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INFO: rcu detected stall in msr_read (2)

Status: upstream: reported on 2025/07/17 17:02
Subsystems: lsm
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Reported-by: syzbot+418ad593325950ed83b0@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 334d, last: 44d
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[syzbot] [lsm?] INFO: rcu detected stall in msr_read (2) 0 (1) 2025/07/17 17:02
Similar bugs (3)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
linux-5.15 INFO: rcu detected stall in msr_read 1 1 423d 423d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/11/29 20:07
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in msr_read kernel 1 8 436d 497d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/11/07 00:24
linux-6.1 INFO: rcu detected stall in msr_read 1 2 433d 492d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/11/19 16:03

Sample crash report:
rcu: INFO: rcu_preempt detected stalls on CPUs/tasks:
rcu: 	1-...!: (1 GPs behind) idle=1dec/1/0x4000000000000000 softirq=67369/67370 fqs=0
rcu: 	Tasks blocked on level-0 rcu_node (CPUs 0-1): P5864/1:b..l P6375/1:b..l
rcu: 	(detected by 0, t=10505 jiffies, g=68113, q=114 ncpus=2)
Sending NMI from CPU 0 to CPUs 1:
NMI backtrace for cpu 1
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 15072 Comm: syz.6.2316 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) 
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/12/2025
RIP: 0010:__raw_callee_save___pv_queued_spin_unlock+0x10/0x18
Code: 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 f3 0f 1e fa 52 b8 01 00 00 00 31 d2 f0 0f b0 17 <75> 06 5a e9 93 c3 93 f5 56 0f b6 f0 e8 9f ff ff ff 5e 5a e9 83 c3
RSP: 0018:ffffc90000a08c18 EFLAGS: 00000046
RAX: 0000000000000001 RBX: ffff8880328932e8 RCX: 0000000000000001
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000004 RDI: ffff8880328932e8
RBP: 1ffff1100651265e R08: ffff8880328932eb R09: 1ffff1100651265d
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: ffffed100651265e R12: dffffc0000000000
R13: 1ffff1100651265f R14: ffff8880328932f8 R15: ffff8880328932f0
FS:  00007f30a57f66c0(0000) GS:ffff888125d18000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 0000200000011000 CR3: 00000000346b5000 CR4: 0000000000350ef0
Call Trace:
 <IRQ>
 pv_queued_spin_unlock arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt.h:562 [inline]
 queued_spin_unlock arch/x86/include/asm/qspinlock.h:57 [inline]
 do_raw_spin_unlock+0x122/0x240 kernel/locking/spinlock_debug.c:142
 __raw_spin_unlock include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h:142 [inline]
 _raw_spin_unlock+0x1e/0x50 kernel/locking/spinlock.c:186
 spin_unlock include/linux/spinlock.h:391 [inline]
 advance_sched+0x99f/0xc90 net/sched/sch_taprio.c:986
 __run_hrtimer kernel/time/hrtimer.c:1761 [inline]
 __hrtimer_run_queues+0x52c/0xc60 kernel/time/hrtimer.c:1825
 hrtimer_interrupt+0x45b/0xaa0 kernel/time/hrtimer.c:1887
 local_apic_timer_interrupt arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1039 [inline]
 __sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x10b/0x410 arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1056
 instr_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1050 [inline]
 sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0xa1/0xc0 arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1050
 </IRQ>
 <TASK>
 asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x1a/0x20 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:702
RIP: 0010:__raw_spin_unlock_irq include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h:160 [inline]
RIP: 0010:_raw_spin_unlock_irq+0x29/0x50 kernel/locking/spinlock.c:202
Code: 90 f3 0f 1e fa 53 48 89 fb 48 83 c7 18 48 8b 74 24 08 e8 1a ff 20 f6 48 89 df e8 72 96 21 f6 e8 cd e8 4a f6 fb bf 01 00 00 00 <e8> 42 8e 13 f6 65 8b 05 cb 10 24 07 85 c0 74 07 5b e9 9c d1 93 f5
RSP: 0018:ffffc9000406f8f0 EFLAGS: 00000286
RAX: 6dbb27484bcee900 RBX: ffffc9000406fae8 RCX: 6dbb27484bcee900
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffffff8d9b8acb RDI: 0000000000000001
RBP: ffffc9000406fa30 R08: ffffffff8fa39637 R09: 1ffffffff1f472c6
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffffbfff1f472c7 R12: ffff888032bc9788
R13: ffffc9000406fae0 R14: ffffc9000406f9a8 R15: 1ffff9200080df30
 __wait_for_common kernel/sched/completion.c:122 [inline]
 wait_for_common kernel/sched/completion.c:132 [inline]
 wait_for_completion+0x4bb/0x5d0 kernel/sched/completion.c:153
 rdmsr_safe_on_cpu+0x150/0x230 arch/x86/lib/msr-smp.c:181
 msr_read+0x14d/0x250 arch/x86/kernel/msr.c:66
 vfs_read+0x200/0xa30 fs/read_write.c:570
 ksys_read+0x145/0x250 fs/read_write.c:715
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0xfa/0x3b0 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x7f30a758ebe9
Code: ff ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 40 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 a8 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48
RSP: 002b:00007f30a57f6038 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000000
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f30a77c5fa0 RCX: 00007f30a758ebe9
RDX: 0000000000018ff8 RSI: 0000200000001a40 RDI: 000000000000000a
RBP: 00007f30a7611e19 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f30a77c6038 R14: 00007f30a77c5fa0 R15: 00007ffcc0c71008
 </TASK>
task:kworker/u8:13   state:R  running task     stack:19936 pid:6375  tgid:6375  ppid:2      task_flags:0x4208060 flags:0x00004000
Workqueue: bat_events batadv_nc_worker
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5357 [inline]
 __schedule+0x1798/0x4cc0 kernel/sched/core.c:6961
 preempt_schedule_irq+0xb5/0x150 kernel/sched/core.c:7288
 irqentry_exit+0x6f/0x90 kernel/entry/common.c:197
 asm_sysvec_reschedule_ipi+0x1a/0x20 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:707
RIP: 0010:lock_release+0x2b5/0x3e0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5893
Code: 51 48 c7 44 24 20 00 00 00 00 9c 8f 44 24 20 f7 44 24 20 00 02 00 00 75 56 f7 c3 00 02 00 00 74 01 fb 65 48 8b 05 0b 0f 03 11 <48> 3b 44 24 28 0f 85 8b 00 00 00 48 83 c4 30 5b 41 5c 41 5d 41 5e
RSP: 0018:ffffc9000bb779b8 EFLAGS: 00000206
RAX: ad80aeae938dc900 RBX: 0000000000000202 RCX: ad80aeae938dc900
RDX: 0000000000000002 RSI: ffffffff8dba7f2b RDI: ffffffff8be33880
RBP: ffff88802c56e540 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: ffffffff8b476242
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffffbfff1f472c7 R12: 0000000000000002
R13: 0000000000000002 R14: ffffffff8e139f20 R15: ffff88802c56da00
 rcu_lock_release include/linux/rcupdate.h:341 [inline]
 rcu_read_unlock include/linux/rcupdate.h:871 [inline]
 batadv_nc_purge_orig_hash net/batman-adv/network-coding.c:412 [inline]
 batadv_nc_worker+0x28c/0x610 net/batman-adv/network-coding.c:719
 process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3236 [inline]
 process_scheduled_works+0xae1/0x17b0 kernel/workqueue.c:3319
 worker_thread+0x8a0/0xda0 kernel/workqueue.c:3400
 kthread+0x711/0x8a0 kernel/kthread.c:463
 ret_from_fork+0x3fc/0x770 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:148
 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245
 </TASK>
task:syz-executor    state:R  running task     stack:21192 pid:5864  tgid:5864  ppid:5853   task_flags:0x400140 flags:0x00004002
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5357 [inline]
 __schedule+0x1798/0x4cc0 kernel/sched/core.c:6961
 preempt_schedule_common+0x83/0xd0 kernel/sched/core.c:7145
 preempt_schedule+0xae/0xc0 kernel/sched/core.c:7169
 preempt_schedule_thunk+0x16/0x30 arch/x86/entry/thunk.S:12
 __raw_spin_unlock include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h:143 [inline]
 _raw_spin_unlock+0x3f/0x50 kernel/locking/spinlock.c:186
 spin_unlock include/linux/spinlock.h:391 [inline]
 copy_pte_range mm/memory.c:1201 [inline]
 copy_pmd_range+0x68c6/0x71d0 mm/memory.c:1261
 copy_pud_range mm/memory.c:1298 [inline]
 copy_p4d_range mm/memory.c:1322 [inline]
 copy_page_range+0xc14/0x1270 mm/memory.c:1410
 dup_mmap+0xf57/0x1ac0 mm/mmap.c:1834
 dup_mm kernel/fork.c:1485 [inline]
 copy_mm+0x13c/0x4b0 kernel/fork.c:1537
 copy_process+0x1706/0x3c00 kernel/fork.c:2175
 kernel_clone+0x21e/0x840 kernel/fork.c:2605
 __do_sys_clone kernel/fork.c:2748 [inline]
 __se_sys_clone kernel/fork.c:2732 [inline]
 __x64_sys_clone+0x18b/0x1e0 kernel/fork.c:2732
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0xfa/0x3b0 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x7f4592385453
RSP: 002b:00007ffc5f240a88 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000038
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 00007f4592385453
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000001200011
RBP: 0000000000000001 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000001
R10: 0000555566db07d0 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00000000000927c0 R14: 00000000000dcbee R15: 00007ffc5f240c20
 </TASK>
rcu: rcu_preempt kthread starved for 10505 jiffies! g68113 f0x0 RCU_GP_WAIT_FQS(5) ->state=0x0 ->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:R  running task     stack:27328 pid:16    tgid:16    ppid:2      task_flags:0x208040 flags:0x00004000
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5357 [inline]
 __schedule+0x1798/0x4cc0 kernel/sched/core.c:6961
 __schedule_loop kernel/sched/core.c:7043 [inline]
 schedule+0x165/0x360 kernel/sched/core.c:7058
 schedule_timeout+0x12b/0x270 kernel/time/sleep_timeout.c:99
 rcu_gp_fqs_loop+0x301/0x1540 kernel/rcu/tree.c:2083
 rcu_gp_kthread+0x99/0x390 kernel/rcu/tree.c:2285
 kthread+0x711/0x8a0 kernel/kthread.c:463
 ret_from_fork+0x3fc/0x770 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:148
 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245
 </TASK>
rcu: Stack dump where RCU GP kthread last ran:
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) 
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/12/2025
RIP: 0010:pv_native_safe_halt+0x13/0x20 arch/x86/kernel/paravirt.c:82
Code: 3e 6d 96 f5 cc cc cc 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 f3 0f 1e fa 66 90 0f 00 2d 73 57 0e 00 f3 0f 1e fa fb f4 <e9> 13 6d 96 f5 cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90
RSP: 0018:ffffffff8de07d80 EFLAGS: 000002c2
RAX: f7299ad891458400 RBX: ffffffff819683f8 RCX: f7299ad891458400
RDX: 0000000000000001 RSI: ffffffff8d9b8acb RDI: ffffffff8be33880
RBP: ffffffff8de07eb8 R08: ffff8880b8632f9b R09: 1ffff110170c65f3
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: ffffed10170c65f4 R12: ffffffff8fa39630
R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 1ffffffff1bd2a20
FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff888125c18000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007f64f1230f98 CR3: 00000000768bd000 CR4: 0000000000350ef0
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 arch_safe_halt arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt.h:107 [inline]
 default_idle+0x13/0x20 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:757
 default_idle_call+0x74/0xb0 kernel/sched/idle.c:122
 cpuidle_idle_call kernel/sched/idle.c:190 [inline]
 do_idle+0x1e8/0x510 kernel/sched/idle.c:330
 cpu_startup_entry+0x44/0x60 kernel/sched/idle.c:428
 rest_init+0x2de/0x300 init/main.c:744
 start_kernel+0x3a9/0x410 init/main.c:1097
 x86_64_start_reservations+0x24/0x30 arch/x86/kernel/head64.c:307
 x86_64_start_kernel+0x143/0x1c0 arch/x86/kernel/head64.c:288
 common_startup_64+0x13e/0x147
 </TASK>

Crashes (36):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2025/09/04 17:39 upstream b9a10f876409 d291dd2d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in msr_read
2025/08/11 07:24 upstream 8f5ae30d69d7 32a0e5ed .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: rcu detected stall in msr_read
2025/07/22 10:07 upstream 89be9a83ccf1 1555463b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: rcu detected stall in msr_read
2025/07/22 09:07 upstream 89be9a83ccf1 1555463b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: rcu detected stall in msr_read
2025/07/13 16:55 upstream 3f31a806a62e 3cda49cf .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: rcu detected stall in msr_read
2025/07/13 15:29 upstream 3f31a806a62e 3cda49cf .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: rcu detected stall in msr_read
2025/06/29 20:21 upstream afa9a6f4f574 fc9d8ee5 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in msr_read
2025/06/21 04:35 upstream 11313e2f7812 d6cdfb8a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: rcu detected stall in msr_read
2025/06/02 17:32 upstream cd2e103d57e5 b396b4bf .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: rcu detected stall in msr_read
2025/05/31 10:47 upstream 8477ab143069 3d2f584d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root INFO: rcu detected stall in msr_read
2025/05/24 11:59 upstream 4856ebd99715 ed351ea7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: rcu detected stall in msr_read
2025/05/12 17:39 upstream 82f2b0b97b36 f6671af7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: rcu detected stall in msr_read
2025/05/07 14:54 upstream 0d8d44db295c 350f4ffc .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: rcu detected stall in msr_read
2025/04/22 07:29 upstream a33b5a08cbbd 2a20f901 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root INFO: rcu detected stall in msr_read
2025/03/30 21:38 upstream 7f2ff7b62617 d3999433 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root INFO: rcu detected stall in msr_read
2025/03/24 06:34 upstream 586de92313fc 875573af .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: rcu detected stall in msr_read
2025/03/04 16:56 upstream 99fa936e8e4f c3901742 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: rcu detected stall in msr_read
2025/03/03 08:17 upstream 7eb172143d55 c3901742 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: rcu detected stall in msr_read
2025/02/12 21:55 upstream 09fbf3d50205 b27c2402 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root INFO: rcu detected stall in msr_read
2025/02/12 05:11 upstream 09fbf3d50205 f2baddf5 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root INFO: rcu detected stall in msr_read
2025/02/08 01:32 upstream 7ee983c850b4 a4f327c2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root INFO: rcu detected stall in msr_read
2025/02/02 23:40 upstream 69e858e0b8b2 568559e4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root INFO: rcu detected stall in msr_read
2025/02/02 20:25 upstream 69e858e0b8b2 568559e4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root INFO: rcu detected stall in msr_read
2025/01/22 03:46 upstream 62de6e168526 da72ac06 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root INFO: rcu detected stall in msr_read
2025/01/18 22:23 upstream 595523945be0 f2cb035c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root INFO: rcu detected stall in msr_read
2025/01/11 06:18 upstream e0daef7de1ac 6dbc6a9b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: rcu detected stall in msr_read
2024/12/31 12:23 upstream ccb98ccef0e5 d3ccff63 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: rcu detected stall in msr_read
2024/12/29 17:52 upstream 059dd502b263 d3ccff63 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: rcu detected stall in msr_read
2024/12/20 15:47 upstream 8faabc041a00 1d58202c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root INFO: rcu detected stall in msr_read
2024/12/19 23:03 upstream eabcdba3ad40 1d58202c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root INFO: rcu detected stall in msr_read
2024/12/12 08:20 upstream 231825b2e1ff ff949d25 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: rcu detected stall in msr_read
2024/12/02 13:43 upstream 40384c840ea1 68914665 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: rcu detected stall in msr_read
2024/11/26 21:03 upstream 7eef7e306d3c 11dbc254 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: rcu detected stall in msr_read
2024/11/18 11:24 upstream adc218676eef cfe3a04a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root INFO: rcu detected stall in msr_read
2025/08/24 05:24 linux-next 7fa4d8dc380f bf27483f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in msr_read
2025/08/08 14:38 linux-next b1549501188c 987b750d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in msr_read
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.