WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in qdisc_lookup

Status: upstream: reported C repro on 2024/10/24 18:40
Bug presence: origin:lts-only
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Reported-by: syzbot+047e2671b8635ee1ca61@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 695d, last: 2h28m
Bug presence (2)
Date Name Commit Repro Result
2025/03/15 linux-5.15.y (ToT) 0c935c049b5c C [report] WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in qdisc_lookup
2025/03/15 upstream (ToT) eb88e6bfbc0a C Didn't crash
Fix bisection attempts (1)
Created Duration User Patch Repo Result
2025/04/05 06:31 1h54m fix candidate upstream OK (0) job log

Sample crash report:
device syzkaller0 entered promiscuous mode
=============================
WARNING: suspicious RCU usage
syzkaller #0 Not tainted
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net/sched/sch_api.c:304 suspicious rcu_dereference_protected() usage!

other info that might help us debug this:


rcu_scheduler_active = 2, debug_locks = 1
3 locks held by syz.0.17/4313:
 #0: ffffffff8c31efc0 (rcu_read_lock_bh){....}-{1:2}, at: rcu_lock_acquire+0x9/0x30 include/linux/rcupdate.h:313
 #1: ffff888073965108 (&sch->q.lock){+...}-{2:2}, at: spin_lock include/linux/spinlock.h:364 [inline]
 #1: ffff888073965108 (&sch->q.lock){+...}-{2:2}, at: __dev_xmit_skb net/core/dev.c:3924 [inline]
 #1: ffff888073965108 (&sch->q.lock){+...}-{2:2}, at: __dev_queue_xmit+0xa2b/0x2e50 net/core/dev.c:4266
 #2: ffffffff8c31ef60 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: rcu_lock_acquire+0x5/0x30 include/linux/rcupdate.h:312

stack backtrace:
CPU: 0 PID: 4313 Comm: syz.0.17 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/24/2026
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 dump_stack_lvl+0x188/0x250 lib/dump_stack.c:106
 qdisc_lookup+0xa6/0x640 net/sched/sch_api.c:304
 qdisc_tree_reduce_backlog+0x188/0x480 net/sched/sch_api.c:797
 cake_enqueue+0x5021/0x8270 net/sched/sch_cake.c:1956
 qdisc_enqueue include/net/sch_generic.h:843 [inline]
 multiq_enqueue+0x29f/0x4b0 net/sched/sch_multiq.c:77
 dev_qdisc_enqueue+0x48/0x210 net/core/dev.c:3865
 __dev_xmit_skb net/core/dev.c:3949 [inline]
 __dev_queue_xmit+0xbde/0x2e50 net/core/dev.c:4266
 packet_snd net/packet/af_packet.c:3119 [inline]
 packet_sendmsg+0x3b4f/0x4de0 net/packet/af_packet.c:3150
 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:706 [inline]
 __sock_sendmsg net/socket.c:718 [inline]
 __sys_sendto+0x46d/0x620 net/socket.c:2073
 __do_sys_sendto net/socket.c:2085 [inline]
 __se_sys_sendto net/socket.c:2081 [inline]
 __x64_sys_sendto+0xda/0xf0 net/socket.c:2081
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x4c/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x66/0xd0
RIP: 0033:0x7f390c35d159
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:00007ffc7ebab508 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000002c
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f390c5e4fa0 RCX: 00007f390c35d159
RDX: 0000000000000001 RSI: 0000200000000280 RDI: 0000000000000006
RBP: 00007f390c3f4024 R08: 0000200000000140 R09: 0000000000000014
R10: 0000000000004088 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f390c5e4fac R14: 00007f390c5e4fa0 R15: 00007f390c5e4fa0
 </TASK>

Crashes (17201):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/09/05 15:07 linux-5.15.y 0996e0926f6b 4f7b22a0 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in qdisc_lookup
2026/05/28 09:54 linux-5.15.y 241d66fa280c 4c36e7e5 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in qdisc_lookup
2025/12/22 12:20 linux-5.15.y 68efe5a6c16a d6526ea3 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in qdisc_lookup
2025/11/25 23:46 linux-5.15.y cc5ec8769306 64219f15 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in qdisc_lookup
2025/10/11 10:34 linux-5.15.y 29e53a5b1c4f ff1712fe .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in qdisc_lookup
2025/10/11 01:17 linux-5.15.y 29e53a5b1c4f ff1712fe .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in qdisc_lookup
2025/10/10 21:06 linux-5.15.y 29e53a5b1c4f ff1712fe .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in qdisc_lookup
2025/08/06 12:54 linux-5.15.y c79648372d02 ffe1dd46 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in qdisc_lookup
2025/07/31 14:13 linux-5.15.y c79648372d02 f8f2b4da .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in qdisc_lookup
2025/07/31 10:29 linux-5.15.y c79648372d02 f8f2b4da .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in qdisc_lookup
2025/07/31 06:48 linux-5.15.y c79648372d02 f8f2b4da .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in qdisc_lookup
2025/07/31 02:56 linux-5.15.y c79648372d02 f8f2b4da .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in qdisc_lookup
2025/07/15 20:08 linux-5.15.y 89950c454265 03fcfc4b .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in qdisc_lookup
2025/04/22 05:19 linux-5.15.y f7347f400572 2a20f901 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in qdisc_lookup
2025/04/09 05:26 linux-5.15.y 0c935c049b5c a775275d .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in qdisc_lookup
2025/04/09 01:09 linux-5.15.y 0c935c049b5c a775275d .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in qdisc_lookup
2025/04/08 23:49 linux-5.15.y 0c935c049b5c a775275d .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in qdisc_lookup
2025/01/28 10:16 linux-5.15.y 003148680b79 18070896 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in qdisc_lookup
2025/02/07 02:19 linux-5.15.y c16c81c81336 8002dd28 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in qdisc_lookup
2024/10/27 06:27 linux-5.15.y 74cdd62cb470 65e8686b .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in qdisc_lookup
2024/10/26 13:04 linux-5.15.y 74cdd62cb470 65e8686b .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in qdisc_lookup
2026/04/19 21:27 linux-5.15.y b9d57c40a767 303e2802 .config console log report syz / log [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in qdisc_lookup
2025/10/11 23:50 linux-5.15.y 29e53a5b1c4f ff1712fe .config console log report syz / log [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in qdisc_lookup
2025/03/10 04:14 linux-5.15.y c16c81c81336 163f510d .config console log report syz / log [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in qdisc_lookup
2025/02/26 05:47 linux-5.15.y c16c81c81336 d34966d1 .config console log report syz / log [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in qdisc_lookup
2026/09/20 12:28 linux-5.15.y 0248c33e835e 853b104b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in qdisc_lookup
2026/09/20 12:15 linux-5.15.y 0248c33e835e 853b104b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in qdisc_lookup
2026/09/20 04:18 linux-5.15.y 0248c33e835e 853b104b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in qdisc_lookup
2026/09/19 23:55 linux-5.15.y 0248c33e835e 853b104b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in qdisc_lookup
2026/09/19 21:31 linux-5.15.y 0248c33e835e 853b104b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in qdisc_lookup
2026/09/19 19:30 linux-5.15.y 0248c33e835e 853b104b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in qdisc_lookup
2026/09/19 17:51 linux-5.15.y 0248c33e835e 853b104b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in qdisc_lookup
2026/09/19 14:47 linux-5.15.y 0248c33e835e 853b104b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in qdisc_lookup
2026/09/19 08:14 linux-5.15.y 0248c33e835e 853b104b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in qdisc_lookup
2026/09/19 06:52 linux-5.15.y 0248c33e835e 853b104b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in qdisc_lookup
2026/09/19 04:02 linux-5.15.y 0248c33e835e 853b104b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in qdisc_lookup
2026/09/19 02:13 linux-5.15.y 0248c33e835e 853b104b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in qdisc_lookup
2026/09/18 20:38 linux-5.15.y 0248c33e835e 853b104b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in qdisc_lookup
2026/09/18 20:24 linux-5.15.y 0248c33e835e 853b104b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in qdisc_lookup
2026/09/18 12:16 linux-5.15.y 0248c33e835e 853b104b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in qdisc_lookup
2026/09/18 10:45 linux-5.15.y 0248c33e835e 853b104b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in qdisc_lookup
2026/09/18 06:27 linux-5.15.y 0248c33e835e 8d7d05f1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in qdisc_lookup
2026/09/18 05:03 linux-5.15.y 0248c33e835e 8d7d05f1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in qdisc_lookup
2026/09/18 03:18 linux-5.15.y 0248c33e835e 8d7d05f1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in qdisc_lookup
2026/09/17 22:02 linux-5.15.y 0248c33e835e 8d7d05f1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in qdisc_lookup
2026/09/17 20:21 linux-5.15.y 0248c33e835e 8d7d05f1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in qdisc_lookup
2026/09/17 12:29 linux-5.15.y 0248c33e835e 95928915 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in qdisc_lookup
2026/09/17 10:04 linux-5.15.y 0248c33e835e 95928915 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in qdisc_lookup
2026/09/17 05:24 linux-5.15.y 0248c33e835e 95928915 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in qdisc_lookup
2026/09/17 03:33 linux-5.15.y 0248c33e835e 95928915 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in qdisc_lookup
2026/09/17 02:28 linux-5.15.y 0248c33e835e 95928915 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in qdisc_lookup
2026/09/17 02:10 linux-5.15.y 0248c33e835e 95928915 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in qdisc_lookup
2026/09/16 21:52 linux-5.15.y 0248c33e835e 12a0a44a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in qdisc_lookup
2026/09/16 19:41 linux-5.15.y 0248c33e835e 12a0a44a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in qdisc_lookup
2026/09/16 09:47 linux-5.15.y 0248c33e835e 12a0a44a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in qdisc_lookup
2026/09/16 07:57 linux-5.15.y 0248c33e835e 12a0a44a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in qdisc_lookup
2026/09/16 03:48 linux-5.15.y 0248c33e835e 2daa4bb5 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in qdisc_lookup
2026/09/16 02:12 linux-5.15.y 0248c33e835e 2daa4bb5 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in qdisc_lookup
2026/09/16 01:09 linux-5.15.y 0248c33e835e 2daa4bb5 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in qdisc_lookup
2026/09/15 21:22 linux-5.15.y 0248c33e835e 2daa4bb5 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in qdisc_lookup
2026/09/15 18:31 linux-5.15.y 0248c33e835e 2daa4bb5 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in qdisc_lookup
2026/09/15 13:47 linux-5.15.y 0248c33e835e 81a27d1a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in qdisc_lookup
2026/09/15 12:30 linux-5.15.y 0248c33e835e 81a27d1a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in qdisc_lookup
2026/09/15 09:11 linux-5.15.y 0248c33e835e 81a27d1a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in qdisc_lookup
2026/09/15 09:02 linux-5.15.y 0248c33e835e 81a27d1a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in qdisc_lookup
2026/09/15 07:51 linux-5.15.y 0248c33e835e 81a27d1a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in qdisc_lookup
2026/09/15 01:45 linux-5.15.y 0248c33e835e 81a27d1a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in qdisc_lookup
2025/08/28 10:43 linux-5.15.y c79648372d02 e12e5ba4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in qdisc_lookup
2024/10/24 18:39 linux-5.15.y 74cdd62cb470 0d144d1a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in qdisc_lookup
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.