INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_getsockopt (3)

Status: upstream: reported syz repro on 2026/09/26 01:51
Reported-by: syzbot+0865a04c6517095021b4@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 1h59m, last: 1h59m
▶ ▼ Similar bugs (23)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_getsockopt (2) mm 1 1 2453d 2453d 0/29 closed as invalid on 2020/01/08 05:23
linux-4.19 INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_getsockopt 1 1 1465d 1465d 0/1 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/01/19 05:52
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_getsockopt (11) netfilter 1 4 999d 1011d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/03/30 17:47
linux-5.15 INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_getsockopt 1 1 1018d 1018d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/03/21 16:23
linux-5.15 INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_getsockopt (2) 1 2 670d 704d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/03/05 03:25
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_getsockopt (3) mm 1 1 2452d 2452d 0/29 closed as invalid on 2020/01/08 05:33
linux-6.6 INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_getsockopt (2) 1 1 308d 308d 0/2 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2026/03/02 01:54
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_getsockopt (4) mm 1 3 2452d 2452d 0/29 closed as invalid on 2020/01/09 08:13
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_getsockopt (6) kvm 1 3 1870d 1938d 0/29 auto-closed as invalid on 2021/11/10 12:58
linux-6.6 INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_getsockopt 1 1 436d 436d 0/2 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/10/24 08:59
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_getsockopt (7) netfilter 1 2 1727d 1777d 0/29 closed as invalid on 2022/02/08 10:10
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_getsockopt (5) sctp 1 2 2270d 2313d 0/29 auto-closed as invalid on 2020/10/06 19:28
linux-6.1 INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_getsockopt 1 4 935d 1093d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/06/12 17:46
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_getsockopt (10) mm 1 9 1130d 1212d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/11/20 15:28
linux-5.15 INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_getsockopt (3) 1 1 42d 42d 0/3 upstream: reported on 2026/08/14 04:57
linux-5.15 BUG: soft lockup in sys_getsockopt 1 2 457d 478d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/10/03 23:07
linux-6.1 INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_getsockopt (2) origin:lts-only 1 syz, C error 6 37d 553d 0/3 upstream: reported C repro on 2025/03/21 07:27
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_getsockopt (9) kernel 1 6 1333d 1489d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/05/01 05:21
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_getsockopt (8) net 1 2 1618d 1633d 0/29 auto-closed as invalid on 2022/07/21 00:25
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_getsockopt mm 1 2 2487d 2487d 0/29 closed as invalid on 2019/12/04 14:04
android-5-10 BUG: soft lockup in sys_getsockopt 1 1 77d 77d 0/2 premoderation: reported on 2026/07/10 13:22
android-54 BUG: soft lockup in sys_getsockopt 1 1 892d 892d 0/2 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/07/15 21:19
android-5-15 BUG: soft lockup in sys_getsockopt 1 6 787d 885d 0/2 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/10/28 21:41

Sample crash report:
rcu: INFO: rcu_preempt detected stalls on CPUs/tasks:
rcu: 	Tasks blocked on level-0 rcu_node (CPUs 0-1): P5924/1:b..l
rcu: 	(detected by 0, t=10503 jiffies, g=13981, q=713499 ncpus=2)
task:syz-executor    state:R  running task     stack:21672 pid:5924  ppid:5921   flags:0x00004000
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5382 [inline]
 __schedule+0x15ae/0x4660 kernel/sched/core.c:6701
 preempt_schedule_irq+0xbf/0x150 kernel/sched/core.c:7011
 irqentry_exit+0x67/0x70 kernel/entry/common.c:441
 asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x1a/0x20 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:687
RIP: 0010:lock_acquire+0x208/0x420 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5760
Code: f7 84 24 80 00 00 00 00 02 00 00 43 c6 44 3c 04 f8 0f 85 f0 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 43 c7 44 3c 08 00 00 00 00 65 48 8b 04 25
RSP: 0018:ffffc9000333f040 EFLAGS: 00000206
RAX: 0000000000000001 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: e6fbfe453c3ea700
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffffff8acade60 RDI: ffffffff8b1d3ba0
RBP: ffffc9000333f150 R08: dffffc0000000000 R09: 1ffffffff223d6a0
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffffbfff223d6a1 R12: 1ffff92000667e14
R13: ffffffff8d1320e0 R14: 0000000000000246 R15: dffffc0000000000
 rcu_lock_acquire include/linux/rcupdate.h:334 [inline]
 rcu_read_lock include/linux/rcupdate.h:786 [inline]
 is_bpf_text_address+0x47/0x2a0 kernel/bpf/core.c:742
 kernel_text_address+0xa0/0xd0 kernel/extable.c:125
 __kernel_text_address+0xd/0x30 kernel/extable.c:79
 unwind_get_return_address+0x5d/0xc0 arch/x86/kernel/unwind_orc.c:369
 arch_stack_walk+0x11d/0x190 arch/x86/kernel/stacktrace.c:26
 stack_trace_save+0xaa/0x100 kernel/stacktrace.c:122
 kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:46 [inline]
 kasan_set_track+0x4e/0x70 mm/kasan/common.c:53
 ____kasan_kmalloc mm/kasan/common.c:375 [inline]
 __kasan_kmalloc+0x8f/0xa0 mm/kasan/common.c:384
 kasan_kmalloc include/linux/kasan.h:198 [inline]
 __do_kmalloc_node mm/slab_common.c:1007 [inline]
 __kmalloc_node+0xb6/0x240 mm/slab_common.c:1014
 kmalloc_node include/linux/slab.h:620 [inline]
 __vmalloc_area_node mm/vmalloc.c:3175 [inline]
 __vmalloc_node_range+0x598/0x1320 mm/vmalloc.c:3370
 __vmalloc_node mm/vmalloc.c:3435 [inline]
 vzalloc+0x79/0x90 mm/vmalloc.c:3508
 alloc_counters+0xcb/0x6c0 net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_tables.c:799
 copy_entries_to_user net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6_tables.c:837 [inline]
 get_entries net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6_tables.c:1037 [inline]
 do_ip6t_get_ctl+0xad5/0x1220 net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6_tables.c:1674
 nf_getsockopt+0x262/0x280 net/netfilter/nf_sockopt.c:116
 ipv6_getsockopt+0x233/0x2e0 net/ipv6/ipv6_sockglue.c:1499
 do_sock_getsockopt+0x379/0x450 net/socket.c:2384
 __sys_getsockopt net/socket.c:2413 [inline]
 __do_sys_getsockopt net/socket.c:2423 [inline]
 __se_sys_getsockopt net/socket.c:2420 [inline]
 __x64_sys_getsockopt+0x1d6/0x280 net/socket.c:2420
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:46 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x55/0xb0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:76
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2
RIP: 0033:0x7f7b1499f92a
RSP: 002b:00007ffc70f9e988 EFLAGS: 00000212 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000037
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007ffc70f9ea10 RCX: 00007f7b1499f92a
RDX: 0000000000000041 RSI: 0000000000000029 RDI: 0000000000000003
RBP: 0000000000000003 R08: 00007ffc70f9e9ac R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 00007ffc70f9ea10 R11: 0000000000000212 R12: 00007f7b14bef900
R13: 00007ffc70f9e9ac R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 00007f7b14beffc0
 </TASK>
rcu: rcu_preempt kthread starved for 10561 jiffies! g13981 f0x2 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:26856 pid:17    ppid:2      flags:0x00004000
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5382 [inline]
 __schedule+0x15ae/0x4660 kernel/sched/core.c:6701
 schedule+0xbd/0x170 kernel/sched/core.c:6775
 schedule_timeout+0x188/0x2d0 kernel/time/timer.c:2168
 rcu_gp_fqs_loop+0x30d/0x1590 kernel/rcu/tree.c:1667
 rcu_gp_kthread+0x9d/0x3b0 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: 6596 Comm: syz.2.302 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/24/2026
RIP: 0010:__sanitizer_cov_trace_switch+0x3a/0xe0 kernel/kcov.c:-1
Code: 31 ca 48 39 ca 0f 86 c3 00 00 00 f3 48 0f bc c8 48 83 c1 fd 48 83 f9 03 0f 87 b0 00 00 00 48 8b 06 48 85 c0 0f 84 a4 00 00 00 <41> 57 41 56 41 54 53 48 8d 4c 09 01 48 8b 54 24 20 65 4c 8b 05 9d
RSP: 0018:ffffc9000c50f850 EFLAGS: 00000206
RAX: 0000000000000003 RBX: ffffffff8f1cdc73 RCX: 0000000000000001
RDX: 000000000000001f RSI: ffffffff8cfa0950 RDI: 0000000000000002
RBP: ffffc9000c50fde0 R08: ffff88802b833c00 R09: 0000000000000008
R10: 0000000000000009 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffffffff8f1cdc72
R13: ffffc9000c50f928 R14: 0000000000000002 R15: dffffc0000000000
FS:  00007f3b3113a6c0(0000) GS:ffff8880b8f00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 0000200000001840 CR3: 00000000316b3000 CR4: 00000000003506e0
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 unwind_next_frame+0xe42/0x2990 arch/x86/kernel/unwind_orc.c:581
 arch_stack_walk+0x144/0x190 arch/x86/kernel/stacktrace.c:25
 stack_trace_save+0xaa/0x100 kernel/stacktrace.c:122
 kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:46 [inline]
 kasan_set_track+0x4e/0x70 mm/kasan/common.c:53
 __kasan_slab_alloc+0x6c/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:329
 kasan_slab_alloc include/linux/kasan.h:188 [inline]
 slab_post_alloc_hook+0x6a/0x4d0 mm/slab.h:770
 slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:3495 [inline]
 slab_alloc mm/slub.c:3503 [inline]
 __kmem_cache_alloc_lru mm/slub.c:3510 [inline]
 kmem_cache_alloc+0x17e/0x2c0 mm/slub.c:3519
 getname_flags+0xbb/0x500 fs/namei.c:140
 do_sys_openat2+0xda/0x1d0 fs/open.c:1416
 do_sys_open fs/open.c:1437 [inline]
 __do_sys_openat fs/open.c:1453 [inline]
 __se_sys_openat fs/open.c:1448 [inline]
 __x64_sys_openat+0x139/0x160 fs/open.c:1448
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:46 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x55/0xb0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:76
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2
RIP: 0033:0x7f3b3019e159
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:00007f3b3113a028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000101
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f3b30425fa0 RCX: 00007f3b3019e159
RDX: 0000000000002982 RSI: 0000200000001840 RDI: ffffffffffffff9c
RBP: 00007f3b3023506b R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f3b30426038 R14: 00007f3b30425fa0 R15: 00007ffe49e55a98
 </TASK>
sched: RT throttling activated

Crashes (1):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/09/26 01:51 linux-6.6.y 79643295eba1 f281d9d2 .config console log report syz / log [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_getsockopt
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.