INFO: rcu detected stall in chrdev_open (2)

Status: upstream: reported on 2026/05/04 04:53
Reported-by: syzbot+8134f525d5bd4936c0d9@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 142d, last: 2d22h
Similar bugs (14)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
linux-4.19 INFO: rcu detected stall in chrdev_open (2) 1 1 2321d 2321d 0/1 auto-closed as invalid on 2020/09/12 23:19
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in chrdev_open (6) mm usb 1 16 633d 900d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/03/29 19:07
linux-6.1 INFO: rcu detected stall in chrdev_open 1 1 291d 291d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2026/03/15 21:38
linux-5.15 INFO: rcu detected stall in chrdev_open 1 1 367d 367d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/12/29 22:52
linux-4.14 INFO: rcu detected stall in chrdev_open 1 syz, C error 4 1631d 1737d 0/1 upstream: reported C repro on 2021/12/21 07:54
linux-4.19 INFO: rcu detected stall in chrdev_open (3) 1 syz, C error 17 1457d 2011d 0/1 upstream: reported C repro on 2021/03/22 19:09
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in chrdev_open (3) kernel 1 1 1396d 1396d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/02/09 20:53
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in chrdev_open (5) serial 1 1 1068d 1068d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/01/19 06:34
linux-4.19 INFO: rcu detected stall in chrdev_open 1 1 2455d 2455d 0/1 auto-closed as invalid on 2020/05/02 02:53
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in chrdev_open (4) media 1 1 1171d 1171d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/10/08 11:46
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in chrdev_open (2) serial 1 syz, C done inconclusive 55 1709d 2476d 0/29 closed as invalid on 2022/02/08 10:45
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in chrdev_open mm 1 4 2485d 2486d 0/29 closed as invalid on 2019/12/04 14:04
linux-5.15 BUG: soft lockup in chrdev_open 1 1 1052d 1052d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/02/14 17:22
android-5-15 BUG: soft lockup in chrdev_open 1 1 815d 815d 0/2 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/09/28 04:58

Sample crash report:
rcu: INFO: rcu_preempt detected expedited stalls on CPUs/tasks: { 0-.... } 2660 jiffies s: 166297 root: 0x1/.
rcu: blocking rcu_node structures (internal RCU debug):
Sending NMI from CPU 1 to CPUs 0:
NMI backtrace for cpu 0
CPU: 0 PID: 720 Comm: syz.1.6664 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/24/2026
RIP: 0010:hlock_class kernel/locking/lockdep.c:223 [inline]
RIP: 0010:__lock_acquire+0x111e/0x7c40 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5059
Code: 0f 85 18 03 00 00 48 83 7c 24 58 00 0f 84 4f 02 00 00 48 8b 84 24 a0 00 00 00 48 8d 58 f8 48 89 d8 48 c1 e8 03 42 0f b6 04 00 <84> c0 0f 85 8b 5c 00 00 8b 03 89 c3 81 e3 ff 1f 00 00 c1 e8 03 25
RSP: 0018:ffffc90000007440 EFLAGS: 00000806
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff88802d560b00 RCX: 000000000297a38b
RDX: 00000000384611a7 RSI: 00000000b540c132 RDI: ffffffff90b0f240
RBP: ffffc90000007670 R08: dffffc0000000000 R09: 1ffffffff2161e48
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffffbfff2161e49 R12: ffff88802d560ad8
R13: ffff88802d560000 R14: 00000000f5e10535 R15: 0000000094482581
FS:  00007fdc0f11e6c0(0000) GS:ffff8880b8e00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007fdc0e1eb840 CR3: 000000005e96c000 CR4: 00000000003506f0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000ffff0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000600
Call Trace:
 <IRQ>
 lock_acquire+0x1bb/0x4a0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5678
 rcu_lock_acquire include/linux/rcupdate.h:350 [inline]
 rcu_read_lock include/linux/rcupdate.h:791 [inline]
 trace_call_bpf+0xe0/0x6b0 kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c:134
 perf_trace_run_bpf_submit+0x79/0x1c0 kernel/events/core.c:10037
 perf_trace_preemptirq_template+0x268/0x320 include/trace/events/preemptirq.h:14
 trace_irq_enable_rcuidle+0xd3/0x140 include/trace/events/preemptirq.h:40
 trace_hardirqs_on+0x24/0x40 kernel/trace/trace_preemptirq.c:44
 asm_sysvec_irq_work+0x16/0x20 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:728
RIP: 0010:rcu_read_unlock_special+0x7f/0x510 kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h:685
Code: eb 03 48 b8 f1 f1 f1 f1 f8 f2 f2 f2 4a 89 04 2b 42 c7 44 2b 08 f8 f3 f3 f3 65 44 8b 35 32 7b 95 7e 41 f7 c6 00 00 f0 00 74 40 <48> c7 44 24 40 0e 36 e0 45 4a c7 04 2b 00 00 00 00 42 c7 44 2b 08
RSP: 0018:ffffc90000007ae0 EFLAGS: 00000206
RAX: f3b0ef8bbb6c6c00 RBX: 1ffff92000000f64 RCX: f3b0ef8bbb6c6c00
RDX: dffffc0000000000 RSI: ffffffff8a8c18a0 RDI: ffffffff8adf68a0
RBP: ffffc90000007bd0 R08: ffff8880b8e357cb R09: 1ffff110171c6af9
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: ffffed10171c6afa R12: 0000000000000246
R13: dffffc0000000000 R14: ffff8880b8e3bb00 R15: 0000000000000001
 __rcu_read_unlock+0x78/0xd0 kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h:426
 rcu_read_unlock include/linux/rcupdate.h:823 [inline]
 ieee80211_iterate_active_interfaces_atomic+0x156/0x170 net/mac80211/util.c:826
 mac80211_hwsim_beacon+0xb7/0x1b0 drivers/net/wireless/mac80211_hwsim.c:2148
 __run_hrtimer kernel/time/hrtimer.c:1751 [inline]
 __hrtimer_run_queues+0x522/0xc90 kernel/time/hrtimer.c:1815
 hrtimer_run_softirq+0x173/0x290 kernel/time/hrtimer.c:1832
 handle_softirqs+0x291/0x910 kernel/softirq.c:596
 __do_softirq kernel/softirq.c:630 [inline]
 invoke_softirq kernel/softirq.c:470 [inline]
 __irq_exit_rcu+0x13b/0x230 kernel/softirq.c:679
 irq_exit_rcu+0x5/0x20 kernel/softirq.c:691
 instr_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1118 [inline]
 sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0xa0/0xc0 arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1118
 </IRQ>
 <TASK>
 asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x16/0x20 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:691
RIP: 0010:chrdev_open+0x520/0x5f0 fs/char_dev.c:424
Code: be fa ff ff ff 48 c7 44 24 20 0e 36 e0 45 4b c7 04 2f 00 00 00 00 65 48 8b 04 25 28 00 00 00 48 3b 44 24 60 0f 85 a1 00 00 00 <44> 89 f0 48 8d 65 d8 5b 41 5c 41 5d 41 5e 41 5f 5d c3 e8 c9 9a 9f
RSP: 0018:ffffc900056a7840 EFLAGS: 00000246
RAX: f3b0ef8bbb6c6c00 RBX: ffff88801cac4e00 RCX: 0000000000080000
RDX: ffffc9001be44000 RSI: 0000000000013769 RDI: 000000000001376a
RBP: ffffc900056a78e8 R08: ffffc900056a7787 R09: 1ffff92000ad4ef0
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffff52000ad4ef1 R12: ffffffff8aeea330
R13: dffffc0000000000 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 1ffff92000ad4f0c
 do_dentry_open+0x7dd/0x10b0 fs/open.c:882
 do_open fs/namei.c:3677 [inline]
 path_openat+0x2674/0x2f10 fs/namei.c:3834
 do_filp_open+0x1ee/0x420 fs/namei.c:3861
 do_sys_openat2+0x14b/0x4f0 fs/open.c:1320
 do_sys_open fs/open.c:1336 [inline]
 __do_sys_openat fs/open.c:1352 [inline]
 __se_sys_openat fs/open.c:1347 [inline]
 __x64_sys_openat+0x135/0x160 fs/open.c:1347
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:46 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x4c/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:76
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2
RIP: 0033:0x7fdc0e19e159
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:00007fdc0f11e028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000101
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007fdc0e425fa0 RCX: 00007fdc0e19e159
RDX: 0000000000020702 RSI: 0000200000000040 RDI: ffffffffffffff9c
RBP: 00007fdc0e23506b R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007fdc0e426038 R14: 00007fdc0e425fa0 R15: 00007ffc39bc5fc8
 </TASK>

Crashes (3):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/09/20 20:21 linux-6.1.y 1a8763b93150 853b104b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in chrdev_open
2026/06/27 14:54 linux-6.1.y fdb6fcb41cc7 fb92f11c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in chrdev_open
2026/05/04 04:52 linux-6.1.y 4931e0e1673d a0d91488 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in chrdev_open
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.