BUG: soft lockup in tx (4)

Status: upstream: reported C repro on 2025/05/08 06:14
Bug presence: origin:upstream
Labels: missing-backport
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Reported-by: syzbot+0608299c38bdd431c9e2@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 527d, last: 3d18h
Fix bisection: failed (error log, bisect log)
  
▶ ▼ Bug presence (3)
Date Name Commit Repro Result
2026/08/25 linux-6.1.y (ToT) 05208478041c C [report] BUG: soft lockup in ser_release
2025/06/29 upstream (ToT) afa9a6f4f574 C [report] BUG: soft lockup in tx
2026/08/25 upstream (ToT) 66498c75b4f8 C Didn't crash
▶ ▼ Similar bugs (11)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
linux-6.1 BUG: soft lockup in tx (2) 1 1 987d 987d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/05/12 18:08
upstream BUG: soft lockup in tx prio:low serial 1 syz, C 1195 102d 1490d 0/29 upstream: reported C repro on 2022/09/18 05:29
linux-4.14 BUG: soft lockup in tx 1 syz, C error 2 1655d 1834d 0/1 upstream: reported C repro on 2021/10/09 08:02
linux-4.19 BUG: soft lockup in tx 1 syz, C done 1 1870d 1900d 1/1 fixed on 2021/10/04 07:44
linux-5.15 BUG: soft lockup in tx (2) origin:upstream 1 syz, C error 41 24d 810d 0/3 upstream: reported C repro on 2024/07/29 04:22
linux-6.1 BUG: soft lockup in tx (3) 1 4 628d 847d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/05/07 05:11
linux-6.1 BUG: soft lockup in tx 1 3 1149d 1272d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/12/03 12:31
linux-5.15 BUG: soft lockup in tx 1 21 1034d 1286d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/03/27 03:04
linux-5.15 INFO: rcu detected stall in tx 1 1 918d 918d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/07/21 14:08
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in tx net 1 syz, C error unreliable 3 1869d 2007d 20/29 fixed on 2021/11/10 00:50
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in tx (2) serial 1 79 1635d 1754d 0/29 auto-closed as invalid on 2022/08/24 07:21

Sample crash report:
watchdog: BUG: soft lockup - CPU#1 stuck for 23s! [aoe_tx0:2066]
Modules linked in:
irq event stamp: 66175047
hardirqs last  enabled at (66175046): [<ffff800011c9da4c>] __raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h:151 [inline]
hardirqs last  enabled at (66175046): [<ffff800011c9da4c>] _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x48/0xac kernel/locking/spinlock.c:194
hardirqs last disabled at (66175047): [<ffff800011bb2924>] __el1_irq arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:468 [inline]
hardirqs last disabled at (66175047): [<ffff800011bb2924>] el1_interrupt+0x24/0x54 arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:486
softirqs last  enabled at (1028): [<ffff80000ff14cd8>] local_bh_enable+0x10/0x34 include/linux/bottom_half.h:32
softirqs last disabled at (1032): [<ffff80000ff14ca4>] local_bh_disable+0x10/0x34 include/linux/bottom_half.h:19
CPU: 1 PID: 2066 Comm: aoe_tx0 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 08/14/2026
pstate: 82400005 (Nzcv daif +PAN -UAO +TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)
pc : __raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h:152 [inline]
pc : _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x58/0xac kernel/locking/spinlock.c:194
lr : __raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h:151 [inline]
lr : _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x48/0xac kernel/locking/spinlock.c:194
sp : ffff800026dc7890
x29: ffff800026dc7890 x28: 1fffe0001b33d996 x27: 1fffe0001ab60eae
x26: ffff0000d99eccb0 x25: dfff800000000000 x24: 0000000000000020
x23: 0000000000000000 x22: 0000000000000000 x21: dfff800000000000
x20: ffff80001c971d10 x19: 0000000000000000 x18: 1fffe00033e6db7e
x17: ffff80000feb097c x16: ffff8000082dd284 x15: 000000000004ffff
x14: 0000000000000001 x13: 1ffff0000392e3a2 x12: 0000000000000000
x11: ff0080000a97ca20 x10: 0000000000000003 x9 : 0000000000000080
x8 : 00000000000000c0 x7 : ffff80000b470d70 x6 : 0000000000000000
x5 : 0000000000000080 x4 : 0000000000000001 x3 : 0000000000000000
x2 : 0000000000000002 x1 : ffff800011d1dc80 x0 : ffff80018a057000
Call trace:
 arch_local_irq_restore arch/arm64/include/asm/irqflags.h:122 [inline]
 __raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h:151 [inline]
 _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x58/0xac kernel/locking/spinlock.c:194
 spin_unlock_irqrestore include/linux/spinlock.h:406 [inline]
 uart_write_room+0x144/0x2d8 drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c:614
 tty_write_room+0x6c/0x8c drivers/tty/tty_ioctl.c:80
 handle_tx+0x118/0x600 drivers/net/caif/caif_serial.c:226
 caif_xmit+0x108/0x150 drivers/net/caif/caif_serial.c:282
 __netdev_start_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:4891 [inline]
 netdev_start_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:4905 [inline]
 xmit_one net/core/dev.c:3695 [inline]
 dev_hard_start_xmit+0x234/0x8c8 net/core/dev.c:3711
 __dev_queue_xmit+0x1590/0x3154 net/core/dev.c:4375
 dev_queue_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:3053 [inline]
 tx+0xa0/0x1c8 drivers/block/aoe/aoenet.c:63
 kthread+0x178/0x344 drivers/block/aoe/aoecmd.c:1241
 kthread+0x254/0x2e0 kernel/kthread.c:376
 ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20 arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S:850

Crashes (43):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/09/23 22:02 linux-6.1.y 1a8763b93150 abce1216 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: soft lockup in tx
2026/09/21 19:04 linux-6.1.y 1a8763b93150 853b104b .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: soft lockup in tx
2026/09/21 08:53 linux-6.1.y 1a8763b93150 853b104b .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: soft lockup in tx
2026/02/01 16:02 linux-6.1.y cd9b81672742 6b8752f2 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro (clean fs)] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: soft lockup in tx
2025/11/30 10:55 linux-6.1.y f6e38ae624cf d6526ea3 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: soft lockup in tx
2025/09/03 17:45 linux-6.1.y f89b6e15694c 96a211bc .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: soft lockup in tx
2025/06/28 14:55 linux-6.1.y 7e69c33e4858 fc9d8ee5 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: soft lockup in tx
2025/07/07 21:24 linux-6.1.y 04d1ccaa9c28 4f67c4ae .config console log report syz / log [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: soft lockup in tx
2026/01/02 10:52 linux-6.1.y 50cbba13faa2 d6526ea3 .config console log report syz / log [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in tx
2026/10/13 21:40 linux-6.1.y a500ba24937a 7321cd29 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: soft lockup in tx
2026/09/10 10:35 linux-6.1.y cf82dcca9634 1fe56c0a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: soft lockup in tx
2026/07/30 12:20 linux-6.1.y fb28aa725e05 2377cd3d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: soft lockup in tx
2026/07/30 12:20 linux-6.1.y fb28aa725e05 2377cd3d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: soft lockup in tx
2026/07/30 07:21 linux-6.1.y 1016ca6176ee 2377cd3d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: soft lockup in tx
2026/07/30 07:21 linux-6.1.y 1016ca6176ee 2377cd3d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: soft lockup in tx
2026/07/29 17:49 linux-6.1.y 1016ca6176ee 6ef5c1e2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: soft lockup in tx
2026/07/29 17:49 linux-6.1.y 1016ca6176ee 6ef5c1e2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: soft lockup in tx
2026/07/29 17:49 linux-6.1.y 1016ca6176ee 6ef5c1e2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: soft lockup in tx
2026/05/25 07:08 linux-6.1.y dcbcab9d7079 c69befb3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: soft lockup in tx
2026/05/15 01:32 linux-6.1.y ad16b162f21d 6ccb967e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: soft lockup in tx
2026/04/22 01:45 linux-6.1.y 7c87defbd336 0b6ab7ec .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: soft lockup in tx
2026/03/02 23:45 linux-6.1.y 779f9571ac3e b9dd6534 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: soft lockup in tx
2025/10/12 03:15 linux-6.1.y 882efbdd9d34 ff1712fe .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: soft lockup in tx
2025/10/11 15:18 linux-6.1.y 882efbdd9d34 ff1712fe .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: soft lockup in tx
2025/10/11 15:16 linux-6.1.y 882efbdd9d34 ff1712fe .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: soft lockup in tx
2025/10/11 15:08 linux-6.1.y 882efbdd9d34 ff1712fe .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: soft lockup in tx
2025/10/11 15:02 linux-6.1.y 882efbdd9d34 ff1712fe .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: soft lockup in tx
2025/09/11 01:44 linux-6.1.y f97f1002271b fdeaa69b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: soft lockup in tx
2025/09/04 13:48 linux-6.1.y f89b6e15694c d291dd2d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: soft lockup in tx
2025/09/04 13:48 linux-6.1.y f89b6e15694c d291dd2d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: soft lockup in tx
2025/09/04 13:48 linux-6.1.y f89b6e15694c d291dd2d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: soft lockup in tx
2025/09/04 12:17 linux-6.1.y f89b6e15694c d291dd2d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: soft lockup in tx
2025/09/04 12:16 linux-6.1.y f89b6e15694c d291dd2d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: soft lockup in tx
2025/09/04 12:13 linux-6.1.y f89b6e15694c d291dd2d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: soft lockup in tx
2025/07/07 15:36 linux-6.1.y 04d1ccaa9c28 4f67c4ae .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: soft lockup in tx
2025/07/07 09:48 linux-6.1.y 04d1ccaa9c28 4f67c4ae .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: soft lockup in tx
2025/06/28 19:07 linux-6.1.y 7e69c33e4858 fc9d8ee5 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: soft lockup in tx
2025/06/28 19:01 linux-6.1.y 7e69c33e4858 fc9d8ee5 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: soft lockup in tx
2025/06/28 08:44 linux-6.1.y 7e69c33e4858 fc9d8ee5 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: soft lockup in tx
2025/06/28 08:43 linux-6.1.y 7e69c33e4858 fc9d8ee5 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: soft lockup in tx
2025/06/10 02:04 linux-6.1.y 58485ff1a74f 4826c28e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: soft lockup in tx
2025/05/08 06:14 linux-6.1.y ac7079a42ea5 dbf35fa1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-arm64 BUG: soft lockup in tx
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.