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INFO: rcu detected stall in unix_dgram_recvmsg (5)

Status: auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2026/03/18 06:54
Subsystems: net
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First crash: 95d, last: 95d
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ID Workflow Result Correct Bug Created Started Finished Revision Error
a931e42c-f3aa-4ebe-9fc8-3ac830d62e56 repro INFO: rcu detected stall in unix_dgram_recvmsg (5) 2026/03/07 12:01 2026/03/07 12:01 2026/03/07 12:10 31e9c887f7dc24e04b3ca70d0d54fc34141844b0
Similar bugs (4)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in unix_dgram_recvmsg (3) net 1 2 641d 641d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/09/18 01:51
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in unix_dgram_recvmsg (4) net 1 syz 9 509d 537d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/02/06 16:30
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in unix_dgram_recvmsg (2) net 1 1 859d 859d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/02/13 00:28
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in unix_dgram_recvmsg net 1 2 2660d 2711d 0/29 auto-closed as invalid on 2019/06/07 16:10

Sample crash report:
rcu: INFO: rcu_preempt detected stalls on CPUs/tasks:
rcu: 	Tasks blocked on level-0 rcu_node (CPUs 0-1): P6638/1:b..l P5187/1:b..l
rcu: 	(detected by 0, t=10502 jiffies, g=11541, q=1593 ncpus=2)
task:udevd           state:R  running task     stack:26224 pid:5187  tgid:5187  ppid:1      task_flags:0x400140 flags:0x00080000
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5256 [inline]
 __schedule+0x1139/0x6150 kernel/sched/core.c:6863
 preempt_schedule_irq+0x51/0x90 kernel/sched/core.c:7190
 irqentry_exit+0x1d8/0x8c0 kernel/entry/common.c:216
 asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x1a/0x20 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:697
RIP: 0010:lock_acquire+0x62/0x330 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5872
Code: a4 18 12 83 f8 07 0f 87 a2 02 00 00 89 c0 48 0f a3 05 72 b4 ee 0e 0f 82 74 02 00 00 8b 35 0a e5 ee 0e 85 f6 0f 85 8d 00 00 00 <48> 8b 44 24 30 65 48 2b 05 89 a4 18 12 0f 85 ad 02 00 00 48 83 c4
RSP: 0018:ffffc900038573a8 EFLAGS: 00000206
RAX: 0000000000000046 RBX: ffffffff8e3c9620 RCX: 0000000047d42ea2
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffffff8daa7b4b RDI: ffffffff8bf2b380
RBP: 0000000000000002 R08: 00000000f5f1f87e R09: 00000000ef5f1f87
R10: 0000000000000002 R11: ffff88807b742ff0 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000000
 rcu_lock_acquire include/linux/rcupdate.h:331 [inline]
 rcu_read_lock include/linux/rcupdate.h:867 [inline]
 class_rcu_constructor include/linux/rcupdate.h:1195 [inline]
 unwind_next_frame+0xd1/0x20b0 arch/x86/kernel/unwind_orc.c:495
 arch_stack_walk+0x94/0x100 arch/x86/kernel/stacktrace.c:25
 stack_trace_save+0x8e/0xc0 kernel/stacktrace.c:122
 kasan_save_stack+0x33/0x60 mm/kasan/common.c:56
 kasan_save_track+0x14/0x30 mm/kasan/common.c:77
 kasan_save_free_info+0x3b/0x60 mm/kasan/generic.c:584
 poison_slab_object mm/kasan/common.c:252 [inline]
 __kasan_slab_free+0x5f/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:284
 kasan_slab_free include/linux/kasan.h:234 [inline]
 slab_free_hook mm/slub.c:2540 [inline]
 slab_free mm/slub.c:6668 [inline]
 kfree+0x2f8/0x6e0 mm/slub.c:6876
 skb_kfree_head net/core/skbuff.c:1068 [inline]
 skb_free_head+0x114/0x210 net/core/skbuff.c:1080
 skb_release_data+0x795/0x9e0 net/core/skbuff.c:1107
 skb_release_all net/core/skbuff.c:1182 [inline]
 __kfree_skb net/core/skbuff.c:1196 [inline]
 consume_skb net/core/skbuff.c:1428 [inline]
 consume_skb+0xbf/0x100 net/core/skbuff.c:1422
 __unix_dgram_recvmsg+0x779/0xc30 net/unix/af_unix.c:2658
 unix_dgram_recvmsg+0xd0/0x110 net/unix/af_unix.c:2675
 sock_recvmsg_nosec net/socket.c:1078 [inline]
 sock_recvmsg+0x1f9/0x250 net/socket.c:1100
 ____sys_recvmsg+0x218/0x6b0 net/socket.c:2812
 ___sys_recvmsg+0x114/0x1a0 net/socket.c:2854
 __sys_recvmsg+0x16a/0x220 net/socket.c:2887
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0xcd/0xf80 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x7fdfe10a7407
RSP: 002b:00007ffc3fda7330 EFLAGS: 00000202 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000002f
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007fdfe17d2880 RCX: 00007fdfe10a7407
RDX: 0000000000000040 RSI: 00007ffc3fda7450 RDI: 0000000000000009
RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000202 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 0000564fe0a3c100 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000000
 </TASK>
task:sed             state:R  running task     stack:24712 pid:6638  tgid:6638  ppid:6634   task_flags:0x40000c flags:0x00080001
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5256 [inline]
 __schedule+0x1139/0x6150 kernel/sched/core.c:6863
 preempt_schedule_notrace+0x62/0xe0 kernel/sched/core.c:7140
 preempt_schedule_notrace_thunk+0x16/0x30 arch/x86/entry/thunk.S:13
 rcu_is_watching+0x8e/0xc0 kernel/rcu/tree.c:752
 rcu_read_unlock include/linux/rcupdate.h:895 [inline]
 class_rcu_destructor include/linux/rcupdate.h:1195 [inline]
 unwind_next_frame+0xa3b/0x20b0 arch/x86/kernel/unwind_orc.c:495
 arch_stack_walk+0x94/0x100 arch/x86/kernel/stacktrace.c:25
 stack_trace_save+0x8e/0xc0 kernel/stacktrace.c:122
 kasan_save_stack+0x33/0x60 mm/kasan/common.c:56
 kasan_record_aux_stack+0xa7/0xc0 mm/kasan/generic.c:556
 __call_rcu_common.constprop.0+0xa5/0xa10 kernel/rcu/tree.c:3119
 slab_free_hook mm/slub.c:2504 [inline]
 slab_free mm/slub.c:6668 [inline]
 kmem_cache_free+0x171/0x770 mm/slub.c:6779
 exit_mmap+0x507/0xb60 mm/mmap.c:1302
 __mmput+0x12a/0x410 kernel/fork.c:1173
 mmput+0x62/0x70 kernel/fork.c:1196
 exit_mm kernel/exit.c:581 [inline]
 do_exit+0x7d7/0x2bd0 kernel/exit.c:959
 do_group_exit+0xd3/0x2a0 kernel/exit.c:1112
 __do_sys_exit_group kernel/exit.c:1123 [inline]
 __se_sys_exit_group kernel/exit.c:1121 [inline]
 __x64_sys_exit_group+0x3e/0x50 kernel/exit.c:1121
 x64_sys_call+0x151c/0x1740 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:232
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0xcd/0xf80 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x7fd91a2bb6c5
RSP: 002b:00007ffc63360548 EFLAGS: 00000206 ORIG_RAX: 00000000000000e7
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007fd91a3bcfe8 RCX: 00007fd91a2bb6c5
RDX: 00000000000000e7 RSI: ffffffffffffff88 RDI: 0000000000000000
RBP: 0000000000000001 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000206 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 00007fd91a3bb680 R15: 00007fd91a3bd000
 </TASK>
rcu: rcu_preempt kthread starved for 10568 jiffies! g11541 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:28328 pid:16    tgid:16    ppid:2      task_flags:0x208040 flags:0x00080000
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5256 [inline]
 __schedule+0x1139/0x6150 kernel/sched/core.c:6863
 __schedule_loop kernel/sched/core.c:6945 [inline]
 schedule+0xe7/0x3a0 kernel/sched/core.c:6960
 schedule_timeout+0x123/0x290 kernel/time/sleep_timeout.c:99
 rcu_gp_fqs_loop+0x1ea/0xaf0 kernel/rcu/tree.c:2083
 rcu_gp_kthread+0x26d/0x380 kernel/rcu/tree.c:2285
 kthread+0x3c5/0x780 kernel/kthread.c:463
 ret_from_fork+0x983/0xb10 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158
 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:246
 </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 10/25/2025
RIP: 0010:pv_native_safe_halt+0xf/0x20 arch/x86/kernel/paravirt.c:82
Code: c6 5f 02 c3 cc cc cc cc 0f 1f 00 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 13 59 12 00 fb f4 <e9> cc 35 03 00 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 66 90 90 90 90 90 90
RSP: 0018:ffffffff8e007df8 EFLAGS: 000002c6
RAX: 00000000004761b1 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: ffffffff8b7806d9
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffffff8dacdbe3 RDI: ffffffff8bf2b380
RBP: fffffbfff1c12f68 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: ffffed101708673d
R10: ffff8880b84339eb R11: ffffffff8e098670 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: ffffffff8e097b40 R14: ffffffff9088afd0 R15: 0000000000000000
FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8881248f6000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007f92c2a083e0 CR3: 0000000022f52000 CR4: 00000000003526f0
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 arch_safe_halt arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt.h:107 [inline]
 default_idle+0x13/0x20 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:767
 default_idle_call+0x6c/0xb0 kernel/sched/idle.c:122
 cpuidle_idle_call kernel/sched/idle.c:191 [inline]
 do_idle+0x38d/0x510 kernel/sched/idle.c:332
 cpu_startup_entry+0x4f/0x60 kernel/sched/idle.c:430
 rest_init+0x16b/0x2b0 init/main.c:757
 start_kernel+0x3ef/0x4d0 init/main.c:1206
 x86_64_start_reservations+0x18/0x30 arch/x86/kernel/head64.c:310
 x86_64_start_kernel+0x130/0x190 arch/x86/kernel/head64.c:291
 common_startup_64+0x13e/0x148
 </TASK>

Crashes (1):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2025/12/18 06:43 upstream ea1013c15392 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: rcu detected stall in unix_dgram_recvmsg
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.