rcu: INFO: rcu_preempt self-detected stall on CPU rcu: 1-....: (9903 ticks this GP) idle=f714/1/0x4000000000000000 softirq=34618/34619 fqs=2068 rcu: hardirqs softirqs csw/system rcu: number: 960508 0 0 rcu: cputime: 11832 25806 33 ==> 37670(ms) rcu: (t=10504 jiffies g=43477 q=2489 ncpus=2) rcu: rcu_preempt kthread timer wakeup didn't happen for 275 jiffies! g43477 f0x0 RCU_GP_WAIT_FQS(5) ->state=0x402 rcu: Possible timer handling issue on cpu=0 timer-softirq=37734 rcu: rcu_preempt kthread starved for 278 jiffies! g43477 f0x0 RCU_GP_WAIT_FQS(5) ->state=0x402 ->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:I stack:26984 pid:17 ppid:2 flags:0x00004000 Call Trace: context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5381 [inline] __schedule+0x1553/0x45a0 kernel/sched/core.c:6700 schedule+0xbd/0x170 kernel/sched/core.c:6774 schedule_timeout+0x188/0x2d0 kernel/time/timer.c:2168 rcu_gp_fqs_loop+0x313/0x1590 kernel/rcu/tree.c:1667 rcu_gp_kthread+0x9d/0x3b0 kernel/rcu/tree.c:1866 kthread+0x2fa/0x390 kernel/kthread.c:388 ret_from_fork+0x48/0x80 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:152 ret_from_fork_asm+0x11/0x20 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:293 rcu: Stack dump where RCU GP kthread last ran: Sending NMI from CPU 1 to CPUs 0: NMI backtrace for cpu 0 CPU: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted syzkaller #0 Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 02/12/2026 RIP: 0010:pv_native_safe_halt+0xf/0x10 arch/x86/kernel/paravirt.c:148 Code: 40 22 02 c3 cc cc cc cc cc cc cc f3 0f 1e fa 0f 0b 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 f3 0f 1e fa 66 90 0f 00 2d c3 29 43 00 fb f4 66 0f 1f 00 55 41 57 41 56 41 54 53 50 8b 2f eb 2e 41 89 de 80 RSP: 0018:ffffc900000078d8 EFLAGS: 00000246 RAX: ffffffff813aa578 RBX: 0000000000000003 RCX: ffffffff8ce93440 RDX: 0000000000000100 RSI: ffffffff8acac960 RDI: ffffffff8b1c85a0 RBP: ffffc900000079b0 R08: ffffffff911c15c7 R09: 1ffffffff22382b8 R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffffbfff22382b9 R12: dffffc0000000000 R13: 0000000000000200 R14: 0000000000000003 R15: 1ffff92000000f20 FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8880b8e00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 000056013c18b028 CR3: 000000001ab9a000 CR4: 00000000003506f0 DR0: 0000200000000300 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000200000000300 DR3: 0000200000000300 DR6: 00000000ffff0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000600 Call Trace: arch_safe_halt arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt.h:108 [inline] kvm_wait+0x23d/0x2a0 arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c:1058 pv_wait arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt.h:598 [inline] pv_wait_head_or_lock kernel/locking/qspinlock_paravirt.h:470 [inline] __pv_queued_spin_lock_slowpath+0x61a/0x9d0 kernel/locking/qspinlock.c:511 pv_queued_spin_lock_slowpath arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt.h:586 [inline] queued_spin_lock_slowpath arch/x86/include/asm/qspinlock.h:51 [inline] queued_spin_lock include/asm-generic/qspinlock.h:114 [inline] do_raw_spin_lock+0x23e/0x2c0 kernel/locking/spinlock_debug.c:115 spin_lock include/linux/spinlock.h:351 [inline] tcp_write_timer+0x2d/0x280 net/ipv4/tcp_timer.c:707 call_timer_fn+0x189/0x540 kernel/time/timer.c:1701 expire_timers kernel/time/timer.c:1752 [inline] __run_timers+0x542/0x800 kernel/time/timer.c:2023 run_timer_softirq+0x67/0xf0 kernel/time/timer.c:2036 handle_softirqs+0x280/0x820 kernel/softirq.c:578 __do_softirq kernel/softirq.c:612 [inline] invoke_softirq kernel/softirq.c:452 [inline] __irq_exit_rcu+0xd3/0x190 kernel/softirq.c:661 irq_exit_rcu+0x9/0x20 kernel/softirq.c:673 instr_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1088 [inline] sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0xa4/0xc0 arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1088 asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x1a/0x20 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:687 RIP: 0010:pv_native_safe_halt+0xf/0x10 arch/x86/kernel/paravirt.c:148 Code: 40 22 02 c3 cc cc cc cc cc cc cc f3 0f 1e fa 0f 0b 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 f3 0f 1e fa 66 90 0f 00 2d c3 29 43 00 fb f4 66 0f 1f 00 55 41 57 41 56 41 54 53 50 8b 2f eb 2e 41 89 de 80 RSP: 0018:ffffffff8ce07d80 EFLAGS: 000002c6 RAX: 652d9d30b22c2000 RBX: ffffffff8162ac40 RCX: 652d9d30b22c2000 RDX: 0000000000000001 RSI: ffffffff8acac960 RDI: ffffffff8b1c85a0 RBP: ffffffff8ce07eb8 R08: ffff8880b8e36b2b R09: 1ffff110171c6d65 R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: ffffed10171c6d66 R12: 1ffffffff19d2688 R13: 1ffffffff19c0fbc R14: 0000000000000000 R15: dffffc0000000000 arch_safe_halt arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt.h:108 [inline] default_idle+0x13/0x20 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:753 default_idle_call+0x6c/0xa0 kernel/sched/idle.c:97 cpuidle_idle_call kernel/sched/idle.c:170 [inline] do_idle+0x1f0/0x4e0 kernel/sched/idle.c:282 cpu_startup_entry+0x43/0x60 kernel/sched/idle.c:380 rest_init+0x2e2/0x300 init/main.c:744 arch_call_rest_init+0xe/0x10 init/main.c:841 start_kernel+0x459/0x4e0 init/main.c:1086 x86_64_start_reservations+0x2a/0x30 arch/x86/kernel/head64.c:555 x86_64_start_kernel+0x60/0x60 arch/x86/kernel/head64.c:536 secondary_startup_64_no_verify+0x179/0x17b CPU: 1 PID: 11746 Comm: syz.2.1592 Not tainted syzkaller #0 Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 02/12/2026 RIP: 0010:__raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h:152 [inline] RIP: 0010:_raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0xc0/0x120 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 0b c9 cd f6 65 8b 05 2c f8 74 75 85 c0 74 3c 48 c7 04 24 0e 36 RSP: 0018:ffffc900001ef180 EFLAGS: 00000206 RAX: dffffc0000000004 RBX: 0000000000000a06 RCX: 29a80d26b8c65d00 RDX: dffffc0000000000 RSI: ffffffff8acac960 RDI: 0000000000000001 RBP: ffffc900001ef218 R08: ffffffff911c15c7 R09: 1ffffffff22382b8 R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffffbfff22382b9 R12: dffffc0000000000 R13: ffff88805fc2da00 R14: ffffffff975718c8 R15: 1ffff9200003de30 FS: 00007f26d58c76c0(0000) GS:ffff8880b8f00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 0000000100000000 CR3: 000000002b5b4000 CR4: 00000000003506e0 DR0: 0000200000000300 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000008d24 DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000ffff0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000600 Call Trace: __debug_check_no_obj_freed lib/debugobjects.c:999 [inline] debug_check_no_obj_freed+0x51f/0x540 lib/debugobjects.c:1020 slab_free_hook mm/slub.c:1786 [inline] slab_free_freelist_hook+0xd2/0x1a0 mm/slub.c:1837 slab_free mm/slub.c:3830 [inline] kmem_cache_free+0xf8/0x270 mm/slub.c:3852 skb_kfree_head net/core/skbuff.c:947 [inline] skb_free_head net/core/skbuff.c:961 [inline] skb_release_data+0x60a/0x800 net/core/skbuff.c:991 skb_release_all net/core/skbuff.c:1057 [inline] __kfree_skb net/core/skbuff.c:1071 [inline] kfree_skb_reason+0x10e/0x170 net/core/skbuff.c:1107 dev_kfree_skb_any_reason+0x120/0x130 net/core/dev.c:3241 free_old_xmit_skbs+0x11a/0x3d0 drivers/net/virtio_net.c:780 start_xmit+0x161/0x1410 drivers/net/virtio_net.c:2420 __netdev_start_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:4943 [inline] netdev_start_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:4957 [inline] xmit_one net/core/dev.c:3632 [inline] dev_hard_start_xmit+0x246/0x740 net/core/dev.c:3648 sch_direct_xmit+0x25e/0x4c0 net/sched/sch_generic.c:345 __dev_xmit_skb net/core/dev.c:3869 [inline] __dev_queue_xmit+0x165d/0x3660 net/core/dev.c:4404 dev_queue_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:3113 [inline] neigh_hh_output include/net/neighbour.h:527 [inline] neigh_output include/net/neighbour.h:541 [inline] ip_finish_output2+0xcec/0x11e0 net/ipv4/ip_output.c:235 NF_HOOK_COND include/linux/netfilter.h:293 [inline] ip_output+0x2a1/0x3b0 net/ipv4/ip_output.c:436 dst_output include/net/dst.h:467 [inline] ip_local_out net/ipv4/ip_output.c:129 [inline] __ip_queue_xmit+0x1049/0x1950 net/ipv4/ip_output.c:540 __tcp_transmit_skb+0x1d6b/0x33f0 net/ipv4/tcp_output.c:1425 tcp_ack_snd_check net/ipv4/tcp_input.c:5736 [inline] tcp_rcv_established+0xb06/0x1d20 net/ipv4/tcp_input.c:6182 tcp_v4_do_rcv+0x4ed/0xb80 net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c:1734 tcp_v4_rcv+0x23bf/0x2af0 net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c:2166 ip_protocol_deliver_rcu+0x20e/0x3f0 net/ipv4/ip_input.c:205 ip_local_deliver_finish+0x2ca/0x510 net/ipv4/ip_input.c:233 NF_HOOK+0x32d/0x3b0 include/linux/netfilter.h:304 dst_input include/net/dst.h:477 [inline] ip_sublist_rcv_finish net/ipv4/ip_input.c:580 [inline] ip_list_rcv_finish net/ipv4/ip_input.c:631 [inline] ip_sublist_rcv+0xa4c/0xd70 net/ipv4/ip_input.c:639 ip_list_rcv+0x3f2/0x440 net/ipv4/ip_input.c:674 __netif_receive_skb_list_ptype net/core/dev.c:5677 [inline] __netif_receive_skb_list_core+0x2da/0x750 net/core/dev.c:5715 __netif_receive_skb_list net/core/dev.c:5777 [inline] netif_receive_skb_list_internal+0x943/0xca0 net/core/dev.c:5868 gro_normal_list include/net/gro.h:451 [inline] gro_normal_one include/net/gro.h:464 [inline] napi_skb_finish net/core/gro.c:575 [inline] napi_gro_receive+0x565/0xb00 net/core/gro.c:605 receive_buf+0x2203/0x3820 drivers/net/virtio_net.c:1870 virtnet_receive drivers/net/virtio_net.c:2155 [inline] virtnet_poll+0x5dd/0x1280 drivers/net/virtio_net.c:2229 __napi_poll+0xc0/0x460 net/core/dev.c:6638 napi_poll net/core/dev.c:6705 [inline] net_rx_action+0x616/0xc40 net/core/dev.c:6841 handle_softirqs+0x280/0x820 kernel/softirq.c:578 __do_softirq kernel/softirq.c:612 [inline] invoke_softirq kernel/softirq.c:452 [inline] __irq_exit_rcu+0xd3/0x190 kernel/softirq.c:661 irq_exit_rcu+0x9/0x20 kernel/softirq.c:673 instr_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1088 [inline] sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0xa4/0xc0 arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1088 asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x1a/0x20 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:687 RIP: 0010:generic_exec_single+0x481/0x4f0 kernel/smp.c:418 Code: 75 11 e8 72 03 0b 00 48 85 db 75 16 e8 68 03 0b 00 eb 15 e8 61 03 0b 00 e8 3c fb 08 09 48 85 db 74 ea e8 52 03 0b 00 fb 31 c0 <48> c7 44 24 20 0e 36 e0 45 4b c7 04 2c 00 00 00 00 43 c7 44 2c 08 RSP: 0018:ffffc900045dfa00 EFLAGS: 00000246 RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000000000200 RCX: ffff88802bc91e00 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000000 RBP: ffffc900045dfad0 R08: ffffffff911c15ff R09: 1ffffffff22382bf R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffffbfff22382c0 R12: 1ffff920008bbf44 R13: dffffc0000000000 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 1ffff920008bbf65 smp_call_function_single+0x36d/0x5a0 kernel/smp.c:647 task_function_call kernel/events/core.c:120 [inline] perf_install_in_context+0x5be/0x920 kernel/events/core.c:2948 __do_sys_perf_event_open kernel/events/core.c:12915 [inline] __se_sys_perf_event_open+0x1836/0x1c50 kernel/events/core.c:12567 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:46 [inline] do_syscall_64+0x55/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:76 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2 RIP: 0033:0x7f26d499c799 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:00007f26d58c7028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000012a RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f26d4c15fa0 RCX: 00007f26d499c799 RDX: ffffffffffffffff RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000200000000400 RBP: 00007f26d4a32c99 R08: 0000000000000009 R09: 0000000000000000 R10: ffffffffffffffff R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000 R13: 00007f26d4c16038 R14: 00007f26d4c15fa0 R15: 00007fff2f2d5088