INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_openat

Status: upstream: reported C repro on 2025/07/10 07:34
Bug presence: origin:lts-only
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Reported-by: syzbot+6d93f26ac7a5c42350ec@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 443d, last: 1d07h
▶ ▼ Bug presence (2)
Date Name Commit Repro Result
2025/08/20 linux-6.6.y (ToT) bb9c90ab9c5a C [report] INFO: rcu detected stall in corrupted
2025/08/20 upstream (ToT) b19a97d57c15 C Didn't crash
▶ ▼ Similar bugs (9)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
linux-6.1 INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_openat 1 3 1115d 1148d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/12/16 21:24
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_openat exfat 1 5 2813d 2891d 0/29 closed as dup on 2018/10/27 13:02
linux-5.15 INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_openat missing-backport origin:upstream 1 syz, C done 86 11d 1195d 0/3 upstream: reported C repro on 2023/06/19 20:52
linux-6.1 INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_openat (2) origin:upstream 1 syz, C error 68 6d13h 927d 0/3 upstream: reported C repro on 2024/03/13 11:37
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_openat (3) prio:low mm 1 syz, C error 753 8h52m 1119d 0/29 upstream: reported C repro on 2023/09/03 11:10
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_openat (2) kernfs 1 8 1695d 1907d 0/29 closed as invalid on 2022/02/08 09:50
android-5-15 BUG: soft lockup in sys_openat (2) origin:lts 1 syz, C error 5 746d 796d 0/2 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/12/19 09:52
android-5-10 BUG: soft lockup in sys_openat 1 1 370d 370d 0/2 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/12/20 20:57
android-5-15 BUG: soft lockup in sys_openat 1 21 847d 902d 0/2 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/07/21 23:03
▶ ▼ Fix bisection attempts (1)
Created Duration User Patch Repo Result
2025/08/28 01:59 2h08m fix candidate upstream OK (0) job log

Sample crash report:
rcu: INFO: rcu_preempt detected stalls on CPUs/tasks:
rcu: 	Tasks blocked on level-0 rcu_node (CPUs 0-1): P5789/1:b..l
rcu: 	(detected by 1, t=10503 jiffies, g=9613, q=38 ncpus=2)
task:udevd           state:R  running task     stack:26632 pid:5789  ppid:5137   flags:0x00004002
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5381 [inline]
 __schedule+0x1553/0x45a0 kernel/sched/core.c:6700
 preempt_schedule_irq+0xbf/0x150 kernel/sched/core.c:7010
 irqentry_exit+0x67/0x70 kernel/entry/common.c:438
 asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x1a/0x20 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:687
RIP: 0010:lock_acquire+0x208/0x420 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5758
Code: f7 84 24 80 00 00 00 00 02 00 00 43 c6 44 3c 04 f8 0f 85 f0 00 00 00 41 f7 c6 00 02 00 00 74 01 fb 48 c7 44 24 60 0e 36 e0 45 <4b> c7 04 3c 00 00 00 00 43 c7 44 3c 08 00 00 00 00 65 48 8b 04 25
RSP: 0018:ffffc9000458f5a0 EFLAGS: 00000206
RAX: 0000000000000001 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 256779044af82300
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffffff8acadb60 RDI: ffffffff8b1c8fa0
RBP: ffffc9000458f6a8 R08: dffffc0000000000 R09: 1ffffffff2238ca0
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffffbfff2238ca1 R12: 1ffff920008b1ec0
R13: ffffffff8d1320e0 R14: 0000000000000246 R15: dffffc0000000000
 rcu_lock_acquire include/linux/rcupdate.h:334 [inline]
 rcu_read_lock include/linux/rcupdate.h:786 [inline]
 get_obj_cgroup_from_current+0xf0/0x280 mm/memcontrol.c:3058
 memcg_slab_pre_alloc_hook mm/slab.h:492 [inline]
 slab_pre_alloc_hook+0x91/0x310 mm/slab.h:719
 slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:3477 [inline]
 slab_alloc mm/slub.c:3503 [inline]
 __kmem_cache_alloc_lru mm/slub.c:3510 [inline]
 kmem_cache_alloc_lru+0x4d/0x2d0 mm/slub.c:3526
 __d_alloc+0x31/0x730 fs/dcache.c:1773
 d_alloc fs/dcache.c:1853 [inline]
 d_alloc_parallel+0xe0/0x1530 fs/dcache.c:2646
 lookup_open fs/namei.c:3421 [inline]
 open_last_lookups fs/namei.c:3564 [inline]
 path_openat+0x933/0x3230 fs/namei.c:3794
 do_filp_open+0x1f5/0x430 fs/namei.c:3824
 do_sys_openat2+0x134/0x1d0 fs/open.c:1421
 do_sys_open fs/open.c:1436 [inline]
 __do_sys_openat fs/open.c:1452 [inline]
 __se_sys_openat fs/open.c:1447 [inline]
 __x64_sys_openat+0x139/0x160 fs/open.c:1447
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:46 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x55/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:76
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2
RIP: 0033:0x7fa1337c7407
RSP: 002b:00007ffce6a53390 EFLAGS: 00000202 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000101
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007fa13319b880 RCX: 00007fa1337c7407
RDX: 0000000000080000 RSI: 00007ffce6a53500 RDI: ffffffffffffff9c
RBP: 0000000000000008 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000202 R12: 00005599cd1647f5
R13: 00005599cd1647f5 R14: 0000000000000001 R15: 00005599cd17f140
 </TASK>
rcu: rcu_preempt kthread starved for 10540 jiffies! g9613 f0x0 RCU_GP_WAIT_FQS(5) ->state=0x0 ->cpu=0
rcu: 	Unless rcu_preempt kthread gets sufficient CPU time, OOM is now expected behavior.
rcu: RCU grace-period kthread stack dump:
task:rcu_preempt     state:R  running task     stack:27656 pid:17    ppid:2      flags:0x00004000
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5381 [inline]
 __schedule+0x1553/0x45a0 kernel/sched/core.c:6700
 schedule+0xbd/0x170 kernel/sched/core.c:6774
 schedule_timeout+0x188/0x2d0 kernel/time/timer.c:2168
 rcu_gp_fqs_loop+0x313/0x1590 kernel/rcu/tree.c:1667
 rcu_gp_kthread+0x9d/0x3b0 kernel/rcu/tree.c:1866
 kthread+0x2fa/0x390 kernel/kthread.c:388
 ret_from_fork+0x48/0x80 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:152
 ret_from_fork_asm+0x11/0x20 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:293
 </TASK>
rcu: Stack dump where RCU GP kthread last ran:
Sending NMI from CPU 1 to CPUs 0:
NMI backtrace for cpu 0
CPU: 0 PID: 5807 Comm: syz-executor298 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 04/18/2026
RIP: 0010:get_current arch/x86/include/asm/current.h:41 [inline]
RIP: 0010:__sanitizer_cov_trace_pc+0x8/0x60 kernel/kcov.c:215
Code: 00 00 f3 0f 1e fa 53 48 89 fb e8 13 00 00 00 48 8b 3d dc f9 03 0d 48 89 de 5b e9 d3 67 57 00 cc cc cc f3 0f 1e fa 48 8b 04 24 <65> 48 8b 0d b0 93 7c 7e 65 8b 15 b1 93 7c 7e 81 e2 00 01 ff 00 74
RSP: 0018:ffffc90000007d00 EFLAGS: 00000006
RAX: ffffffff8a76c7e6 RBX: ffff8880b8e2b7d0 RCX: ffff88802c983c00
RDX: 0000000000010000 RSI: ffff88802bcee0b0 RDI: ffff8880b8e2c050
RBP: 1ffff1100579dc16 R08: ffffffff9757acdb R09: 1ffffffff2eaf59b
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffffbfff2eaf59c R12: ffff88802bcee0b0
R13: dffffc0000000000 R14: ffff88802bcee0b0 R15: ffff8880b8e2c050
FS:  00005555898253c0(0000) GS:ffff8880b8e00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 000020000006b000 CR3: 000000007b9fa000 CR4: 00000000003506f0
Call Trace:
 <IRQ>
 timerqueue_del+0x56/0x100 lib/timerqueue.c:55
 __remove_hrtimer kernel/time/hrtimer.c:1141 [inline]
 __run_hrtimer kernel/time/hrtimer.c:1730 [inline]
 __hrtimer_run_queues+0x37f/0xc40 kernel/time/hrtimer.c:1814
 hrtimer_interrupt+0x3c9/0x9c0 kernel/time/hrtimer.c:1876
 local_apic_timer_interrupt arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1077 [inline]
 __sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0xfb/0x3b0 arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1094
 instr_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1088 [inline]
 sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x9f/0xc0 arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1088
 </IRQ>
 <TASK>
 asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x1a/0x20 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:687
RIP: 0010:__raw_spin_unlock_irq include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h:160 [inline]
RIP: 0010:_raw_spin_unlock_irq+0x29/0x50 kernel/locking/spinlock.c:202
Code: 00 f3 0f 1e fa 53 48 89 fb 48 83 c7 18 48 8b 74 24 08 e8 ea 97 d8 f6 48 89 df e8 a2 6c d9 f6 e8 1d 7f fd f6 fb bf 01 00 00 00 <e8> 82 73 cc f6 65 8b 05 c3 a0 73 75 85 c0 74 02 5b c3 e8 40 88 70
RSP: 0018:ffffc9000467fc78 EFLAGS: 00000286
RAX: d686ec5f7a3d3600 RBX: ffff88802bb3ae40 RCX: d686ec5f7a3d3600
RDX: dffffc0000000000 RSI: ffffffff8acac9e0 RDI: 0000000000000001
RBP: ffff88802bb3b2d8 R08: ffffffff8e8b19af R09: 1ffffffff1d16335
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffffbfff1d16336 R12: 1ffff1100576765b
R13: 0000000000000021 R14: dffffc0000000000 R15: 0000000000000000
 spin_unlock_irq include/linux/spinlock.h:401 [inline]
 get_signal+0x11f5/0x13f0 kernel/signal.c:2905
 arch_do_signal_or_restart+0xc2/0x800 arch/x86/kernel/signal.c:310
 exit_to_user_mode_loop+0x70/0x110 kernel/entry/common.c:174
 exit_to_user_mode_prepare+0xee/0x180 kernel/entry/common.c:210
 __syscall_exit_to_user_mode_work kernel/entry/common.c:291 [inline]
 syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x1a/0x50 kernel/entry/common.c:302
 do_syscall_64+0x61/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:82
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2
RIP: 0033:0x7f417fba761e
Code: 08 0f 85 e5 e1 ff ff 49 89 fb 48 89 f0 48 89 d7 48 89 ce 4c 89 c2 4d 89 ca 4c 8b 44 24 08 4c 8b 4c 24 10 4c 89 5c 24 08 0f 05 <c3> 90 41 57 41 56 4d 89 c6 41 55 4d 89 cd 41 54 55 53 48 83 ec 08
RSP: 002b:00007ffc44a80928 EFLAGS: 00000246
RAX: fffffffffffffff7 RBX: 00005555898253c0 RCX: 00007f417fba761e
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000005
RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000003
R13: 00007ffc44a809c0 R14: 00007ffc44a80a00 R15: 0000000000000000
 </TASK>
sched: RT throttling activated

Crashes (22):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/05/15 02:14 linux-6.6.y 3b9f64db0496 6ccb967e .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_openat
2025/09/10 20:07 linux-6.6.y fe9731e10004 fdeaa69b .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_openat
2025/08/18 03:20 linux-6.6.y bb9c90ab9c5a 1804e95e .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_openat
2026/06/26 14:34 linux-6.6.y d1cfde2d5d15 7ff32d8b .config console log report syz / log [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_openat
2026/09/25 16:13 linux-6.6.y 79643295eba1 f281d9d2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_openat
2026/09/25 15:24 linux-6.6.y 79643295eba1 f281d9d2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_openat
2026/09/25 14:22 linux-6.6.y 79643295eba1 f281d9d2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_openat
2026/08/11 03:52 linux-6.6.y d27334b2888c 508909ea .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_openat
2026/07/30 05:38 linux-6.6.y ae068b676196 6ef5c1e2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_openat
2026/07/29 00:22 linux-6.6.y c5596480c50e edc8a875 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_openat
2026/06/10 03:51 linux-6.6.y 924b4a879cbb 34dab4be .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_openat
2026/04/09 17:14 linux-6.6.y 80de0a958133 38c8e246 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_openat
2026/04/07 03:38 linux-6.6.y 80de0a958133 4440e7c2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_openat
2026/03/07 21:10 linux-6.6.y 4fc00fe35d46 5cb44a80 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_openat
2025/12/26 14:24 linux-6.6.y 5fa4793a2d2d d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_openat
2025/12/19 23:52 linux-6.6.y 5fa4793a2d2d d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_openat
2025/12/04 18:16 linux-6.6.y 4791134e4aeb d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_openat
2025/11/24 19:36 linux-6.6.y 1e89a1be4fe9 bf6fe8fe .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_openat
2025/08/17 17:46 linux-6.6.y bb9c90ab9c5a 1804e95e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_openat
2025/08/15 12:00 linux-6.6.y bb9c90ab9c5a 1804e95e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_openat
2025/08/10 01:03 linux-6.6.y 3a8ababb8b6a 32a0e5ed .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_openat
2025/07/10 07:33 linux-6.6.y a5df3a702b2c 956bd956 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_openat
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.