INFO: rcu detected stall in sock_write_iter (3)

Status: upstream: reported on 2026/05/26 07:14
Reported-by: syzbot+404e8ee8fef0d60fa417@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 75d, last: 17h10m
Similar bugs (12)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
linux-5.15 INFO: rcu detected stall in sock_write_iter (4) origin:lts-only 1 syz done 11 21d 511d 0/3 upstream: reported syz repro on 2025/03/16 07:14
linux-6.6 INFO: rcu detected stall in sock_write_iter origin:upstream missing-backport 1 syz, C inconclusive 12 56d 340d 0/2 upstream: reported C repro on 2025/09/03 11:54
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in sock_write_iter mm 1 1 2441d 2441d 0/29 closed as invalid on 2019/12/04 14:04
linux-5.15 INFO: rcu detected stall in sock_write_iter (3) 1 1 656d 656d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/01/31 00:48
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in sock_write_iter (3) net prio:low 1 syz, C done error 221 14d 824d 0/29 upstream: reported C repro on 2024/05/07 12:14
linux-5.15 INFO: rcu detected stall in sock_write_iter 1 1 1024d 1024d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/01/28 05:21
linux-5.15 INFO: rcu detected stall in sock_write_iter (2) 1 1 842d 842d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/07/28 08:46
linux-6.1 INFO: rcu detected stall in sock_write_iter 1 1 857d 857d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/07/13 13:13
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in sock_write_iter (2) netfilter 1 1 1010d 1010d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/01/03 00:51
linux-6.1 INFO: rcu detected stall in sock_write_iter (2) 1 2 203d 267d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2026/04/29 05:14
android-5-10 BUG: soft lockup in sock_write_iter 1 1 515d 515d 0/2 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/06/10 11:55
android-5-15 BUG: soft lockup in sock_write_iter 1 24 726d 861d 0/2 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/11/03 03:04

Sample crash report:
rcu: INFO: rcu_preempt detected expedited stalls on CPUs/tasks: { 1-.... } 2640 jiffies s: 52249 root: 0x2/.
rcu: blocking rcu_node structures (internal RCU debug):
Sending NMI from CPU 0 to CPUs 1:
NMI backtrace for cpu 1
CPU: 1 PID: 13322 Comm: syz.4.2412 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/24/2026
RIP: 0010:arch_irqs_disabled_flags arch/x86/include/asm/irqflags.h:125 [inline]
RIP: 0010:arch_irqs_disabled arch/x86/include/asm/irqflags.h:132 [inline]
RIP: 0010:__irq_exit_rcu+0x70/0x230 kernel/softirq.c:672
Code: f1 f1 f1 f1 f8 f3 f3 f3 49 bc 00 00 00 00 00 fc ff df 4b 89 04 27 43 c6 44 27 04 00 48 c7 44 24 20 00 00 00 00 9c 8f 44 24 20 <8b> 44 24 20 43 c6 44 27 04 f8 fa a9 00 02 00 00 74 05 e8 89 4d 39
RSP: 0018:ffffc900001e0ae0 EFLAGS: 00000806
RAX: f3f3f3f8f1f1f1f1 RBX: ffffc900001e0b98 RCX: 75775023e90ec600
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffffff8adf5dc0 RDI: ffffffff8adf5d80
RBP: ffffc900001e0b68 R08: ffffffff8e210aef R09: 1ffffffff1c4215d
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffffbfff1c4215e R12: dffffc0000000000
R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 1ffff9200003c15c
FS:  00007fa48d5af6c0(0000) GS:ffff8880b8f00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007f5fb2422000 CR3: 0000000074f3d000 CR4: 00000000003506e0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000200000000300 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000200000000300 DR6: 00000000ffff0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000600
Call Trace:
 <IRQ>
 irq_exit_rcu+0x5/0x20 kernel/softirq.c:691
 instr_sysvec_irq_work arch/x86/kernel/irq_work.c:17 [inline]
 sysvec_irq_work+0x4f/0xc0 arch/x86/kernel/irq_work.c:17
 asm_sysvec_irq_work+0x16/0x20 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:728
RIP: 0010:rcu_read_unlock_special+0x7f/0x510 kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h:685
Code: eb 03 48 b8 f1 f1 f1 f1 f8 f2 f2 f2 4a 89 04 2b 42 c7 44 2b 08 f8 f3 f3 f3 65 44 8b 35 a2 7c 95 7e 41 f7 c6 00 00 f0 00 74 40 <48> c7 44 24 40 0e 36 e0 45 4a c7 04 2b 00 00 00 00 42 c7 44 2b 08
RSP: 0018:ffffc900001e0c40 EFLAGS: 00000206
RAX: 75775023e90ec600 RBX: 1ffff9200003c190 RCX: 75775023e90ec600
RDX: dffffc0000000000 RSI: ffffffff8a8c17a0 RDI: ffffffff8adf5de0
RBP: ffffc900001e0d30 R08: ffffffff90b102ff R09: 1ffffffff216205f
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffffbfff2162060 R12: 0000000000000246
R13: dffffc0000000000 R14: ffff8880b8f3bb00 R15: 0000000000000002
 __rcu_read_unlock+0x78/0xd0 kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h:426
 rcu_read_unlock include/linux/rcupdate.h:823 [inline]
 rebalance_domains+0x86f/0x9d0 kernel/sched/fair.c:11051
 handle_softirqs+0x291/0x910 kernel/softirq.c:596
 __do_softirq kernel/softirq.c:630 [inline]
 invoke_softirq kernel/softirq.c:470 [inline]
 __irq_exit_rcu+0x13b/0x230 kernel/softirq.c:679
 irq_exit_rcu+0x5/0x20 kernel/softirq.c:691
 instr_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1118 [inline]
 sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0xa0/0xc0 arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1118
 </IRQ>
 <TASK>
 asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x16/0x20 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:691
RIP: 0010:preempt_schedule+0x8e/0xd0 kernel/sched/core.c:6757
Code: 48 b8 04 00 00 00 00 fc ff df c6 04 03 00 48 c7 44 24 20 00 00 00 00 9c 8f 44 24 20 f7 44 24 20 00 02 00 00 c6 04 03 f8 75 29 <48> c7 04 24 0e 36 e0 45 4a c7 04 33 00 00 00 00 65 48 8b 04 25 28
RSP: 0018:ffffc90004f07040 EFLAGS: 00000246
RAX: 1ffff1100ebe53c0 RBX: 1ffff920009e0e08 RCX: ffffffff8a38b8a5
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000008 RDI: ffff888075f29e00
RBP: ffffc90004f070b8 R08: ffff888075f29e07 R09: 1ffff1100ebe53c0
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: ffffed100ebe53c1 R12: ffffc90004f00000
R13: dffffc0000000000 R14: dffffc0000000000 R15: ffffc90004f078c8
 preempt_schedule_thunk+0x16/0x18 arch/x86/entry/thunk_64.S:34
 unwind_next_frame+0x172b/0x1fd0 arch/x86/kernel/unwind_orc.c:629
 arch_stack_walk+0x10c/0x140 arch/x86/kernel/stacktrace.c:25
 stack_trace_save+0xa6/0xf0 kernel/stacktrace.c:122
 kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:46 [inline]
 kasan_set_track+0x4b/0x70 mm/kasan/common.c:53
 ____kasan_kmalloc mm/kasan/common.c:375 [inline]
 __kasan_kmalloc+0x8e/0xa0 mm/kasan/common.c:384
 kasan_kmalloc include/linux/kasan.h:211 [inline]
 __do_kmalloc_node mm/slab_common.c:936 [inline]
 __kmalloc_node_track_caller+0xb0/0x240 mm/slab_common.c:956
 kmalloc_reserve net/core/skbuff.c:446 [inline]
 __alloc_skb+0x226/0x7d0 net/core/skbuff.c:515
 alloc_skb include/linux/skbuff.h:1303 [inline]
 __ip_append_data+0x26d7/0x38d0 net/ipv4/ip_output.c:1133
 ip_append_data+0x132/0x1a0 net/ipv4/ip_output.c:1352
 udp_sendmsg+0x5f2/0x23d0 net/ipv4/udp.c:1307
 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:718 [inline]
 __sock_sendmsg net/socket.c:730 [inline]
 sock_write_iter+0x2d5/0x3e0 net/socket.c:1144
 call_write_iter include/linux/fs.h:2265 [inline]
 new_sync_write fs/read_write.c:491 [inline]
 vfs_write+0x482/0x9a0 fs/read_write.c:584
 ksys_write+0x14d/0x260 fs/read_write.c:637
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:46 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x4c/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:76
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2
RIP: 0033:0x7fa48c79e0d9
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:00007fa48d5af028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000001
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007fa48ca25fa0 RCX: 00007fa48c79e0d9
RDX: 000000000000fe33 RSI: 00002000000001c0 RDI: 0000000000000003
RBP: 00007fa48c835024 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007fa48ca26038 R14: 00007fa48ca25fa0 R15: 00007ffe351295b8
 </TASK>

Crashes (3):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/08/09 12:07 linux-6.1.y e4f7d8be268e 5d63f80b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in sock_write_iter
2026/07/18 15:13 linux-6.1.y 090666d3cc90 72524a66 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in sock_write_iter
2026/05/26 07:13 linux-6.1.y dcbcab9d7079 c69befb3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in sock_write_iter
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.