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WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in get_callchain_entry

Status: upstream: reported C repro on 2024/04/26 10:45
Bug presence: origin:upstream
Labels: missing-backport
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Reported-by: syzbot+a7ca37e23072f6e28af5@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 642d, last: 2d11h
Bug presence (3)
Date Name Commit Repro Result
2025/01/23 linux-6.1.y (ToT) f4f677285b38 C [report] WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in get_callchain_entry
2024/04/26 upstream (ToT) c942a0cd3603 C [report] WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in get_callchain_entry
2025/01/23 upstream (ToT) 7004a2e46d16 C Didn't crash
Similar bugs (3)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
linux-6.6 WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in get_callchain_entry origin:upstream 4 C 433 2d10h 225d 0/2 upstream: reported C repro on 2025/06/18 02:15
linux-5.15 WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in get_callchain_entry origin:upstream 4 C 1104 2d11h 594d 0/3 upstream: reported C repro on 2024/06/13 11:30
upstream WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in get_callchain_entry perf 4 C error 9563 8h50m 638d 0/29 upstream: reported C repro on 2024/04/30 10:49
Fix bisection attempts (1)
Created Duration User Patch Repo Result
2025/03/01 12:11 2h17m fix candidate upstream OK (0) job log log

Sample crash report:
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WARNING: suspicious RCU usage
syzkaller #0 Not tainted
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kernel/events/callchain.c:161 suspicious rcu_dereference_check() usage!

other info that might help us debug this:


rcu_scheduler_active = 2, debug_locks = 1
1 lock held by syz.0.17/4423:
 #0: ffffffff8cb2b420 (rcu_read_lock_trace){....}-{0:0}, at: rcu_lock_acquire include/linux/rcupdate.h:350 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8cb2b420 (rcu_read_lock_trace){....}-{0:0}, at: rcu_read_lock_trace+0x37/0x70 include/linux/rcupdate_trace.h:57

stack backtrace:
CPU: 1 PID: 4423 Comm: syz.0.17 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 10/25/2025
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 dump_stack_lvl+0x188/0x24e lib/dump_stack.c:106
 lockdep_rcu_suspicious+0x1dd/0x300 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:6611
 get_callchain_entry+0x2a5/0x3b0 kernel/events/callchain.c:161
 get_perf_callchain+0xc4/0x490 kernel/events/callchain.c:191
 __bpf_get_stack+0x2de/0x520 kernel/bpf/stackmap.c:438
 ____bpf_get_stack_raw_tp kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c:1880 [inline]
 bpf_get_stack_raw_tp+0x189/0x1c0 kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c:1870
 bpf_prog_14d9fb3786f83342+0x3d/0x41
 bpf_dispatcher_nop_func include/linux/bpf.h:1012 [inline]
 __bpf_prog_run include/linux/filter.h:607 [inline]
 bpf_prog_run include/linux/filter.h:614 [inline]
 bpf_prog_run_pin_on_cpu+0x64/0x150 include/linux/filter.h:631
 bpf_prog_test_run_syscall+0x313/0x4a0 net/bpf/test_run.c:1650
 bpf_prog_test_run+0x31e/0x390 kernel/bpf/syscall.c:3695
 __sys_bpf+0x62b/0x780 kernel/bpf/syscall.c:5048
 __do_sys_bpf kernel/bpf/syscall.c:5134 [inline]
 __se_sys_bpf kernel/bpf/syscall.c:5132 [inline]
 __x64_sys_bpf+0x78/0x90 kernel/bpf/syscall.c:5132
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:46 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x4c/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:76
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2
RIP: 0033:0x7f1aff39acb9
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:00007ffe8a350b38 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000141
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f1aff615fa0 RCX: 00007f1aff39acb9
RDX: 000000000000000c RSI: 00002000000004c0 RDI: 000000000000000a
RBP: 00007f1aff408bf7 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f1aff615fac R14: 00007f1aff615fa0 R15: 00007f1aff615fa0
 </TASK>

Crashes (1215):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/01/18 11:16 linux-6.1.y cd9b81672742 20d37d28 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in get_callchain_entry
2026/01/18 10:36 linux-6.1.y cd9b81672742 20d37d28 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in get_callchain_entry
2025/12/24 21:44 linux-6.1.y 50cbba13faa2 d6526ea3 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in get_callchain_entry
2025/12/24 05:02 linux-6.1.y 50cbba13faa2 d6526ea3 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in get_callchain_entry
2025/12/17 04:28 linux-6.1.y 50cbba13faa2 d6526ea3 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in get_callchain_entry
2025/09/07 22:11 linux-6.1.y 28c695c365e1 d291dd2d .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in get_callchain_entry
2025/09/04 08:06 linux-6.1.y f89b6e15694c d291dd2d .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in get_callchain_entry
2025/09/04 06:52 linux-6.1.y f89b6e15694c d291dd2d .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in get_callchain_entry
2025/08/11 10:28 linux-6.1.y 3594f306da12 32a0e5ed .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in get_callchain_entry
2025/08/11 08:49 linux-6.1.y 3594f306da12 32a0e5ed .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in get_callchain_entry
2025/08/11 08:10 linux-6.1.y 3594f306da12 32a0e5ed .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in get_callchain_entry
2025/08/05 17:13 linux-6.1.y 3594f306da12 37880f40 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in get_callchain_entry
2025/06/11 15:16 linux-6.1.y 58485ff1a74f 5d7e17ca .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in get_callchain_entry
2025/04/20 19:08 linux-6.1.y 420102835862 2a20f901 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in get_callchain_entry
2025/03/18 23:33 linux-6.1.y 344a09659766 22a6c2b1 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in get_callchain_entry
2025/03/03 07:38 linux-6.1.y 3a8358583626 c3901742 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in get_callchain_entry
2025/02/25 06:02 linux-6.1.y 3a8358583626 d34966d1 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in get_callchain_entry
2025/02/25 05:23 linux-6.1.y 3a8358583626 d34966d1 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in get_callchain_entry
2025/02/24 11:04 linux-6.1.y 3a8358583626 d34966d1 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in get_callchain_entry
2025/02/24 10:06 linux-6.1.y 3a8358583626 d34966d1 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in get_callchain_entry
2024/12/30 05:56 linux-6.1.y 563edd786f0a d3ccff63 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in get_callchain_entry
2024/06/12 05:34 linux-6.1.y 88690811da69 4d75f4f7 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in get_callchain_entry
2024/05/09 01:11 linux-6.1.y 909ba1f1b414 20bf80e1 .config console log report syz C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in get_callchain_entry
2024/05/01 03:04 linux-6.1.y dcbc050cb0d3 3ba885bc .config console log report syz C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in get_callchain_entry
2024/04/26 17:16 linux-6.1.y 6741e066ec76 059e9963 .config console log report syz C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in get_callchain_entry
2024/04/26 16:44 linux-6.1.y 6741e066ec76 059e9963 .config console log report syz C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in get_callchain_entry
2024/04/26 16:15 linux-6.1.y 6741e066ec76 059e9963 .config console log report syz C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in get_callchain_entry
2024/04/26 15:42 linux-6.1.y 6741e066ec76 059e9963 .config console log report syz C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in get_callchain_entry
2024/04/26 11:02 linux-6.1.y 6741e066ec76 8bdc0f22 .config console log report syz C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in get_callchain_entry
2026/01/26 20:20 linux-6.1.y cd9b81672742 a4c52dd6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in get_callchain_entry
2026/01/26 12:29 linux-6.1.y cd9b81672742 a4c52dd6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in get_callchain_entry
2026/01/26 06:14 linux-6.1.y cd9b81672742 55756628 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in get_callchain_entry
2026/01/26 00:20 linux-6.1.y cd9b81672742 55756628 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in get_callchain_entry
2026/01/25 17:13 linux-6.1.y cd9b81672742 40acda8a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in get_callchain_entry
2026/01/25 17:13 linux-6.1.y cd9b81672742 40acda8a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in get_callchain_entry
2026/01/24 12:29 linux-6.1.y cd9b81672742 40acda8a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in get_callchain_entry
2026/01/23 04:21 linux-6.1.y cd9b81672742 82c9c083 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in get_callchain_entry
2026/01/22 19:01 linux-6.1.y cd9b81672742 82c9c083 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in get_callchain_entry
2026/01/22 03:01 linux-6.1.y cd9b81672742 8fc37797 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in get_callchain_entry
2026/01/21 00:22 linux-6.1.y cd9b81672742 06648d9c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in get_callchain_entry
2026/01/19 05:18 linux-6.1.y cd9b81672742 20d37d28 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in get_callchain_entry
2026/01/18 02:35 linux-6.1.y cd9b81672742 20d37d28 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in get_callchain_entry
2026/01/17 08:06 linux-6.1.y bec0e10ee67e 20d37d28 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in get_callchain_entry
2026/01/13 14:29 linux-6.1.y bec0e10ee67e d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in get_callchain_entry
2026/01/13 12:15 linux-6.1.y bec0e10ee67e d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in get_callchain_entry
2026/01/09 17:37 linux-6.1.y 50cbba13faa2 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in get_callchain_entry
2026/01/08 20:27 linux-6.1.y 50cbba13faa2 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in get_callchain_entry
2026/01/06 01:46 linux-6.1.y 50cbba13faa2 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in get_callchain_entry
2026/01/05 21:03 linux-6.1.y 50cbba13faa2 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in get_callchain_entry
2026/01/05 12:35 linux-6.1.y 50cbba13faa2 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in get_callchain_entry
2025/12/28 15:03 linux-6.1.y 50cbba13faa2 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in get_callchain_entry
2025/12/28 14:54 linux-6.1.y 50cbba13faa2 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in get_callchain_entry
2025/12/24 13:18 linux-6.1.y 50cbba13faa2 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in get_callchain_entry
2025/12/24 11:26 linux-6.1.y 50cbba13faa2 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in get_callchain_entry
2025/12/23 22:22 linux-6.1.y 50cbba13faa2 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in get_callchain_entry
2025/12/23 21:07 linux-6.1.y 50cbba13faa2 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in get_callchain_entry
2025/12/23 17:59 linux-6.1.y 50cbba13faa2 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in get_callchain_entry
2025/12/17 03:13 linux-6.1.y 50cbba13faa2 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in get_callchain_entry
2025/12/16 21:12 linux-6.1.y 50cbba13faa2 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in get_callchain_entry
2025/12/16 15:13 linux-6.1.y 50cbba13faa2 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in get_callchain_entry
2025/12/14 08:01 linux-6.1.y 50cbba13faa2 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in get_callchain_entry
2025/12/14 06:37 linux-6.1.y 50cbba13faa2 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in get_callchain_entry
2025/12/13 05:46 linux-6.1.y 50cbba13faa2 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in get_callchain_entry
2025/12/12 17:24 linux-6.1.y 50cbba13faa2 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in get_callchain_entry
2025/12/12 16:09 linux-6.1.y 50cbba13faa2 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in get_callchain_entry
2025/12/11 18:31 linux-6.1.y 50cbba13faa2 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in get_callchain_entry
2025/12/08 17:37 linux-6.1.y 50cbba13faa2 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in get_callchain_entry
2025/12/01 01:18 linux-6.1.y f6e38ae624cf d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in get_callchain_entry
2025/11/29 05:57 linux-6.1.y f6e38ae624cf d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in get_callchain_entry
2025/11/29 01:15 linux-6.1.y f6e38ae624cf d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in get_callchain_entry
2025/11/29 00:05 linux-6.1.y f6e38ae624cf d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in get_callchain_entry
2025/11/27 18:21 linux-6.1.y f6e38ae624cf d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in get_callchain_entry
2025/11/27 02:57 linux-6.1.y f6e38ae624cf d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in get_callchain_entry
2025/11/26 16:26 linux-6.1.y f6e38ae624cf d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in get_callchain_entry
2025/11/12 01:58 linux-6.1.y f6e38ae624cf 4e1406b4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in get_callchain_entry
2025/11/12 01:58 linux-6.1.y f6e38ae624cf 4e1406b4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in get_callchain_entry
2024/04/26 10:45 linux-6.1.y 6741e066ec76 8bdc0f22 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in get_callchain_entry
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.