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INFO: rcu detected stall in dput (3)

Status: upstream: reported syz repro on 2024/12/09 17:03
Bug presence: origin:lts-only
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Reported-by: syzbot+593324eabd9eef11e831@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 379d, last: 13d
Bug presence (2)
Date Name Commit Repro Result
2025/11/19 linux-5.15.y (ToT) cc5ec8769306 syz [report] INFO: rcu detected stall in corrupted
2025/11/19 upstream (ToT) 8b690556d8fe syz Didn't crash
Similar bugs (12)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
linux-6.1 INFO: rcu detected stall in dput (2) origin:lts-only 1 C 51 2d22h 574d 0/3 upstream: reported C repro on 2024/05/28 13:43
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in dput (4) kvm 1 C error error 2 1475d 1834d 0/29 closed as invalid on 2022/02/08 10:37
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in dput (3) mm 1 1 2177d 2176d 0/29 closed as invalid on 2020/01/09 08:13
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in dput (8) fs 1 C done 594 13h52m 723d 0/29 upstream: reported C repro on 2023/12/31 19:35
linux-5.15 INFO: rcu detected stall in dput 1 2 847d 887d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/12/08 00:28
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in dput (6) fs 1 2 1148d 1208d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/01/16 04:13
linux-5.15 INFO: rcu detected stall in dput (2) 1 10 507d 648d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/11/12 09:55
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in dput (5) fs 1 1 1345d 1345d 0/29 auto-closed as invalid on 2022/07/18 12:41
linux-6.1 INFO: rcu detected stall in dput 1 1 895d 895d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/10/20 22:44
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in dput fs 1 1 2212d 2212d 0/29 closed as invalid on 2019/12/04 14:04
linux-6.6 INFO: rcu detected stall in dput 1 41 13d 189d 0/2 upstream: reported on 2025/06/17 20:59
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in dput (2) mm 1 2 2177d 2177d 0/29 closed as invalid on 2020/01/08 05:33

Sample crash report:
rcu: INFO: rcu_preempt detected stalls on CPUs/tasks:
rcu: 	0-...!: (1 GPs behind) idle=ed1/1/0x4000000000000002 softirq=19575/19576 fqs=0 
	(detected by 1, t=10502 jiffies, g=27325, q=160)
Sending NMI from CPU 1 to CPUs 0:
NMI backtrace for cpu 0
CPU: 0 PID: 7380 Comm: syz.3.2962 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 10/02/2025
RIP: 0010:debug_lockdep_rcu_enabled+0x0/0x30 kernel/rcu/update.c:279
Code: 5d c0 03 00 75 e8 48 c7 c7 00 1b 0b 8a 48 c7 c6 80 3f 0b 8a e8 71 34 f5 ff 0f 0b eb d1 00 00 cc cc 00 00 cc cc 00 00 cc cc 00 <31> c0 83 3d ab 2a c0 03 00 74 1d 83 3d 22 5d c0 03 00 74 14 65 48
RSP: 0018:ffffc900000070d8 EFLAGS: 00000046
RAX: ffffffff81966a72 RBX: ffff88805bf69dd8 RCX: ffff88801d78d940
RDX: 0000000000000100 RSI: 00000000ffffffe4 RDI: 0000000000000000
RBP: ffffc900000071f8 R08: dffffc0000000000 R09: fffffbfff1ad33a6
R10: fffffbfff1ad33a6 R11: 1ffffffff1ad33a5 R12: 00000000ffffffe4
R13: 1ffff92000000e20 R14: ffffc90000007120 R15: ffffc90000007340
FS:  0000555570c59500(0000) GS:ffff8880b9000000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007fea07929dac CR3: 000000005a329000 CR4: 00000000003506f0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
Call Trace:
 <IRQ>
 rcu_read_unlock include/linux/rcupdate.h:769 [inline]
 __perf_event_output kernel/events/core.c:7813 [inline]
 perf_event_output_forward+0x19c/0x280 kernel/events/core.c:7822
 __perf_event_overflow+0x364/0x530 kernel/events/core.c:9515
 perf_swevent_overflow kernel/events/core.c:9591 [inline]
 perf_swevent_event+0x4ad/0x530 kernel/events/core.c:9629
 perf_tp_event+0x32c/0xb50 kernel/events/core.c:10047
 perf_trace_run_bpf_submit+0xf3/0x1c0 kernel/events/core.c:10021
 perf_trace_preemptirq_template+0x2be/0x380 include/trace/events/preemptirq.h:14
 trace_irq_enable_rcuidle+0x108/0x180 include/trace/events/preemptirq.h:40
 trace_hardirqs_on+0x57/0x80 kernel/trace/trace_preemptirq.c:44
 asm_sysvec_irq_work+0x16/0x20 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:713
RIP: 0010:rcu_read_unlock_special+0x84/0x480 kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h:674
Code: f1 f1 f1 00 f2 f2 f2 4a 89 04 2b 66 42 c7 44 2b 09 f3 f3 42 c6 44 2b 0b f3 65 44 8b 35 ed 11 9e 7e 41 f7 c6 00 00 f0 00 74 45 <48> c7 44 24 20 0e 36 e0 45 4a c7 04 2b 00 00 00 00 66 42 c7 44 2b
RSP: 0018:ffffc90000007780 EFLAGS: 00000206
RAX: 47acb0acde794200 RBX: 1ffff92000000ef4 RCX: 47acb0acde794200
RDX: dffffc0000000000 RSI: ffffffff8a0b1c60 RDI: ffffffff8a59e580
RBP: ffffc90000007860 R08: dffffc0000000000 R09: fffffbfff1ff7c32
R10: fffffbfff1ff7c32 R11: 1ffffffff1ff7c31 R12: ffffffff8c120c00
R13: dffffc0000000000 R14: 0000000000000246 R15: 0000000000000001
 __rcu_read_unlock+0x78/0xd0 kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h:422
 rcu_read_unlock include/linux/rcupdate.h:772 [inline]
 __ip_queue_xmit+0x1244/0x1c00 net/ipv4/ip_output.c:533
 __tcp_transmit_skb+0x1ced/0x31c0 net/ipv4/tcp_output.c:1404
 tcp_delack_timer_handler+0x32e/0x730 net/ipv4/tcp_timer.c:314
 tcp_delack_timer+0x188/0x2e0 net/ipv4/tcp_timer.c:341
 call_timer_fn+0x16c/0x530 kernel/time/timer.c:1451
 expire_timers kernel/time/timer.c:1496 [inline]
 __run_timers+0x525/0x7c0 kernel/time/timer.c:1767
 run_timer_softirq+0x63/0xf0 kernel/time/timer.c:1780
 handle_softirqs+0x328/0x820 kernel/softirq.c:576
 __do_softirq kernel/softirq.c:610 [inline]
 invoke_softirq kernel/softirq.c:450 [inline]
 __irq_exit_rcu+0x12f/0x220 kernel/softirq.c:659
 irq_exit_rcu+0x5/0x20 kernel/softirq.c:671
 instr_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1108 [inline]
 sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0xa0/0xc0 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:kasan_quarantine_put+0x84/0x220 mm/kasan/quarantine.c:234
Code: e8 21 ae c1 ff 48 c7 04 24 00 00 00 00 9c 8f 04 24 f7 04 24 00 02 00 00 0f 85 83 00 00 00 41 f7 c7 00 02 00 00 74 01 fb 31 c0 <48> 83 c4 08 5b 41 5c 41 5d 41 5e 41 5f c3 48 8d 80 40 62 03 00 45
RSP: 0018:ffffc90005edfc60 EFLAGS: 00000206
RAX: 47acb0acde794201 RBX: ffff88806f92c758 RCX: 47acb0acde794200
RDX: dffffc0000000000 RSI: ffffffff8a0b1c60 RDI: ffffffff8a59e580
RBP: ffffc90005edfcf8 R08: dffffc0000000000 R09: ffffed1017207662
R10: ffffed1017207662 R11: 1ffff11017207661 R12: ffff8880169e9640
R13: ffff88806f92c758 R14: 000000000003e950 R15: 0000000000000282
 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]
 kmem_cache_free+0x8f/0x210 mm/slub.c:3520
 __dentry_kill+0x4ef/0x650 fs/dcache.c:600
 dentry_kill+0xb8/0x290 fs/dcache.c:-1
 dput+0xd8/0x1a0 fs/dcache.c:893
 __fput+0x5ee/0x930 fs/file_table.c:319
 task_work_run+0x125/0x1a0 kernel/task_work.c:188
 tracehook_notify_resume include/linux/tracehook.h:189 [inline]
 exit_to_user_mode_loop+0x10f/0x130 kernel/entry/common.c:181
 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: 0033:0x7f3a89f936c9
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:00007ffc13223ba8 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 00000000000001b4
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000000033d63 RCX: 00007f3a89f936c9
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 000000000000001e RDI: 0000000000000003
RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: 0000000113223e9f
R10: 0000001b31f20000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 00007f3a8a1e9fac
R13: 00007f3a8a1e9fa0 R14: ffffffffffffffff R15: 0000000000000005
 </TASK>
rcu: rcu_preempt kthread timer wakeup didn't happen for 10501 jiffies! g27325 f0x0 RCU_GP_WAIT_FQS(5) ->state=0x402
rcu: 	Possible timer handling issue on cpu=1 timer-softirq=7609
rcu: rcu_preempt kthread starved for 10502 jiffies! g27325 f0x0 RCU_GP_WAIT_FQS(5) ->state=0x402 ->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:I stack:27648 pid:   15 ppid:     2 flags:0x00004000
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5049 [inline]
 __schedule+0x11bb/0x4390 kernel/sched/core.c:6395
 schedule+0x11b/0x1e0 kernel/sched/core.c:6478
 schedule_timeout+0x15c/0x280 kernel/time/timer.c:1914
 rcu_gp_fqs_loop+0x29e/0x11b0 kernel/rcu/tree.c:1972
 rcu_gp_kthread+0x98/0x350 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: 4198 Comm: syz-executor Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 10/02/2025
Call Trace:
 <IRQ>
 dump_stack_lvl+0x168/0x230 lib/dump_stack.c:106
 nmi_cpu_backtrace+0x397/0x3d0 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+0x10c8/0x1220 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+0x831/0x1110 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+0x4fe/0xc40 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:native_safe_halt arch/x86/include/asm/irqflags.h:51 [inline]
RIP: 0010:arch_safe_halt arch/x86/include/asm/irqflags.h:89 [inline]
RIP: 0010:kvm_wait+0x141/0x190 arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c:918
Code: 89 df 48 89 f8 48 c1 e8 03 42 0f b6 04 30 84 c0 75 47 0f b6 1f e8 1f e2 49 00 44 38 e3 75 10 66 90 0f 00 2d 01 69 d4 08 fb f4 <e9> 33 ff ff ff fb e9 2d ff ff ff e8 df 65 75 08 89 f9 80 e1 07 38
RSP: 0018:ffffc90002e5f8c0 EFLAGS: 00000246
RAX: 6c5c2c13f5352200 RBX: 0000000000000003 RCX: 6c5c2c13f5352200
RDX: dffffc0000000000 RSI: ffffffff8a0b1c60 RDI: ffffffff8a59e580
RBP: ffffc90002e5f970 R08: dffffc0000000000 R09: fffffbfff1ff7c32
R10: fffffbfff1ff7c32 R11: 1ffffffff1ff7c31 R12: 0000000000000003
R13: ffff8880b913b154 R14: dffffc0000000000 R15: 1ffff920005cbf18
 pv_wait arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt.h:597 [inline]
 pv_wait_head_or_lock kernel/locking/qspinlock_paravirt.h:470 [inline]
 __pv_queued_spin_lock_slowpath+0x60f/0x9c0 kernel/locking/qspinlock.c:508
 pv_queued_spin_lock_slowpath arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt.h:585 [inline]
 queued_spin_lock_slowpath+0x43/0x50 arch/x86/include/asm/qspinlock.h:51
 queued_spin_lock include/asm-generic/qspinlock.h:85 [inline]
 do_raw_spin_lock+0x217/0x280 kernel/locking/spinlock_debug.c:115
 spin_lock_bh include/linux/spinlock.h:369 [inline]
 lock_sock_nested+0x68/0x100 net/core/sock.c:3259
 lock_sock include/net/sock.h:1731 [inline]
 tcp_sendmsg+0x1d/0x40 net/ipv4/tcp.c:1456
 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:706 [inline]
 __sock_sendmsg net/socket.c:718 [inline]
 sock_write_iter+0x29c/0x380 net/socket.c:1089
 call_write_iter include/linux/fs.h:2173 [inline]
 new_sync_write fs/read_write.c:507 [inline]
 vfs_write+0x712/0xd00 fs/read_write.c:594
 ksys_write+0x14d/0x250 fs/read_write.c:647
 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: 0033:0x7fce95638140
Code: 40 00 48 c7 c2 a8 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 02 48 c7 c0 ff ff ff ff eb b7 0f 1f 00 80 3d 21 a4 22 00 00 74 17 b8 01 00 00 00 0f 05 <48> 3d 00 f0 ff ff 77 58 c3 0f 1f 80 00 00 00 00 48 83 ec 28 48 89
RSP: 002b:00007ffcb7bd1d08 EFLAGS: 00000202 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000001
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00000000057bcf00 RCX: 00007fce95638140
RDX: 00000000000000a0 RSI: 00007fce930e9f60 RDI: 0000000000000003
RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 0000000000000007 R09: 000000000003fde8
R10: aefae6bffd528b33 R11: 0000000000000202 R12: 00000000000000a0
R13: 00005555834f69d0 R14: 00007ffcb7bd21d0 R15: 00007fce930e9f60
 </TASK>

Crashes (22):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2025/11/19 09:54 linux-5.15.y cc5ec8769306 ef766cd7 .config console log report syz / log [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in dput
2025/12/11 11:18 linux-5.15.y 68efe5a6c16a d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in dput
2025/12/04 12:22 linux-5.15.y cc5ec8769306 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in dput
2025/11/19 07:33 linux-5.15.y cc5ec8769306 ef766cd7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in dput
2025/11/02 13:01 linux-5.15.y cc5ec8769306 2c50b6a9 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in dput
2025/10/18 02:57 linux-5.15.y 29e53a5b1c4f 1c8c8cd8 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in dput
2025/09/16 13:32 linux-5.15.y 43bb85222e53 e2beed91 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in dput
2025/08/26 12:03 linux-5.15.y c79648372d02 bf27483f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in dput
2025/07/21 00:15 linux-5.15.y c79648372d02 7117feec .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in dput
2025/06/20 09:46 linux-5.15.y 1c700860e8bc ed3e87f7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in dput
2025/06/12 12:34 linux-5.15.y 1c700860e8bc 98683f8f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in dput
2025/06/06 16:46 linux-5.15.y 1c700860e8bc 9fa58bba .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in dput
2025/05/30 12:06 linux-5.15.y 98f47d0e9b8c 3d2f584d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in dput
2025/03/31 09:50 linux-5.15.y 0c935c049b5c d3999433 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in dput
2025/03/12 05:52 linux-5.15.y c16c81c81336 ee70e6db .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in dput
2025/03/04 13:02 linux-5.15.y c16c81c81336 c3901742 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in dput
2025/01/03 21:59 linux-5.15.y 91786f140358 f3558dbf .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in dput
2025/01/01 15:22 linux-5.15.y 91786f140358 d3ccff63 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in dput
2024/12/12 19:52 linux-5.15.y 0a51d2d4527b 530e80f8 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in dput
2024/12/09 17:02 linux-5.15.y 0a51d2d4527b 9ac0fdc6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in dput
2025/06/25 13:59 linux-5.15.y 1c700860e8bc 26d77996 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 INFO: rcu detected stall in dput
2025/06/04 06:25 linux-5.15.y 98f47d0e9b8c a30356b7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-arm64 BUG: soft lockup in dput
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.