INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_execve

Status: auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2026/01/08 10:55
Reported-by: syzbot+8920db091008b77f7576@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 296d, last: 296d
▶ ▼ Similar bugs (8)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_execve mm 1 11 2423d 2424d 0/29 closed as invalid on 2019/12/04 14:04
linux-6.1 INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_execve 1 3 400d 545d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/09/26 08:59
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_execve (6) prio:normal mm 1 C done error 87 5d08h 674d 0/29 upstream: reported C repro on 2024/09/17 11:35
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_execve (3) mm 1 1 2388d 2388d 0/29 closed as invalid on 2020/01/09 08:13
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_execve (2) mm 1 1 2388d 2388d 0/29 closed as invalid on 2020/01/08 05:23
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_execve (5) mm tomoyo 1 2 983d 987d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/02/10 22:46
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_execve (4) mm 1 1 1549d 1549d 0/29 auto-closed as invalid on 2022/06/25 07:48
linux-5.15 BUG: soft lockup in sys_execve 1 1 622d 622d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/02/15 21:26

Sample crash report:
rcu: INFO: rcu_preempt detected stalls on CPUs/tasks:
rcu: 	Tasks blocked on level-0 rcu_node (CPUs 0-1): P1327/1:b..l P8140/1:b..l
rcu: 	(detected by 0, t=10502 jiffies, g=29305, q=378 ncpus=2)
task:dhcpcd-run-hook state:R  running task     stack:27472 pid:8140  ppid:8137   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:lock_is_held_type+0x13e/0x190 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5830
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:ffffc900038d7618 EFLAGS: 00000206
RAX: e9698132302adb00 RBX: ffff888024153c00 RCX: e9698132302adb00
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffffff8aaace20 RDI: ffffffff8afc71c0
RBP: 0000000000000001 R08: dffffc0000000000 R09: 1ffffffff21b4ca0
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffffbfff21b4ca1 R12: 0000000000000003
R13: 0000000000000246 R14: ffffffff8cd2fe20 R15: ffff888024154758
 lookup_page_ext mm/page_ext.c:240 [inline]
 page_ext_get+0x193/0x2b0 mm/page_ext.c:509
 __reset_page_owner+0x2e/0x190 mm/page_owner.c:145
 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+0x32/0x2e0 mm/page_alloc.c:2429
 discard_slab mm/slub.c:2127 [inline]
 __unfreeze_partials+0x1cf/0x210 mm/slub.c:2667
 put_cpu_partial+0x17c/0x250 mm/slub.c:2743
 __slab_free+0x31d/0x410 mm/slub.c:3700
 qlink_free mm/kasan/quarantine.c:166 [inline]
 qlist_free_all+0x75/0xe0 mm/kasan/quarantine.c:185
 kasan_quarantine_reduce+0x143/0x160 mm/kasan/quarantine.c:292
 __kasan_slab_alloc+0x22/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:305
 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+0x13e/0x260 mm/slub.c:3534
 __do_kmalloc_node mm/slab_common.c:1006 [inline]
 __kmalloc+0xa4/0x240 mm/slab_common.c:1020
 kmalloc include/linux/slab.h:604 [inline]
 tomoyo_realpath_from_path+0xe3/0x5d0 security/tomoyo/realpath.c:251
 tomoyo_realpath_nofollow+0xbc/0x100 security/tomoyo/realpath.c:304
 tomoyo_find_next_domain+0x253/0x1a60 security/tomoyo/domain.c:726
 tomoyo_bprm_check_security+0x116/0x170 security/tomoyo/tomoyo.c:101
 security_bprm_check+0x62/0xa0 security/security.c:1103
 search_binary_handler fs/exec.c:1763 [inline]
 exec_binprm fs/exec.c:1817 [inline]
 bprm_execve+0xa51/0x16f0 fs/exec.c:1892
 do_execveat_common+0x51b/0x6c0 fs/exec.c:1998
 do_execve fs/exec.c:2072 [inline]
 __do_sys_execve fs/exec.c:2148 [inline]
 __se_sys_execve fs/exec.c:2143 [inline]
 __x64_sys_execve+0x92/0xa0 fs/exec.c:2143
 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: 0033:0x7fc944c4a107
RSP: 002b:00007ffc6bdac408 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000003b
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 000055ecd117d078 RCX: 00007fc944c4a107
RDX: 000055ecd117d0a0 RSI: 000055ecd117d078 RDI: 000055ecd117d130
RBP: 000055ecd117d130 R08: 00007ffc6bdb1e6d R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000008 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 000055ecd117d0a0
R13: 00007fc944e0fe8b R14: 000055ecd117d0a0 R15: 0000000000000000
 </TASK>
task:kworker/u4:7    state:R  running task     stack:22728 pid:1327  ppid:2      flags:0x00004000
Workqueue: bat_events batadv_nc_worker
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:lock_acquire+0x1f2/0x410 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5758
Code: 00 9c 8f 84 24 80 00 00 00 f6 84 24 81 00 00 00 02 0f 85 f5 00 00 00 41 f7 c6 00 02 00 00 74 01 fb 48 c7 44 24 60 0e 36 e0 45 <4b> c7 04 3c 00 00 00 00 66 43 c7 44 3c 09 00 00 43 c6 44 3c 0b 00
RSP: 0018:ffffc90004b17a40 EFLAGS: 00000206
RAX: 0000000000000001 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 978b318831f68800
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffffff8aaace20 RDI: ffffffff8afc71c0
RBP: ffffc90004b17b48 R08: dffffc0000000000 R09: 1ffffffff21b4ca0
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffffbfff21b4ca1 R12: 1ffff92000962f54
R13: ffffffff8cd2fe20 R14: 0000000000000246 R15: dffffc0000000000
 rcu_lock_acquire include/linux/rcupdate.h:334 [inline]
 rcu_read_lock include/linux/rcupdate.h:786 [inline]
 batadv_nc_purge_orig_hash net/batman-adv/network-coding.c:408 [inline]
 batadv_nc_worker+0xef/0x610 net/batman-adv/network-coding.c:719
 process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:2634 [inline]
 process_scheduled_works+0xa45/0x15b0 kernel/workqueue.c:2711
 worker_thread+0xa55/0xfc0 kernel/workqueue.c:2792
 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: rcu_preempt kthread starved for 10378 jiffies! g29305 f0x0 RCU_GP_WAIT_FQS(5) ->state=0x0 ->cpu=1
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:
Sending NMI from CPU 0 to CPUs 1:
NMI backtrace for cpu 1
CPU: 1 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/1 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 08/18/2025
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 a3 e8 39 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:ffffc90000187de0 EFLAGS: 000002c2
RAX: b30bf8424d263400 RBX: ffffffff8161925b RCX: b30bf8424d263400
RDX: 0000000000000001 RSI: ffffffff8aaabca0 RDI: ffffffff8afc71c0
RBP: ffffc90000187f20 R08: ffff8880b8f36b2b R09: 1ffff110171e6d65
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: ffffed10171e6d66 R12: ffffffff8e4a7fe8
R13: 0000000000000001 R14: 0000000000000001 R15: 1ffff110037cd780
FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8880b8f00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007f403b413db9 CR3: 000000007de54000 CR4: 00000000003506e0
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 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
 start_secondary+0xee/0xf0 arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c:323
 secondary_startup_64_no_verify+0x179/0x17b
 </TASK>

Crashes (1):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2025/09/30 10:54 linux-6.6.y 147338df3487 86341da6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_execve
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.