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INFO: rcu detected stall in __tun_chr_ioctl (2)

Status: upstream: reported on 2025/11/23 13:35
Reported-by: syzbot+e51b463bd916f2ba7b55@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 211d, last: 14d
▶ ▼ Similar bugs (5)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in __tun_chr_ioctl mm 1 4 520d 595d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/04/18 05:25
linux-5.15 INFO: rcu detected stall in __tun_chr_ioctl 1 1 473d 473d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/06/14 12:09
linux-6.1 INFO: rcu detected stall in __tun_chr_ioctl 1 3 188d 212d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2026/03/26 13:49
linux-6.6 INFO: rcu detected stall in __tun_chr_ioctl 1 1 91d 91d 0/2 upstream: reported on 2026/03/23 00:03
linux-6.1 INFO: rcu detected stall in __tun_chr_ioctl (2) 1 5 1d12h 85d 0/3 upstream: reported on 2026/03/28 18:58

Sample crash report:
rcu: INFO: rcu_preempt detected stalls on CPUs/tasks:
rcu: 	0-....: (1 GPs behind) idle=0a3/1/0x4000000000000002 softirq=7975/7976 fqs=5247 
	(detected by 1, t=10502 jiffies, g=9593, q=1424)
Sending NMI from CPU 1 to CPUs 0:
NMI backtrace for cpu 0
CPU: 0 PID: 5092 Comm: syz.3.214 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 05/09/2026
RIP: 0010:asm_sysvec_irq_work+0x0/0x20 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:707
Code: e9 a5 03 00 00 90 90 90 90 90 0f 01 ca fc 6a ff e8 a5 02 00 00 48 89 c4 48 89 e7 e8 da 4d dd ff e9 85 03 00 00 90 90 90 90 90 <0f> 01 ca fc 6a ff e8 85 02 00 00 48 89 c4 48 89 e7 e8 aa 52 dd ff
RSP: 0018:ffffc90000007ad8 EFLAGS: 00000006
RAX: 49dc964c48badc00 RBX: 1ffff92000000f64 RCX: 49dc964c48badc00
RDX: dffffc0000000000 RSI: ffffffff8a2b3180 RDI: ffffffff8a7a09c0
RBP: ffffc90000007bd8 R08: ffffffff901d80cf R09: 1ffffffff203b019
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffffbfff203b01a R12: ffffffff8c323800
R13: dffffc0000000000 R14: 0000000000000246 R15: 0000000000000001
FS:  00007f0d7b5b06c0(0000) GS:ffff8880b9000000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 0000000100000000 CR3: 0000000029bf1000 CR4: 00000000003506f0
DR0: 0000200000000300 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000ffff0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000600
Call Trace:
 <IRQ>
RIP: 0010:rcu_read_unlock_special+0x7f/0x4a0 kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h:674
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 f2 cc 9c 7e 41 f7 c6 00 00 f0 00 74 40 <48> c7 44 24 20 0e 36 e0 45 4a c7 04 2b 00 00 00 00 42 c7 44 2b 08
RSP: 0018:ffffc90000007b00 EFLAGS: 00000206
 __rcu_read_unlock+0x78/0xd0 kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h:422
 rcu_read_unlock include/linux/rcupdate.h:772 [inline]
 ieee80211_iterate_active_interfaces_atomic+0x132/0x140 net/mac80211/util.c:831
 mac80211_hwsim_beacon+0x9b/0x180 drivers/net/wireless/mac80211_hwsim.c:1865
 __run_hrtimer kernel/time/hrtimer.c:1685 [inline]
 __hrtimer_run_queues+0x4f2/0xb70 kernel/time/hrtimer.c:1749
 hrtimer_run_softirq+0x176/0x240 kernel/time/hrtimer.c:1766
 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:lock_release+0x6f/0x8a0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5631
Code: 41 48 c7 44 24 68 3a a4 c2 8b 48 c7 44 24 70 70 a7 5d 81 4c 8d 64 24 60 49 c1 ec 03 48 b8 f1 f1 f1 f1 f8 f2 f2 f2 4b 89 04 2c <43> c7 44 2c 08 f8 f3 f3 f3 0f 1f 44 00 00 65 8b 1d 64 6d a4 7e 83
RSP: 0018:ffffc9000325f140 EFLAGS: 00000a02
RAX: f2f2f2f8f1f1f1f1 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 0000000000080000
RDX: ffffc9000e2aa000 RSI: ffffffff81861645 RDI: ffffffff8c31f360
RBP: ffffc9000325f250 R08: dffffc0000000000 R09: 1ffffffff203b018
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffffbfff203b019 R12: 1ffff9200064be34
R13: dffffc0000000000 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: ffffffffa002a674
 rcu_read_unlock include/linux/rcupdate.h:773 [inline]
 is_bpf_text_address+0x254/0x270 kernel/bpf/core.c:727
 kernel_text_address kernel/extable.c:151 [inline]
 __kernel_text_address+0x9a/0x100 kernel/extable.c:105
 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 mm/kasan/common.c:38 [inline]
 kasan_set_track mm/kasan/common.c:46 [inline]
 set_alloc_info mm/kasan/common.c:434 [inline]
 __kasan_slab_alloc+0x9c/0xd0 mm/kasan/common.c:467
 kasan_slab_alloc include/linux/kasan.h:254 [inline]
 slab_post_alloc_hook+0x4c/0x380 mm/slab.h:519
 slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:3225 [inline]
 slab_alloc mm/slub.c:3233 [inline]
 kmem_cache_alloc+0x100/0x290 mm/slub.c:3238
 kmem_cache_zalloc include/linux/slab.h:728 [inline]
 __kernfs_new_node+0xe3/0x6c0 fs/kernfs/dir.c:593
 kernfs_new_node+0x148/0x250 fs/kernfs/dir.c:669
 __kernfs_create_file+0x47/0x2e0 fs/kernfs/file.c:985
 sysfs_add_file_mode_ns+0x2d4/0x3a0 fs/sysfs/file.c:317
 create_files fs/sysfs/group.c:64 [inline]
 internal_create_group+0x495/0xd10 fs/sysfs/group.c:149
 internal_create_groups fs/sysfs/group.c:189 [inline]
 sysfs_create_groups+0x55/0x120 fs/sysfs/group.c:215
 device_add_groups drivers/base/core.c:2491 [inline]
 device_add_attrs+0x83/0x6a0 drivers/base/core.c:2639
 device_add+0x654/0x1000 drivers/base/core.c:3363
 netdev_register_kobject+0x184/0x320 net/core/net-sysfs.c:2014
 register_netdevice+0x1042/0x1710 net/core/dev.c:10423
 tun_set_iff+0x82a/0xda0 drivers/net/tun.c:2802
 __tun_chr_ioctl+0x773/0x1ec0 drivers/net/tun.c:3062
 vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline]
 __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:874 [inline]
 __se_sys_ioctl+0xfa/0x170 fs/ioctl.c:860
 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: 0033:0x7f0d7d356e59
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:00007f0d7b5b0028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000010
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f0d7d5cffa0 RCX: 00007f0d7d356e59
RDX: 0000200000000080 RSI: 00000000400454ca RDI: 0000000000000008
RBP: 00007f0d7d3ecd6f R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f0d7d5d0038 R14: 00007f0d7d5cffa0 R15: 00007ffec05b5f68
 </TASK>

Crashes (11):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/06/08 02:32 linux-5.15.y dc027a595035 cc095639 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in __tun_chr_ioctl
2026/04/28 13:56 linux-5.15.y b9d57c40a767 ce741359 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in __tun_chr_ioctl
2026/03/31 01:41 linux-5.15.y 91d48252ad4b d0af506e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in __tun_chr_ioctl
2026/03/04 06:20 linux-5.15.y 3330a8d33e08 4180d919 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in __tun_chr_ioctl
2026/02/27 03:15 linux-5.15.y 3330a8d33e08 a2f13f71 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in __tun_chr_ioctl
2026/02/11 19:24 linux-5.15.y e45d5d41c134 75707236 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in __tun_chr_ioctl
2026/01/14 18:27 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 __tun_chr_ioctl
2026/01/08 05:24 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 __tun_chr_ioctl
2026/01/03 01:26 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 __tun_chr_ioctl
2025/12/30 15:16 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 __tun_chr_ioctl
2025/11/23 13:35 linux-5.15.y cc5ec8769306 4fb8ef37 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in __tun_chr_ioctl
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.