INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_rename (4)

Status: upstream: reported on 2026/09/09 02:03
Reported-by: syzbot+e902ef14aeb3fe3903d7@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 2d19h, last: 2d19h
Similar bugs (18)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_rename (2) mm 1 2 2438d 2438d 0/29 closed as invalid on 2020/01/09 08:13
linux-5.15 INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_rename (4) 1 3 232d 297d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2026/05/02 02:33
linux-5.15 INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_rename (5) 1 2 58d 97d 0/3 upstream: reported on 2026/06/05 22:48
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_rename (7) fs 1 2 446d 450d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/09/20 13:58
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_rename (5) fs 1 2 1019d 1080d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/02/25 12:55
linux-6.1 INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_rename (3) 1 1 210d 210d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2026/05/24 13:02
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_rename (4) fs 1 1 1410d 1410d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/02/25 08:48
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_rename (3) fs 1 3 1511d 1584d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2022/10/21 16:10
linux-6.1 INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_rename 1 1 503d 503d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/08/04 09:07
linux-5.15 INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_rename 1 1 1071d 1071d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/01/14 17:35
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_rename (6) fs 1 13 641d 812d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/03/09 06:53
linux-6.1 INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_rename (2) 1 1 392d 392d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/11/23 08:45
linux-6.6 INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_rename origin:lts-only 1 syz, C done 2 124d 360d 0/2 upstream: reported C repro on 2025/09/16 17:23
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_rename mm 1 9 2473d 2474d 0/29 closed as invalid on 2019/12/04 14:14
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_rename (8) mm prio:low 1 syz 10 203d 199d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2026/05/31 08:47
linux-5.15 INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_rename (2) 1 1 765d 765d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/11/15 17:39
linux-5.15 INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_rename (3) 1 1 576d 576d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/05/23 15:25
android-5-15 BUG: soft lockup in sys_rename 1 2 861d 865d 0/2 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/08/01 16:15

Sample crash report:
vkms_vblank_simulate: vblank timer overrun
rcu: INFO: rcu_preempt detected stalls on CPUs/tasks:
rcu: 	Tasks blocked on level-0 rcu_node (CPUs 0-1): P4453/1:b..l
	(detected by 1, t=10502 jiffies, g=25933, q=177 ncpus=2)
task:udevd           state:R  running task     stack:23632 pid:4453  ppid:3639   flags:0x00004002
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5246 [inline]
 __schedule+0x107f/0x4030 kernel/sched/core.c:6563
 preempt_schedule_irq+0xbb/0x160 kernel/sched/core.c:6875
 irqentry_exit+0x63/0x70 kernel/entry/common.c:439
 asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x16/0x20 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:691
RIP: 0010:seqcount_lockdep_reader_access+0x195/0x1d0 include/linux/seqlock.h:105
Code: ff 4d 85 ed 75 16 e8 5a 92 92 ff eb 15 e8 53 92 92 ff e8 be 98 41 08 4d 85 ed 74 ea e8 44 92 92 ff fb 48 c7 04 24 0e 36 e0 45 <4b> c7 04 27 00 00 00 00 43 c7 44 27 08 00 00 00 00 65 48 8b 04 25
RSP: 0018:ffffc90004ba7760 EFLAGS: 00000293
RAX: ffffffff81efaf4c RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: ffff888025738000
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000000
RBP: ffffc90004ba7808 R08: ffffffff90b132e7 R09: 1ffffffff216265c
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffffbfff216265d R12: dffffc0000000000
R13: 0000000000000200 R14: ffffffff81ef87fe R15: 1ffff92000974eec
 read_seqbegin include/linux/seqlock.h:893 [inline]
 read_seqbegin_or_lock include/linux/seqlock.h:1187 [inline]
 prepend_path+0xee/0xbe0 fs/d_path.c:165
 d_absolute_path+0x9e/0x140 fs/d_path.c:233
 tomoyo_get_absolute_path security/tomoyo/realpath.c:101 [inline]
 tomoyo_realpath_from_path+0x2c0/0x5c0 security/tomoyo/realpath.c:271
 tomoyo_get_realpath security/tomoyo/file.c:151 [inline]
 tomoyo_path2_perm+0x2aa/0x880 security/tomoyo/file.c:922
 tomoyo_path_rename+0x14b/0x1a0 security/tomoyo/tomoyo.c:287
 security_path_rename+0x168/0x200 security/security.c:1221
 do_renameat2+0x691/0xc80 fs/namei.c:5065
 __do_sys_rename fs/namei.c:5124 [inline]
 __se_sys_rename fs/namei.c:5122 [inline]
 __x64_sys_rename+0x82/0x90 fs/namei.c:5122
 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: 0033:0x7f960067acc7
RSP: 002b:00007fff70c5e5d8 EFLAGS: 00000206 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000052
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00005560a0593090 RCX: 00007f960067acc7
RDX: 00005560a055d010 RSI: 00007fff70c5e5f0 RDI: 00007fff70c5e9f0
RBP: 00005560a057cc50 R08: 00000000000001e0 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000206 R12: 00007fff70c5e5f0
R13: 00007fff70c5e9f0 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 00005560a057b440
 </TASK>
vkms_vblank_simulate: vblank timer overrun

Crashes (1):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/09/09 02:02 linux-6.1.y cf82dcca9634 243b72f1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_rename
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.