INFO: rcu detected stall in debug_check_no_obj_freed

Status: upstream: reported syz repro on 2025/11/10 02:51
Bug presence: origin:lts-only
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Reported-by: syzbot+5fcc1b3bf71ed6bc6780@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 368d, last: 26d
▶ ▼ Bug presence (2)
Date Name Commit Repro Result
2025/11/10 linux-5.15.y (ToT) cc5ec8769306 syz [report] INFO: rcu detected stall in corrupted
2025/11/10 upstream (ToT) e9a6fb0bcdd7 syz Didn't crash
▶ ▼ Similar bugs (5)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
linux-6.1 INFO: rcu detected stall in debug_check_no_obj_freed 1 syz 1 54d 54d 0/3 upstream: reported syz repro on 2026/09/19 17:50
upstream BUG: soft lockup in debug_check_no_obj_freed serial 1 syz 2 754d 754d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/01/27 15:36
linux-6.6 INFO: rcu detected stall in debug_check_no_obj_freed origin:lts-only 1 syz, C error 1 335d 367d 0/2 upstream: reported C repro on 2025/11/11 10:45
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in debug_check_no_obj_freed fs 1 1 649d 649d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/05/03 06:53
upstream BUG: soft lockup in debug_check_no_obj_freed (2) kernel 1 1 341d 341d 0/29 closed as invalid on 2026/01/09 17:04
▶ ▼ Last patch testing requests (7)
Created Duration User Patch Repo Result
2026/10/05 03:11 14m retest repro linux-5.15.y report job log log
2026/10/05 03:11 16m retest repro linux-5.15.y report job log log
2026/06/21 12:59 17m retest repro linux-5.15.y report log
2026/06/21 12:59 20m retest repro linux-5.15.y report log
2026/04/12 01:03 20m retest repro linux-5.15.y report log
2026/04/12 01:03 12m retest repro linux-5.15.y report log
2026/01/20 09:05 15m retest repro linux-5.15.y error
▶ ▼ Fix bisection attempts (6)
Created Duration User Patch Repo Result
2026/07/12 02:58 30m fix candidate upstream error job log
2026/05/26 13:58 18m fix candidate upstream error job log
2026/03/24 16:39 34m fix candidate upstream error job log
2026/02/22 14:59 1m fix candidate upstream error job log
2026/01/23 13:07 1m fix candidate upstream error job log
2025/11/18 21:07 0m fix candidate upstream error

Sample crash report:
rcu: INFO: rcu_preempt detected stalls on CPUs/tasks:
rcu: 	0-....: (0 ticks this GP) idle=c4f/1/0x4000000000000002 softirq=6598/6598 fqs=5249 
	(detected by 1, t=10502 jiffies, g=6817, q=1046)
Sending NMI from CPU 1 to CPUs 0:
NMI backtrace for cpu 0
CPU: 0 PID: 4376 Comm: syz.0.17 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 09/16/2026
RIP: 0010:perf_swevent_event+0x8b/0x540 kernel/events/core.c:9627
Code: e8 6a 78 e0 ff 48 85 db 74 5b 48 8b 04 24 48 8d 98 f0 00 00 00 48 89 d8 48 c1 e8 03 48 b9 00 00 00 00 00 fc ff df 80 3c 08 00 <74> 08 48 89 df e8 5b b9 25 00 48 8b 1b 48 89 de 48 81 e6 00 01 00
RSP: 0018:ffffc900000075e8 EFLAGS: 00000046
RAX: 1ffff1100f65031a RBX: ffff88807b2818d0 RCX: dffffc0000000000
RDX: 0000000000000100 RSI: 0000000000000007 RDI: 0000000000000000
RBP: ffffc900000076c0 R08: ffffffff8e6b282f R09: 1ffffffff1cd6505
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffffbfff1cd6506 R12: 0000000000000001
R13: ffff8880b8e351c8 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000000
FS:  000055556fc3f500(0000) GS:ffff8880b8e00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 0000001b2d063fff CR3: 0000000020ad3000 CR4: 00000000003506f0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
Call Trace:
 <IRQ>
 perf_tp_event+0x324/0xbe0 kernel/events/core.c:10057
 perf_trace_run_bpf_submit+0xf3/0x1c0 kernel/events/core.c:10031
 perf_trace_preemptirq_template+0x2aa/0x360 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+0x7f/0x4a0 kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h:674
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 82 fc 9c 7e 41 f7 c6 00 00 f0 00 74 40 <48> c7 44 24 20 0e 36 e0 45 4a c7 04 2b 00 00 00 00 42 c7 44 2b 08
RSP: 0018:ffffc90000007b00 EFLAGS: 00000206
RAX: c5744a33a80b0d00 RBX: 1ffff92000000f64 RCX: c5744a33a80b0d00
RDX: dffffc0000000000 RSI: ffffffff8a2b2b60 RDI: ffffffff8a7a4b40
RBP: ffffc90000007bd8 R08: ffff8880b8e3b30b R09: 1ffff110171c7661
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: ffffed10171c7662 R12: ffffffff8d123400
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]
 ieee80211_iterate_active_interfaces_atomic+0x132/0x140 net/mac80211/util.c:831
 mac80211_hwsim_beacon+0x9b/0x180 drivers/net/wireless/mac80211_hwsim.c:1865
 __run_hrtimer kernel/time/hrtimer.c:1685 [inline]
 __hrtimer_run_queues+0x4ea/0xb60 kernel/time/hrtimer.c:1749
 hrtimer_run_softirq+0x176/0x240 kernel/time/hrtimer.c:1766
 handle_softirqs+0x336/0x830 kernel/softirq.c:576
 __do_softirq kernel/softirq.c:610 [inline]
 invoke_softirq kernel/softirq.c:450 [inline]
 __irq_exit_rcu+0x13b/0x230 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:__raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h:161 [inline]
RIP: 0010:_raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0xbc/0x120 kernel/locking/spinlock.c:194
Code: c7 44 24 20 00 00 00 00 9c 8f 44 24 20 f7 44 24 20 00 02 00 00 41 c6 04 07 f8 75 4b f7 c3 00 02 00 00 74 01 fb bf 01 00 00 00 <e8> 5f ce 86 f7 65 8b 05 e0 e4 36 76 85 c0 74 3c 48 c7 04 24 0e 36
RSP: 0018:ffffc900031cfc40 EFLAGS: 00000206
RAX: dffffc0000000004 RBX: 0000000000000a06 RCX: c5744a33a80b0d00
RDX: dffffc0000000000 RSI: ffffffff8a2b2b60 RDI: 0000000000000001
RBP: ffffc900031cfcc0 R08: ffff8880b8e3b30b R09: 1ffff110171c7661
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: ffffed10171c7662 R12: dffffc0000000000
R13: ffff88802bf634b0 R14: ffffffff972f0cf8 R15: 1ffff92000639f88
 __debug_check_no_obj_freed lib/debugobjects.c:999 [inline]
 debug_check_no_obj_freed+0x471/0x520 lib/debugobjects.c:1020
 slab_free_hook mm/slub.c:1685 [inline]
 slab_free_freelist_hook+0x8b/0x170 mm/slub.c:1736
 slab_free mm/slub.c:3504 [inline]
 kmem_cache_free+0x8f/0x210 mm/slub.c:3520
 file_free fs/file_table.c:55 [inline]
 __fput+0x5d9/0x8c0 fs/file_table.c:324
 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:184
 exit_to_user_mode_prepare+0xee/0x180 kernel/entry/common.c:217
 __syscall_exit_to_user_mode_work kernel/entry/common.c:299 [inline]
 syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x16/0x40 kernel/entry/common.c:310
 do_syscall_64+0x58/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:86
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x66/0xd0
RIP: 0033:0x7f6eb68ac559
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:00007ffff3abe148 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 00000000000001b4
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 00007ffff3abe230 RCX: 00007f6eb68ac559
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 000000000000001e RDI: 0000000000000003
RBP: 0000000000018a38 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000001b2c420000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 00007ffff3abe270
R13: 00007f6eb6b33fac R14: 0000000000018a6b R15: 00007f6eb6b33fa0
 </TASK>

Crashes (3):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/10/18 05:32 linux-5.15.y 792fbe1537d8 432c0077 .config console log report syz / log [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in debug_check_no_obj_freed
2026/03/28 23:32 linux-5.15.y 91d48252ad4b b5ceaad2 .config console log report syz / log [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in debug_check_no_obj_freed
2025/11/10 02:51 linux-5.15.y cc5ec8769306 4e1406b4 .config console log report syz / log [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in debug_check_no_obj_freed
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.