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INFO: rcu detected stall in ieee80211_handle_queued_frames (2)

Status: upstream: reported on 2025/08/28 08:46
Reported-by: syzbot+8b9640939d074b93a16b@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 300d, last: 10d
Similar bugs (6)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
linux-6.1 INFO: rcu detected stall in ieee80211_handle_queued_frames (3) origin:lts-only 1 C inconclusive 11 27d 231d 0/3 upstream: reported C repro on 2025/11/04 22:16
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in ieee80211_handle_queued_frames wireless 1 C error 833 8d11h 738d 0/29 upstream: reported C repro on 2024/06/15 21:07
linux-5.15 INFO: rcu detected stall in ieee80211_handle_queued_frames 1 1 496d 496d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/05/24 12:07
linux-6.1 INFO: rcu detected stall in ieee80211_handle_queued_frames (2) 1 1 516d 516d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/05/04 02:50
linux-6.6 INFO: rcu detected stall in ieee80211_handle_queued_frames 1 1 340d 340d 0/2 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/10/27 16:58
linux-6.1 INFO: rcu detected stall in ieee80211_handle_queued_frames 1 4 646d 666d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/12/24 22:17

Sample crash report:
rcu: INFO: rcu_preempt self-detected stall on CPU
rcu: 	0-....: (1 GPs behind) idle=c71/1/0x4000000000000000 softirq=22877/22881 fqs=5228 
	(t=10502 jiffies g=32541 q=1193)
NMI backtrace for cpu 0
CPU: 0 PID: 9254 Comm: syz.2.1081 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 05/09/2026
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:ieee80211_rx_h_mgmt+0xdd/0x5f0 net/mac80211/rx.c:3755
Code: 8b e8 f7 a2 2c f8 eb 13 e8 f0 a2 2c f8 eb 0c e8 e9 a2 2c f8 eb 05 e8 e2 a2 2c f8 48 89 2c 24 4c 89 e8 48 c1 e8 03 0f b6 04 18 <84> c0 0f 85 e4 03 00 00 41 0f b7 6d 00 81 e5 f0 00 00 00 83 c5 f0
RSP: 0018:ffffc900000075b0 EFLAGS: 00000a02
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: dffffc0000000000 RCX: ffff88802848d940
RDX: 0000000000000100 RSI: ffffffff8d677e60 RDI: 0000000000000001
RBP: ffff88805bc0cc80 R08: ffff88802848d940 R09: 0000000000000004
R10: 000000000000000b R11: 0000000000000100 R12: 0000000000000001
R13: ffff8880740e4c50 R14: ffffc90000007b00 R15: ffff8880212bc500
 ieee80211_rx_handlers+0x66ff/0x84c0 net/mac80211/rx.c:3964
 ieee80211_invoke_rx_handlers net/mac80211/rx.c:3994 [inline]
 ieee80211_prepare_and_rx_handle+0x1d90/0x52f0 net/mac80211/rx.c:4708
 __ieee80211_rx_handle_packet net/mac80211/rx.c:4868 [inline]
 ieee80211_rx_list+0x1c78/0x2790 net/mac80211/rx.c:4995
 ieee80211_rx_napi+0x178/0x390 net/mac80211/rx.c:5018
 ieee80211_rx include/net/mac80211.h:4573 [inline]
 ieee80211_handle_queued_frames+0x105/0x1b0 net/mac80211/main.c:237
 tasklet_action_common+0x2ad/0x410 kernel/softirq.c:806
 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 4c ee 68 08 85 c0 74 4a 4d 85 ff 75 66 0f 1f 44 00 00 48 89 df e8 f6 59 72 08 e8 f1 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:ffffc900031bf7a8 EFLAGS: 00000282
RAX: 9c18533b0e5e9900 RBX: ffff8880b903a340 RCX: 9c18533b0e5e9900
RDX: dffffc0000000000 RSI: ffffffff8a2b3180 RDI: ffffffff8a7a09c0
RBP: 1ffff11017207613 R08: ffffffff901d80ff R09: 1ffffffff203b01f
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffffbfff203b020 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
 schedule+0x11b/0x1e0 kernel/sched/core.c:6478
 schedule_preempt_disabled+0xf/0x20 kernel/sched/core.c:6537
 __mutex_lock_common+0xcfc/0x2400 kernel/locking/mutex.c:669
 __mutex_lock kernel/locking/mutex.c:729 [inline]
 mutex_lock_nested+0x17/0x20 kernel/locking/mutex.c:743
 perf_trace_init+0x4c/0x2d0 kernel/trace/trace_event_perf.c:221
 perf_tp_event_init+0x89/0x110 kernel/events/core.c:10102
 perf_try_init_event+0x12b/0x3d0 kernel/events/core.c:11601
 perf_init_event kernel/events/core.c:11665 [inline]
 perf_event_alloc+0xfcf/0x2240 kernel/events/core.c:11957
 __do_sys_perf_event_open kernel/events/core.c:12495 [inline]
 __se_sys_perf_event_open+0x6f5/0x1bb0 kernel/events/core.c:12387
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x4c/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x66/0xd0
RIP: 0033:0x7f15cd581e59
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:00007f15cb7ba028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000012a
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f15cd7fb090 RCX: 00007f15cd581e59
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 00002000000000c0
RBP: 00007f15cd617d6f R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: ffffffffffffffff R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f15cd7fb128 R14: 00007f15cd7fb090 R15: 00007ffef277ea58
 </TASK>

Crashes (29):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/06/14 12:08 linux-5.15.y dc027a595035 1d2f3589 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in ieee80211_handle_queued_frames
2026/05/27 09:02 linux-5.15.y 241d66fa280c 2b01f00e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in ieee80211_handle_queued_frames
2026/05/22 05:11 linux-5.15.y 93741761e5e3 70ae9b03 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in ieee80211_handle_queued_frames
2026/05/18 08:49 linux-5.15.y 93741761e5e3 de5aae85 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in ieee80211_handle_queued_frames
2026/04/27 16:55 linux-5.15.y b9d57c40a767 0f700595 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in ieee80211_handle_queued_frames
2026/04/19 18:18 linux-5.15.y b9d57c40a767 303e2802 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in ieee80211_handle_queued_frames
2026/04/16 05:59 linux-5.15.y 91d48252ad4b df15c5f3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in ieee80211_handle_queued_frames
2026/03/08 17:16 linux-5.15.y 91d48252ad4b 5cb44a80 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in ieee80211_handle_queued_frames
2026/03/02 01:57 linux-5.15.y 3330a8d33e08 43249bac .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in ieee80211_handle_queued_frames
2026/02/14 05:50 linux-5.15.y e45d5d41c134 1e62d198 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in ieee80211_handle_queued_frames
2026/01/31 17:07 linux-5.15.y 9eec9a14ee10 afc0c4d4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in ieee80211_handle_queued_frames
2026/01/31 07:21 linux-5.15.y 9eec9a14ee10 c75a2f6e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in ieee80211_handle_queued_frames
2025/12/22 07:32 linux-5.15.y 68efe5a6c16a d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in ieee80211_handle_queued_frames
2025/12/21 22:54 linux-5.15.y 68efe5a6c16a d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in ieee80211_handle_queued_frames
2025/12/21 17:53 linux-5.15.y 68efe5a6c16a d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in ieee80211_handle_queued_frames
2025/12/18 16:30 linux-5.15.y 68efe5a6c16a d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in ieee80211_handle_queued_frames
2025/12/17 05:34 linux-5.15.y 68efe5a6c16a d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in ieee80211_handle_queued_frames
2025/12/13 20:37 linux-5.15.y 68efe5a6c16a d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in ieee80211_handle_queued_frames
2025/12/13 12:45 linux-5.15.y 68efe5a6c16a d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in ieee80211_handle_queued_frames
2025/12/11 22:39 linux-5.15.y 68efe5a6c16a d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in ieee80211_handle_queued_frames
2025/12/10 20:12 linux-5.15.y 68efe5a6c16a d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in ieee80211_handle_queued_frames
2025/12/01 11:08 linux-5.15.y cc5ec8769306 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in ieee80211_handle_queued_frames
2025/11/29 00:57 linux-5.15.y cc5ec8769306 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in ieee80211_handle_queued_frames
2025/11/21 18:09 linux-5.15.y cc5ec8769306 280ea308 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in ieee80211_handle_queued_frames
2025/11/15 00:07 linux-5.15.y cc5ec8769306 f7988ea4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in ieee80211_handle_queued_frames
2025/10/11 17:33 linux-5.15.y 29e53a5b1c4f ff1712fe .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in ieee80211_handle_queued_frames
2025/10/05 20:40 linux-5.15.y 29e53a5b1c4f 49379ee0 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in ieee80211_handle_queued_frames
2025/09/13 21:40 linux-5.15.y 43bb85222e53 e2beed91 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in ieee80211_handle_queued_frames
2025/08/28 08:46 linux-5.15.y c79648372d02 e12e5ba4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in ieee80211_handle_queued_frames
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.