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INFO: rcu detected stall in __sock_create

Status: upstream: reported on 2025/08/10 05:00
Reported-by: syzbot+774bbafa0eb4d80bd2c4@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 313d, last: 4d22h
Similar bugs (9)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
linux-6.1 INFO: rcu detected stall in __sock_create (3) 1 16 32d 307d 0/3 upstream: reported on 2025/08/16 13:35
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in __sock_create mm 1 1 2389d 2389d 0/29 closed as invalid on 2019/12/04 14:04
linux-5.15 INFO: rcu detected stall in __sock_create (2) 1 19 7d06h 309d 0/3 upstream: reported on 2025/08/14 08:18
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in __sock_create (3) mm 1 21 453d 688d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/06/20 21:57
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in __sock_create (2) mm 1 2 2354d 2354d 0/29 closed as invalid on 2020/01/08 05:33
linux-5.15 INFO: rcu detected stall in __sock_create 1 1 758d 758d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/08/30 14:48
linux-6.1 INFO: rcu detected stall in __sock_create 1 3 626d 727d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/01/09 18:19
linux-6.1 INFO: rcu detected stall in __sock_create (2) 1 2 462d 495d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/06/22 07:20
android-5-15 BUG: soft lockup in __sock_create 1 18 656d 792d 0/2 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/11/30 09:28

Sample crash report:
rcu: INFO: rcu_preempt self-detected stall on CPU
rcu: 	1-....: (1 GPs behind) idle=1624/1/0x4000000000000000 softirq=12905/12906 fqs=3230
rcu: 	         hardirqs   softirqs   csw/system
rcu: 	 number:  1308990          0            0
rcu: 	cputime:    12324      33618           37   ==> 45950(ms)
rcu: 	(t=10500 jiffies g=12773 q=995 ncpus=2)
CPU: 1 PID: 6287 Comm: syz.2.127 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 05/09/2026
RIP: 0010:on_stack arch/x86/include/asm/stacktrace.h:56 [inline]
RIP: 0010:__unwind_start+0x5d3/0x7e0 arch/x86/kernel/unwind_orc.c:758
Code: ff df 48 8b 0c 24 80 3c 01 00 74 08 4c 89 ff e8 c3 ff a3 00 4d 8b 27 48 b8 00 00 00 00 00 fc ff df 48 8b 4c 24 08 80 3c 01 00 <74> 08 4c 89 ef e8 a3 ff a3 00 49 8b 45 00 48 8b 54 24 10 4c 39 e2
RSP: 0018:ffffc900001eef60 EFLAGS: 00000246
RAX: dffffc0000000000 RBX: ffffc900001eefc8 RCX: 1ffff9200003ddfb
RDX: ffff88802d3cbc00 RSI: 0000000000000002 RDI: 0000000000000000
RBP: ffffc900001ef058 R08: ffffc900001ef000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: ffffc900001eefc8 R11: fffff5200003de05 R12: ffffc900001e9000
R13: ffffc900001eefd8 R14: 1ffff9200003ddf9 R15: ffffc900001eefd0
FS:  00007f80ad9f66c0(0000) GS:ffff8880b8f00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 000020000000f000 CR3: 00000000739b5000 CR4: 00000000003506e0
Call Trace:
 <IRQ>
 unwind_start arch/x86/include/asm/unwind.h:64 [inline]
 arch_stack_walk+0xf8/0x190 arch/x86/kernel/stacktrace.c:24
 stack_trace_save+0xaa/0x100 kernel/stacktrace.c:122
 kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:46 [inline]
 kasan_set_track+0x4e/0x70 mm/kasan/common.c:53
 kasan_save_free_info+0x2e/0x50 mm/kasan/generic.c:522
 ____kasan_slab_free+0x126/0x1e0 mm/kasan/common.c:237
 kasan_slab_free include/linux/kasan.h:164 [inline]
 slab_free_hook mm/slub.c:1811 [inline]
 slab_free_freelist_hook+0x130/0x1a0 mm/slub.c:1837
 slab_free mm/slub.c:3830 [inline]
 kmem_cache_free+0xf8/0x270 mm/slub.c:3852
 dev_kfree_skb_any_reason+0x120/0x130 net/core/dev.c:3241
 free_old_xmit_skbs+0x11a/0x3d0 drivers/net/virtio_net.c:780
 start_xmit+0x168/0x14a0 drivers/net/virtio_net.c:2420
 __netdev_start_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:4943 [inline]
 netdev_start_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:4957 [inline]
 xmit_one net/core/dev.c:3644 [inline]
 dev_hard_start_xmit+0x246/0x740 net/core/dev.c:3660
 sch_direct_xmit+0x25e/0x4c0 net/sched/sch_generic.c:345
 __dev_xmit_skb net/core/dev.c:3881 [inline]
 __dev_queue_xmit+0x165d/0x3660 net/core/dev.c:4416
 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]
 ip_finish_output2+0xcec/0x11e0 net/ipv4/ip_output.c:235
 NF_HOOK_COND include/linux/netfilter.h:293 [inline]
 ip_output+0x2a1/0x3b0 net/ipv4/ip_output.c:436
 dst_output include/net/dst.h:467 [inline]
 ip_local_out net/ipv4/ip_output.c:129 [inline]
 __ip_queue_xmit+0x1049/0x1950 net/ipv4/ip_output.c:540
 __tcp_transmit_skb+0x1d6d/0x33f0 net/ipv4/tcp_output.c:1427
 tcp_ack_snd_check net/ipv4/tcp_input.c:5738 [inline]
 tcp_rcv_established+0xb06/0x1d20 net/ipv4/tcp_input.c:6184
 tcp_v4_do_rcv+0x4ed/0xb80 net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c:1735
 tcp_v4_rcv+0x23bf/0x2af0 net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c:2167
 ip_protocol_deliver_rcu+0x20e/0x3f0 net/ipv4/ip_input.c:205
 ip_local_deliver_finish+0x2ca/0x510 net/ipv4/ip_input.c:233
 NF_HOOK+0x32d/0x3b0 include/linux/netfilter.h:304
 dst_input include/net/dst.h:477 [inline]
 ip_sublist_rcv_finish net/ipv4/ip_input.c:580 [inline]
 ip_list_rcv_finish net/ipv4/ip_input.c:631 [inline]
 ip_sublist_rcv+0xa4c/0xd70 net/ipv4/ip_input.c:639
 ip_list_rcv+0x3f2/0x440 net/ipv4/ip_input.c:674
 __netif_receive_skb_list_ptype net/core/dev.c:5689 [inline]
 __netif_receive_skb_list_core+0x2da/0x750 net/core/dev.c:5727
 __netif_receive_skb_list net/core/dev.c:5789 [inline]
 netif_receive_skb_list_internal+0x943/0xca0 net/core/dev.c:5880
 gro_normal_list include/net/gro.h:451 [inline]
 gro_normal_one include/net/gro.h:464 [inline]
 napi_skb_finish net/core/gro.c:580 [inline]
 napi_gro_receive+0x565/0xb00 net/core/gro.c:610
 receive_buf+0x2203/0x3820 drivers/net/virtio_net.c:1870
 virtnet_receive drivers/net/virtio_net.c:2155 [inline]
 virtnet_poll+0x5dd/0x1280 drivers/net/virtio_net.c:2229
 __napi_poll+0xc0/0x460 net/core/dev.c:6650
 napi_poll net/core/dev.c:6717 [inline]
 net_rx_action+0x616/0xc40 net/core/dev.c:6853
 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+0xd3/0x190 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/0x8f0 kernel/sched/core.c:5255
Code: 0f 84 33 01 00 00 48 85 db 0f 85 52 01 00 00 0f 1f 44 00 00 4c 8b 75 d0 4c 89 e7 e8 e0 94 34 09 e8 1b 2f 30 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:ffffc900032e7738 EFLAGS: 00000282
RAX: 8f6bf1e90852f400 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 8f6bf1e90852f400
RDX: dffffc0000000000 RSI: ffffffff8acacbe0 RDI: ffffffff8b1c9c20
RBP: ffffc900032e7790 R08: ffffffff8e8b666f R09: 1ffffffff1d16ccd
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffffbfff1d16cce R12: ffff88802d3cbc00
R13: dffffc0000000000 R14: ffff88802adabc00 R15: ffff8880b8f3cb48
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5384 [inline]
 __schedule+0x155b/0x45a0 kernel/sched/core.c:6700
 preempt_schedule_irq+0xbf/0x150 kernel/sched/core.c:7010
 irqentry_exit+0x67/0x70 kernel/entry/common.c:438
 asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x1a/0x20 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:687
RIP: 0010:refill_obj_stock+0x3fc/0x6a0 mm/memcontrol.c:3385
Code: 24 80 00 00 00 f7 84 24 80 00 00 00 00 02 00 00 43 c6 44 25 08 f8 0f 85 ad 00 00 00 f7 c3 00 02 00 00 74 01 fb 48 8b 7c 24 20 <48> 85 ff 74 05 e8 1a 95 00 00 45 85 f6 74 4f 48 8b 7c 24 08 e8 7b
RSP: 0018:ffffc900032e7b20 EFLAGS: 00000206
RAX: 8f6bf1e90852f400 RBX: 0000000000000a06 RCX: 8f6bf1e90852f400
RDX: dffffc0000000000 RSI: ffffffff8acacbe0 RDI: ffff888030b16380
RBP: ffffc900032e7c10 R08: ffffffff8e8b666f R09: 1ffffffff1d16ccd
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffffbfff1d16cce R12: dffffc0000000000
R13: 1ffff9200065cf6c R14: 0000000000000000 R15: ffff8880b8f37e10
 obj_cgroup_charge+0x3d9/0x630 mm/memcontrol.c:3431
 memcg_slab_pre_alloc_hook mm/slab.h:508 [inline]
 slab_pre_alloc_hook+0x2e7/0x310 mm/slab.h:719
 slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:3477 [inline]
 slab_alloc mm/slub.c:3503 [inline]
 __kmem_cache_alloc_lru mm/slub.c:3510 [inline]
 kmem_cache_alloc_lru+0x4d/0x2d0 mm/slub.c:3526
 alloc_inode_sb include/linux/fs.h:2946 [inline]
 sock_alloc_inode+0x28/0xc0 net/socket.c:308
 alloc_inode fs/inode.c:261 [inline]
 new_inode_pseudo+0x63/0x1d0 fs/inode.c:1049
 sock_alloc net/socket.c:634 [inline]
 __sock_create+0x12d/0x940 net/socket.c:1534
 sock_create net/socket.c:1626 [inline]
 __sys_socketpair+0x1c1/0x550 net/socket.c:1777
 __do_sys_socketpair net/socket.c:1830 [inline]
 __se_sys_socketpair net/socket.c:1827 [inline]
 __x64_sys_socketpair+0x9b/0xb0 net/socket.c:1827
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:46 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x55/0xb0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:76
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2
RIP: 0033:0x7f80af79ce59
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:00007f80ad9f6028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000035
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f80afa15fa0 RCX: 00007f80af79ce59
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000005 RDI: 0000000000000001
RBP: 00007f80af832d6f R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 00002000000029c0 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f80afa16038 R14: 00007f80afa15fa0 R15: 00007ffff9bb03b8
 </TASK>

Crashes (15):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/06/14 22:22 linux-6.6.y 924b4a879cbb 1d2f3589 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in __sock_create
2026/06/11 22:09 linux-6.6.y 924b4a879cbb d93a6ab6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in __sock_create
2026/06/09 20:10 linux-6.6.y 924b4a879cbb c36c07f6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in __sock_create
2026/04/11 10:02 linux-6.6.y 80de0a958133 38c8e246 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in __sock_create
2026/04/09 05:22 linux-6.6.y 80de0a958133 38c8e246 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in __sock_create
2026/03/22 06:45 linux-6.6.y 4fc00fe35d46 5b92003d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in __sock_create
2026/02/16 06:06 linux-6.6.y 1b4ef5214f17 1e62d198 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in __sock_create
2026/01/26 15:32 linux-6.6.y cbb31f77b879 a4c52dd6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in __sock_create
2026/01/25 13:34 linux-6.6.y cbb31f77b879 40acda8a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in __sock_create
2025/10/19 19:11 linux-6.6.y f231f248323d 1c8c8cd8 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in __sock_create
2025/08/27 11:31 linux-6.6.y bb9c90ab9c5a e12e5ba4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in __sock_create
2025/08/13 23:58 linux-6.6.y 3a8ababb8b6a 22ec1469 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in __sock_create
2025/08/11 20:15 linux-6.6.y 3a8ababb8b6a c06e8995 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in __sock_create
2025/08/10 07:14 linux-6.6.y 3a8ababb8b6a 32a0e5ed .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in __sock_create
2025/08/10 04:59 linux-6.6.y 3a8ababb8b6a 32a0e5ed .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-6-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in __sock_create
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.