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WARNING in rcu_check_gp_start_stall (4)

Status: upstream: reported on 2026/02/20 21:56
Reported-by: syzbot+e952109dd720d190f944@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 20d, last: 7d05h
Similar bugs (6)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
upstream WARNING in rcu_check_gp_start_stall net -1 C done error 2909 8d14h 2576d 0/29 upstream: reported C repro on 2019/02/22 17:10
linux-5.15 WARNING in rcu_check_gp_start_stall (3) -1 6 126d 253d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2026/02/15 02:49
linux-6.6 WARNING in rcu_check_gp_start_stall origin:lts-only -1 C done 116 20d 269d 0/2 upstream: reported C repro on 2025/06/17 13:49
linux-5.15 WARNING in rcu_check_gp_start_stall (2) -1 7 543d 687d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/12/25 11:45
linux-5.15 WARNING in rcu_check_gp_start_stall -1 1 826d 826d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/03/17 09:39
linux-6.1 WARNING in rcu_check_gp_start_stall origin:upstream missing-backport -1 C done 28 23d 908d 0/3 upstream: reported C repro on 2023/09/17 20:24

Sample crash report:
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WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 8735 at kernel/rcu/tree_stall.h:937 rcu_check_gp_start_stall+0x2dc/0x460 kernel/rcu/tree_stall.h:929
Modules linked in:
CPU: 1 PID: 8735 Comm: syz.0.1168 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 02/12/2026
RIP: 0010:rcu_check_gp_start_stall+0x2dc/0x460 kernel/rcu/tree_stall.h:937
Code: ff ff ff 48 c7 c7 20 fc 31 96 be 04 00 00 00 e8 0a df 58 00 48 89 df b8 01 00 00 00 87 05 0c ad cc 14 85 c0 0f 85 19 ff ff ff <0f> 0b 48 81 ff 00 2f 32 8c 74 47 48 c7 c0 04 17 8a 8d 48 c1 e8 03
RSP: 0018:ffffc90000dd0bb8 EFLAGS: 00010046
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffffffff8c322f00 RCX: ffffffff81654f06
RDX: 0000000000000001 RSI: 0000000000000004 RDI: ffffffff8c322f00
RBP: ffffc90000dd0e10 R08: 0000000000000003 R09: 0000000000000004
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffffbfff2c63f84 R12: 0000000000002904
R13: ffff8880b913b258 R14: 0000000000000a02 R15: dffffc0000000000
FS:  00007fbfef8286c0(0000) GS:ffff8880b9100000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007fbfef7e5ff8 CR3: 0000000053931000 CR4: 00000000003506e0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
Call Trace:
 <IRQ>
 rcu_core+0x62b/0x1670 kernel/rcu/tree.c:2758
 handle_softirqs+0x339/0x830 kernel/softirq.c:576
 __do_softirq kernel/softirq.c:610 [inline]
 invoke_softirq kernel/softirq.c:450 [inline]
 __irq_exit_rcu+0x13b/0x230 kernel/softirq.c:659
 irq_exit_rcu+0x5/0x20 kernel/softirq.c:671
 instr_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1108 [inline]
 sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0xa0/0xc0 arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1108
 </IRQ>
 <TASK>
 asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x16/0x20 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:676
RIP: 0010:lock_is_held_type+0x13a/0x190 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5671
Code: 75 40 48 c7 04 24 00 00 00 00 9c 8f 04 24 f7 04 24 00 02 00 00 75 46 41 f7 c5 00 02 00 00 74 01 fb 65 48 8b 04 25 28 00 00 00 <48> 3b 44 24 08 75 3c 89 e8 48 83 c4 10 5b 41 5c 41 5d 41 5e 41 5f
RSP: 0018:ffffc9000352f978 EFLAGS: 00000206
RAX: d194bc17c0021200 RBX: ffff888078d19dc0 RCX: d194bc17c0021200
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffffff8a2b3a20 RDI: ffffffff8a79f980
RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: ffff888078d19dc7 R09: 1ffff1100f1a33b8
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: ffffed100f1a33b9 R12: dffffc0000000000
R13: 0000000000000246 R14: ffffffff8c31eb60 R15: 00000000ffffffff
 lock_is_held include/linux/lockdep.h:287 [inline]
 ___might_sleep+0xea/0x610 kernel/sched/core.c:9624
 __might_fault+0x6b/0x110 mm/memory.c:5354
 __copy_to_user include/linux/uaccess.h:143 [inline]
 save_xstate_epilog arch/x86/kernel/fpu/signal.c:104 [inline]
 copy_fpstate_to_sigframe+0x8aa/0xbf0 arch/x86/kernel/fpu/signal.c:217
 get_sigframe arch/x86/kernel/signal.c:295 [inline]
 __setup_rt_frame arch/x86/kernel/signal.c:471 [inline]
 setup_rt_frame arch/x86/kernel/signal.c:780 [inline]
 handle_signal arch/x86/kernel/signal.c:824 [inline]
 arch_do_signal_or_restart+0x679/0x12c0 arch/x86/kernel/signal.c:869
 handle_signal_work kernel/entry/common.c:154 [inline]
 exit_to_user_mode_loop+0x9e/0x130 kernel/entry/common.c:178
 exit_to_user_mode_prepare+0xee/0x180 kernel/entry/common.c:214
 __syscall_exit_to_user_mode_work kernel/entry/common.c:296 [inline]
 syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x16/0x40 kernel/entry/common.c:307
 do_syscall_64+0x58/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:86
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x66/0xd0
RIP: 0033:0x7fbff15ce797
Code: 83 c8 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
RSP: 002b:00007fbfef828028 EFLAGS: 00000246
RAX: 0000000000000048 RBX: 00007fbff1847fa0 RCX: 00007fbff15ce799
RDX: 0000200000000280 RSI: 0000000000000026 RDI: 0000000000000003
RBP: 00007fbff1664bd9 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007fbff1848038 R14: 00007fbff1847fa0 R15: 00007ffc758b9608
 </TASK>
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Code disassembly (best guess):
   0:	75 40                	jne    0x42
   2:	48 c7 04 24 00 00 00 	movq   $0x0,(%rsp)
   9:	00
   a:	9c                   	pushf
   b:	8f 04 24             	pop    (%rsp)
   e:	f7 04 24 00 02 00 00 	testl  $0x200,(%rsp)
  15:	75 46                	jne    0x5d
  17:	41 f7 c5 00 02 00 00 	test   $0x200,%r13d
  1e:	74 01                	je     0x21
  20:	fb                   	sti
  21:	65 48 8b 04 25 28 00 	mov    %gs:0x28,%rax
  28:	00 00
* 2a:	48 3b 44 24 08       	cmp    0x8(%rsp),%rax <-- trapping instruction
  2f:	75 3c                	jne    0x6d
  31:	89 e8                	mov    %ebp,%eax
  33:	48 83 c4 10          	add    $0x10,%rsp
  37:	5b                   	pop    %rbx
  38:	41 5c                	pop    %r12
  3a:	41 5d                	pop    %r13
  3c:	41 5e                	pop    %r14
  3e:	41 5f                	pop    %r15

Crashes (2):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/03/06 15:49 linux-5.15.y 91d48252ad4b 41d8037d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING in rcu_check_gp_start_stall
2026/02/20 21:55 linux-5.15.y 3330a8d33e08 6e7b5511 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING in rcu_check_gp_start_stall
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.