INFO: rcu detected stall in ieee80211_handle_queued_frames (2)

Status: upstream: reported on 2025/08/28 08:46
Reported-by: syzbot+8b9640939d074b93a16b@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 356d, last: 1d06h
▶ ▼ Similar bugs (6)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
linux-6.1 INFO: rcu detected stall in ieee80211_handle_queued_frames (3) origin:lts-only 1 syz, C inconclusive 14 35d 288d 0/3 upstream: reported C repro on 2025/11/04 22:16
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in ieee80211_handle_queued_frames wireless 1 syz, C error 838 2d09h 795d 0/29 upstream: reported C repro on 2024/06/15 21:07
linux-5.15 INFO: rcu detected stall in ieee80211_handle_queued_frames 1 1 552d 552d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/05/24 12:07
linux-6.1 INFO: rcu detected stall in ieee80211_handle_queued_frames (2) 1 1 573d 573d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/05/04 02:50
linux-6.6 INFO: rcu detected stall in ieee80211_handle_queued_frames 1 1 396d 396d 0/2 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/10/27 16:58
linux-6.1 INFO: rcu detected stall in ieee80211_handle_queued_frames 1 4 703d 723d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/12/24 22:17

Sample crash report:
rcu: INFO: rcu_preempt self-detected stall on CPU
rcu: 	0-....: (1 GPs behind) idle=53d/1/0x4000000000000000 softirq=8880/8882 fqs=4182 
	(t=10500 jiffies g=10649 q=1337)
NMI backtrace for cpu 0
CPU: 0 PID: 4953 Comm: syz.3.199 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/24/2026
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_dump_cpu_stacks+0x22d/0x380 kernel/rcu/tree_stall.h:349
 print_cpu_stall+0x31f/0x5f0 kernel/rcu/tree_stall.h:633
 check_cpu_stall kernel/rcu/tree_stall.h:727 [inline]
 rcu_pending kernel/rcu/tree.c:3936 [inline]
 rcu_sched_clock_irq+0x6ec/0x1120 kernel/rcu/tree.c:2619
 update_process_times+0x193/0x200 kernel/time/timer.c:2021
 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+0x4b0/0xb60 kernel/time/hrtimer.c:1749
 hrtimer_interrupt+0x397/0x8b0 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+0x4d/0xc0 arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1108
 asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x16/0x20 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:676
RIP: 0010:queue_work_on+0x1a0/0x1f0 kernel/workqueue.c:1564
Code: 4d 85 e4 75 16 e8 10 26 2b 00 eb 15 e8 09 26 2b 00 e8 e4 3d 72 08 4d 85 e4 74 ea e8 fa 25 2b 00 fb 48 c7 44 24 20 0e 36 e0 45 <48> b8 00 00 00 00 00 fc ff df 49 c7 44 05 00 00 00 00 00 41 c7 44
RSP: 0018:ffffc900000074c0 EFLAGS: 00000246
RAX: ffffffff814dd6b6 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: ffff88807e1e1dc0
RDX: 0000000000000100 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000000
RBP: ffffc90000007590 R08: ffffffff901ee1cf R09: 1ffffffff203dc39
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffffbfff203dc3a R12: 0000000000000200
R13: 1ffff92000000e9c R14: 0000000000000000 R15: ffff88805f718e01
 __ieee80211_queue_skb_to_iface net/mac80211/rx.c:222 [inline]
 ieee80211_queue_skb_to_iface net/mac80211/rx.c:232 [inline]
 ieee80211_rx_h_mgmt+0x449/0x5f0 net/mac80211/rx.c:3800
 ieee80211_rx_handlers+0x68f3/0x8670 net/mac80211/rx.c:3964
 ieee80211_invoke_rx_handlers net/mac80211/rx.c:3994 [inline]
 ieee80211_prepare_and_rx_handle+0x2276/0x51d0 net/mac80211/rx.c:4708
 __ieee80211_rx_handle_packet net/mac80211/rx.c:4868 [inline]
 ieee80211_rx_list+0x1b35/0x25e0 net/mac80211/rx.c:4995
 ieee80211_rx_napi+0x17f/0x390 net/mac80211/rx.c:5018
 ieee80211_rx include/net/mac80211.h:4573 [inline]
 ieee80211_handle_queued_frames+0x104/0x1a0 net/mac80211/main.c:237
 tasklet_action_common+0x2ad/0x410 kernel/softirq.c:806
 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:schedule_debug kernel/sched/core.c:5601 [inline]
RIP: 0010:__schedule+0x155/0x4350 kernel/sched/core.c:6286
Code: f7 48 8b 1b 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 72 08 f6 f7 48 81 3b 9d 6e ac 57 <0f> 85 38 13 00 00 83 7c 24 58 00 75 54 49 8d 5f 18 48 89 d8 48 c1
RSP: 0018:ffffc900032af800 EFLAGS: 00000246
RAX: 1ffff92000655000 RBX: ffffc900032a8000 RCX: dffffc0000000000
RDX: 0000000000000010 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: ffffc900032af970
RBP: ffffc900032af9d0 R08: ffffc900032af96f R09: ffffc900032af960
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffff52000655f2e R12: ffff8880b9000000
R13: ffffc900032af960 R14: ffff8880b903ad58 R15: ffff88807e1e1dc0
 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
 try_to_wake_up+0x6cc/0x1020 kernel/sched/core.c:4171
 wake_up_process kernel/sched/core.c:4234 [inline]
 wake_up_q+0x78/0xc0 kernel/sched/core.c:953
 futex_wake+0x4a9/0x540 kernel/futex/core.c:1702
 do_futex+0xd83/0x12b0 kernel/futex/core.c:3988
 __do_sys_futex kernel/futex/core.c:4060 [inline]
 __se_sys_futex+0x389/0x420 kernel/futex/core.c:4041
 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: 0033:0x7f28622320d9
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:00007f286048a0e8 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 00000000000000ca
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f28624b9fa8 RCX: 00007f28622320d9
RDX: 00000000000f4240 RSI: 0000000000000081 RDI: 00007f28624b9fac
RBP: 00007f28624b9fa0 R08: 00367225f1c3b7e8 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000008 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f28624ba038 R14: 00007ffeb5fea630 R15: 00007ffeb5fea718
 </TASK>

Crashes (40):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/08/19 00:39 linux-5.15.y aabd761612db 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in ieee80211_handle_queued_frames
2026/08/10 13:54 linux-5.15.y aabd761612db 5d63f80b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in ieee80211_handle_queued_frames
2026/07/25 16:00 linux-5.15.y 674f684f7c61 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in ieee80211_handle_queued_frames
2026/07/11 19:18 linux-5.15.y c86c4726e7f0 d78ea535 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in ieee80211_handle_queued_frames
2026/07/09 20:39 linux-5.15.y c86c4726e7f0 a0c310a3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in ieee80211_handle_queued_frames
2026/07/04 17:18 linux-5.15.y c86c4726e7f0 fcece630 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in ieee80211_handle_queued_frames
2026/06/30 09:13 linux-5.15.y eceeec79dbc6 fff8d0a0 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in ieee80211_handle_queued_frames
2026/06/28 04:14 linux-5.15.y eceeec79dbc6 fb92f11c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in ieee80211_handle_queued_frames
2026/06/26 04:10 linux-5.15.y eceeec79dbc6 7ff32d8b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in ieee80211_handle_queued_frames
2026/06/14 12:08 linux-5.15.y dc027a595035 1d2f3589 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in ieee80211_handle_queued_frames
2026/05/27 09:02 linux-5.15.y 241d66fa280c 2b01f00e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in ieee80211_handle_queued_frames
2026/05/22 05:11 linux-5.15.y 93741761e5e3 70ae9b03 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in ieee80211_handle_queued_frames
2026/05/18 08:49 linux-5.15.y 93741761e5e3 de5aae85 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in ieee80211_handle_queued_frames
2026/04/27 16:55 linux-5.15.y b9d57c40a767 0f700595 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in ieee80211_handle_queued_frames
2026/04/19 18:18 linux-5.15.y b9d57c40a767 303e2802 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in ieee80211_handle_queued_frames
2026/04/16 05:59 linux-5.15.y 91d48252ad4b df15c5f3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in ieee80211_handle_queued_frames
2026/03/08 17:16 linux-5.15.y 91d48252ad4b 5cb44a80 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in ieee80211_handle_queued_frames
2026/03/02 01:57 linux-5.15.y 3330a8d33e08 43249bac .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in ieee80211_handle_queued_frames
2026/02/14 05:50 linux-5.15.y e45d5d41c134 1e62d198 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in ieee80211_handle_queued_frames
2026/01/31 17:07 linux-5.15.y 9eec9a14ee10 afc0c4d4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in ieee80211_handle_queued_frames
2026/01/31 07:21 linux-5.15.y 9eec9a14ee10 c75a2f6e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in ieee80211_handle_queued_frames
2025/12/22 07:32 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 ieee80211_handle_queued_frames
2025/12/21 22:54 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 ieee80211_handle_queued_frames
2025/12/21 17:53 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 ieee80211_handle_queued_frames
2025/12/18 16:30 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 ieee80211_handle_queued_frames
2025/12/17 05:34 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 ieee80211_handle_queued_frames
2025/12/13 20:37 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 ieee80211_handle_queued_frames
2025/12/13 12:45 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 ieee80211_handle_queued_frames
2025/12/11 22:39 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 ieee80211_handle_queued_frames
2025/12/10 20:12 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 ieee80211_handle_queued_frames
2025/12/01 11:08 linux-5.15.y cc5ec8769306 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in ieee80211_handle_queued_frames
2025/11/29 00:57 linux-5.15.y cc5ec8769306 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in ieee80211_handle_queued_frames
2025/11/21 18:09 linux-5.15.y cc5ec8769306 280ea308 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in ieee80211_handle_queued_frames
2025/11/15 00:07 linux-5.15.y cc5ec8769306 f7988ea4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in ieee80211_handle_queued_frames
2025/10/11 17:33 linux-5.15.y 29e53a5b1c4f ff1712fe .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in ieee80211_handle_queued_frames
2025/10/05 20:40 linux-5.15.y 29e53a5b1c4f 49379ee0 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in ieee80211_handle_queued_frames
2025/09/13 21:40 linux-5.15.y 43bb85222e53 e2beed91 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in ieee80211_handle_queued_frames
2025/08/28 08:46 linux-5.15.y c79648372d02 e12e5ba4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in ieee80211_handle_queued_frames
2026/08/02 13:15 linux-5.15.y 6e2fd6534337 e611ffe1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf BUG: soft lockup in ieee80211_handle_queued_frames
2026/07/09 05:41 linux-5.15.y c86c4726e7f0 b9f1ceaa .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf BUG: soft lockup in ieee80211_handle_queued_frames
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.