INFO: rcu detected stall in __sock_create (3)

Status: upstream: reported on 2025/08/16 13:35
Reported-by: syzbot+5b8b6b53c6f0e9459a03@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 378d, last: 20h11m
Similar bugs (9)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in __sock_create mm 1 1 2460d 2460d 0/29 closed as invalid on 2019/12/04 14:04
linux-5.15 INFO: rcu detected stall in __sock_create (2) 1 24 38d 380d 0/3 upstream: reported on 2025/08/14 08:18
linux-6.6 INFO: rcu detected stall in __sock_create 1 15 76d 384d 0/2 upstream: reported on 2025/08/10 05:00
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in __sock_create (3) mm 1 21 525d 759d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/06/20 21:57
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in __sock_create (2) mm 1 2 2425d 2425d 0/29 closed as invalid on 2020/01/08 05:33
linux-5.15 INFO: rcu detected stall in __sock_create 1 1 829d 829d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/08/30 14:48
linux-6.1 INFO: rcu detected stall in __sock_create 1 3 697d 798d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/01/09 18:19
linux-6.1 INFO: rcu detected stall in __sock_create (2) 1 2 533d 566d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/06/22 07:20
android-5-15 BUG: soft lockup in __sock_create 1 18 727d 863d 0/2 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/11/30 09:28

Sample crash report:
rcu: INFO: rcu_preempt detected expedited stalls on CPUs/tasks: { 0-.... } 2659 jiffies s: 303913 root: 0x1/.
rcu: blocking rcu_node structures (internal RCU debug):
Sending NMI from CPU 1 to CPUs 0:
NMI backtrace for cpu 0
CPU: 0 PID: 31840 Comm: syz.3.8838 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/24/2026
RIP: 0010:asm_sysvec_irq_work+0x0/0x20 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:722
Code: e9 b5 03 00 00 90 90 90 90 90 0f 01 ca fc 6a ff e8 b5 02 00 00 48 89 c4 48 89 e7 e8 4a c3 f0 ff e9 95 03 00 00 90 90 90 90 90 <0f> 01 ca fc 6a ff e8 95 02 00 00 48 89 c4 48 89 e7 e8 1a c8 f0 ff
RSP: 0018:ffffc90000007ab8 EFLAGS: 00000006
RAX: f6c4f541220b0300 RBX: 1ffff92000000f64 RCX: f6c4f541220b0300
RDX: dffffc0000000000 RSI: ffffffff8a8c1820 RDI: ffffffff8adf6220
RBP: ffffc90000007bd0 R08: ffff8880b8e357cb R09: 1ffff110171c6af9
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: ffffed10171c6afa R12: 0000000000000246
R13: dffffc0000000000 R14: ffff8880b8e3bb00 R15: 0000000000000001
FS:  00007f065e9896c0(0000) GS:ffff8880b8e00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007f065bdf6d58 CR3: 000000005f81c000 CR4: 00000000003506f0
DR0: 0000200000000300 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000ffff0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000600
Call Trace:
 <IRQ>
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 12 7c 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:ffffc90000007ae0 EFLAGS: 00000206
 __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:1751 [inline]
 __hrtimer_run_queues+0x522/0xc90 kernel/time/hrtimer.c:1815
 hrtimer_run_softirq+0x173/0x290 kernel/time/hrtimer.c:1832
 handle_softirqs+0x291/0x910 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:__raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h:152 [inline]
RIP: 0010:_raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0xbc/0x120 kernel/locking/spinlock.c:194
Code: c7 44 24 20 00 00 00 00 9c 8f 44 24 20 f7 44 24 20 00 02 00 00 41 c6 04 07 f8 75 4b f7 c3 00 02 00 00 74 01 fb bf 01 00 00 00 <e8> df a9 1d f7 65 8b 05 e0 5a c7 75 85 c0 74 3c 48 c7 04 24 0e 36
RSP: 0018:ffffc900064af9a0 EFLAGS: 00000206
RAX: dffffc0000000004 RBX: 0000000000000a02 RCX: f6c4f541220b0300
RDX: dffffc0000000000 RSI: ffffffff8a8c1820 RDI: 0000000000000001
RBP: ffffc900064afa38 R08: ffff8880b8e357cb R09: 1ffff110171c6af9
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: ffffed10171c6afa R12: dffffc0000000000
R13: ffff888060490000 R14: ffffffff96e32fd0 R15: 1ffff92000c95f34
 __debug_check_no_obj_freed lib/debugobjects.c:1054 [inline]
 debug_check_no_obj_freed+0x471/0x520 lib/debugobjects.c:1075
 free_pages_prepare mm/page_alloc.c:1493 [inline]
 free_pcp_prepare mm/page_alloc.c:1537 [inline]
 free_unref_page_prepare+0x2c3/0x9e0 mm/page_alloc.c:3414
 free_unref_page+0x2e/0x3f0 mm/page_alloc.c:3509
 free_slab mm/slub.c:2036 [inline]
 discard_slab mm/slub.c:2042 [inline]
 __unfreeze_partials+0x188/0x1e0 mm/slub.c:2591
 put_cpu_partial+0x17c/0x250 mm/slub.c:2667
 qlink_free mm/kasan/quarantine.c:168 [inline]
 qlist_free_all+0x76/0xe0 mm/kasan/quarantine.c:187
 kasan_quarantine_reduce+0x144/0x160 mm/kasan/quarantine.c:294
 __kasan_slab_alloc+0x1e/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:306
 kasan_slab_alloc include/linux/kasan.h:201 [inline]
 slab_post_alloc_hook+0x4b/0x490 mm/slab.h:737
 slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:3359 [inline]
 slab_alloc mm/slub.c:3367 [inline]
 __kmem_cache_alloc_lru mm/slub.c:3374 [inline]
 kmem_cache_alloc+0x18b/0x2f0 mm/slub.c:3383
 kmem_cache_zalloc include/linux/slab.h:689 [inline]
 lsm_inode_alloc security/security.c:600 [inline]
 security_inode_alloc+0x30/0x110 security/security.c:1044
 inode_init_always+0x910/0xc90 fs/inode.c:232
 alloc_inode fs/inode.c:268 [inline]
 new_inode_pseudo+0x91/0x1c0 fs/inode.c:1063
 sock_alloc net/socket.c:631 [inline]
 __sock_create+0x129/0x940 net/socket.c:1514
 sock_create net/socket.c:1606 [inline]
 __sys_socketpair+0x1bd/0x540 net/socket.c:1733
 __do_sys_socketpair net/socket.c:1786 [inline]
 __se_sys_socketpair net/socket.c:1783 [inline]
 __x64_sys_socketpair+0x97/0xb0 net/socket.c:1783
 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: 0033:0x7f065db9e159
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:00007f065e989028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000035
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f065de25fa0 RCX: 00007f065db9e159
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000005 RDI: 0000000000000001
RBP: 00007f065dc35024 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 00002000000001c0 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f065de26038 R14: 00007f065de25fa0 R15: 00007ffcf91c4918
 </TASK>

Crashes (20):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/08/29 03:56 linux-6.1.y d64a499eea6b 2f52988a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in __sock_create
2026/08/01 14:49 linux-6.1.y fb28aa725e05 e611ffe1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in __sock_create
2026/07/18 07:35 linux-6.1.y 090666d3cc90 72524a66 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in __sock_create
2026/07/12 17:19 linux-6.1.y 090666d3cc90 d78ea535 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in __sock_create
2026/05/18 14:26 linux-6.1.y c27210688955 55156e84 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in __sock_create
2026/05/03 07:31 linux-6.1.y 4931e0e1673d a0d91488 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in __sock_create
2026/04/12 19:09 linux-6.1.y 8e8fc038cad5 38c8e246 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in __sock_create
2026/03/26 19:22 linux-6.1.y 1989cd3d56e2 766b6434 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in __sock_create
2026/03/21 00:19 linux-6.1.y f2ddafa93a25 ac6f1dff .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in __sock_create
2026/03/17 07:10 linux-6.1.y f2ddafa93a25 0737c18f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in __sock_create
2026/02/16 09:02 linux-6.1.y 8ce36b2849ef 1e62d198 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in __sock_create
2026/02/15 17:17 linux-6.1.y 8ce36b2849ef 1e62d198 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in __sock_create
2026/02/14 19:01 linux-6.1.y 8ce36b2849ef 1e62d198 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in __sock_create
2026/02/05 13:24 linux-6.1.y cd9b81672742 4936e85c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in __sock_create
2026/01/17 20:59 linux-6.1.y cd9b81672742 20d37d28 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in __sock_create
2025/11/13 15:37 linux-6.1.y f6e38ae624cf 07e030de .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in __sock_create
2025/10/13 05:26 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 __sock_create
2025/09/20 13:36 linux-6.1.y 363a599da6d9 67c37560 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in __sock_create
2025/09/20 02:23 linux-6.1.y 363a599da6d9 67c37560 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in __sock_create
2025/08/16 13:35 linux-6.1.y 0bc96de781b4 1804e95e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in __sock_create
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.