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INFO: rcu detected stall in addrconf_rs_timer

Status: upstream: reported syz repro on 2025/11/29 19:55
Bug presence: origin:lts-only
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Reported-by: syzbot+1c0f13d7bc65d06d5fc9@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 9d10h, last: 8d17h
Bug presence (2)
Date Name Commit Repro Result
2025/11/30 linux-6.6.y (ToT) 1e89a1be4fe9 syz [report] INFO: rcu detected stall in addrconf_rs_timer
2025/11/30 upstream (ToT) 6bda50f4333f syz Didn't crash
Similar bugs (27)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in addrconf_rs_timer (2) net 1 362 2259d 2281d 13/29 fixed on 2019/10/21 12:31
linux-4.14 INFO: rcu detected stall in addrconf_rs_timer 1 C error 220 1922d 2285d 0/1 upstream: reported C repro on 2019/09/06 14:33
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in addrconf_rs_timer net 1 38 2545d 2641d 0/29 closed as dup on 2019/01/02 16:33
linux-4.19 INFO: rcu detected stall in addrconf_rs_timer 1 45 2273d 2285d 0/1 auto-closed as invalid on 2019/12/17 18:46
linux-4.19 BUG: soft lockup in addrconf_rs_timer 1 syz error 24 1043d 1725d 0/1 upstream: reported syz repro on 2021/03/19 06:05
linux-5.15 BUG: soft lockup in addrconf_rs_timer 1 C error 36 908d 921d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/08/23 09:06
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in addrconf_rs_timer (3) net 1 C inconclusive done 81 2181d 2177d 15/29 fixed on 2020/02/18 14:31
linux-4.19 INFO: rcu detected stall in addrconf_rs_timer (2) 1 5 1923d 1997d 0/1 auto-closed as invalid on 2020/12/31 12:17
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in addrconf_rs_timer (5) kvm 1 4 1323d 1323d 0/29 auto-closed as invalid on 2022/06/24 22:41
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in addrconf_rs_timer (4) net 1 C error error 121 1499d 1953d 0/29 closed as invalid on 2022/02/08 10:39
linux-6.1 INFO: rcu detected stall in addrconf_rs_timer origin:lts-only 1 C 88 6d11h 563d 0/3 upstream: reported C repro on 2024/05/24 18:08
linux-5.15 INFO: rcu detected stall in addrconf_rs_timer origin:lts-only 1 C error 72 5d06h 729d 0/3 upstream: reported C repro on 2023/12/10 10:27
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in addrconf_rs_timer (6) x86 mm netfilter 1 syz error error 615 1d15h 555d 0/29 upstream: reported syz repro on 2024/06/01 13:51
upstream BUG: soft lockup in addrconf_rs_timer (3) net 1 syz 8 803d 867d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/01/05 16:48
upstream BUG: soft lockup in addrconf_rs_timer (4) net 1 1 698d 698d 0/29 closed as invalid on 2024/03/12 13:17
android-6-1 BUG: soft lockup in addrconf_rs_timer 1 1 771d 771d 0/2 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/01/27 13:54
android-5-10 BUG: soft lockup in addrconf_rs_timer (2) 1 C 265 203d 534d 0/2 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/07/28 18:01
android-5-10 BUG: soft lockup in addrconf_rs_timer 1 2 862d 880d 0/2 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/10/29 01:38
linux-6.1 BUG: soft lockup in addrconf_rs_timer 1 C done 26 909d 921d 3/3 fixed on 2023/07/30 15:47
linux-4.14 BUG: soft lockup in addrconf_rs_timer 1 C error 133 1081d 2283d 0/1 upstream: reported C repro on 2019/09/08 14:09
android-5-15 BUG: soft lockup in addrconf_rs_timer (2) 1 syz 99 347d 590d 0/2 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/02/14 09:13
android-6-1 BUG: soft lockup in addrconf_rs_timer (3) 1 1 248d 248d 0/2 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/07/03 20:11
android-54 BUG: soft lockup in addrconf_rs_timer 1 190 523d 578d 0/2 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/08/22 17:20
android-6-1 BUG: soft lockup in addrconf_rs_timer (2) 1 syz 176 369d 574d 0/2 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/01/24 01:43
upstream BUG: soft lockup in addrconf_rs_timer (2) net 1 C 51 901d 922d 23/29 fixed on 2023/07/04 09:17
android-6-1 BUG: soft lockup in addrconf_rs_timer (4) 1 5 1d22h 119d 0/2 premoderation: reported on 2025/08/11 17:36
android-5-15 BUG: soft lockup in addrconf_rs_timer 1 1 869d 869d 0/2 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/10/21 14:14

Sample crash report:
rcu: INFO: rcu_preempt self-detected stall on CPU
rcu: 	0-...!: (10499 ticks this GP) idle=2c04/1/0x4000000000000000 softirq=12875/12875 fqs=31
rcu: 	(t=10502 jiffies g=11165 q=553 ncpus=2)
rcu: rcu_preempt kthread starved for 10392 jiffies! g11165 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:27752 pid:17    ppid:2      flags:0x00004000
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5380 [inline]
 __schedule+0x14d2/0x44d0 kernel/sched/core.c:6699
 schedule+0xbd/0x170 kernel/sched/core.c:6773
 schedule_timeout+0x160/0x280 kernel/time/timer.c:2167
 rcu_gp_fqs_loop+0x302/0x1560 kernel/rcu/tree.c:1667
 rcu_gp_kthread+0x99/0x380 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: 6043 Comm: syz.1.18 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 10/02/2025
RIP: 0010:__preempt_count_add arch/x86/include/asm/preempt.h:80 [inline]
RIP: 0010:rcu_is_watching+0x6/0xb0 kernel/rcu/tree.c:699
Code: eb 99 e8 0d 93 ff 08 48 c7 c7 40 67 d3 8c 4c 89 f6 e8 4e 6a e2 02 e9 53 ff ff ff 66 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 f3 0f 1e fa 41 57 <41> 56 53 65 ff 05 f8 0b 94 7e e8 eb a8 ff 08 89 c3 83 f8 08 73 60
RSP: 0018:ffffc900001ef970 EFLAGS: 00000002
RAX: ffffffff8175c7b9 RBX: ffff8880b8f2b7c8 RCX: 0000000000010100
RDX: ffff88802c029e00 RSI: 0000000000000001 RDI: 0000000000000002
RBP: ffffc900001efad8 R08: ffffffff8e4a8e2f R09: 1ffffffff1c951c5
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffffbfff1c951c6 R12: ffff88807df98d98
R13: dffffc0000000000 R14: 0000000000000001 R15: 0000000000000001
FS:  00007f39924f26c0(0000) GS:ffff8880b8f00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007f39924d0f98 CR3: 00000000249b9000 CR4: 00000000003506e0
Call Trace:
 <IRQ>
 trace_hrtimer_expire_entry include/trace/events/timer.h:239 [inline]
 __run_hrtimer kernel/time/hrtimer.c:1747 [inline]
 __hrtimer_run_queues+0x493/0xc40 kernel/time/hrtimer.c:1814
 hrtimer_interrupt+0x3c9/0x9c0 kernel/time/hrtimer.c:1876
 local_apic_timer_interrupt arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1077 [inline]
 __sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0xfb/0x3b0 arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1094
 instr_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1088 [inline]
 sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x51/0xc0 arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1088
 asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x1a/0x20 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:687
RIP: 0010:seqcount_lockdep_reader_access+0x17f/0x1c0 include/linux/seqlock.h:105
Code: 00 4d 85 e4 75 16 e8 50 90 0f 00 eb 15 e8 49 90 0f 00 e8 74 2d f9 08 4d 85 e4 74 ea e8 3a 90 0f 00 fb 48 c7 04 24 0e 36 e0 45 <4b> c7 04 3e 00 00 00 00 66 43 c7 44 3e 09 00 00 43 c6 44 3e 0b 00
RSP: 0018:ffffc900001efd00 EFLAGS: 00000246
RAX: ffffffff81761046 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: ffff88802c029e00
RDX: 0000000000000100 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000000
RBP: ffffc900001efdb8 R08: ffffffff90da9607 R09: 1ffffffff21b52c0
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffffbfff21b52c1 R12: 0000000000000200
R13: 000001fb63109b96 R14: 1ffff9200003dfa0 R15: dffffc0000000000
 ktime_get_with_offset+0x94/0x330 kernel/time/timekeeping.c:889
 ktime_get_real include/linux/timekeeping.h:79 [inline]
 netif_rx_internal+0x34a/0x4e0 net/core/dev.c:5115
 __netif_rx+0x78/0xc0 net/core/dev.c:5158
 veth_forward_skb drivers/net/veth.c:321 [inline]
 veth_xmit+0x550/0x9f0 drivers/net/veth.c:374
 __netdev_start_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:4943 [inline]
 netdev_start_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:4957 [inline]
 xmit_one net/core/dev.c:3619 [inline]
 dev_hard_start_xmit+0x246/0x740 net/core/dev.c:3635
 __dev_queue_xmit+0x1a64/0x35a0 net/core/dev.c:4425
 __bond_start_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:-1 [inline]
 bond_start_xmit+0x1250/0x1c00 drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c:5528
 __netdev_start_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:4943 [inline]
 netdev_start_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:4957 [inline]
 xmit_one net/core/dev.c:3619 [inline]
 dev_hard_start_xmit+0x246/0x740 net/core/dev.c:3635
 __dev_queue_xmit+0x1a64/0x35a0 net/core/dev.c:4425
 dev_queue_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:3113 [inline]
 neigh_hh_output include/net/neighbour.h:527 [inline]
 neigh_output include/net/neighbour.h:541 [inline]
 ip6_finish_output2+0xdf5/0x1650 net/ipv6/ip6_output.c:141
 dst_output include/net/dst.h:467 [inline]
 NF_HOOK include/linux/netfilter.h:304 [inline]
 ndisc_send_skb+0xbed/0x14b0 net/ipv6/ndisc.c:513
 addrconf_rs_timer+0x2bc/0x600 net/ipv6/addrconf.c:4006
 call_timer_fn+0x16e/0x530 kernel/time/timer.c:1700
 expire_timers kernel/time/timer.c:1751 [inline]
 __run_timers+0x52d/0x7d0 kernel/time/timer.c:2022
 run_timer_softirq+0x67/0xf0 kernel/time/timer.c:2035
 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+0xc7/0x190 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:finish_task_switch+0x26a/0x920 kernel/sched/core.c:5254
Code: 0f 84 37 01 00 00 48 85 db 0f 85 56 01 00 00 0f 1f 44 00 00 4c 8b 75 d0 4c 89 e7 e8 a0 87 1c 09 e8 0b a4 2f 00 fb 4c 8b 65 c0 <49> 8d bc 24 f8 15 00 00 48 89 f8 48 c1 e8 03 42 0f b6 04 28 84 c0
RSP: 0018:ffffc90003667938 EFLAGS: 00000282
RAX: 95f61f8aedee5300 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 95f61f8aedee5300
RDX: dffffc0000000000 RSI: ffffffff8aaabce0 RDI: ffffffff8afc6f40
RBP: ffffc90003667990 R08: ffffffff90da9617 R09: 1ffffffff21b52c2
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffffbfff21b52c3 R12: ffff88802c029e00
R13: dffffc0000000000 R14: ffff8880235f5a00 R15: ffff8880b8f3cac8
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5383 [inline]
 __schedule+0x14da/0x44d0 kernel/sched/core.c:6699
 preempt_schedule_common+0x82/0xc0 kernel/sched/core.c:6866
 preempt_schedule+0xab/0xc0 kernel/sched/core.c:6890
 preempt_schedule_thunk+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/thunk_64.S:45
 __raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h:152 [inline]
 _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0xfa/0x110 kernel/locking/spinlock.c:194
 __do_sys_perf_event_open kernel/events/core.c:12916 [inline]
 __se_sys_perf_event_open+0x1802/0x1c20 kernel/events/core.c:12567
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:51 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x55/0xb0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:81
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2
RIP: 0033:0x7f399158f749
Code: ff ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 40 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 a8 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48
RSP: 002b:00007f39924f2038 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000012a
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f39917e5fa0 RCX: 00007f399158f749
RDX: ffffffffffffffff RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000200000000140
RBP: 00007f3991613f91 R08: 0000000000000002 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: ffffffffffffffff R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f39917e6038 R14: 00007f39917e5fa0 R15: 00007ffc3ef78318
 </TASK>
CPU: 0 PID: 6039 Comm: syz.0.17 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 10/02/2025
RIP: 0010:lock_is_held_type+0x13e/0x190 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5830
Code: 75 40 48 c7 04 24 00 00 00 00 9c 8f 04 24 f7 04 24 00 02 00 00 75 46 41 f7 c5 00 02 00 00 74 01 fb 65 48 8b 04 25 28 00 00 00 <48> 3b 44 24 08 75 3c 89 e8 48 83 c4 10 5b 41 5c 41 5d 41 5e 41 5f
RSP: 0018:ffffc90000007898 EFLAGS: 00000206
RAX: ceb7dc35db4d5c00 RBX: ffff88807b061e00 RCX: ceb7dc35db4d5c00
RDX: ffff88807b061e00 RSI: ffffffff8aaace60 RDI: ffffffff8afc6f40
RBP: 0000000000000001 R08: dffffc0000000000 R09: 1ffffffff21b52a0
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffffbfff21b52a1 R12: 0000000000000001
R13: 0000000000000246 R14: ffffffff8cd2fee0 R15: ffff88807b062908
FS:  00007f440f55b6c0(0000) GS:ffff8880b8e00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007f440ddfdf98 CR3: 000000001f6b6000 CR4: 00000000003506f0
Call Trace:
 <IRQ>
 __in6_dev_get include/net/addrconf.h:323 [inline]
 ip6_nd_hdr net/ipv6/ndisc.c:453 [inline]
 ndisc_send_skb+0x7b4/0x14b0 net/ipv6/ndisc.c:508
 addrconf_rs_timer+0x2bc/0x600 net/ipv6/addrconf.c:4006
 call_timer_fn+0x16e/0x530 kernel/time/timer.c:1700
 expire_timers kernel/time/timer.c:1751 [inline]
 __run_timers+0x52d/0x7d0 kernel/time/timer.c:2022
 run_timer_softirq+0x67/0xf0 kernel/time/timer.c:2035
 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+0xc7/0x190 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:rcu_dynticks_curr_cpu_in_eqs include/linux/context_tracking.h:122 [inline]
RIP: 0010:rcu_is_watching+0x3a/0xb0 kernel/rcu/tree.c:700
Code: e8 eb a8 ff 08 89 c3 83 f8 08 73 60 49 bf 00 00 00 00 00 fc ff df 4c 8d 34 dd 30 4a 7d 8c 4c 89 f0 48 c1 e8 03 42 80 3c 38 00 <74> 08 4c 89 f7 e8 3c 65 6d 00 48 c7 c3 28 6b 03 00 49 03 1e 48 89
RSP: 0018:ffffc90003047790 EFLAGS: 00000246
RAX: 1ffffffff18fa946 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: ceb7dc35db4d5c00
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffffff8afc6f20 RDI: ffffffff8afc6ee0
RBP: 0000000000000001 R08: ffff88807b061e00 R09: 0000000000000003
R10: 0000000000000004 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffffffff8a8000d0
R13: 0000000000000598 R14: ffffffff8c7d4a30 R15: dffffc0000000000
 kernel_text_address+0x7b/0xd0 kernel/extable.c:113
 __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+0x9c/0xe0 kernel/stacktrace.c:122
 kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:45 [inline]
 kasan_set_track+0x4e/0x70 mm/kasan/common.c:52
 __kasan_slab_alloc+0x6c/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:328
 kasan_slab_alloc include/linux/kasan.h:188 [inline]
 slab_post_alloc_hook+0x6e/0x4d0 mm/slab.h:767
 slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:3495 [inline]
 kmem_cache_alloc_node+0x150/0x330 mm/slub.c:3540
 perf_event_alloc+0x15a/0x21b0 kernel/events/core.c:12057
 __do_sys_perf_event_open kernel/events/core.c:12676 [inline]
 __se_sys_perf_event_open+0x70e/0x1c20 kernel/events/core.c:12567
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:51 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x55/0xb0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:81
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2
RIP: 0033:0x7f440e78f749
Code: ff ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 40 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 a8 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48
RSP: 002b:00007f440f55b038 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000012a
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f440e9e5fa0 RCX: 00007f440e78f749
RDX: ffffffffffffffff RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000200000000140
RBP: 00007f440e813f91 R08: 0000000000000002 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: ffffffffffffffff R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f440e9e6038 R14: 00007f440e9e5fa0 R15: 00007ffe91f639a8
 </TASK>

Crashes (2):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2025/11/29 19:54 linux-6.6.y 1e89a1be4fe9 d6526ea3 .config console log report syz / log [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in addrconf_rs_timer
2025/11/29 20:47 linux-6.6.y 1e89a1be4fe9 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in addrconf_rs_timer
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.