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INFO: rcu detected stall in sendmsg (5)

Status: upstream: reported syz repro on 2025/06/23 07:43
Reported-by: syzbot+ddb3e33c76ab8ecb85a3@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 222d, last: 4d08h
Bug presence (1)
Date Name Commit Repro Result
2025/09/10 upstream (ToT) 9dd1835ecda5 syz Didn't crash
Similar bugs (21)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
linux-6.1 INFO: rcu detected stall in sendmsg (3) 1 4 487d 554d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/01/09 18:13
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in sendmsg net 1 1 1579d 1579d 0/29 auto-closed as invalid on 2022/01/03 17:11
linux-6.6 INFO: rcu detected stall in sendmsg 1 4 49d 184d 0/2 upstream: reported on 2025/07/31 17:16
linux-6.1 INFO: rcu detected stall in sendmsg (4) 1 2 327d 337d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/06/19 03:57
linux-6.1 INFO: rcu detected stall in sendmsg (2) 1 1 677d 677d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/07/04 03:49
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in sendmsg (2) batman 1 1 1449d 1449d 0/29 auto-closed as invalid on 2022/05/13 12:25
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in sendmsg (4) mm 1 C error 62 6d15h 617d 0/29 upstream: reported C repro on 2024/05/24 06:18
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in sendmsg (3) net 1 4 726d 810d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/05/05 18:15
linux-5.15 INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_sendmsg origin:upstream 1 C error 32 7d05h 683d 0/3 upstream: reported C repro on 2024/03/19 21:37
linux-6.1 INFO: rcu detected stall in sendmsg 1 1 911d 911d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/11/12 19:28
upstream BUG: soft lockup in sys_sendmsg (2) net 1 C error 29 13d 241d 0/29 upstream: reported C repro on 2025/06/05 02:15
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_sendmsg (2) cgroups mm 1 5 2250d 2252d 0/29 closed as invalid on 2019/12/04 14:14
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_sendmsg (3) kernel 1 1 2216d 2216d 0/29 closed as invalid on 2020/01/08 05:33
linux-6.1 INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_sendmsg 1 6 490d 576d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/01/06 11:24
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_sendmsg net 1 C done 2 2331d 2332d 13/29 fixed on 2019/10/09 10:54
android-6-1 BUG: soft lockup in sys_sendmsg origin:upstream 1 C 3 635d 662d 0/2 upstream: reported C repro on 2024/04/09 06:46
linux-6.1 BUG: soft lockup in sys_sendmsg 1 2 964d 970d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/09/20 17:26
android-5-10 BUG: soft lockup in sys_sendmsg 1 C error 61 29d 680d 0/2 upstream: reported C repro on 2024/03/22 10:41
upstream BUG: soft lockup in sys_sendmsg tipc batman 1 C 3 678d 719d 25/29 fixed on 2024/05/22 23:36
android-5-15 BUG: soft lockup in sys_sendmsg origin:upstream 1 C error 13 507d 680d 0/2 upstream: reported C repro on 2024/03/22 10:44
linux-6.1 BUG: soft lockup in sys_sendmsg (2) origin:upstream 1 C done 1 665d 665d 3/3 fixed on 2024/05/15 09:17

Sample crash report:
rcu: INFO: rcu_preempt detected expedited stalls on CPUs/tasks: { 1-.... } 2652 jiffies s: 2745 root: 0x2/.
rcu: blocking rcu_node structures (internal RCU debug):
Sending NMI from CPU 0 to CPUs 1:
NMI backtrace for cpu 1
CPU: 1 PID: 4867 Comm: syz.1.136 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 10/25/2025
RIP: 0010:check_kcov_mode kernel/kcov.c:182 [inline]
RIP: 0010:write_comp_data kernel/kcov.c:245 [inline]
RIP: 0010:__sanitizer_cov_trace_const_cmp8+0x23/0x80 kernel/kcov.c:320
Code: 48 89 44 11 20 c3 90 48 8b 04 24 65 48 8b 0d e4 f8 7f 7e 65 8b 15 e5 f8 7f 7e 81 e2 00 01 ff 00 74 11 81 fa 00 01 00 00 75 57 <83> b9 1c 16 00 00 00 74 4e 8b 91 f8 15 00 00 83 fa 03 75 43 48 8b
RSP: 0018:ffffc900001e08f8 EFLAGS: 00000046
RAX: ffffffff81aac8cb RBX: 1ffff9200003c120 RCX: ffff88807b2abb80
RDX: 0000000000000100 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000000
RBP: ffffc900001e09a8 R08: ffff8880b8f3580b R09: 1ffff110171e6b01
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: ffffed10171e6b02 R12: 0000000000000017
R13: 0000000000000001 R14: dffffc0000000000 R15: 0000000000000000
FS:  00007f9379e986c0(0000) GS:ffff8880b8f00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 0000200000002200 CR3: 00000000431a2000 CR4: 00000000003506e0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
Call Trace:
 <IRQ>
 arch_irqs_disabled_flags arch/x86/include/asm/irqflags.h:125 [inline]
 arch_irqs_disabled arch/x86/include/asm/irqflags.h:132 [inline]
 ct_irq_exit_irqson+0xfb/0x170 kernel/context_tracking.c:423
 trace_irq_enable_rcuidle+0xd8/0x140 include/trace/events/preemptirq.h:40
 trace_hardirqs_on+0x24/0x40 kernel/trace/trace_preemptirq.c:44
 asm_sysvec_irq_work+0x16/0x20 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:728
RIP: 0010:rcu_read_unlock_special+0x7f/0x510 kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h:685
Code: eb 03 48 b8 f1 f1 f1 f1 f8 f2 f2 f2 4a 89 04 2b 42 c7 44 2b 08 f8 f3 f3 f3 65 44 8b 35 92 30 95 7e 41 f7 c6 00 00 f0 00 74 40 <48> c7 44 24 40 0e 36 e0 45 4a c7 04 2b 00 00 00 00 42 c7 44 2b 08
RSP: 0018:ffffc900001e0aa0 EFLAGS: 00000206
RAX: ac27706139832800 RBX: 1ffff9200003c15c RCX: ac27706139832800
RDX: dffffc0000000000 RSI: ffffffff8a8c1220 RDI: ffffffff8adf0c20
RBP: ffffc900001e0b90 R08: ffff8880b8f3580b R09: 1ffff110171e6b01
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: ffffed10171e6b02 R12: 0000000000000246
R13: dffffc0000000000 R14: ffff8880b8f3b900 R15: 0000000000000002
 __rcu_read_unlock+0x78/0xd0 kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h:426
 rcu_read_unlock include/linux/rcupdate.h:823 [inline]
 ieee80211_iterate_active_interfaces_atomic+0x156/0x170 net/mac80211/util.c:826
 mac80211_hwsim_beacon+0xb7/0x1b0 drivers/net/wireless/mac80211_hwsim.c:2147
 __run_hrtimer kernel/time/hrtimer.c:1747 [inline]
 __hrtimer_run_queues+0x560/0xd70 kernel/time/hrtimer.c:1811
 hrtimer_run_softirq+0x183/0x2a0 kernel/time/hrtimer.c:1828
 handle_softirqs+0x2a1/0x930 kernel/softirq.c:596
 __do_softirq kernel/softirq.c:630 [inline]
 invoke_softirq kernel/softirq.c:470 [inline]
 __irq_exit_rcu+0x13b/0x230 kernel/softirq.c:679
 irq_exit_rcu+0x5/0x20 kernel/softirq.c:691
 instr_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1118 [inline]
 sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0xa0/0xc0 arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1118
 </IRQ>
 <TASK>
 asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x16/0x20 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:691
RIP: 0010:interrupt_context_level include/linux/preempt.h:92 [inline]
RIP: 0010:get_recursion_context kernel/events/internal.h:214 [inline]
RIP: 0010:perf_swevent_get_recursion_context+0x62/0x150 kernel/events/core.c:9725
Code: ff df 48 8d 1c dd 80 f9 64 8c 48 89 d8 48 c1 e8 03 42 80 3c 38 00 74 08 48 89 df e8 08 cf 2d 00 4c 8b 33 65 8b 05 e6 e0 5c 7e <89> c3 48 89 de 48 81 e6 00 00 f0 00 40 0f 95 c5 31 ff e8 d7 e7 dc
RSP: 0018:ffffc900039ff610 EFLAGS: 00000246
RAX: 0000000080000001 RBX: ffffffff8c64f988 RCX: 0000000000080000
RDX: ffffc90005b11000 RSI: 00000000000156db RDI: 00000000000156dc
RBP: 0000000000000001 R08: ffffffff8e1fc32f R09: 1ffffffff1c3f865
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffffbfff1c3f866 R12: dffffc0000000000
R13: dffffc0000000000 R14: ffff8880b8f00000 R15: dffffc0000000000
 perf_trace_buf_alloc+0x54/0x300 kernel/trace/trace_event_perf.c:414
 perf_trace_lock+0x197/0x390 include/trace/events/lock.h:50
 trace_lock_release include/trace/events/lock.h:69 [inline]
 lock_release+0x8ad/0x920 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5673
 rcu_lock_release include/linux/rcupdate.h:355 [inline]
 rcu_read_unlock include/linux/rcupdate.h:824 [inline]
 is_bpf_text_address+0x28b/0x2a0 kernel/bpf/core.c:737
 kernel_text_address+0x9c/0xd0 kernel/extable.c:125
 __kernel_text_address+0x9/0x30 kernel/extable.c:79
 unwind_get_return_address+0x49/0x80 arch/x86/kernel/unwind_orc.c:323
 arch_stack_walk+0xf2/0x140 arch/x86/kernel/stacktrace.c:26
 stack_trace_save+0xa6/0xf0 kernel/stacktrace.c:122
 kasan_save_stack+0x3a/0x60 mm/kasan/common.c:46
 __kasan_record_aux_stack+0xb2/0xc0 mm/kasan/generic.c:486
 task_work_add+0x7f/0x330 kernel/task_work.c:48
 fput+0xd9/0x1a0 fs/file_table.c:376
 fput_light include/linux/file.h:33 [inline]
 __sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2603 [inline]
 __do_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2610 [inline]
 __se_sys_sendmsg+0x234/0x2a0 net/socket.c:2608
 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: 0033:0x7f9378f9aeb9
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:00007f9379e98028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000002e
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f9379215fa0 RCX: 00007f9378f9aeb9
RDX: 00000000200048cc RSI: 0000200000000240 RDI: 0000000000000006
RBP: 00007f9379008c1f R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f9379216038 R14: 00007f9379215fa0 R15: 00007ffd5d939e98
 </TASK>

Crashes (11):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/01/27 21:02 linux-6.1.y cd9b81672742 9a514c2f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in sendmsg
2026/01/02 08:25 linux-6.1.y 50cbba13faa2 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in sendmsg
2025/11/28 08:26 linux-6.1.y f6e38ae624cf d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in sendmsg
2025/11/25 00:51 linux-6.1.y f6e38ae624cf bf6fe8fe .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in sendmsg
2025/11/02 19:07 linux-6.1.y f6e38ae624cf 2c50b6a9 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in sendmsg
2025/10/11 18:36 linux-6.1.y 882efbdd9d34 ff1712fe .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in sendmsg
2025/10/05 15:40 linux-6.1.y 882efbdd9d34 49379ee0 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in sendmsg
2025/09/15 11:19 linux-6.1.y 3db754f56897 e2beed91 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in sendmsg
2025/09/09 11:16 linux-6.1.y 28c695c365e1 d291dd2d .config console log report syz / log [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in sendmsg
2025/07/31 15:32 linux-6.1.y 3594f306da12 f8f2b4da .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in sendmsg
2025/06/23 07:42 linux-6.1.y 58485ff1a74f d6cdfb8a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in sendmsg
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.