BUG: soft lockup in llc_ui_connect

Status: closed as invalid on 2026/10/06 02:03
Subsystems: net
Labels: prio:low
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First crash: 70d, last: 29d
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ID Workflow Result Correct Bug Created Started Finished Revision
5692814e assessment-security DenialOfService: ✅ Exploitable: ❌ FilesystemTrigger: ❌ NetworkTrigger: ❌ PeripheralTrigger: ❌ RemoteTrigger: ❌ Unprivileged: ❌ UserNamespace: ❌ VMGuestTrigger: ❌ VMHostTrigger: ❌ ❓ BUG: soft lockup in llc_ui_connect 2026/08/04 00:53 2026/08/04 00:53 2026/08/04 01:00 cb1adeae

Sample crash report:
watchdog: BUG: soft lockup - CPU#1 stuck for 23s! [syz.4.757:9646]
Modules linked in:
irq event stamp: 7219
hardirqs last  enabled at (7218): [<ffff8000869882e4>] irqentry_exit_to_kernel_mode_after_preempt include/linux/irq-entry-common.h:507 [inline]
hardirqs last  enabled at (7218): [<ffff8000869882e4>] __arm64_exit_to_kernel_mode+0x64/0x78 arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:60
hardirqs last disabled at (7219): [<ffff8000869842b8>] __el1_irq arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:527 [inline]
hardirqs last disabled at (7219): [<ffff8000869842b8>] el1_interrupt+0x28/0x60 arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:543
softirqs last  enabled at (512): [<ffff800084c58d00>] spin_unlock_bh include/linux/spinlock.h:407 [inline]
softirqs last  enabled at (512): [<ffff800084c58d00>] release_sock+0x150/0x228 net/core/sock.c:3869
softirqs last disabled at (534): [<ffff800084c6cefc>] spin_lock_bh include/linux/spinlock.h:353 [inline]
softirqs last disabled at (534): [<ffff800084c6cefc>] lock_sock_nested+0x70/0x110 net/core/sock.c:3846
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 9646 Comm: syz.4.757 Tainted: G             L      syzkaller #0 PREEMPT 
Tainted: [L]=SOFTLOCKUP
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 08/14/2026
pstate: 03400005 (nzcv daif +PAN -UAO +TCO +DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)
pc : queued_spin_lock_slowpath+0x138/0xd04 kernel/locking/qspinlock.c:219
lr : queued_spin_lock_slowpath+0x144/0xd04 kernel/locking/qspinlock.c:219
sp : ffff800092e27820
x29: ffff800092e278c0 x28: ffff0000c661bb10 x27: 1fffe00018b3e03b
x26: 1fffe00018cc3762 x25: ffff0000c661bb00 x24: dfff800000000000
x23: ffff7000125c4f08 x22: ffff7000125c4f28 x21: ffff0000c59f01d8
x20: ffff0000c59f01e0 x19: ffff0000c59f01d0 x18: 1fffe00035ba3828
x17: 0000000000000003 x16: ffff800088bf7000 x15: ffff800084c4c414
x14: ffff800084c4c310 x13: 0000000000000001 x12: 0000000000000000
x11: 0000000000000000 x10: ffff600018b3e03b x9 : 0000000000000000
x8 : 0000000000000001 x7 : ffff800084c6cefc x6 : 0000000000000000
x5 : 0000000000000000 x4 : 0000000000000001 x3 : ffff8000869aa754
x2 : 0000000000000000 x1 : 0000000000000001 x0 : 0000000000000001
Call trace:
 __cmpwait_case_8 arch/arm64/include/asm/cmpxchg.h:231 [inline] (P)
 __cmpwait arch/arm64/include/asm/cmpxchg.h:259 [inline] (P)
 queued_spin_lock_slowpath+0x138/0xd04 kernel/locking/qspinlock.c:219 (P)
 queued_spin_lock include/asm-generic/qspinlock.h:115 [inline]
 do_raw_spin_lock+0x21c/0x2d0 kernel/locking/spinlock_debug.c:116
 __raw_spin_lock_bh include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h:183 [inline]
 _raw_spin_lock_bh+0x50/0x60 kernel/locking/spinlock.c:205
 spin_lock_bh include/linux/spinlock.h:353 [inline]
 lock_sock_nested+0x70/0x110 net/core/sock.c:3846
 lock_sock include/net/sock.h:1713 [inline]
 llc_ui_wait_for_conn net/llc/af_llc.c:607 [inline]
 llc_ui_connect+0x4c0/0xa04 net/llc/af_llc.c:519
 connect_socket net/socket.c:2141 [inline]
 __sys_connect_file+0x13c/0x184 net/socket.c:2166
 __sys_connect+0x114/0x194 net/socket.c:2183
 __do_sys_connect net/socket.c:2189 [inline]
 __se_sys_connect net/socket.c:2186 [inline]
 __arm64_sys_connect+0x84/0x9c net/socket.c:2186
 __invoke_syscall arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:35 [inline]
 invoke_syscall+0x98/0x244 arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:49
 el0_svc_common+0xec/0x23c arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:121
 do_el0_svc+0x4c/0x5c arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:140
 el0_svc+0x64/0x260 arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:758
 el0t_64_sync_handler+0x44/0x104 arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:777
 el0t_64_sync+0x198/0x19c arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S:590
Sending NMI from CPU 1 to CPUs 0:
NMI backtrace for cpu 0
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 41 Comm: pr/ttyAMA-1 Tainted: G             L      syzkaller #0 PREEMPT 
Tainted: [L]=SOFTLOCKUP
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 08/14/2026
pstate: 63400005 (nZCv daif +PAN -UAO +TCO +DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)
pc : __sanitizer_cov_trace_pc+0x10/0x5c kernel/kcov.c:209
lr : bond_select_queue+0xc0/0x12c drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c:5410
sp : ffff80008ec376f0
x29: ffff80008ec376f0 x28: 1fffe0001906c800 x27: dfff800000000000
x26: 1fffe0001906c805 x25: ffff0000c8364028 x24: dfff800000000000
x23: ffff0000d8d90320 x22: ffff800082b98c4c x21: 0000000000000000
x20: 0000000000000000 x19: 0000000000000000 x18: 1fffe00035b9ec28
x17: ffff800084e8340c x16: ffff800084e7f75c x15: ffff800084e82c48
x14: ffff80008b0df2b0 x13: 000000000000000e x12: 0000000000000000
x11: 0000000000000000 x10: 1fffe0001906c805 x9 : 0000000000000302
x8 : 0000000000000000 x7 : 0000000000000000 x6 : 0000000000000000
x5 : 0000000000000000 x4 : 0000000000000000 x3 : ffff800082b98ce0
x2 : 0000000000000000 x1 : ffff0000c24b9d80 x0 : 0000000000000000
Call trace:
 __sanitizer_cov_trace_pc+0x10/0x5c kernel/kcov.c:206 (P)
 bond_select_queue+0xc0/0x12c drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c:5410
 netdev_core_pick_tx+0x128/0x318 net/core/dev.c:4787
 __dev_queue_xmit+0x458/0x2bc0 net/core/dev.c:4878
 dev_queue_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:3461 [inline]
 llc_conn_send_pdus+0x120/0x1b0 net/llc/llc_conn.c:338
 llc_conn_send_pdu+0x30/0x40 net/llc/llc_conn.c:176
 llc_conn_ac_send_sabme_cmd_p_set_x+0x244/0x35c net/llc/llc_c_ac.c:788
 llc_exec_conn_trans_actions net/llc/llc_conn.c:437 [inline]
 llc_conn_service net/llc/llc_conn.c:362 [inline]
 llc_conn_state_process+0x430/0x115c net/llc/llc_conn.c:66
 llc_process_tmr_ev net/llc/llc_c_ac.c:1442 [inline]
 llc_conn_tmr_common_cb+0x2c0/0x6c4 net/llc/llc_c_ac.c:1325
 llc_conn_ack_tmr_cb+0x24/0x34 net/llc/llc_c_ac.c:1350
 call_timer_fn+0x194/0xa4c kernel/time/timer.c:1748
 expire_timers kernel/time/timer.c:1799 [inline]
 __run_timers kernel/time/timer.c:2374 [inline]
 __run_timer_base+0x530/0x744 kernel/time/timer.c:2386
 run_timer_base+0x84/0x1b8 kernel/time/timer.c:2395
 run_timer_softirq+0x20/0x48 kernel/time/timer.c:2405
 handle_softirqs+0x2ec/0xd98 kernel/softirq.c:645
 __do_softirq+0x14/0x20 kernel/softirq.c:679
 ____do_softirq+0x14/0x20 arch/arm64/kernel/irq.c:78
 call_on_irq_stack+0x30/0x48 arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S:885
 do_softirq_own_stack+0x20/0x2c arch/arm64/kernel/irq.c:83
 invoke_softirq kernel/softirq.c:526 [inline]
 __irq_exit_rcu+0x1c0/0x458 kernel/softirq.c:767
 irq_exit_rcu+0x14/0x84 kernel/softirq.c:784
 __el1_irq arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:531 [inline]
 el1_interrupt+0x40/0x60 arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:543
 el1h_64_irq_handler+0x18/0x24 arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:548
 el1h_64_irq+0x6c/0x70 arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S:586
 __daif_local_irq_restore arch/arm64/include/asm/irqflags.h:175 [inline] (P)
 arch_local_irq_restore arch/arm64/include/asm/irqflags.h:195 [inline] (P)
 __raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h:210 [inline] (P)
 _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x44/0x98 kernel/locking/spinlock.c:221 (P)
 spin_unlock_irqrestore include/linux/spinlock.h:425 [inline]
 __uart_port_unlock_irqrestore include/linux/serial_core.h:622 [inline]
 pl011_console_device_unlock+0x94/0xcc drivers/tty/serial/amba-pl011.c:2721
 nbcon_emit_one+0x160/0x1e4 kernel/printk/nbcon.c:1165
 nbcon_kthread_func+0x56c/0x6c0 kernel/printk/nbcon.c:1271
 kthread+0x304/0x3d4 kernel/kthread.c:436
 ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20 arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S:838
watchdog: BUG: soft lockup - CPU#0 stuck for 26s! [pr/ttyAMA-1:41]
Modules linked in:
irq event stamp: 118491
hardirqs last  enabled at (118490): [<ffff8000869882e4>] irqentry_exit_to_kernel_mode_after_preempt include/linux/irq-entry-common.h:507 [inline]
hardirqs last  enabled at (118490): [<ffff8000869882e4>] __arm64_exit_to_kernel_mode+0x64/0x78 arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:60
hardirqs last disabled at (118491): [<ffff8000869842b8>] __el1_irq arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:527 [inline]
hardirqs last disabled at (118491): [<ffff8000869842b8>] el1_interrupt+0x28/0x60 arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:543
softirqs last  enabled at (113040): [<ffff800080311114>] softirq_handle_end kernel/softirq.c:491 [inline]
softirqs last  enabled at (113040): [<ffff800080311114>] handle_softirqs+0xc28/0xd98 kernel/softirq.c:673
softirqs last disabled at (113061): [<ffff8000800204c0>] __do_softirq+0x14/0x20 kernel/softirq.c:679

Crashes (3):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/09/11 07:02 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux.git for-kernelci 5445d6419962 1fe56c0a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-gce-arm64 BUG: soft lockup in llc_ui_connect
2026/08/21 01:28 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux.git for-kernelci 21d6ac051080 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-gce-arm64 BUG: soft lockup in llc_ui_connect
2026/08/02 00:54 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux.git for-kernelci e2d5e23967d0 e611ffe1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-gce-arm64 BUG: soft lockup in llc_ui_connect
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.