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INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_newfstat

Status: upstream: reported on 2025/06/09 10:15
Reported-by: syzbot+26fdb539432016a3def1@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 232d, last: 9d01h
▶ ▼ Similar bugs (5)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
linux-6.1 INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_newfstat 1 1 45d 45d 0/3 upstream: reported on 2025/12/14 02:05
linux-6.6 INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_newfstat 1 1 218d 218d 0/2 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/10/02 03:58
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_newfstat (4) tomoyo 1 C error 9 11d 37d 0/29 upstream: reported C repro on 2025/12/22 03:48
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_newfstat (2) mm 1 1 2212d 2212d 0/29 closed as invalid on 2020/01/08 05:33
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_newfstat mm 1 1 2247d 2247d 0/29 closed as invalid on 2019/12/04 14:04

Sample crash report:
rcu: INFO: rcu_preempt detected stalls on CPUs/tasks:
rcu: 	Tasks blocked on level-0 rcu_node (CPUs 0-1): P3560/1:b..l P4173/1:b..l P4413/1:b..l
	(detected by 1, t=10502 jiffies, g=8513, q=57)
task:kworker/u4:9    state:R  running task     stack:25488 pid: 4413 ppid:     2 flags:0x00004000
Workqueue: netns cleanup_net
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5049 [inline]
 __schedule+0x11ef/0x43c0 kernel/sched/core.c:6395
 preempt_schedule_irq+0xbb/0x160 kernel/sched/core.c:6799
 irqentry_exit+0x63/0x70 kernel/entry/common.c:432
 asm_sysvec_reschedule_ipi+0x16/0x20 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:681
RIP: 0010:lock_acquire+0x208/0x400 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5627
Code: f7 84 24 80 00 00 00 00 02 00 00 43 c6 44 3d 04 f8 0f 85 f1 00 00 00 41 f7 c6 00 02 00 00 74 01 fb 48 c7 44 24 60 0e 36 e0 45 <4b> c7 44 3d 00 00 00 00 00 43 c7 44 3d 08 00 00 00 00 65 48 8b 04
RSP: 0018:ffffc90004aff900 EFLAGS: 00000206
RAX: 0000000000000001 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 32710cf8e1ac0a00
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffffff8a2b2ea0 RDI: ffffffff8a79e740
RBP: ffffc90004affa20 R08: dffffc0000000000 R09: 1ffffffff2036e18
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffffbfff2036e19 R12: ffffffff8c31c720
R13: 1ffff9200095ff2c R14: 0000000000000246 R15: dffffc0000000000
 rcu_lock_acquire+0x2a/0x30 include/linux/rcupdate.h:313
 rcu_read_lock include/linux/rcupdate.h:740 [inline]
 inet_twsk_purge+0x119/0x840 net/ipv4/inet_timewait_sock.c:268
 ops_exit_list net/core/net_namespace.c:177 [inline]
 cleanup_net+0x791/0xba0 net/core/net_namespace.c:635
 process_one_work+0x85f/0x1010 kernel/workqueue.c:2310
 worker_thread+0xaa6/0x1290 kernel/workqueue.c:2457
 kthread+0x436/0x520 kernel/kthread.c:334
 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:287
 </TASK>
task:udevd           state:R  running task     stack:25744 pid: 4173 ppid:  3560 flags:0x00004002
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5049 [inline]
 __schedule+0x11ef/0x43c0 kernel/sched/core.c:6395
 preempt_schedule_irq+0xbb/0x160 kernel/sched/core.c:6799
 irqentry_exit+0x63/0x70 kernel/entry/common.c:432
 asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x16/0x20 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:676
RIP: 0010:check_kcov_mode kernel/kcov.c:174 [inline]
RIP: 0010:write_comp_data kernel/kcov.c:227 [inline]
RIP: 0010:__sanitizer_cov_trace_const_cmp4+0x2c/0x80 kernel/kcov.c:293
Code: 04 24 65 48 8b 0d 04 5c 89 7e 65 8b 15 05 5c 89 7e 81 e2 00 01 ff 00 74 11 81 fa 00 01 00 00 75 5b 83 b9 34 16 00 00 00 74 52 <8b> 91 10 16 00 00 83 fa 03 75 47 48 8b 91 18 16 00 00 44 8b 89 14
RSP: 0018:ffffc900011df538 EFLAGS: 00000246
RAX: ffffffff8185391d RBX: 00007fb97cb9aad7 RCX: ffff88807a069dc0
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000001 RDI: 0000000000000000
RBP: 0000000000000001 R08: dffffc0000000000 R09: 1ffffffff2036e18
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffffbfff2036e19 R12: ffff88807a069dc0
R13: ffff8880772e8000 R14: 00007fb97cb9aad7 R15: 1ffff9200023bec2
 rcu_read_lock include/linux/rcupdate.h:741 [inline]
 is_bpf_text_address+0x2d/0x270 kernel/bpf/core.c:725
 kernel_text_address kernel/extable.c:151 [inline]
 __kernel_text_address+0x9a/0x100 kernel/extable.c:105
 unwind_get_return_address+0x49/0x80 arch/x86/kernel/unwind_orc.c:323
 arch_stack_walk+0xf2/0x140 arch/x86/kernel/stacktrace.c:26
 stack_trace_save+0xa6/0xf0 kernel/stacktrace.c:122
 kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:38 [inline]
 kasan_set_track+0x4b/0x70 mm/kasan/common.c:46
 kasan_set_free_info+0x1f/0x40 mm/kasan/generic.c:360
 ____kasan_slab_free+0xd5/0x110 mm/kasan/common.c:366
 kasan_slab_free include/linux/kasan.h:230 [inline]
 slab_free_hook mm/slub.c:1710 [inline]
 slab_free_freelist_hook+0xea/0x170 mm/slub.c:1736
 slab_free mm/slub.c:3504 [inline]
 kfree+0xef/0x2a0 mm/slub.c:4564
 tomoyo_realpath_from_path+0x5d8/0x610 security/tomoyo/realpath.c:291
 tomoyo_get_realpath security/tomoyo/file.c:151 [inline]
 tomoyo_path_perm+0x23f/0x5d0 security/tomoyo/file.c:822
 security_inode_getattr+0xcf/0x120 security/security.c:1348
 vfs_getattr+0x26/0x3a0 fs/stat.c:157
 vfs_fstat fs/stat.c:182 [inline]
 __do_sys_newfstat fs/stat.c:421 [inline]
 __se_sys_newfstat fs/stat.c:418 [inline]
 __x64_sys_newfstat+0x137/0x210 fs/stat.c:418
 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: 0033:0x7fb97cb9aad7
RSP: 002b:00007fff3e13ec08 EFLAGS: 00000202 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000005
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000000000009 RCX: 00007fb97cb9aad7
RDX: 0000000000090800 RSI: 00007fff3e13ec10 RDI: 0000000000000009
RBP: 00007fff3e13ec10 R08: 000055fd00b9dee0 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000202 R12: 000055fd00ba4ba0
R13: 00007fff3e13f8e0 R14: 00007fff3e13f4e0 R15: 00007fff3e13f0e0
 </TASK>
task:udevd           state:R  running task     stack:25584 pid: 3560 ppid:     1 flags:0x00004002
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5049 [inline]
 __schedule+0x11ef/0x43c0 kernel/sched/core.c:6395
 preempt_schedule_common+0x82/0xd0 kernel/sched/core.c:6571
 preempt_schedule+0xbc/0xd0 kernel/sched/core.c:6596
 preempt_schedule_thunk+0x16/0x18 arch/x86/entry/thunk_64.S:34
 __raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h:161 [inline]
 _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x10d/0x120 kernel/locking/spinlock.c:194
 spin_unlock_irqrestore include/linux/spinlock.h:419 [inline]
 __wake_up_common_lock kernel/sched/wait.c:140 [inline]
 __wake_up_sync_key+0x128/0x190 kernel/sched/wait.c:205
 sock_def_readable+0x136/0x250 net/core/sock.c:3101
 __netlink_sendskb net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1264 [inline]
 netlink_sendskb+0x97/0x130 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1270
 netlink_sendmsg+0x8ba/0xbe0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1918
 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:706 [inline]
 __sock_sendmsg net/socket.c:718 [inline]
 ____sys_sendmsg+0x5b7/0x8f0 net/socket.c:2446
 ___sys_sendmsg+0x236/0x2e0 net/socket.c:2500
 __sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2529 [inline]
 __do_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2538 [inline]
 __se_sys_sendmsg+0x1af/0x290 net/socket.c:2536
 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: 0033:0x7fb97cb30407
RSP: 002b:00007fff3e140750 EFLAGS: 00000202 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000002e
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007fb97ca42880 RCX: 00007fb97cb30407
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 00007fff3e1407b0 RDI: 0000000000000004
RBP: 000055fd00bb8a50 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000202 R12: 00000000000000b2
R13: 000055fd00b909e0 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000000
 </TASK>
rcu: rcu_preempt kthread starved for 10607 jiffies! g8513 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:26640 pid:   15 ppid:     2 flags:0x00004000
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5049 [inline]
 __schedule+0x11ef/0x43c0 kernel/sched/core.c:6395
 schedule+0x11b/0x1e0 kernel/sched/core.c:6478
 schedule_timeout+0x184/0x2d0 kernel/time/timer.c:1914
 rcu_gp_fqs_loop+0x2be/0x11d0 kernel/rcu/tree.c:1972
 rcu_gp_kthread+0x9b/0x370 kernel/rcu/tree.c:2145
 kthread+0x436/0x520 kernel/kthread.c:334
 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:287
 </TASK>
rcu: Stack dump where RCU GP kthread last ran:
NMI backtrace for cpu 1
CPU: 1 PID: 4506 Comm: syz.3.41 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 10/25/2025
Call Trace:
 <IRQ>
 dump_stack_lvl+0x188/0x250 lib/dump_stack.c:106
 nmi_cpu_backtrace+0x3a2/0x3d0 lib/nmi_backtrace.c:111
 nmi_trigger_cpumask_backtrace+0x163/0x280 lib/nmi_backtrace.c:62
 trigger_single_cpu_backtrace include/linux/nmi.h:166 [inline]
 rcu_check_gp_kthread_starvation+0x1cd/0x250 kernel/rcu/tree_stall.h:487
 print_other_cpu_stall+0x1110/0x1270 kernel/rcu/tree_stall.h:592
 check_cpu_stall kernel/rcu/tree_stall.h:745 [inline]
 rcu_pending kernel/rcu/tree.c:3936 [inline]
 rcu_sched_clock_irq+0x843/0x1120 kernel/rcu/tree.c:2619
 update_process_times+0x193/0x200 kernel/time/timer.c:1818
 tick_sched_handle kernel/time/tick-sched.c:254 [inline]
 tick_sched_timer+0x37d/0x560 kernel/time/tick-sched.c:1473
 __run_hrtimer kernel/time/hrtimer.c:1685 [inline]
 __hrtimer_run_queues+0x4ad/0xb70 kernel/time/hrtimer.c:1749
 hrtimer_interrupt+0x3bb/0x8d0 kernel/time/hrtimer.c:1811
 local_apic_timer_interrupt arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1097 [inline]
 __sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x137/0x4a0 arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1114
 instr_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1108 [inline]
 sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x9b/0xc0 arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1108
 </IRQ>
 <TASK>
 asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x16/0x20 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:676
RIP: 0010:__raw_spin_unlock_irq include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h:169 [inline]
RIP: 0010:_raw_spin_unlock_irq+0x25/0x40 kernel/locking/spinlock.c:202
Code: 00 00 00 66 90 53 48 89 fb 48 83 c7 18 48 8b 74 24 08 e8 2e de 99 f7 48 89 df e8 66 b6 9a f7 e8 f1 a4 bb f7 fb bf 01 00 00 00 <e8> 36 bc 8e f7 65 8b 05 b7 d8 3e 76 85 c0 74 02 5b c3 e8 04 e6 3c
RSP: 0018:ffffc90004b57bc0 EFLAGS: 00000282
RAX: 5187da470df86f00 RBX: ffff88807df6dc80 RCX: 5187da470df86f00
RDX: dffffc0000000000 RSI: ffffffff8a2b1c00 RDI: 0000000000000001
RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: ffff88807df6dc83 R09: 1ffff1100fbedb90
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: ffffed100fbedb91 R12: ffff88807df6dc80
R13: 0000000000000021 R14: dffffc0000000000 R15: 000000001c000004
 spin_unlock_irq include/linux/spinlock.h:414 [inline]
 get_signal+0x11d6/0x12c0 kernel/signal.c:2903
 arch_do_signal_or_restart+0xe7/0x12c0 arch/x86/kernel/signal.c:867
 handle_signal_work kernel/entry/common.c:154 [inline]
 exit_to_user_mode_loop+0x9e/0x130 kernel/entry/common.c:178
 exit_to_user_mode_prepare+0xee/0x180 kernel/entry/common.c:214
 __syscall_exit_to_user_mode_work kernel/entry/common.c:296 [inline]
 syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x16/0x40 kernel/entry/common.c:307
 do_syscall_64+0x58/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:86
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x66/0xd0
RIP: 0033:0x7f47ff412cb7
Code: 83 c8 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
RSP: 002b:00007f47fd66e028 EFLAGS: 00000246
RAX: 0000000000000048 RBX: 00007f47ff68dfa0 RCX: 00007f47ff412cb9
RDX: 0000200000000280 RSI: 0000000000000026 RDI: 0000000000000003
RBP: 00007f47ff480bf7 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f47ff68e038 R14: 00007f47ff68dfa0 R15: 00007ffd41b55018
 </TASK>

Crashes (6):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/01/19 08:27 linux-5.15.y 68efe5a6c16a 20d37d28 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_newfstat
2025/12/09 14:16 linux-5.15.y 68efe5a6c16a d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_newfstat
2025/09/08 05:43 linux-5.15.y 7a6c2d093c45 d291dd2d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_newfstat
2025/08/30 12:10 linux-5.15.y 01879f56bdde 807a3b61 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_newfstat
2025/06/09 10:14 linux-5.15.y 1c700860e8bc 4826c28e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_newfstat
2025/07/02 00:27 linux-5.15.y 3dea0e7f549e 091a06cd .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_newfstat
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.