BUG: soft lockup in perf_ioctl

Status: auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/10/17 06:20
Reported-by: syzbot+83ee09da626890dc9a82@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 843d, last: 772d
▶ ▼ Similar bugs (3)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
linux-6.6 INFO: rcu detected stall in perf_ioctl (2) 1 2 60d 108d 0/2 upstream: reported on 2026/05/13 17:31
linux-5.15 INFO: rcu detected stall in perf_ioctl 1 1 50d 50d 0/3 upstream: reported on 2026/07/10 12:15
linux-6.6 INFO: rcu detected stall in perf_ioctl 1 1 289d 289d 0/2 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2026/02/21 23:49

Sample crash report:
RBP: 00007fbf18a41e5d R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 000000000000000b R14: 00007fbf18b62f60 R15: 00007ffc43735e58
 </TASK>
watchdog: BUG: soft lockup - CPU#0 stuck for 225s! [syz.2.15:350]
Modules linked in:
CPU: 0 PID: 350 Comm: syz.2.15 Not tainted 5.15.151-syzkaller-00415-gdb06c48ab67e #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 06/07/2024
RIP: 0010:native_safe_halt arch/x86/include/asm/irqflags.h:51 [inline]
RIP: 0010:arch_safe_halt arch/x86/include/asm/irqflags.h:89 [inline]
RIP: 0010:kvm_wait+0x147/0x180 arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c:918
Code: 4c 89 e8 48 c1 e8 03 42 0f b6 04 20 84 c0 44 8b 74 24 1c 75 34 41 0f b6 45 00 44 38 f0 75 10 66 90 0f 00 2d 2b 02 f3 03 fb f4 <e9> 24 ff ff ff fb e9 1e ff ff ff 44 89 e9 80 e1 07 38 c1 7c a3 4c
RSP: 0018:ffffc90000c076a0 EFLAGS: 00000246
RAX: 0000000000000001 RBX: 1ffff92000180ed8 RCX: 1ffffffff0d1aa9c
RDX: 0000000000000001 RSI: 0000000000000001 RDI: ffff8881f7038ad4
RBP: ffffc90000c07750 R08: dffffc0000000000 R09: ffffed103ee0715b
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: dffffc0000000001 R12: dffffc0000000000
R13: ffff8881f7038ad4 R14: 0000000000000001 R15: 1ffff92000180edc
FS:  00007fbf17c546c0(0000) GS:ffff8881f7000000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 0000000020001b84 CR3: 0000000123444000 CR4: 00000000003506b0
DR0: 0100000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000ffff0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000600
Call Trace:
 <IRQ>
 </IRQ>
 <TASK>
 pv_wait arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt.h:597 [inline]
 pv_wait_node kernel/locking/qspinlock_paravirt.h:325 [inline]
 __pv_queued_spin_lock_slowpath+0x41b/0xc40 kernel/locking/qspinlock.c:473
 pv_queued_spin_lock_slowpath arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt.h:585 [inline]
 queued_spin_lock_slowpath arch/x86/include/asm/qspinlock.h:51 [inline]
 queued_spin_lock include/asm-generic/qspinlock.h:85 [inline]
 do_raw_spin_lock include/linux/spinlock.h:187 [inline]
 __raw_spin_lock_bh include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h:136 [inline]
 _raw_spin_lock_bh+0x139/0x1b0 kernel/locking/spinlock.c:178
 sock_hash_delete_elem+0xb1/0x2f0 net/core/sock_map.c:937
 bpf_prog_2c29ac5cdc6b1842+0x3a/0x538
 bpf_dispatcher_nop_func include/linux/bpf.h:785 [inline]
 __bpf_prog_run include/linux/filter.h:625 [inline]
 bpf_prog_run include/linux/filter.h:632 [inline]
 __bpf_trace_run kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c:1880 [inline]
 bpf_trace_run2+0xec/0x210 kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c:1917
 __bpf_trace_kfree+0x6f/0x90 include/trace/events/kmem.h:118
 __traceiter_kfree+0x2a/0x40 include/trace/events/kmem.h:118
 trace_kfree include/trace/events/kmem.h:118 [inline]
 kfree+0x1f3/0x220 mm/slub.c:4569
 perf_event_query_prog_array+0x2e9/0x390 kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c:1846
 _perf_ioctl kernel/events/core.c:5829 [inline]
 perf_ioctl+0x207/0x2100 kernel/events/core.c:5865
 vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline]
 __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:874 [inline]
 __se_sys_ioctl+0x114/0x190 fs/ioctl.c:860
 __x64_sys_ioctl+0x7b/0x90 fs/ioctl.c:860
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x3d/0xb0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x61/0xcb
RIP: 0033:0x7fbf189d2b59
Code: ff ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 40 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 a8 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48
RSP: 002b:00007fbf17c54048 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000010
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007fbf18b62f60 RCX: 00007fbf189d2b59
RDX: 0000000020001b80 RSI: 00000000c008240a RDI: 000000000000000c
RBP: 00007fbf18a41e5d R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 000000000000000b R14: 00007fbf18b62f60 R15: 00007ffc43735e58
 </TASK>
Sending NMI from CPU 0 to CPUs 1:
NMI backtrace for cpu 1
CPU: 1 PID: 348 Comm: syz.4.14 Not tainted 5.15.151-syzkaller-00415-gdb06c48ab67e #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 06/07/2024
RIP: 0010:restore_regs_and_return_to_kernel+0x12/0x29
Code: 30 ff 77 28 ff 77 20 ff 77 18 ff 77 10 ff 37 5f 0f 01 f8 e9 29 00 00 00 41 5f 41 5e 41 5d 41 5c 5d 5b 41 5b 41 5a 41 59 41 58 <58> 59 5a 5e 5f 48 83 c4 08 e9 09 00 00 00 66 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00
RSP: 0018:ffffc90000be6d88 EFLAGS: 00000046
RAX: 0000000000000605 RBX: 00000000ffffbd2c RCX: 0000000000010605
RDX: 1ffffffff0e52408 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: ffffc90000be6d38
RBP: ffffc90000be6ed0 R08: dffffc0000000000 R09: ffffed1020b758ac
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: dffffc0000000001 R12: ffff8881f7138ad4
R13: 1ffff11020b758ab R14: 1ffff1103ee20001 R15: ffff888105bac558
FS:  00007fd1c9b1a6c0(0000) GS:ffff8881f7100000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 0000000100000000 CR3: 000000012339a000 CR4: 00000000003506a0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
Call Trace:
 <NMI>
 </NMI>
 <TASK>
 pv_queued_spin_lock_slowpath arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt.h:585 [inline]
 queued_spin_lock_slowpath arch/x86/include/asm/qspinlock.h:51 [inline]
 queued_spin_lock include/asm-generic/qspinlock.h:85 [inline]
 do_raw_spin_lock include/linux/spinlock.h:187 [inline]
 __raw_spin_lock_bh include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h:136 [inline]
 _raw_spin_lock_bh+0x139/0x1b0 kernel/locking/spinlock.c:178
 sock_hash_delete_elem+0xb1/0x2f0 net/core/sock_map.c:937
 bpf_prog_2c29ac5cdc6b1842+0x3a/0x538
 bpf_dispatcher_nop_func include/linux/bpf.h:785 [inline]
 __bpf_prog_run include/linux/filter.h:625 [inline]
 bpf_prog_run include/linux/filter.h:632 [inline]
 __bpf_trace_run kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c:1880 [inline]
 bpf_trace_run2+0xec/0x210 kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c:1917
 __bpf_trace_kfree+0x6f/0x90 include/trace/events/kmem.h:118
 __traceiter_kfree+0x2a/0x40 include/trace/events/kmem.h:118
 trace_kfree include/trace/events/kmem.h:118 [inline]
 kfree+0x1f3/0x220 mm/slub.c:4569
 sk_psock_free_link include/linux/skmsg.h:420 [inline]
 sock_map_del_link net/core/sock_map.c:160 [inline]
 sock_map_unref+0x352/0x4d0 net/core/sock_map.c:182
 sock_hash_delete_elem+0x274/0x2f0 net/core/sock_map.c:941
 bpf_prog_2c29ac5cdc6b1842+0x3a/0x538
 bpf_dispatcher_nop_func include/linux/bpf.h:785 [inline]
 __bpf_prog_run include/linux/filter.h:625 [inline]
 bpf_prog_run include/linux/filter.h:632 [inline]
 __bpf_trace_run kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c:1880 [inline]
 bpf_trace_run2+0xec/0x210 kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c:1917
 __bpf_trace_kfree+0x6f/0x90 include/trace/events/kmem.h:118
 __traceiter_kfree+0x2a/0x40 include/trace/events/kmem.h:118
 trace_kfree include/trace/events/kmem.h:118 [inline]
 kfree+0x1f3/0x220 mm/slub.c:4569
 free_func_state kernel/bpf/verifier.c:906 [inline]
 free_verifier_state+0xb5/0x220 kernel/bpf/verifier.c:924
 do_check_common+0x942/0x1290 kernel/bpf/verifier.c:13415
 do_check_main kernel/bpf/verifier.c:13472 [inline]
 bpf_check+0x3835/0x12bf0 kernel/bpf/verifier.c:14043
 bpf_prog_load+0x12ac/0x1b50 kernel/bpf/syscall.c:2333
 __sys_bpf+0x4bc/0x760 kernel/bpf/syscall.c:4633
 __do_sys_bpf kernel/bpf/syscall.c:4737 [inline]
 __se_sys_bpf kernel/bpf/syscall.c:4735 [inline]
 __x64_sys_bpf+0x7c/0x90 kernel/bpf/syscall.c:4735
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x3d/0xb0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x61/0xcb
RIP: 0033:0x7fd1ca898b59
Code: ff ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 40 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 a8 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48
RSP: 002b:00007fd1c9b1a048 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000141
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007fd1caa28f60 RCX: 00007fd1ca898b59
RDX: 0000000000000080 RSI: 0000000020000180 RDI: 0000000000000005
RBP: 00007fd1ca907e5d R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 000000000000000b R14: 00007fd1caa28f60 R15: 00007ffe80046af8
 </TASK>

Crashes (3):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2024/07/19 06:16 android13-5.15-lts db06c48ab67e ee4e11c8 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-15-perf BUG: soft lockup in perf_ioctl
2024/07/19 06:10 android13-5.15-lts db06c48ab67e ee4e11c8 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-15-perf BUG: soft lockup in perf_ioctl
2024/05/09 07:20 android13-5.15-lts 5d96939590c0 20bf80e1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-android-5-15-perf BUG: soft lockup in perf_ioctl
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.