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INFO: rcu detected stall in rtnl_dellink

Status: upstream: reported on 2026/01/25 01:43
Reported-by: syzbot+192c21ec68e173c45403@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 4d13h, last: 4d13h
Similar bugs (3)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
linux-6.1 INFO: rcu detected stall in rtnl_dellink 1 1 340d 340d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/06/03 01:04
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in rtnl_dellink net 1 2 340d 408d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/05/23 22:00
linux-5.15 INFO: rcu detected stall in rtnl_dellink 1 3 128d 208d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2026/01/01 07:23

Sample crash report:
bridge0: received packet on veth0_to_bridge with own address as source address (addr:aa:aa:aa:aa:aa:0c, vlan:0)
rcu: INFO: rcu_preempt detected stalls on CPUs/tasks:
rcu: 	Tasks blocked on level-0 rcu_node (CPUs 0-1): P5954/1:b..l
rcu: 	(detected by 0, t=10502 jiffies, g=10937, q=1133 ncpus=2)
task:syz.1.37        state:R  running task     stack:26568 pid:5954  ppid:5769   flags:0x00004000
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5381 [inline]
 __schedule+0x1553/0x45a0 kernel/sched/core.c:6700
 preempt_schedule_common+0x82/0xc0 kernel/sched/core.c:6867
 preempt_schedule+0xc0/0xd0 kernel/sched/core.c:6891
 preempt_schedule_thunk+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/thunk_64.S:45
 __raw_spin_unlock include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h:143 [inline]
 _raw_spin_unlock+0x3a/0x40 kernel/locking/spinlock.c:186
 spin_unlock include/linux/spinlock.h:391 [inline]
 zap_pte_range mm/memory.c:1523 [inline]
 zap_pmd_range mm/memory.c:1571 [inline]
 zap_pud_range mm/memory.c:1600 [inline]
 zap_p4d_range mm/memory.c:1621 [inline]
 unmap_page_range+0x2315/0x3000 mm/memory.c:1642
 unmap_vmas+0x286/0x3f0 mm/memory.c:1732
 exit_mmap+0x238/0xb90 mm/mmap.c:3302
 __mmput+0x118/0x3c0 kernel/fork.c:1355
 exit_mm+0x1f2/0x2c0 kernel/exit.c:569
 do_exit+0x8dd/0x2460 kernel/exit.c:870
 do_group_exit+0x21b/0x2d0 kernel/exit.c:1024
 get_signal+0x12fc/0x13f0 kernel/signal.c:2902
 arch_do_signal_or_restart+0xc2/0x800 arch/x86/kernel/signal.c:310
 exit_to_user_mode_loop+0x70/0x110 kernel/entry/common.c:174
 exit_to_user_mode_prepare+0xee/0x180 kernel/entry/common.c:210
 __syscall_exit_to_user_mode_work kernel/entry/common.c:291 [inline]
 syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x1a/0x50 kernel/entry/common.c:302
 do_syscall_64+0x61/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:82
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2
RIP: 0033:0x7f10c3f9acb9
RSP: 002b:00007f10c4f390e8 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 00000000000000ca
RAX: 0000000000000001 RBX: 00007f10c4215fa8 RCX: 00007f10c3f9acb9
RDX: 00000000000f4240 RSI: 0000000000000081 RDI: 00007f10c4215fac
RBP: 00007f10c4215fa0 R08: 0000000000745d1e R09: 0000000000000000
R10: ffffffffffffffff R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f10c4216038 R14: 00007ffe9e7af4c0 R15: 00007ffe9e7af5a8
 </TASK>
rcu: rcu_preempt kthread starved for 9810 jiffies! g10937 f0x0 RCU_GP_WAIT_FQS(5) ->state=0x0 ->cpu=0
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:26760 pid:17    ppid:2      flags:0x00004000
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5381 [inline]
 __schedule+0x1553/0x45a0 kernel/sched/core.c:6700
 schedule+0xbd/0x170 kernel/sched/core.c:6774
 schedule_timeout+0x188/0x2d0 kernel/time/timer.c:2168
 rcu_gp_fqs_loop+0x313/0x1590 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:
CPU: 0 PID: 5947 Comm: syz.0.35 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 10/25/2025
RIP: 0010:trace_kfree_skb+0x1/0x1d0 include/trace/events/skb.h:24
Code: 48 c7 c7 40 01 c3 8b 44 89 f2 e8 ea 6a 03 02 e8 35 81 0e 02 eb 9d e8 ce e9 0e 02 e8 29 f2 11 f9 0f 0b 0f 1f 80 00 00 00 00 55 <41> 57 41 56 41 55 41 54 53 89 d3 49 89 f6 49 89 ff e8 09 f2 11 f9
RSP: 0018:ffffc90000006e20 EFLAGS: 00000246
RAX: ffffffff8872031f RBX: ffff88807a88fa00 RCX: ffff88802c2e3c00
RDX: 0000000000000002 RSI: ffffffff8938b250 RDI: ffff88807a88fa00
RBP: 00000000fffc0002 R08: ffff88807a88fae7 R09: 1ffff1100f511f5c
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: ffffed100f511f5d R12: dffffc0000000000
R13: ffff8880587663e8 R14: 0000000000000002 R15: ffff88807a88fae4
FS:  00007f86ab2996c0(0000) GS:ffff8880b8e00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007f86aa3e8400 CR3: 0000000076f21000 CR4: 00000000003506f0
DR0: 0000200000000300 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000ffff0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000600
Call Trace:
 <IRQ>
 __kfree_skb_reason net/core/skbuff.c:1090 [inline]
 kfree_skb_reason+0xcf/0x170 net/core/skbuff.c:1106
 kfree_skb include/linux/skbuff.h:1232 [inline]
 ip6_mc_input+0xaa0/0xcb0 net/ipv6/ip6_input.c:589
 ip_sabotage_in+0x1f4/0x280 net/bridge/br_netfilter_hooks.c:1001
 nf_hook_entry_hookfn include/linux/netfilter.h:144 [inline]
 nf_hook_slow+0xbd/0x200 net/netfilter/core.c:626
 nf_hook include/linux/netfilter.h:259 [inline]
 NF_HOOK+0x21d/0x3b0 include/linux/netfilter.h:302
 __netif_receive_skb_one_core net/core/dev.c:5638 [inline]
 __netif_receive_skb+0xcc/0x290 net/core/dev.c:5752
 netif_receive_skb_internal net/core/dev.c:5838 [inline]
 netif_receive_skb+0x1bc/0x720 net/core/dev.c:5897
 NF_HOOK+0x9e/0x3a0 include/linux/netfilter.h:304
 br_handle_frame_finish+0x14b9/0x19b0 net/bridge/br_input.c:221
 br_nf_hook_thresh+0x3cd/0x4a0 net/bridge/br_netfilter_hooks.c:1184
 br_nf_pre_routing_finish_ipv6+0x9dc/0xd00 net/bridge/br_netfilter_ipv6.c:-1
 NF_HOOK include/linux/netfilter.h:304 [inline]
 br_nf_pre_routing_ipv6+0x349/0x6b0 net/bridge/br_netfilter_ipv6.c:184
 nf_hook_entry_hookfn include/linux/netfilter.h:144 [inline]
 nf_hook_bridge_pre net/bridge/br_input.c:277 [inline]
 br_handle_frame+0x96b/0x14e0 net/bridge/br_input.c:424
 __netif_receive_skb_core+0xfab/0x3af0 net/core/dev.c:5532
 __netif_receive_skb_one_core net/core/dev.c:5636 [inline]
 __netif_receive_skb+0x74/0x290 net/core/dev.c:5752
 process_backlog+0x396/0x700 net/core/dev.c:6080
 __napi_poll+0xc0/0x460 net/core/dev.c:6642
 napi_poll net/core/dev.c:6709 [inline]
 net_rx_action+0x616/0xc50 net/core/dev.c:6846
 handle_softirqs+0x280/0x820 kernel/softirq.c:578
 __do_softirq kernel/softirq.c:612 [inline]
 invoke_softirq kernel/softirq.c:452 [inline]
 __irq_exit_rcu+0xd3/0x190 kernel/softirq.c:661
 irq_exit_rcu+0x9/0x20 kernel/softirq.c:673
 instr_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1088 [inline]
 sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0xa4/0xc0 arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1088
 </IRQ>
 <TASK>
 asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x1a/0x20 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:687
RIP: 0010:__sanitizer_cov_trace_switch+0x103/0x120 kernel/kcov.c:-1
Code: e3 05 4c 8d 63 28 4d 39 fc 77 9d 49 ff c6 4d 89 33 49 89 4c 1b 08 4d 89 54 1b 10 49 89 7c 1b 18 49 89 54 1b 20 eb 81 5b 41 5c <41> 5e 41 5f c3 b9 05 00 00 00 48 85 c0 0f 85 52 ff ff ff c3 66 0f
RSP: 0018:ffffc900049f6520 EFLAGS: 00000246
RAX: 0000000000000003 RBX: ffffffff8f8a607a RCX: 0000000000000003
RDX: ffffffff813b4cf9 RSI: ffffffff8cfa07e0 RDI: 0000000000000001
RBP: ffffc900049f6658 R08: ffff88802c2e3c00 R09: 0000000000000003
R10: 0000000000000004 R11: 0000000000000002 R12: ffffc900049f6608
R13: dffffc0000000000 R14: 0000000000000001 R15: ffffffff8f8a607e
 unwind_next_frame+0x16d9/0x2970 arch/x86/kernel/unwind_orc.c:641
 arch_stack_walk+0x144/0x190 arch/x86/kernel/stacktrace.c:25
 stack_trace_save+0xaa/0x100 kernel/stacktrace.c:122
 save_stack+0x125/0x230 mm/page_owner.c:128
 __reset_page_owner+0x4e/0x190 mm/page_owner.c:149
 reset_page_owner include/linux/page_owner.h:24 [inline]
 free_pages_prepare mm/page_alloc.c:1154 [inline]
 free_unref_page_prepare+0x7b2/0x8c0 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+0x319/0x400 mm/slub.c:3700
 qlink_free mm/kasan/quarantine.c:166 [inline]
 qlist_free_all+0x75/0xd0 mm/kasan/quarantine.c:185
 kasan_quarantine_reduce+0x143/0x160 mm/kasan/quarantine.c:292
 ____kasan_kmalloc mm/kasan/common.c:341 [inline]
 __kasan_kmalloc+0x22/0xa0 mm/kasan/common.c:384
 kmalloc include/linux/slab.h:600 [inline]
 kzalloc include/linux/slab.h:721 [inline]
 kobject_uevent_env+0x274/0x8b0 lib/kobject_uevent.c:539
 __kobject_del+0xd2/0x2f0 lib/kobject.c:601
 kobject_cleanup lib/kobject.c:680 [inline]
 kobject_release lib/kobject.c:720 [inline]
 kref_put include/linux/kref.h:65 [inline]
 kobject_put+0x239/0x460 lib/kobject.c:737
 netdev_queue_update_kobjects+0x3ed/0x480 net/core/net-sysfs.c:1760
 remove_queue_kobjects net/core/net-sysfs.c:1857 [inline]
 netdev_unregister_kobject+0x121/0x250 net/core/net-sysfs.c:2010
 unregister_netdevice_many_notify+0x143f/0x1900 net/core/dev.c:11147
 rtnl_delete_link net/core/rtnetlink.c:3259 [inline]
 rtnl_dellink+0x500/0x7c0 net/core/rtnetlink.c:3311
 rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x869/0xfa0 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6472
 netlink_rcv_skb+0x241/0x4d0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2545
 netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1320 [inline]
 netlink_unicast+0x751/0x8d0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1346
 netlink_sendmsg+0x8d0/0xbf0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1894
 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:730 [inline]
 __sock_sendmsg net/socket.c:745 [inline]
 ____sys_sendmsg+0x5ba/0x960 net/socket.c:2594
 ___sys_sendmsg+0x2a6/0x360 net/socket.c:2648
 __sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2677 [inline]
 __do_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2686 [inline]
 __se_sys_sendmsg+0x1c2/0x2b0 net/socket.c:2684
 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: 0033:0x7f86aa39acb9
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:00007f86ab299028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000002e
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f86aa615fa0 RCX: 00007f86aa39acb9
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000200000000000 RDI: 0000000000000003
RBP: 00007f86aa408bf7 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f86aa616038 R14: 00007f86aa615fa0 R15: 00007fffba04fff8
 </TASK>
net_ratelimit: 766 callbacks suppressed
bridge0: received packet on veth0_to_bridge with own address as source address (addr:aa:aa:aa:aa:aa:0c, vlan:0)
bridge0: received packet on veth0_to_bridge with own address as source address (addr:22:98:35:96:7a:e6, vlan:0)
bridge0: received packet on bridge_slave_0 with own address as source address (addr:aa:aa:aa:aa:aa:0c, vlan:0)
bridge0: received packet on veth0_to_bridge with own address as source address (addr:aa:aa:aa:aa:aa:0c, vlan:0)
bridge0: received packet on veth0_to_bridge with own address as source address (addr:22:98:35:96:7a:e6, vlan:0)
bridge0: received packet on bridge_slave_0 with own address as source address (addr:aa:aa:aa:aa:aa:0c, vlan:0)
bridge0: received packet on veth0_to_bridge with own address as source address (addr:aa:aa:aa:aa:aa:0c, vlan:0)
net_ratelimit: 4501 callbacks suppressed
bridge0: received packet on bridge_slave_0 with own address as source address (addr:aa:aa:aa:aa:aa:0c, vlan:0)
bridge0: received packet on veth0_to_bridge with own address as source address (addr:22:98:35:96:7a:e6, vlan:0)
bridge0: received packet on veth0_to_bridge with own address as source address (addr:aa:aa:aa:aa:aa:0c, vlan:0)
bridge0: received packet on veth0_to_bridge with own address as source address (addr:22:98:35:96:7a:e6, vlan:0)
bridge0: received packet on bridge_slave_0 with own address as source address (addr:aa:aa:aa:aa:aa:0c, vlan:0)
bridge0: received packet on veth0_to_bridge with own address as source address (addr:aa:aa:aa:aa:aa:0c, vlan:0)

Crashes (1):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/01/25 01:43 linux-6.6.y cbb31f77b879 40acda8a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in rtnl_dellink
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.