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INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_exit_group

Status: upstream: reported on 2025/07/21 16:02
Reported-by: syzbot+48904dad9520cbb5ce21@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 147d, last: 21d
Similar bugs (16)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_exit_group (7) net 1 C unreliable inconclusive 90 525d 1522d 0/29 upstream: reported C repro on 2021/10/15 18:41
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_exit_group (6) mm 1 C 4 1902d 1908d 19/29 fixed on 2021/03/10 01:48
linux-5.15 INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_exit_group (2) 1 3 606d 641d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/07/27 04:53
linux-6.1 INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_exit_group (3) origin:upstream 1 C error 20 2d01h 692d 0/3 upstream: reported C repro on 2024/01/23 11:05
linux-6.1 INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_exit_group (2) 1 1 839d 839d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/12/07 20:57
linux-6.1 INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_exit_group 1 1 950d 950d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/08/23 09:06
linux-5.15 INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_exit_group 1 1 901d 901d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/10/06 21:30
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_exit_group (2) mm cgroups 1 56 2203d 2204d 0/29 closed as invalid on 2019/12/04 14:14
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_exit_group (3) mm 1 8 2168d 2168d 0/29 closed as invalid on 2020/01/08 05:23
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_exit_group (4) mm 1 13 2168d 2168d 0/29 closed as invalid on 2020/01/09 08:13
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_exit_group (5) mm 1 1 2089d 2089d 0/29 auto-closed as invalid on 2020/06/25 07:58
linux-5.15 INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_exit_group (3) 1 2 396d 429d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/02/22 19:05
linux-5.15 INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_exit_group (4) origin:upstream 1 C 5 25d 87d 0/3 upstream: reported C repro on 2025/09/19 02:54
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_exit_group kernel 1 C done 1 2284d 2280d 13/29 fixed on 2019/10/09 10:54
android-5-10 BUG: soft lockup in sys_exit_group 1 1 512d 512d 0/2 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/10/19 10:22
android-5-15 BUG: soft lockup in sys_exit_group 1 C error 7 473d 617d 0/2 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/12/07 01:30

Sample crash report:
rcu: INFO: rcu_preempt detected stalls on CPUs/tasks:
rcu: 	Tasks blocked on level-0 rcu_node (CPUs 0-1): P8098/1:b..l
rcu: 	(detected by 0, t=10502 jiffies, g=26185, q=361 ncpus=2)
task:sed             state:R  running task     stack:23976 pid:8098  ppid:8096   flags:0x00004002
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5380 [inline]
 __schedule+0x14d2/0x44d0 kernel/sched/core.c:6699
 preempt_schedule_irq+0xb5/0x140 kernel/sched/core.c:7009
 irqentry_exit+0x67/0x70 kernel/entry/common.c:438
 asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x1a/0x20 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:687
RIP: 0010:in_irqentry_text kernel/stacktrace.c:379 [inline]
RIP: 0010:filter_irq_stacks+0x65/0x90 kernel/stacktrace.c:395
Code: 00 49 8b 04 de 48 3d e0 01 80 8a 0f 93 c1 48 3d f0 15 80 8a 0f 92 c2 84 d1 75 27 48 3d 70 0e 79 8a 0f 92 c1 48 3d 7b 0e 79 8a <0f> 93 c0 08 c8 74 11 48 ff c3 49 83 c7 08 49 39 dc 75 ae 44 89 e3
RSP: 0018:ffffc900042df5d8 EFLAGS: 00000293
RAX: ffffffff8151205a RBX: 0000000000000007 RCX: 0000000000000001
RDX: 0000000000002801 RSI: 000000000000000d RDI: ffffc900042df6a0
RBP: 0000000000002800 R08: ffffffff8e4a8e2f R09: 1ffffffff1c951c5
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffffbfff1c951c6 R12: 000000000000000d
R13: dffffc0000000000 R14: ffffc900042df6a0 R15: ffffc900042df6d8
 __stack_depot_save+0x1f/0x630 lib/stackdepot.c:377
 save_stack+0x105/0x1f0 mm/page_owner.c:129
 __reset_page_owner+0x4e/0x190 mm/page_owner.c:149
 reset_page_owner include/linux/page_owner.h:24 [inline]
 free_pages_prepare mm/page_alloc.c:1154 [inline]
 free_unref_page_prepare+0x7ce/0x8e0 mm/page_alloc.c:2336
 free_unref_page_list+0xbe/0x860 mm/page_alloc.c:2475
 release_pages+0x1fa0/0x2220 mm/swap.c:1022
 tlb_batch_pages_flush mm/mmu_gather.c:98 [inline]
 tlb_flush_mmu_free mm/mmu_gather.c:293 [inline]
 tlb_flush_mmu+0x368/0x4f0 mm/mmu_gather.c:300
 tlb_finish_mmu+0xc3/0x1d0 mm/mmu_gather.c:392
 exit_mmap+0x3f0/0xb50 mm/mmap.c:3315
 __mmput+0x118/0x3c0 kernel/fork.c:1355
 exit_mm+0x1da/0x2c0 kernel/exit.c:569
 do_exit+0x88e/0x23c0 kernel/exit.c:870
 do_group_exit+0x21b/0x2d0 kernel/exit.c:1024
 __do_sys_exit_group kernel/exit.c:1035 [inline]
 __se_sys_exit_group kernel/exit.c:1033 [inline]
 __x64_sys_exit_group+0x3f/0x40 kernel/exit.c:1033
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:51 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x55/0xb0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:81
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2
RIP: 0033:0x7fd74e8dd6c5
RSP: 002b:00007ffd805813f8 EFLAGS: 00000202 ORIG_RAX: 00000000000000e7
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007fd74e9defe8 RCX: 00007fd74e8dd6c5
RDX: 00000000000000e7 RSI: ffffffffffffff88 RDI: 0000000000000000
RBP: 0000000000000001 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000202 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 00007fd74e9dd680 R15: 00007fd74e9df000
 </TASK>
rcu: rcu_preempt kthread starved for 10213 jiffies! g26185 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:26568 pid:17    ppid:2      flags:0x00004000
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5380 [inline]
 __schedule+0x14d2/0x44d0 kernel/sched/core.c:6699
 schedule+0xbd/0x170 kernel/sched/core.c:6773
 schedule_timeout+0x160/0x280 kernel/time/timer.c:2167
 rcu_gp_fqs_loop+0x302/0x1560 kernel/rcu/tree.c:1667
 rcu_gp_kthread+0x99/0x380 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
 </TASK>
rcu: Stack dump where RCU GP kthread last ran:
CPU: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 10/02/2025
RIP: 0010:preempt_count_add+0x6a/0x1a0 kernel/sched/core.c:5848
Code: a8 7e 48 c7 c0 80 04 eb 96 48 c1 e8 03 42 0f b6 04 38 84 c0 0f 85 e6 00 00 00 83 3d ef 86 8f 15 00 75 11 65 8b 05 2e 38 a8 7e <0f> b6 c0 3d f5 00 00 00 73 58 65 8b 05 1d 38 a8 7e 25 ff ff ff 7f
RSP: 0018:ffffc900000073b8 EFLAGS: 00000246
RAX: 0000000080000102 RBX: 1ffff92000000e95 RCX: ffffffff96eb0403
RDX: ffffffff8ca93440 RSI: 0000000000000002 RDI: 0000000000000001
RBP: 0000000000000002 R08: ffffc90000007570 R09: 0000000000000006
R10: 0000000000000004 R11: 0000000000000100 R12: ffffc900000074a8
R13: dffffc0000000000 R14: ffffc900000074e0 R15: dffffc0000000000
FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8880b8e00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007f3ad7691cea CR3: 0000000076588000 CR4: 00000000003506f0
Call Trace:
 <IRQ>
 unwind_next_frame+0xbe/0x2970 arch/x86/kernel/unwind_orc.c:479
 arch_stack_walk+0x144/0x190 arch/x86/kernel/stacktrace.c:25
 stack_trace_save+0x9c/0xe0 kernel/stacktrace.c:122
 kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:45 [inline]
 kasan_set_track+0x4e/0x70 mm/kasan/common.c:52
 __kasan_slab_alloc+0x6c/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:328
 kasan_slab_alloc include/linux/kasan.h:188 [inline]
 slab_post_alloc_hook+0x6e/0x4d0 mm/slab.h:767
 slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:3495 [inline]
 kmem_cache_alloc_node+0x150/0x330 mm/slub.c:3540
 __alloc_skb+0x108/0x2c0 net/core/skbuff.c:643
 __netdev_alloc_skb+0x10c/0x500 net/core/skbuff.c:717
 netdev_alloc_skb include/linux/skbuff.h:3272 [inline]
 dev_alloc_skb include/linux/skbuff.h:3285 [inline]
 __ieee80211_beacon_get+0xe17/0x1600 net/mac80211/tx.c:5447
 ieee80211_beacon_get_tim+0xb8/0x560 net/mac80211/tx.c:5569
 ieee80211_beacon_get include/net/mac80211.h:5440 [inline]
 mac80211_hwsim_beacon_tx+0x3c7/0x780 drivers/net/wireless/virtual/mac80211_hwsim.c:2265
 __iterate_interfaces+0x243/0x500 net/mac80211/util.c:766
 ieee80211_iterate_active_interfaces_atomic+0xdb/0x180 net/mac80211/util.c:802
 mac80211_hwsim_beacon+0xbb/0x1b0 drivers/net/wireless/virtual/mac80211_hwsim.c:2295
 __run_hrtimer kernel/time/hrtimer.c:1750 [inline]
 __hrtimer_run_queues+0x51e/0xc40 kernel/time/hrtimer.c:1814
 hrtimer_run_softirq+0x187/0x2b0 kernel/time/hrtimer.c:1831
 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+0xc7/0x190 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
 </IRQ>
 <TASK>
 asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x1a/0x20 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:687
RIP: 0010:pv_native_safe_halt+0x13/0x20 arch/x86/kernel/paravirt.c:148
Code: 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 f4 38 00 f3 0f 1e fa fb f4 <c3> cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc 66 0f 1f 00 55 41 57 41 56
RSP: 0018:ffffffff8ca07d80 EFLAGS: 000002c2
RAX: cce27aab469e3c00 RBX: ffffffff8161981b RCX: cce27aab469e3c00
RDX: 0000000000000001 RSI: ffffffff8aaabce0 RDI: ffffffff8afc6f40
RBP: ffffffff8ca07eb8 R08: ffff8880b8e36b2b R09: 1ffff110171c6d65
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: ffffed10171c6d66 R12: ffffffff8e4a8e28
R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 1ffffffff1952688
 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+0x1eb/0x510 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
 </TASK>

Crashes (6):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2025/11/24 22:31 linux-6.6.y 1e89a1be4fe9 bf6fe8fe .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_exit_group
2025/09/27 04:24 linux-6.6.y 147338df3487 001c9061 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_exit_group
2025/09/17 02:00 linux-6.6.y 60a9e718726f e2beed91 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_exit_group
2025/09/03 17:05 linux-6.6.y cc1a1c5b404a 96a211bc .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_exit_group
2025/07/22 10:50 linux-6.6.y d96eb99e2f0e 1555463b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_exit_group
2025/07/21 16:01 linux-6.6.y d96eb99e2f0e 56d87229 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_exit_group
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.