INFO: rcu detected stall in rfkill_fop_write

Status: auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2026/07/11 20:48
Subsystems: net
Labels: prio:normal
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First crash: 121d, last: 121d
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108608c6 assessment-security DenialOfService: ✅ Exploitable: ❌ FilesystemTrigger: ❌ NetworkTrigger: ❌ PeripheralTrigger: ❌ RemoteTrigger: ❌ Unprivileged: ❌ UserNamespace: ✅ VMGuestTrigger: ❌ VMHostTrigger: ❌ INFO: rcu detected stall in rfkill_fop_write 2026/06/01 01:37 2026/06/01 01:37 2026/06/01 02:36 6b4a8443
3bfa92a9 assessment-security 💥 INFO: rcu detected stall in rfkill_fop_write 2026/05/15 09:57 2026/05/15 09:57 2026/05/15 09:58 9cd3beaa

Sample crash report:
bridge0: received packet on bridge_slave_0 with own address as source address (addr:aa:aa:aa:aa:aa:1b, vlan:0)
rcu: INFO: rcu_preempt detected stalls on CPUs/tasks:
rcu: 	Tasks blocked on level-0 rcu_node (CPUs 0-1): P29086/1:b..l
rcu: 	(detected by 1, t=10503 jiffies, g=112789, q=2820 ncpus=2)
task:syz.4.6501      state:R  running task     stack:25704 pid:29086 tgid:29085 ppid:26260  task_flags:0x400140 flags:0x00080003
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5298 [inline]
 __schedule+0x15dd/0x52d0 kernel/sched/core.c:6911
 preempt_schedule_common+0x82/0xd0 kernel/sched/core.c:7095
 preempt_schedule_thunk+0x16/0x30 arch/x86/entry/thunk.S:12
 __local_bh_enable_ip+0xe1/0x130 kernel/softirq.c:457
 spin_unlock_bh include/linux/spinlock.h:395 [inline]
 nl80211_netlink_notify+0x6f4/0x840 net/wireless/nl80211.c:21655
 notifier_call_chain+0x1be/0x400 kernel/notifier.c:85
 blocking_notifier_call_chain+0x6a/0x90 kernel/notifier.c:380
 netlink_release+0x123b/0x1ad0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:761
 __sock_release net/socket.c:662 [inline]
 sock_close+0xc3/0x240 net/socket.c:1455
 __fput+0x44f/0xa70 fs/file_table.c:469
 task_work_run+0x1d9/0x270 kernel/task_work.c:233
 get_signal+0x11eb/0x1330 kernel/signal.c:2807
 arch_do_signal_or_restart+0xbc/0x830 arch/x86/kernel/signal.c:337
 __exit_to_user_mode_loop kernel/entry/common.c:64 [inline]
 exit_to_user_mode_loop+0x86/0x480 kernel/entry/common.c:98
 __exit_to_user_mode_prepare include/linux/irq-entry-common.h:226 [inline]
 syscall_exit_to_user_mode_prepare include/linux/irq-entry-common.h:256 [inline]
 syscall_exit_to_user_mode include/linux/entry-common.h:325 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x32d/0xf80 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:100
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x7f51d3b9c819
RSP: 002b:00007f51d49f1028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000002e
RAX: 000000000000001c RBX: 00007f51d3e15fa0 RCX: 00007f51d3b9c819
RDX: 0000000000000840 RSI: 0000200000000200 RDI: 0000000000000008
RBP: 00007f51d3c32c91 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f51d3e16038 R14: 00007f51d3e15fa0 R15: 00007ffcfbb8a728
 </TASK>
rcu: rcu_preempt kthread starved for 1204 jiffies! g112789 f0x0 RCU_GP_WAIT_FQS(5) ->state=0x0 ->cpu=0
rcu: 	Unless rcu_preempt kthread gets sufficient CPU time, OOM is now expected behavior.
rcu: RCU grace-period kthread stack dump:
task:rcu_preempt     state:R  running task     stack:27744 pid:16    tgid:16    ppid:2      task_flags:0x208040 flags:0x00080000
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5298 [inline]
 __schedule+0x15dd/0x52d0 kernel/sched/core.c:6911
 __schedule_loop kernel/sched/core.c:6993 [inline]
 schedule+0x164/0x360 kernel/sched/core.c:7008
 schedule_timeout+0x158/0x2c0 kernel/time/sleep_timeout.c:99
 rcu_gp_fqs_loop+0x312/0x11d0 kernel/rcu/tree.c:2095
 rcu_gp_kthread+0x9e/0x2b0 kernel/rcu/tree.c:2297
 kthread+0x388/0x470 kernel/kthread.c:436
 ret_from_fork+0x51e/0xb90 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158
 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245
 </TASK>
rcu: Stack dump where RCU GP kthread last ran:
Sending NMI from CPU 1 to CPUs 0:
NMI backtrace for cpu 0
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 29136 Comm: syz.2.6511 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) 
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 03/18/2026
RIP: 0010:arch_stack_walk+0x122/0x150 arch/x86/kernel/stacktrace.c:24
Code: 5f 09 00 48 85 c0 74 24 48 89 df 48 89 c6 4d 89 f3 2e e8 cd 0e 93 1e 84 c0 74 11 4c 89 ff e8 05 61 09 00 83 bd 78 ff ff ff 00 <75> cf 65 48 8b 05 64 97 af 11 48 3b 45 d8 75 12 48 83 c4 68 5b 41
RSP: 0018:ffffc90000006e88 EFLAGS: 00000202
RAX: 0000000000006e01 RBX: ffffc90000006f40 RCX: 0000000080000101
RDX: 0000000000000005 RSI: ffffffff8e16caeb RDI: ffff888041d40000
RBP: ffffc90000006f10 R08: ffffc90000006ee7 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: ffffc90000006ed8 R11: fffff52000000ddd R12: ffff888041d40000
R13: ffff8880b43b8280 R14: ffffffff81b0dc10 R15: ffffc90000006e88
FS:  00007f6c701cf6c0(0000) GS:ffff888125454000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 000055592538e660 CR3: 000000003f14a000 CR4: 00000000003526f0
Call Trace:
 <IRQ>
 stack_trace_save+0xa9/0x100 kernel/stacktrace.c:122
 kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:57 [inline]
 kasan_save_track+0x3e/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:78
 unpoison_slab_object mm/kasan/common.c:340 [inline]
 __kasan_slab_alloc+0x6c/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:366
 kasan_slab_alloc include/linux/kasan.h:253 [inline]
 slab_post_alloc_hook mm/slub.c:4538 [inline]
 slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:4866 [inline]
 kmem_cache_alloc_noprof+0x2bc/0x650 mm/slub.c:4873
 skb_clone+0x212/0x3a0 net/core/skbuff.c:2117
 deliver_clone net/bridge/br_forward.c:125 [inline]
 maybe_deliver net/bridge/br_forward.c:191 [inline]
 br_flood+0x6cb/0xb80 net/bridge/br_forward.c:238
 br_handle_frame_finish+0x14c2/0x1bb0 net/bridge/br_input.c:229
 br_nf_hook_thresh+0x3dd/0x4c0 net/bridge/br_netfilter_hooks.c:-1
 br_nf_pre_routing_finish_ipv6+0xa3a/0xd70 net/bridge/br_netfilter_ipv6.c:-1
 NF_HOOK include/linux/netfilter.h:318 [inline]
 br_nf_pre_routing_ipv6+0x374/0x6f0 net/bridge/br_netfilter_ipv6.c:184
 nf_hook_entry_hookfn include/linux/netfilter.h:158 [inline]
 nf_hook_bridge_pre net/bridge/br_input.c:291 [inline]
 br_handle_frame+0x1277/0x1510 net/bridge/br_input.c:442
 __netif_receive_skb_core+0x98f/0x31a0 net/core/dev.c:6068
 __netif_receive_skb_one_core net/core/dev.c:6179 [inline]
 __netif_receive_skb net/core/dev.c:6294 [inline]
 process_backlog+0x76d/0x1950 net/core/dev.c:6645
 __napi_poll+0xae/0x340 net/core/dev.c:7709
 napi_poll net/core/dev.c:7772 [inline]
 net_rx_action+0x627/0xf70 net/core/dev.c:7929
 handle_softirqs+0x22a/0x870 kernel/softirq.c:622
 __do_softirq kernel/softirq.c:656 [inline]
 invoke_softirq kernel/softirq.c:496 [inline]
 __irq_exit_rcu+0x5f/0x150 kernel/softirq.c:723
 irq_exit_rcu+0x9/0x30 kernel/softirq.c:739
 instr_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1056 [inline]
 sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0xa6/0xc0 arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1056
 </IRQ>
 <TASK>
 asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x1a/0x20 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:697
RIP: 0010:__raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h:179 [inline]
RIP: 0010:_raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x47/0x80 kernel/locking/spinlock.c:194
Code: f7 e8 fd bc ef f5 f7 c3 00 02 00 00 74 05 e8 90 28 1b f6 9c 58 a9 00 02 00 00 75 27 f7 c3 00 02 00 00 74 01 fb bf 01 00 00 00 <e8> e4 77 e1 f5 65 8b 05 0d 40 6a 07 85 c0 74 18 5b 41 5e c3 cc cc
RSP: 0018:ffffc90005b272b8 EFLAGS: 00000206
RAX: 0000000000000002 RBX: 0000000000000246 RCX: 0000000080000001
RDX: 0000000000000007 RSI: ffffffff8defc602 RDI: 0000000000000001
RBP: ffffc90005b27358 R08: ffffffff9011deb7 R09: 1ffffffff2023bd6
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffffbfff2023bd7 R12: ffff88801d29bcc0
R13: ffff888140413b40 R14: ffff88801d29bcc0 R15: 0000000000000000
 spin_unlock_irqrestore include/linux/spinlock.h:407 [inline]
 __slab_free+0x211/0x2b0 mm/slub.c:-1
 qlink_free mm/kasan/quarantine.c:163 [inline]
 qlist_free_all+0x97/0x100 mm/kasan/quarantine.c:179
 kasan_quarantine_reduce+0x148/0x160 mm/kasan/quarantine.c:286
 __kasan_slab_alloc+0x22/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:350
 kasan_slab_alloc include/linux/kasan.h:253 [inline]
 slab_post_alloc_hook mm/slub.c:4538 [inline]
 slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:4866 [inline]
 kmem_cache_alloc_node_noprof+0x384/0x690 mm/slub.c:4918
 kmalloc_reserve net/core/skbuff.c:613 [inline]
 __alloc_skb+0x27d/0x7d0 net/core/skbuff.c:713
 alloc_skb include/linux/skbuff.h:1383 [inline]
 nlmsg_new include/net/netlink.h:1055 [inline]
 inet6_ifmcaddr_notify+0xfa/0x1e0 net/ipv6/mcast.c:909
 __ipv6_dev_mc_dec+0x2dc/0x330 net/ipv6/mcast.c:1002
 addrconf_leave_solict net/ipv6/addrconf.c:2256 [inline]
 __ipv6_ifa_notify+0x77c/0xc60 net/ipv6/addrconf.c:6303
 addrconf_ifdown+0xea6/0x1a40 net/ipv6/addrconf.c:3981
 addrconf_notify+0x1bc/0x1050 net/ipv6/addrconf.c:-1
 notifier_call_chain+0x1be/0x400 kernel/notifier.c:85
 call_netdevice_notifiers_extack net/core/dev.c:2287 [inline]
 call_netdevice_notifiers net/core/dev.c:2301 [inline]
 netif_close_many+0x2ae/0x420 net/core/dev.c:1804
 netif_close+0x160/0x220 net/core/dev.c:1817
 dev_close+0x10a/0x220 net/core/dev_api.c:220
 cfg80211_shutdown_all_interfaces+0xc4/0x200 net/wireless/core.c:282
 cfg80211_rfkill_set_block+0x2d/0x50 net/wireless/core.c:312
 rfkill_set_block+0x1a4/0x4e0 net/rfkill/core.c:360
 rfkill_fop_write+0x461/0x5a0 net/rfkill/core.c:1314
 vfs_write+0x29a/0xb90 fs/read_write.c:686
 ksys_write+0x150/0x270 fs/read_write.c:740
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x14d/0xf80 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x7f6c6f39c819
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:00007f6c701cf028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000001
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f6c6f616270 RCX: 00007f6c6f39c819
RDX: 0000000000000008 RSI: 0000200000000080 RDI: 0000000000000006
RBP: 00007f6c6f432c91 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f6c6f616308 R14: 00007f6c6f616270 R15: 00007fff1d203cb8
 </TASK>
net_ratelimit: 14934 callbacks suppressed
bridge0: received packet on veth0_to_bridge with own address as source address (addr:aa:aa:aa:aa:aa:0c, vlan:0)
bridge0: received packet on bridge_slave_0 with own address as source address (addr:aa:aa:aa:aa:aa:1b, vlan:0)
bridge0: received packet on bridge_slave_0 with own address as source address (addr:aa:aa:aa:aa:aa:0c, vlan:0)
bridge0: received packet on bridge_slave_0 with own address as source address (addr:aa:aa:aa:aa:aa:1b, vlan:0)
bridge0: received packet on bridge_slave_0 with own address as source address (addr:aa:aa:aa:aa:aa:0c, vlan:0)
bridge0: received packet on bridge_slave_0 with own address as source address (addr:aa:aa:aa:aa:aa:1b, vlan:0)
bridge0: received packet on veth0_to_bridge with own address as source address (addr:aa:aa:aa:aa:aa:0c, vlan:0)
bridge0: received packet on veth0_to_bridge with own address as source address (addr:ea:09:f7:08:c9:ef, vlan:0)
bridge0: received packet on bridge_slave_0 with own address as source address (addr:aa:aa:aa:aa:aa:0c, vlan:0)
bridge0: received packet on bridge_slave_0 with own address as source address (addr:aa:aa:aa:aa:aa:1b, vlan:0)
net_ratelimit: 18653 callbacks suppressed
bridge0: received packet on veth0_to_bridge with own address as source address (addr:aa:aa:aa:aa:aa:0c, vlan:0)
bridge0: received packet on bridge_slave_0 with own address as source address (addr:aa:aa:aa:aa:aa:1b, vlan:0)
bridge0: received packet on veth0_to_bridge with own address as source address (addr:aa:aa:aa:aa:aa:0c, vlan:0)
bridge0: received packet on bridge_slave_0 with own address as source address (addr:aa:aa:aa:aa:aa:1b, vlan:0)
bridge0: received packet on bridge_slave_0 with own address as source address (addr:aa:aa:aa:aa:aa:0c, vlan:0)
bridge0: received packet on bridge_slave_0 with own address as source address (addr:aa:aa:aa:aa:aa:1b, vlan:0)
bridge0: received packet on bridge_slave_0 with own address as source address (addr:aa:aa:aa:aa:aa:0c, vlan:0)
bridge0: received packet on veth0_to_bridge with own address as source address (addr:ea:09:f7:08:c9:ef, vlan:0)
bridge0: received packet on veth0_to_bridge with own address as source address (addr:aa:aa:aa:aa:aa:0c, vlan:0)
bridge0: received packet on bridge_slave_0 with own address as source address (addr:aa:aa:aa:aa:aa:1b, vlan:0)

Crashes (1):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/04/12 20:38 net 65782b2db732 38c8e246 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce INFO: rcu detected stall in rfkill_fop_write
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.