INFO: rcu detected stall in ieee80211_handle_queued_frames (2)

Status: upstream: reported on 2025/08/28 08:46
Reported-by: syzbot+8b9640939d074b93a16b@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 371d, last: 4d09h
▶ ▼ Similar bugs (6)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
linux-6.1 INFO: rcu detected stall in ieee80211_handle_queued_frames (3) origin:lts-only 1 syz, C inconclusive 16 12d 303d 0/3 upstream: reported C repro on 2025/11/04 22:16
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in ieee80211_handle_queued_frames wireless 1 syz, C error 843 1d23h 810d 0/29 upstream: reported C repro on 2024/06/15 21:07
linux-5.15 INFO: rcu detected stall in ieee80211_handle_queued_frames 1 1 567d 567d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/05/24 12:07
linux-6.1 INFO: rcu detected stall in ieee80211_handle_queued_frames (2) 1 1 587d 587d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/05/04 02:50
linux-6.6 INFO: rcu detected stall in ieee80211_handle_queued_frames 1 1 411d 411d 0/2 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/10/27 16:58
linux-6.1 INFO: rcu detected stall in ieee80211_handle_queued_frames 1 4 718d 738d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/12/24 22:17

Sample crash report:
rcu: INFO: rcu_preempt self-detected stall on CPU
rcu: 	0-....: (1 GPs behind) idle=e69/1/0x4000000000000000 softirq=12167/12168 fqs=5166 
	(t=10502 jiffies g=15185 q=2033)
NMI backtrace for cpu 0
CPU: 0 PID: 6120 Comm: syz.4.399 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/24/2026
Call Trace:
 <IRQ>
 dump_stack_lvl+0x188/0x250 lib/dump_stack.c:106
 nmi_cpu_backtrace+0x3a2/0x3d0 lib/nmi_backtrace.c:111
 nmi_trigger_cpumask_backtrace+0x163/0x280 lib/nmi_backtrace.c:62
 trigger_single_cpu_backtrace include/linux/nmi.h:166 [inline]
 rcu_dump_cpu_stacks+0x22d/0x380 kernel/rcu/tree_stall.h:349
 print_cpu_stall+0x31f/0x5f0 kernel/rcu/tree_stall.h:633
 check_cpu_stall kernel/rcu/tree_stall.h:727 [inline]
 rcu_pending kernel/rcu/tree.c:3936 [inline]
 rcu_sched_clock_irq+0x6ec/0x1120 kernel/rcu/tree.c:2619
 update_process_times+0x193/0x200 kernel/time/timer.c:2021
 tick_sched_handle kernel/time/tick-sched.c:254 [inline]
 tick_sched_timer+0x37d/0x560 kernel/time/tick-sched.c:1473
 __run_hrtimer kernel/time/hrtimer.c:1685 [inline]
 __hrtimer_run_queues+0x4b0/0xb60 kernel/time/hrtimer.c:1749
 hrtimer_interrupt+0x397/0x8b0 kernel/time/hrtimer.c:1811
 local_apic_timer_interrupt arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1097 [inline]
 __sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x137/0x4a0 arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1114
 instr_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1108 [inline]
 sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x4d/0xc0 arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1108
 asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x16/0x20 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:676
RIP: 0010:kcov_remote_stop+0x24/0x4c0 kernel/kcov.c:1030
Code: e9 45 89 e0 eb 8c 55 41 57 41 56 41 55 41 54 53 48 83 ec 30 65 4c 8b 3d 6a 53 89 7e 65 8b 05 6b 53 89 7e a9 00 00 ff 00 74 0f <48> 83 c4 30 5b 41 5c 41 5d 41 5e 41 5f 5d c3 48 c7 04 24 00 00 00
RSP: 0018:ffffc90000007978 EFLAGS: 00000206
RAX: 12fcac8b6e3ead00 RBX: 0000000000000001 RCX: 12fcac8b6e3ead00
RDX: dffffc0000000000 RSI: ffffffff8a2b2be0 RDI: ffffffff8a7a43c0
RBP: ffffc90000007bf0 R08: ffff8880b903b30b R09: 1ffff11017207661
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: ffffed1017207662 R12: dffffc0000000000
R13: 0000000000000246 R14: dffffc0000000000 R15: ffff88805e8a3b80
 ieee80211_rx_list+0x1d38/0x25e0 net/mac80211/rx.c:5000
 ieee80211_rx_napi+0x17f/0x390 net/mac80211/rx.c:5020
 ieee80211_rx include/net/mac80211.h:4573 [inline]
 ieee80211_handle_queued_frames+0x104/0x1a0 net/mac80211/main.c:237
 tasklet_action_common+0x2ad/0x410 kernel/softirq.c:806
 handle_softirqs+0x336/0x830 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:finish_lock_switch+0x12f/0x290 kernel/sched/core.c:4804
Code: 83 c7 18 be ff ff ff ff e8 0e fb 6b 08 85 c0 74 46 4d 85 ff 75 62 0f 1f 44 00 00 48 89 df e8 c8 6a 75 08 e8 33 dd 2a 00 fb 5b <41> 5c 41 5d 41 5e 41 5f 5d c3 48 89 df e8 2f 0e fe ff 43 80 3c 2c
RSP: 0018:ffffc90003a0f8f8 EFLAGS: 00000286
RAX: 12fcac8b6e3ead00 RBX: ffff88802a8cbb80 RCX: 12fcac8b6e3ead00
RDX: dffffc0000000000 RSI: ffffffff8a2b2be0 RDI: ffffffff8a7a43c0
RBP: 1ffff11017207613 R08: ffff8880b903b30b R09: 1ffff11017207661
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: ffffed1017207662 R12: 1ffff110172075c1
R13: dffffc0000000000 R14: ffff8880b903ae08 R15: 0000000000000000
 finish_task_switch+0x12f/0x650 kernel/sched/core.c:4921
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5052 [inline]
 __schedule+0x11cb/0x4350 kernel/sched/core.c:6395
 preempt_schedule_irq+0xbb/0x160 kernel/sched/core.c:6799
 irqentry_exit+0x63/0x70 kernel/entry/common.c:432
 asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x16/0x20 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:676
RIP: 0010:lock_is_held_type+0x13a/0x190 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5671
Code: 75 40 48 c7 04 24 00 00 00 00 9c 8f 04 24 f7 04 24 00 02 00 00 75 46 41 f7 c5 00 02 00 00 74 01 fb 65 48 8b 04 25 28 00 00 00 <48> 3b 44 24 08 75 3c 89 e8 48 83 c4 10 5b 41 5c 41 5d 41 5e 41 5f
RSP: 0018:ffffc90003a0fcd8 EFLAGS: 00000206
RAX: 12fcac8b6e3ead00 RBX: ffff88805e8a3b80 RCX: 12fcac8b6e3ead00
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffffff8a2b3e80 RDI: ffffffff8a7a43c0
RBP: 0000000000000001 R08: dffffc0000000000 R09: 1ffffffff203de18
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffffbfff203de19 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 0000000000000246 R14: ffffffff8c31ef60 R15: ffff88805e8a4670
 task_css include/linux/cgroup.h:496 [inline]
 task_netprioidx include/net/netprio_cgroup.h:28 [inline]
 sock_update_netprioidx+0x1a9/0x360 include/net/netprio_cgroup.h:39
 sk_alloc+0x21b/0x310 net/core/sock.c:1943
 unix_create1+0xad/0x610 net/unix/af_unix.c:-1
 unix_create+0x139/0x1f0 net/unix/af_unix.c:929
 __sock_create+0x473/0x910 net/socket.c:1496
 sock_create net/socket.c:1552 [inline]
 __sys_socketpair+0x1bd/0x540 net/socket.c:1652
 __do_sys_socketpair net/socket.c:1705 [inline]
 __se_sys_socketpair net/socket.c:1702 [inline]
 __x64_sys_socketpair+0x97/0xb0 net/socket.c:1702
 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: 0033:0x7f57843fe159
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:00007f5782656028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000035
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f5784685fa0 RCX: 00007f57843fe159
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000001 RDI: 0000000000000001
RBP: 00007f5784495024 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000200000000040 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f5784686038 R14: 00007f5784685fa0 R15: 00007ffc144498b8
 </TASK>

Crashes (42):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/08/30 13:28 linux-5.15.y 28c35638ec51 2f52988a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in ieee80211_handle_queued_frames
2026/08/30 00:05 linux-5.15.y 28c35638ec51 2f52988a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in ieee80211_handle_queued_frames
2026/08/19 00:39 linux-5.15.y aabd761612db 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in ieee80211_handle_queued_frames
2026/08/10 13:54 linux-5.15.y aabd761612db 5d63f80b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in ieee80211_handle_queued_frames
2026/07/25 16:00 linux-5.15.y 674f684f7c61 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in ieee80211_handle_queued_frames
2026/07/11 19:18 linux-5.15.y c86c4726e7f0 d78ea535 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in ieee80211_handle_queued_frames
2026/07/09 20:39 linux-5.15.y c86c4726e7f0 a0c310a3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in ieee80211_handle_queued_frames
2026/07/04 17:18 linux-5.15.y c86c4726e7f0 fcece630 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in ieee80211_handle_queued_frames
2026/06/30 09:13 linux-5.15.y eceeec79dbc6 fff8d0a0 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in ieee80211_handle_queued_frames
2026/06/28 04:14 linux-5.15.y eceeec79dbc6 fb92f11c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in ieee80211_handle_queued_frames
2026/06/26 04:10 linux-5.15.y eceeec79dbc6 7ff32d8b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in ieee80211_handle_queued_frames
2026/06/14 12:08 linux-5.15.y dc027a595035 1d2f3589 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in ieee80211_handle_queued_frames
2026/05/27 09:02 linux-5.15.y 241d66fa280c 2b01f00e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in ieee80211_handle_queued_frames
2026/05/22 05:11 linux-5.15.y 93741761e5e3 70ae9b03 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in ieee80211_handle_queued_frames
2026/05/18 08:49 linux-5.15.y 93741761e5e3 de5aae85 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in ieee80211_handle_queued_frames
2026/04/27 16:55 linux-5.15.y b9d57c40a767 0f700595 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in ieee80211_handle_queued_frames
2026/04/19 18:18 linux-5.15.y b9d57c40a767 303e2802 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in ieee80211_handle_queued_frames
2026/04/16 05:59 linux-5.15.y 91d48252ad4b df15c5f3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in ieee80211_handle_queued_frames
2026/03/08 17:16 linux-5.15.y 91d48252ad4b 5cb44a80 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in ieee80211_handle_queued_frames
2026/03/02 01:57 linux-5.15.y 3330a8d33e08 43249bac .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in ieee80211_handle_queued_frames
2026/02/14 05:50 linux-5.15.y e45d5d41c134 1e62d198 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in ieee80211_handle_queued_frames
2026/01/31 17:07 linux-5.15.y 9eec9a14ee10 afc0c4d4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in ieee80211_handle_queued_frames
2026/01/31 07:21 linux-5.15.y 9eec9a14ee10 c75a2f6e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in ieee80211_handle_queued_frames
2025/12/22 07:32 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 ieee80211_handle_queued_frames
2025/12/21 22:54 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 ieee80211_handle_queued_frames
2025/12/21 17:53 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 ieee80211_handle_queued_frames
2025/12/18 16:30 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 ieee80211_handle_queued_frames
2025/12/17 05:34 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 ieee80211_handle_queued_frames
2025/12/13 20:37 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 ieee80211_handle_queued_frames
2025/12/13 12:45 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 ieee80211_handle_queued_frames
2025/12/11 22:39 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 ieee80211_handle_queued_frames
2025/12/10 20:12 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 ieee80211_handle_queued_frames
2025/12/01 11:08 linux-5.15.y cc5ec8769306 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in ieee80211_handle_queued_frames
2025/11/29 00:57 linux-5.15.y cc5ec8769306 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in ieee80211_handle_queued_frames
2025/11/21 18:09 linux-5.15.y cc5ec8769306 280ea308 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in ieee80211_handle_queued_frames
2025/11/15 00:07 linux-5.15.y cc5ec8769306 f7988ea4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in ieee80211_handle_queued_frames
2025/10/11 17:33 linux-5.15.y 29e53a5b1c4f ff1712fe .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in ieee80211_handle_queued_frames
2025/10/05 20:40 linux-5.15.y 29e53a5b1c4f 49379ee0 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in ieee80211_handle_queued_frames
2025/09/13 21:40 linux-5.15.y 43bb85222e53 e2beed91 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in ieee80211_handle_queued_frames
2025/08/28 08:46 linux-5.15.y c79648372d02 e12e5ba4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in ieee80211_handle_queued_frames
2026/08/02 13:15 linux-5.15.y 6e2fd6534337 e611ffe1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf BUG: soft lockup in ieee80211_handle_queued_frames
2026/07/09 05:41 linux-5.15.y c86c4726e7f0 b9f1ceaa .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf BUG: soft lockup in ieee80211_handle_queued_frames
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.