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INFO: rcu detected stall in cleanup_net (8)

Status: upstream: reported C repro on 2026/01/13 16:49
Subsystems: kernfs
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Reported-by: syzbot+0604401cc084920f6c3d@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 321d, last: 1d13h
Cause bisection: failed (error log, bisect log)
  
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[syzbot] [kernfs?] INFO: rcu detected stall in cleanup_net (8) 0 (1) 2026/01/13 16:49
Similar bugs (16)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in cleanup_net (3) net 1 1 2313d 2313d 0/29 auto-closed as invalid on 2019/12/15 02:54
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in cleanup_net (6) net 1 63 860d 1103d 0/29 closed as invalid on 2023/10/27 14:39
linux-4.19 INFO: rcu detected stall in cleanup_net (2) 1 4 1663d 1795d 0/1 auto-closed as invalid on 2021/10/25 03:43
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in cleanup_net kernel 1 5 2745d 2813d 0/29 closed as invalid on 2018/09/05 12:51
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in cleanup_net (4) kernel 1 C done 5 1958d 1954d 15/29 fixed on 2020/10/10 01:52
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in cleanup_net (5) net 1 24 1441d 1701d 0/29 closed as invalid on 2022/02/08 10:00
linux-4.19 INFO: rcu detected stall in cleanup_net 1 1 2185d 2185d 0/1 auto-closed as invalid on 2020/05/21 02:17
linux-6.1 INFO: rcu detected stall in cleanup_net origin:lts-only 1 syz inconclusive 142 78d 918d 0/3 upstream: reported syz repro on 2023/07/12 14:45
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in cleanup_net (2) kernel 1 1 2656d 2652d 0/29 auto-closed as invalid on 2019/04/05 22:14
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in cleanup_net (7) kernfs rdma bridge 1 15 413d 791d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/02/25 20:50
linux-5.15 INFO: rcu detected stall in cleanup_net origin:lts-only 1 C inconclusive 161 6d14h 919d 0/3 upstream: reported C repro on 2023/07/11 05:04
android-5-10 BUG: soft lockup in cleanup_net 1 1 252d 252d 0/2 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/08/06 14:41
linux-4.19 BUG: soft lockup in cleanup_net (2) 1 C 3 1047d 1159d 0/1 upstream: reported C repro on 2022/11/13 07:04
android-5-15 BUG: soft lockup in cleanup_net origin:lts 1 syz 6 493d 620d 0/2 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/12/08 05:58
android-6-1 BUG: soft lockup in cleanup_net 1 1 363d 363d 0/2 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/04/17 10:35
linux-4.19 BUG: soft lockup in cleanup_net 1 4 1293d 1506d 0/1 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2022/10/30 18:15

Sample crash report:
rcu: INFO: rcu_preempt detected stalls on CPUs/tasks:
rcu: 	Tasks blocked on level-0 rcu_node (CPUs 0-1): P5930/1:b..l
rcu: 	(detected by 1, t=10502 jiffies, g=11645, q=51 ncpus=2)
task:kworker/u8:12   state:R  running task     stack:22432 pid:5930  tgid:5930  ppid:2      task_flags:0x4208060 flags:0x00080000
Workqueue: netns cleanup_net
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5256 [inline]
 __schedule+0x14bc/0x5000 kernel/sched/core.c:6863
 preempt_schedule_irq+0xb5/0x150 kernel/sched/core.c:7190
 irqentry_exit+0x5d8/0x660 kernel/entry/common.c:216
 asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x1a/0x20 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:697
RIP: 0010:rcu_is_watching+0x67/0xb0 kernel/rcu/tree.c:752
Code: 89 f7 e8 0c 71 80 00 48 c7 c3 d8 f6 7f 92 49 03 1e 48 89 d8 48 c1 e8 03 42 0f b6 04 38 84 c0 75 34 8b 03 65 ff 0d 79 1d d7 10 <74> 11 83 e0 04 c1 e8 02 5b 41 5e 41 5f e9 97 d8 b6 09 cc e8 71 d5
RSP: 0018:ffffc900043af018 EFLAGS: 00000286
RAX: 000000000003f46c RBX: ffff8880b86336d8 RCX: 1e5222b0fc0eb100
RDX: 000000005b9ddbdf RSI: ffffffff8bc07c40 RDI: ffffffff8bc07c00
RBP: dffffc0000000000 R08: ffffffff81743f85 R09: ffffffff8df41a60
R10: ffffc900043af158 R11: ffffffff81ada810 R12: 1ffff92000875e21
R13: ffffc900043af140 R14: ffffffff8d9b1dd0 R15: dffffc0000000000
 rcu_read_lock include/linux/rcupdate.h:868 [inline]
 class_rcu_constructor include/linux/rcupdate.h:1195 [inline]
 unwind_next_frame+0xd4/0x2390 arch/x86/kernel/unwind_orc.c:479
 arch_stack_walk+0x11c/0x150 arch/x86/kernel/stacktrace.c:25
 stack_trace_save+0x9c/0xe0 kernel/stacktrace.c:122
 kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:57 [inline]
 kasan_save_track+0x3e/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:78
 kasan_save_free_info+0x46/0x50 mm/kasan/generic.c:584
 poison_slab_object mm/kasan/common.c:253 [inline]
 __kasan_slab_free+0x5c/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:285
 kasan_slab_free include/linux/kasan.h:235 [inline]
 slab_free_hook mm/slub.c:2540 [inline]
 slab_free mm/slub.c:6668 [inline]
 kfree+0x1c0/0x660 mm/slub.c:6876
 devinet_sysctl_unregister net/ipv4/devinet.c:2729 [inline]
 inetdev_destroy net/ipv4/devinet.c:334 [inline]
 inetdev_event+0x78e/0x15b0 net/ipv4/devinet.c:1655
 notifier_call_chain+0x19d/0x3a0 kernel/notifier.c:85
 call_netdevice_notifiers_extack net/core/dev.c:2269 [inline]
 call_netdevice_notifiers net/core/dev.c:2283 [inline]
 unregister_netdevice_many_notify+0x1867/0x2340 net/core/dev.c:12400
 unregister_netdevice_many net/core/dev.c:12463 [inline]
 default_device_exit_batch+0x964/0x9e0 net/core/dev.c:13055
 ops_exit_list net/core/net_namespace.c:205 [inline]
 ops_undo_list+0x525/0x990 net/core/net_namespace.c:252
 cleanup_net+0x4d8/0x7a0 net/core/net_namespace.c:696
 process_one_work+0x93a/0x15a0 kernel/workqueue.c:3279
 process_scheduled_works kernel/workqueue.c:3362 [inline]
 worker_thread+0x9b0/0xee0 kernel/workqueue.c:3443
 kthread+0x711/0x8a0 kernel/kthread.c:463
 ret_from_fork+0x599/0xb30 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158
 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:246
 </TASK>
rcu: rcu_preempt kthread starved for 10553 jiffies! g11645 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:27736 pid:16    tgid:16    ppid:2      task_flags:0x208040 flags:0x00080000
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5256 [inline]
 __schedule+0x14bc/0x5000 kernel/sched/core.c:6863
 __schedule_loop kernel/sched/core.c:6945 [inline]
 schedule+0x165/0x360 kernel/sched/core.c:6960
 schedule_timeout+0x12b/0x270 kernel/time/sleep_timeout.c:99
 rcu_gp_fqs_loop+0x301/0x1540 kernel/rcu/tree.c:2083
 rcu_gp_kthread+0x99/0x390 kernel/rcu/tree.c:2285
 kthread+0x711/0x8a0 kernel/kthread.c:463
 ret_from_fork+0x599/0xb30 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: 1 UID: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/1 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+0x13/0x20 arch/x86/kernel/paravirt.c:82
Code: 13 ee 02 00 cc cc cc 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 73 c0 0c 00 f3 0f 1e fa fb f4 <c3> cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90
RSP: 0018:ffffc90000197de0 EFLAGS: 000002c6
RAX: 2bdaeed9ae4cb000 RBX: ffffffff8197971a RCX: 2bdaeed9ae4cb000
RDX: 0000000000000001 RSI: ffffffff8d791c9e RDI: ffffffff8bc07c60
RBP: ffffc90000197f10 R08: ffff8880b87336db R09: 1ffff110170e66db
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: ffffed10170e66dc R12: ffffffff8f820770
R13: 1ffff110039dcb70 R14: 0000000000000001 R15: 0000000000000001
FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff888125f34000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007ffee7189228 CR3: 00000000753b0000 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+0x73/0xb0 kernel/sched/idle.c:122
 cpuidle_idle_call kernel/sched/idle.c:191 [inline]
 do_idle+0x1ea/0x520 kernel/sched/idle.c:332
 cpu_startup_entry+0x44/0x60 kernel/sched/idle.c:430
 start_secondary+0x101/0x110 arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c:312
 common_startup_64+0x13e/0x147
 </TASK>

Crashes (20):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2025/12/10 14:00 linux-next 008d3547aae5 d6526ea3 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in cleanup_net
2026/01/01 05:24 linux-next cc3aa43b44bd d6526ea3 .config console log report syz / log [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro (corrupt fs)] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in cleanup_net
2026/01/14 06:41 upstream b54345928fa1 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: rcu detected stall in cleanup_net
2026/01/01 01:40 upstream 349bd28a86f2 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: rcu detected stall in cleanup_net
2025/12/28 14:19 upstream d26143bb38e2 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: rcu detected stall in cleanup_net
2025/12/17 19:59 upstream ea1013c15392 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: rcu detected stall in cleanup_net
2025/12/10 15:06 upstream c9b47175e913 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: rcu detected stall in cleanup_net
2025/12/08 06:41 upstream 67a454e6b1c6 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: rcu detected stall in cleanup_net
2025/11/25 07:12 upstream ac3fd01e4c1e 64219f15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: rcu detected stall in cleanup_net
2025/11/06 15:55 upstream dc77806cf3b4 4e1406b4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: rcu detected stall in cleanup_net
2025/08/26 13:35 upstream fab1beda7597 bf27483f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: rcu detected stall in cleanup_net
2025/07/16 11:40 upstream 155a3c003e55 c118d736 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: rcu detected stall in cleanup_net
2025/06/26 13:27 upstream ee88bddf7f2f 26d77996 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: rcu detected stall in cleanup_net
2025/06/01 06:02 upstream 7d4e49a77d99 3d2f584d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: rcu detected stall in cleanup_net
2025/05/28 15:54 upstream feacb1774bd5 3d2f584d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: rcu detected stall in cleanup_net
2025/05/28 06:08 upstream feacb1774bd5 874a1386 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: rcu detected stall in cleanup_net
2025/05/14 06:04 upstream 9f35e33144ae 7344edeb .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: rcu detected stall in cleanup_net
2025/02/28 01:53 upstream 1e15510b71c9 6a8fcbc4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: rcu detected stall in cleanup_net
2025/12/21 10:36 linux-next cc3aa43b44bd d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in cleanup_net
2025/12/03 13:56 linux-next b2c27842ba85 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in cleanup_net
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.