
 print_cpu_stall+0x31d/0x5f0 kernel/rcu/tree_stall.h:633
 check_cpu_stall kernel/rcu/tree_stall.h:727 [inline]
 rcu_pending kernel/rcu/tree.c:3936 [inline]
 rcu_sched_clock_irq+0x6ea/0x1120 kernel/rcu/tree.c:2619
 update_process_times+0x193/0x200 kernel/time/timer.c:2021
 tick_sched_handle kernel/time/tick-sched.c:254 [inline]
 tick_sched_timer+0x37d/0x560 kernel/time/tick-sched.c:1473
 __run_hrtimer kernel/time/hrtimer.c:1685 [inline]
 __hrtimer_run_queues+0x4b4/0xb70 kernel/time/hrtimer.c:1749
 hrtimer_interrupt+0x3bb/0x8d0 kernel/time/hrtimer.c:1811
 local_apic_timer_interrupt arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1097 [inline]
 __sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x137/0x4a0 arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1114
 instr_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1108 [inline]
 sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x4d/0xc0 arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1108
 asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x16/0x20 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:676
RIP: 0010:orc_ip arch/x86/kernel/unwind_orc.c:30 [inline]
RIP: 0010:__orc_find arch/x86/kernel/unwind_orc.c:52 [inline]
RIP: 0010:orc_find arch/x86/kernel/unwind_orc.c:178 [inline]
RIP: 0010:unwind_next_frame+0x1065/0x1d90 arch/x86/kernel/unwind_orc.c:448
Code: e8 3f 48 01 c8 48 83 e0 fe 4d 8d 74 45 00 4c 89 f0 48 c1 e8 03 48 b9 00 00 00 00 00 fc ff df 0f b6 04 08 84 c0 75 27 49 63 06 <4c> 01 f0 49 8d 4e 04 48 39 e8 4c 0f 46 e9 49 8d 46 fc 4c 0f 47 e0
RSP: 0018:ffffc900000075e8 EFLAGS: 00000246
RAX: fffffffff76e3a4d RBX: ffffc900000076a8 RCX: dffffc0000000000
RDX: ffffffff8dc79ea8 RSI: ffffffff8e4ae054 RDI: 0000000000000001
RBP: ffffffff8535d929 R08: 000000000000001a R09: 0000000000000005
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffff52000000ee1 R12: ffffffff8dc79ed4
R13: ffffffff8dc79ea8 R14: ffffffff8dc79ebc R15: ffffffff8dc79ea8
 arch_stack_walk+0x10c/0x140 arch/x86/kernel/stacktrace.c:25
 stack_trace_save+0xa6/0xf0 kernel/stacktrace.c:122
 kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:38 [inline]
 kasan_set_track mm/kasan/common.c:46 [inline]
 set_alloc_info mm/kasan/common.c:434 [inline]
 __kasan_slab_alloc+0x9c/0xd0 mm/kasan/common.c:467
 kasan_slab_alloc include/linux/kasan.h:254 [inline]
 slab_post_alloc_hook+0x4c/0x380 mm/slab.h:519
 slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:3225 [inline]
 kmem_cache_alloc_node+0x12d/0x2d0 mm/slub.c:3261
 __alloc_skb+0xf4/0x750 net/core/skbuff.c:415
 alloc_skb include/linux/skbuff.h:1162 [inline]
 wg_packet_send_keepalive+0x61/0x2b0 drivers/net/wireguard/send.c:226
 wg_expired_send_keepalive+0x2a/0xd0 drivers/net/wireguard/timers.c:83
 call_timer_fn+0x17b/0x540 kernel/time/timer.c:1648
 expire_timers kernel/time/timer.c:1699 [inline]
 __run_timers+0x53e/0x800 kernel/time/timer.c:1970
 run_timer_softirq+0x63/0xf0 kernel/time/timer.c:1983
 handle_softirqs+0x339/0x830 kernel/softirq.c:576
 __do_softirq kernel/softirq.c:610 [inline]
 invoke_softirq kernel/softirq.c:450 [inline]
 __irq_exit_rcu+0x13b/0x230 kernel/softirq.c:659
 irq_exit_rcu+0x5/0x20 kernel/softirq.c:671
 instr_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1108 [inline]
 sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0xa0/0xc0 arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1108
 </IRQ>
 <TASK>
 asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x16/0x20 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:676
RIP: 0010:finish_lock_switch+0x134/0x280 kernel/sched/core.c:4804
Code: be ff ff ff ff e8 3c 62 68 08 85 c0 74 4a 4d 85 ff 75 66 0f 1f 44 00 00 48 89 df e8 e6 cd 71 08 e8 61 e6 2a 00 fb 48 83 c4 08 <5b> 41 5c 41 5d 41 5e 41 5f 5d c3 48 89 df e8 c9 09 fe ff 43 80 3c
RSP: 0018:ffffc900055a7b28 EFLAGS: 00000286
RAX: 2f7f7e7e54431d00 RBX: ffff8880b903a340 RCX: 2f7f7e7e54431d00
RDX: dffffc0000000000 RSI: ffffffff8a2b2800 RDI: ffffffff8a79fe40
RBP: 1ffff11017207613 R08: ffff8880b903b30b R09: 1ffff11017207661
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: ffffed1017207662 R12: 1ffff110172075c1
R13: dffffc0000000000 R14: ffff8880b903ae08 R15: 0000000000000000
 finish_task_switch+0x12f/0x640 kernel/sched/core.c:4921
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5052 [inline]
 __schedule+0x11f7/0x43c0 kernel/sched/core.c:6395
 preempt_schedule_irq+0xbb/0x160 kernel/sched/core.c:6799
 irqentry_exit+0x63/0x70 kernel/entry/common.c:432
 asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x16/0x20 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:676
RIP: 0010:__syscall_enter_from_user_work kernel/entry/common.c:93 [inline]
RIP: 0010:syscall_enter_from_user_mode+0x2a/0x70 kernel/entry/common.c:114
Code: 41 56 53 48 89 f3 49 89 fe 48 8b 7c 24 10 e8 3d f6 ff ff eb 31 eb 35 e8 74 7d c2 f7 e8 6f 7b c2 f7 fb 65 48 8b 05 d6 8a 45 76 <48> 8b 70 08 40 f6 c6 3f 74 0b 4c 89 f7 5b 41 5e e9 11 7b aa f7 48
RSP: 0018:ffffc900055a7f08 EFLAGS: 00000286
RAX: ffff8880213abb80 RBX: 000000000000012a RCX: 2f7f7e7e54431d00
RDX: dffffc0000000000 RSI: ffffffff8a2b2800 RDI: ffffffff8a79fe40
RBP: ffffc900055a7f48 R08: ffffffff8d89f06f R09: 1ffffffff1b13e0d
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffffbfff1b13e0e R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 0000000000000000 R14: ffffc900055a7f58 R15: 0000000000000000
 do_syscall_64+0x24/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:76
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x66/0xd0
RIP: 0033:0x7fe256528dd9
Code: ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 44 00 00 48 89 f8 48 89 f7 48 89 d6 48 89 ca 4d 89 c2 4d 89 c8 4c 8b 4c 24 08 0f 05 <48> 3d 01 f0 ff ff 73 01 c3 48 c7 c1 e8 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48
RSP: 002b:00007fe255b69028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000012a
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007fe2567a2090 RCX: 00007fe256528dd9
RDX: ffffffffffffffff RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000200000000140
RBP: 00007fe2565bed69 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: ffffffffffffffff R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007fe2567a2128 R14: 00007fe2567a2090 R15: 00007ffe54d10c38
 </TASK>

Crashes (1):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/04/26 05:42 linux-5.15.y b9d57c40a767 9c2d0995 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in wg_expired_send_keepalive
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.