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WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in get_callchain_entry

Status: upstream: reported C repro on 2025/06/18 02:15
Bug presence: origin:upstream
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Reported-by: syzbot+013fb58ec10bd119bf65@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 260d, last: 1d10h
Bug presence (1)
Date Name Commit Repro Result
2025/07/06 upstream (ToT) 1f988d0788f5 C [report] WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in get_callchain_entry
Similar bugs (3)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
linux-5.15 WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in get_callchain_entry origin:upstream 4 C 1247 20m 629d 0/3 upstream: reported C repro on 2024/06/13 11:30
linux-6.1 WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in get_callchain_entry origin:upstream missing-backport 4 C 1351 1d10h 677d 0/3 upstream: reported C repro on 2024/04/26 10:45
upstream WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in get_callchain_entry perf 4 C error 10335 2h14m 673d 0/29 upstream: reported C repro on 2024/04/30 10:49

Sample crash report:
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WARNING: suspicious RCU usage
syzkaller #0 Not tainted
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kernel/events/callchain.c:161 suspicious rcu_dereference_check() usage!

other info that might help us debug this:


rcu_scheduler_active = 2, debug_locks = 1
1 lock held by syz.0.17/5929:
 #0: ffffffff8d1301c0 (rcu_read_lock_trace){....}-{0:0}, at: rcu_lock_acquire include/linux/rcupdate.h:334 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8d1301c0 (rcu_read_lock_trace){....}-{0:0}, at: rcu_read_lock_trace+0x37/0x70 include/linux/rcupdate_trace.h:57

stack backtrace:
CPU: 1 PID: 5929 Comm: syz.0.17 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 10/25/2025
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 dump_stack_lvl+0x18c/0x250 lib/dump_stack.c:106
 lockdep_rcu_suspicious+0x1e1/0x300 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:6731
 get_callchain_entry+0x2a9/0x3c0 kernel/events/callchain.c:161
 get_perf_callchain+0xc8/0x4f0 kernel/events/callchain.c:191
 __bpf_get_stack+0x2e4/0x540 kernel/bpf/stackmap.c:435
 ____bpf_get_stack_raw_tp kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c:1917 [inline]
 bpf_get_stack_raw_tp+0x1a9/0x210 kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c:1907
 bpf_prog_14d9fb3786f83342+0x45/0x49
 bpf_dispatcher_nop_func include/linux/bpf.h:1224 [inline]
 __bpf_prog_run include/linux/filter.h:616 [inline]
 bpf_prog_run include/linux/filter.h:623 [inline]
 bpf_prog_run_pin_on_cpu+0x64/0x150 include/linux/filter.h:640
 bpf_prog_test_run_syscall+0x317/0x4a0 net/bpf/test_run.c:1519
 bpf_prog_test_run+0x321/0x390 kernel/bpf/syscall.c:4132
 __sys_bpf+0x49d/0x890 kernel/bpf/syscall.c:5494
 __do_sys_bpf kernel/bpf/syscall.c:5580 [inline]
 __se_sys_bpf kernel/bpf/syscall.c:5578 [inline]
 __x64_sys_bpf+0x7c/0x90 kernel/bpf/syscall.c:5578
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:46 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x55/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:76
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2
RIP: 0033:0x7faa1ab9acb9
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:00007ffdf1bded68 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000141
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007faa1ae15fa0 RCX: 00007faa1ab9acb9
RDX: 000000000000000c RSI: 00002000000004c0 RDI: 000000000000000a
RBP: 00007faa1ac08bf7 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007faa1ae15fac R14: 00007faa1ae15fa0 R15: 00007faa1ae15fa0
 </TASK>

Crashes (564):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/01/18 11:23 linux-6.6.y cbb31f77b879 20d37d28 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in get_callchain_entry
2026/01/18 10:43 linux-6.6.y cbb31f77b879 20d37d28 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in get_callchain_entry
2025/12/24 21:44 linux-6.6.y 5fa4793a2d2d d6526ea3 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in get_callchain_entry
2025/12/24 05:28 linux-6.6.y 5fa4793a2d2d d6526ea3 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in get_callchain_entry
2025/12/17 05:09 linux-6.6.y 5fa4793a2d2d d6526ea3 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in get_callchain_entry
2025/09/22 09:06 linux-6.6.y af1544b5d072 67c37560 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in get_callchain_entry
2025/09/19 09:57 linux-6.6.y 60a9e718726f e2beed91 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in get_callchain_entry
2025/09/19 07:28 linux-6.6.y 60a9e718726f e2beed91 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in get_callchain_entry
2025/08/01 19:57 linux-6.6.y 3a8ababb8b6a 40127d41 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in get_callchain_entry
2025/08/01 16:49 linux-6.6.y 3a8ababb8b6a 40127d41 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in get_callchain_entry
2025/08/01 15:19 linux-6.6.y 3a8ababb8b6a 40127d41 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in get_callchain_entry
2025/07/23 17:26 linux-6.6.y d96eb99e2f0e e1dd4f22 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in get_callchain_entry
2025/06/18 09:11 linux-6.6.y c2603c511feb e77fae15 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in get_callchain_entry
2026/03/03 20:30 linux-6.6.y 7a137e9bfa0e 4180d919 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in get_callchain_entry
2026/03/03 15:48 linux-6.6.y 7a137e9bfa0e 4180d919 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in get_callchain_entry
2026/03/01 14:13 linux-6.6.y 7a137e9bfa0e 43249bac .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in get_callchain_entry
2026/02/28 13:58 linux-6.6.y 7a137e9bfa0e 43249bac .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in get_callchain_entry
2026/02/27 23:34 linux-6.6.y 7a137e9bfa0e 2cf092b8 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in get_callchain_entry
2026/02/27 22:29 linux-6.6.y 7a137e9bfa0e 2cf092b8 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in get_callchain_entry
2026/02/27 17:15 linux-6.6.y 7a137e9bfa0e 2cf092b8 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in get_callchain_entry
2026/02/27 07:11 linux-6.6.y 7a137e9bfa0e a2f13f71 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in get_callchain_entry
2026/02/27 01:54 linux-6.6.y 7a137e9bfa0e a2f13f71 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in get_callchain_entry
2026/02/27 01:53 linux-6.6.y 7a137e9bfa0e a2f13f71 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in get_callchain_entry
2026/02/25 18:33 linux-6.6.y 7a137e9bfa0e 94a9671e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in get_callchain_entry
2026/02/25 06:52 linux-6.6.y 7a137e9bfa0e 787dfb7c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in get_callchain_entry
2026/02/25 01:02 linux-6.6.y 7a137e9bfa0e 787dfb7c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in get_callchain_entry
2026/02/24 19:22 linux-6.6.y 7a137e9bfa0e 96b1aa46 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in get_callchain_entry
2026/02/24 12:33 linux-6.6.y 7a137e9bfa0e 96b1aa46 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in get_callchain_entry
2026/02/24 06:04 linux-6.6.y 7a137e9bfa0e 41d2fa6a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in get_callchain_entry
2026/02/24 00:49 linux-6.6.y 7a137e9bfa0e 41d2fa6a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in get_callchain_entry
2026/02/23 18:01 linux-6.6.y 7a137e9bfa0e 6beca497 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in get_callchain_entry
2026/02/23 04:36 linux-6.6.y 7a137e9bfa0e 6e7b5511 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in get_callchain_entry
2026/02/22 01:49 linux-6.6.y 7a137e9bfa0e 6e7b5511 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in get_callchain_entry
2026/02/20 04:40 linux-6.6.y 7a137e9bfa0e c8d8c52d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in get_callchain_entry
2026/02/19 11:51 linux-6.6.y 56865d9b7074 746545b8 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in get_callchain_entry
2026/02/19 08:36 linux-6.6.y 56865d9b7074 746545b8 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in get_callchain_entry
2026/02/19 06:14 linux-6.6.y 56865d9b7074 746545b8 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in get_callchain_entry
2026/02/19 00:19 linux-6.6.y 56865d9b7074 77d4d919 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in get_callchain_entry
2026/02/18 17:53 linux-6.6.y 56865d9b7074 77d4d919 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in get_callchain_entry
2026/02/18 11:35 linux-6.6.y 56865d9b7074 39751c21 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in get_callchain_entry
2026/02/17 23:23 linux-6.6.y 56865d9b7074 06ec4f7b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in get_callchain_entry
2026/02/17 22:11 linux-6.6.y 56865d9b7074 06ec4f7b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in get_callchain_entry
2026/02/17 18:02 linux-6.6.y 56865d9b7074 06ec4f7b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in get_callchain_entry
2026/02/15 15:13 linux-6.6.y 1b4ef5214f17 1e62d198 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in get_callchain_entry
2026/02/15 00:52 linux-6.6.y 1b4ef5214f17 1e62d198 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in get_callchain_entry
2026/02/14 01:34 linux-6.6.y 1b4ef5214f17 1e62d198 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in get_callchain_entry
2026/02/14 01:32 linux-6.6.y 1b4ef5214f17 1e62d198 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in get_callchain_entry
2026/02/13 13:17 linux-6.6.y 1b4ef5214f17 6a673c50 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in get_callchain_entry
2026/02/13 06:59 linux-6.6.y 1b4ef5214f17 6a673c50 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in get_callchain_entry
2026/02/13 02:44 linux-6.6.y 1b4ef5214f17 504cb1bf .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in get_callchain_entry
2026/02/12 22:11 linux-6.6.y 1b4ef5214f17 504cb1bf .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in get_callchain_entry
2026/02/11 17:51 linux-6.6.y 1b4ef5214f17 75707236 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in get_callchain_entry
2026/02/09 10:06 linux-6.6.y c56aaf1a85ae 4c131dc4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in get_callchain_entry
2026/02/09 09:04 linux-6.6.y c56aaf1a85ae 4c131dc4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in get_callchain_entry
2026/02/09 09:03 linux-6.6.y c56aaf1a85ae 4c131dc4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in get_callchain_entry
2026/02/09 06:03 linux-6.6.y c56aaf1a85ae 4c131dc4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in get_callchain_entry
2026/02/09 03:02 linux-6.6.y c56aaf1a85ae 4c131dc4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in get_callchain_entry
2025/06/18 02:15 linux-6.6.y c2603c511feb e77fae15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in get_callchain_entry
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.