BUG: soft lockup in sock_alloc_file

Status: closed as invalid on 2026/10/06 01:52
Subsystems: mm
Labels: prio:low
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First crash: 198d, last: 5d04h
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e38c199a assessment-security DenialOfService: ❌ Exploitable: ❌ FilesystemTrigger: ❌ NetworkTrigger: ❌ PeripheralTrigger: ❌ RemoteTrigger: ❌ Unprivileged: ❌ UserNamespace: ❌ VMGuestTrigger: ❌ VMHostTrigger: ❌ ❓ BUG: soft lockup in sock_alloc_file 2026/05/24 20:26 2026/05/24 20:26 2026/05/24 21:32 c69befb3
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Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
linux-6.6 INFO: rcu detected stall in sock_alloc_file (2) 1 1 308d 308d 0/2 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2026/03/15 04:14
linux-6.6 INFO: rcu detected stall in sock_alloc_file 1 1 409d 409d 0/2 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/12/03 21:35
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in sock_alloc_file fs 1 1 1049d 1049d 0/29 closed as invalid on 2024/02/01 10:31
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in sock_alloc_file (3) mm 1 5 320d 455d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2026/02/21 17:58
linux-5.15 INFO: rcu detected stall in sock_alloc_file 1 1 461d 461d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/10/13 16:41
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in sock_alloc_file (2) mm 1 6 628d 680d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/04/19 00:40
linux-6.1 INFO: rcu detected stall in sock_alloc_file (2) 1 12 19d 191d 0/3 upstream: reported on 2026/04/01 17:08
linux-5.15 INFO: rcu detected stall in sock_alloc_file (2) 1 9 1d17h 349d 0/3 upstream: reported on 2025/10/24 19:33
linux-6.1 INFO: rcu detected stall in sock_alloc_file 1 1 401d 401d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/12/12 11:49

Sample crash report:
watchdog: BUG: soft lockup - CPU#0 stuck for 143s! [syz.4.4507:21791]
Modules linked in:
irq event stamp: 14129913
hardirqs last  enabled at (14129912): [<ffffffff8baebf2e>] irqentry_exit+0x59e/0x620 kernel/entry/common.c:242
hardirqs last disabled at (14129913): [<ffffffff8baea93e>] sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0xe/0xc0 arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1056
softirqs last  enabled at (10915842): [<ffffffff8188041f>] __do_softirq kernel/softirq.c:656 [inline]
softirqs last  enabled at (10915842): [<ffffffff8188041f>] invoke_softirq kernel/softirq.c:496 [inline]
softirqs last  enabled at (10915842): [<ffffffff8188041f>] __irq_exit_rcu+0x5f/0x150 kernel/softirq.c:723
softirqs last disabled at (10915845): [<ffffffff8188041f>] __do_softirq kernel/softirq.c:656 [inline]
softirqs last disabled at (10915845): [<ffffffff8188041f>] invoke_softirq kernel/softirq.c:496 [inline]
softirqs last disabled at (10915845): [<ffffffff8188041f>] __irq_exit_rcu+0x5f/0x150 kernel/softirq.c:723
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 21791 Comm: syz.4.4507 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) 
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 02/12/2026
RIP: 0010:__srcu_check_read_flavor+0x87/0x250 kernel/rcu/srcutree.c:798
Code: 3c 28 00 74 08 4c 89 e7 e8 e6 b1 85 00 49 8b 2c 24 4c 89 7c 24 08 4d 8d 24 2f 49 83 c4 20 4c 89 e0 48 c1 e8 03 42 0f b6 04 28 <84> c0 0f 85 0a 01 00 00 41 8b 04 24 49 83 c6 10 4d 89 f7 49 c1 ef
RSP: 0018:ffffc90000007068 EFLAGS: 00000a02
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000000000004 RCX: 0000000000000102
RDX: ffffffff90a6eb01 RSI: 0000000000000004 RDI: ffffffff8e7bd4c0
RBP: ffffffff931cc180 R08: ffffc90000007247 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: ffffc90000007238 R11: fffff52000000e49 R12: ffff8880b86291a0
R13: dffffc0000000000 R14: ffffffff8e7bd4c0 R15: ffff88812545d000
FS:  00007f483b8ef6c0(0000) GS:ffff88812545d000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007f483b8add58 CR3: 0000000061a1e000 CR4: 00000000003526f0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000ffff0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000600
Call Trace:
 <IRQ>
 srcu_check_read_flavor include/linux/srcutree.h:373 [inline]
 srcu_read_lock_fast_notrace include/linux/srcu.h:385 [inline]
 class_srcu_fast_notrace_constructor include/linux/srcu.h:634 [inline]
 __do_trace_lock_release include/trace/events/lock.h:69 [inline]
 trace_lock_release include/trace/events/lock.h:69 [inline]
 lock_release+0x36c/0x3d0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5879
 rcu_lock_release include/linux/rcupdate.h:322 [inline]
 rcu_read_unlock include/linux/rcupdate.h:881 [inline]
 class_rcu_destructor include/linux/rcupdate.h:1193 [inline]
 unwind_next_frame+0x1aaa/0x23c0 arch/x86/kernel/unwind_orc.c:695
 arch_stack_walk+0x11b/0x150 arch/x86/kernel/stacktrace.c:25
 stack_trace_save+0xa9/0x100 kernel/stacktrace.c:122
 save_stack+0x122/0x230 mm/page_owner.c:165
 __set_page_owner+0x8d/0x4c0 mm/page_owner.c:341
 set_page_owner include/linux/page_owner.h:32 [inline]
 post_alloc_hook+0x231/0x280 mm/page_alloc.c:1889
 prep_new_page mm/page_alloc.c:1897 [inline]
 get_page_from_freelist+0x24dc/0x2580 mm/page_alloc.c:3962
 __alloc_frozen_pages_noprof+0x18d/0x380 mm/page_alloc.c:5250
 alloc_pages_mpol+0x232/0x4a0 mm/mempolicy.c:2484
 alloc_frozen_pages_noprof mm/mempolicy.c:2555 [inline]
 alloc_pages_noprof+0xa8/0x190 mm/mempolicy.c:2575
 skb_page_frag_refill+0x179/0x310 net/core/sock.c:3146
 add_recvbuf_mergeable drivers/net/virtio_net.c:2782 [inline]
 try_fill_recv+0xa31/0x20f0 drivers/net/virtio_net.c:2837
 virtnet_receive drivers/net/virtio_net.c:2998 [inline]
 virtnet_poll+0x237c/0x2f90 drivers/net/virtio_net.c:3083
 __napi_poll+0xae/0x340 net/core/dev.c:7692
 napi_poll net/core/dev.c:7755 [inline]
 net_rx_action+0x627/0xf70 net/core/dev.c:7912
 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:schedule_debug kernel/sched/core.c:5857 [inline]
RIP: 0010:__schedule+0x18d/0x52d0 kernel/sched/core.c:6786
Code: 74 08 48 89 df e8 23 5e 80 f6 48 8b 1b 48 89 d8 48 c1 e8 03 42 80 3c 30 00 74 08 48 89 df e8 0a 5e 80 f6 48 81 3b 9d 6e ac 57 <0f> 85 8a 1a 00 00 45 85 ed 7f 4c 48 8b 44 24 10 48 8d 58 18 48 89
RSP: 0018:ffffc90003427440 EFLAGS: 00000246
RAX: 1ffff92000684000 RBX: ffffc90003420000 RCX: 0000000000000001
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffffff8c27c8e0 RDI: ffffffff8c27c8a0
RBP: ffffc90003427640 R08: ffffffff9011b2b7 R09: 1ffffffff2023656
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffffbfff2023657 R12: ffff88812545d000
R13: 0000000000000001 R14: dffffc0000000000 R15: 1ffff110170c75c3
 preempt_schedule_irq+0x4d/0xa0 kernel/sched/core.c:7238
 irqentry_exit+0x599/0x620 kernel/entry/common.c:239
 asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x1a/0x20 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:697
RIP: 0010:orc_find arch/x86/kernel/unwind_orc.c:228 [inline]
RIP: 0010:unwind_next_frame+0x214/0x23c0 arch/x86/kernel/unwind_orc.c:510
Code: ef 08 8b 15 1e 9d a4 0c 8d 42 ff 44 39 f8 0f 86 78 04 00 00 44 89 f8 4c 8d 2c 85 80 c0 52 91 4c 89 e8 48 c1 e8 03 0f b6 04 28 <84> c0 48 89 eb 0f 85 25 1c 00 00 45 8b 6d 00 44 89 f8 ff c0 48 8d
RSP: 0018:ffffc90003427778 EFLAGS: 00000a07
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000000000001 RCX: 0000000080000000
RDX: 00000000000ab27c RSI: ffffffff8c27c8e0 RDI: ffffffff8c27c8a0
RBP: dffffc0000000000 R08: ffffffff81767e95 R09: ffffffff8e75e5e0
R10: ffffc900034278a8 R11: fffff52000684f21 R12: ffffffff8176a786
R13: ffffffff91549b1c R14: ffffc900034278a8 R15: 00000000000076a7
 __unwind_start+0x5b8/0x760 arch/x86/kernel/unwind_orc.c:773
 unwind_start arch/x86/include/asm/unwind.h:64 [inline]
 arch_stack_walk+0xe3/0x150 arch/x86/kernel/stacktrace.c:24
 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
 lsm_file_alloc security/security.c:169 [inline]
 security_file_alloc+0x34/0x310 security/security.c:2380
 init_file+0x90/0x2b0 fs/file_table.c:159
 alloc_empty_file+0x6e/0x1d0 fs/file_table.c:241
 alloc_file fs/file_table.c:355 [inline]
 alloc_file_pseudo+0x155/0x240 fs/file_table.c:384
 sock_alloc_file+0xb8/0x2e0 net/socket.c:483
 __sys_socketpair+0x386/0x560 net/socket.c:1841
 __do_sys_socketpair net/socket.c:1863 [inline]
 __se_sys_socketpair net/socket.c:1860 [inline]
 __x64_sys_socketpair+0x9b/0xb0 net/socket.c:1860
 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: 0033:0x7f483a99c799
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:00007f483b8ef028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000035
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f483ac15fa0 RCX: 00007f483a99c799
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000001 RDI: 0000000000000001
RBP: 00007f483aa32c99 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000200000000040 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f483ac16038 R14: 00007f483ac15fa0 R15: 00007ffebf997f18
 </TASK>
Sending NMI from CPU 0 to CPUs 1:
NMI backtrace for cpu 1
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 18277 Comm: kworker/u8:14 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) 
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 02/12/2026
Workqueue: events_unbound toggle_allocation_gate
RIP: 0010:csd_lock_wait kernel/smp.c:342 [inline]
RIP: 0010:smp_call_function_many_cond+0xce5/0x12c0 kernel/smp.c:877
Code: 45 8b 2c 24 44 89 ee 83 e6 01 31 ff e8 b4 e6 0b 00 41 83 e5 01 49 bd 00 00 00 00 00 fc ff df 75 07 e8 5f e2 0b 00 eb 38 f3 90 <42> 0f b6 04 2b 84 c0 75 11 41 f7 04 24 01 00 00 00 74 1e e8 43 e2
RSP: 0018:ffffc90004107700 EFLAGS: 00000293
RAX: ffffffff81b9bfed RBX: 1ffff110170c8525 RCX: ffff88802d695b80
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000001 RDI: 0000000000000000
RBP: ffffc90004107840 R08: ffffffff9011b2b7 R09: 1ffffffff2023656
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffffbfff2023657 R12: ffff8880b8642928
R13: dffffc0000000000 R14: ffff8880b873c000 R15: 0000000000000000
FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff88812555d000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007fcb4e7eb4b8 CR3: 000000000e54c000 CR4: 00000000003526f0
DR0: 0000200000000300 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000ffff0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000600
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 on_each_cpu_cond_mask+0x3f/0x80 kernel/smp.c:1043
 on_each_cpu include/linux/smp.h:72 [inline]
 smp_text_poke_sync_each_cpu arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c:2761 [inline]
 smp_text_poke_batch_finish+0x5f5/0x1160 arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c:2971
 arch_jump_label_transform_apply+0x1c/0x30 arch/x86/kernel/jump_label.c:146
 static_key_disable_cpuslocked+0xc5/0x1a0 kernel/jump_label.c:240
 static_key_disable+0x1a/0x20 kernel/jump_label.c:248
 toggle_allocation_gate+0x1fe/0x290 mm/kfence/core.c:907
 process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3276 [inline]
 process_scheduled_works+0xb6e/0x18c0 kernel/workqueue.c:3359
 worker_thread+0xa53/0xfc0 kernel/workqueue.c:3440
 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>

Crashes (11):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/03/25 06:08 bpf c369299895a5 35e4ff71 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-bpf-kasan-gce BUG: soft lockup in sock_alloc_file
2026/10/04 13:25 upstream 6addb4f38557 57bbd979 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in sock_alloc_file
2026/05/21 08:58 upstream df685633c3db 41b8c833 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in sock_alloc_file
2026/03/25 19:24 upstream bbeb83d3182a 4367a094 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-386 INFO: rcu detected stall in sock_alloc_file
2026/08/13 10:02 net 2bb155e92167 67796a05 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce INFO: rcu detected stall in sock_alloc_file
2026/07/26 00:50 net 53658c6f3682 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce INFO: rcu detected stall in sock_alloc_file
2026/06/27 07:24 net 6c00e85cd46f fb92f11c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce INFO: rcu detected stall in sock_alloc_file
2026/06/14 15:13 net a4004aa0debf 1d2f3589 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce INFO: rcu detected stall in sock_alloc_file
2026/06/12 19:09 net 9bf10032894f 1d2f3589 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce INFO: rcu detected stall in sock_alloc_file
2026/05/10 22:05 net 46e9b0224475 29233ece .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce INFO: rcu detected stall in sock_alloc_file
2026/09/12 15:58 net-next c0aca269ec07 70a60e12 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-kasan-gce INFO: rcu detected stall in sock_alloc_file
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.