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INFO: rcu detected stall in tcp_write_timer (2)

Status: upstream: reported on 2026/03/06 03:16
Reported-by: syzbot+8e8fec64822c9c0eb31a@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 56d, last: 8d22h
Similar bugs (26)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in tcp_write_timer (2) bpf 1 2 1914d 1969d 0/29 auto-closed as invalid on 2021/05/03 11:59
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in tcp_write_timer (4) net 1 1 655d 655d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/10/13 08:46
linux-5.15 INFO: rcu detected stall in tcp_write_timer 1 4 564d 617d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/01/22 08:13
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in tcp_write_timer net 1 3 2463d 2458d 0/29 auto-closed as invalid on 2019/10/25 14:11
linux-5.15 INFO: rcu detected stall in tcp_write_timer (2) 1 2 349d 433d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/08/25 02:13
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in tcp_write_timer (3) net 1 1 1781d 1781d 0/29 auto-closed as invalid on 2021/09/13 13:17
linux-6.1 INFO: rcu detected stall in tcp_write_timer 1 16 450d 679d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/05/16 12:07
upstream BUG: soft lockup in tcp_write_timer (4) mm 1 4 664d 689d 26/29 fixed on 2024/07/09 19:14
linux-5.15 INFO: rcu detected stall in tcp_write_timer (4) origin:lts-only 1 syz error 3 30d 61d 0/3 upstream: reported syz repro on 2026/03/01 05:59
linux-5.15 INFO: rcu detected stall in tcp_write_timer (3) 1 2 199d 214d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2026/01/22 20:12
linux-6.6 INFO: rcu detected stall in tcp_write_timer 1 1 52d 52d 0/2 upstream: reported on 2026/03/10 11:19
linux-4.14 INFO: rcu detected stall in tcp_write_timer 1 4 2065d 2308d 0/1 auto-closed as invalid on 2021/01/02 05:45
linux-4.19 INFO: rcu detected stall in tcp_write_timer 1 2 2194d 2248d 0/1 auto-closed as invalid on 2020/08/26 06:46
upstream BUG: soft lockup in tcp_write_timer (10) perf mm net 1 3 50d 80d 0/29 closed as invalid on 2026/03/27 01:43
linux-4.19 BUG: soft lockup in tcp_write_timer (3) 1 2 1217d 1231d 0/1 upstream: reported on 2022/12/17 21:41
linux-4.19 BUG: soft lockup in tcp_write_timer (2) 1 2 1627d 1691d 0/1 auto-closed as invalid on 2022/03/16 10:56
android-54 BUG: soft lockup in tcp_write_timer 1 1 363d 363d 0/2 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/08/01 21:51
linux-4.19 BUG: soft lockup in tcp_write_timer 1 1 1856d 1856d 0/1 auto-closed as invalid on 2021/07/30 14:52
upstream BUG: soft lockup in tcp_write_timer (9) net 1 2 144d 148d 0/29 closed as invalid on 2026/01/07 12:42
upstream BUG: soft lockup in tcp_write_timer (2) kvm 1 1 1467d 1467d 0/29 auto-closed as invalid on 2022/06/24 22:31
upstream BUG: soft lockup in tcp_write_timer (3) net 1 6 844d 951d 0/29 closed as invalid on 2024/03/18 17:07
upstream BUG: soft lockup in tcp_write_timer (7) net 1 1 230d 230d 0/29 closed as invalid on 2025/09/29 07:16
upstream BUG: soft lockup in tcp_write_timer (8) mm 1 1 205d 205d 0/29 closed as invalid on 2025/11/04 11:28
upstream BUG: soft lockup in tcp_write_timer (6) bpf 1 1 277d 277d 0/29 closed as invalid on 2025/09/01 08:24
upstream BUG: soft lockup in tcp_write_timer (5) mm net 1 8 333d 395d 0/29 closed as invalid on 2025/07/11 15:27
android-5-15 BUG: soft lockup in tcp_write_timer 1 11 627d 740d 0/2 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/11/10 05:27

Sample crash report:
rcu: INFO: rcu_preempt detected stalls on CPUs/tasks:
rcu: 	Tasks blocked on level-0 rcu_node (CPUs 0-1): P9721
	(detected by 0, t=10502 jiffies, g=43005, q=231 ncpus=2)
task:syz.2.1941      state:R  running task     stack:25712 pid:9721  ppid:4271   flags:0x00004008
Call Trace:
 <IRQ>
 sched_show_task+0x497/0x5b0 kernel/sched/core.c:8954
 rcu_print_detail_task_stall_rnp kernel/rcu/tree_stall.h:261 [inline]
 print_other_cpu_stall+0x10a9/0x1430 kernel/rcu/tree_stall.h:606
 check_cpu_stall kernel/rcu/tree_stall.h:778 [inline]
 rcu_pending kernel/rcu/tree.c:3895 [inline]
 rcu_sched_clock_irq+0x88a/0x1230 kernel/rcu/tree.c:2394
 update_process_times+0x143/0x1b0 kernel/time/timer.c:2072
 tick_sched_handle kernel/time/tick-sched.c:254 [inline]
 tick_sched_timer+0x37d/0x560 kernel/time/tick-sched.c:1501
 __run_hrtimer kernel/time/hrtimer.c:1747 [inline]
 __hrtimer_run_queues+0x50b/0xd50 kernel/time/hrtimer.c:1811
 hrtimer_interrupt+0x3c5/0x9c0 kernel/time/hrtimer.c:1873
 local_apic_timer_interrupt arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1107 [inline]
 __sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x153/0x5a0 arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1124
 instr_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1118 [inline]
 sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x4d/0xc0 arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1118
 asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x16/0x20 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:691
RIP: 0010:kasan_quarantine_put+0x84/0x220 mm/kasan/quarantine.c:245
Code: e8 71 54 b5 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 00 67 03 00 45
RSP: 0018:ffffc900000079a8 EFLAGS: 00000206
RAX: e2aa9a5f86249201 RBX: ffff888034099800 RCX: e2aa9a5f86249200
RDX: dffffc0000000000 RSI: ffffffff8a8c1120 RDI: ffffffff8adf13a0
RBP: ffff888034099800 R08: ffffffff90af92ff R09: 1ffffffff215f25f
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffffbfff215f260 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: ffffc90000007a40 R14: 00000000000b6f00 R15: 0000000000000286
 kasan_slab_free include/linux/kasan.h:177 [inline]
 slab_free_hook mm/slub.c:1729 [inline]
 slab_free_freelist_hook+0x131/0x1a0 mm/slub.c:1755
 slab_free mm/slub.c:3687 [inline]
 __kmem_cache_free+0xb6/0x1f0 mm/slub.c:3700
 skb_free_head net/core/skbuff.c:762 [inline]
 skb_release_data+0x5db/0x7c0 net/core/skbuff.c:791
 skb_release_all net/core/skbuff.c:856 [inline]
 __kfree_skb+0x4c/0x60 net/core/skbuff.c:870
 tcp_write_queue_purge+0x13f/0x2f0 net/ipv4/tcp.c:3123
 tcp_done_with_error+0x3f/0xc0 net/ipv4/tcp_input.c:4408
 tcp_write_err net/ipv4/tcp_timer.c:70 [inline]
 tcp_write_timeout net/ipv4/tcp_timer.c:273 [inline]
 tcp_retransmit_timer+0x1270/0x2790 net/ipv4/tcp_timer.c:547
 tcp_write_timer+0x126/0x280 net/ipv4/tcp_timer.c:676
 call_timer_fn+0x1ac/0x670 kernel/time/timer.c:1701
 expire_timers kernel/time/timer.c:1752 [inline]
 __run_timers+0x53e/0x800 kernel/time/timer.c:2023
 run_timer_softirq+0x63/0xf0 kernel/time/timer.c:2036
 handle_softirqs+0x2a1/0x930 kernel/softirq.c:596
 do_softirq+0x142/0x210 kernel/softirq.c:497
 </IRQ>
 <TASK>
 __local_bh_enable_ip+0x180/0x1c0 kernel/softirq.c:421
 local_bh_enable include/linux/bottom_half.h:33 [inline]
 xdp_test_run_batch net/bpf/test_run.c:340 [inline]
 bpf_test_run_xdp_live+0x1834/0x1a90 net/bpf/test_run.c:362
 bpf_prog_test_run_xdp+0x736/0xf10 net/bpf/test_run.c:1412
 bpf_prog_test_run+0x31e/0x390 kernel/bpf/syscall.c:3695
 __sys_bpf+0x62b/0x780 kernel/bpf/syscall.c:5049
 __do_sys_bpf kernel/bpf/syscall.c:5135 [inline]
 __se_sys_bpf kernel/bpf/syscall.c:5133 [inline]
 __x64_sys_bpf+0x78/0x90 kernel/bpf/syscall.c:5133
 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: 0033:0x7f61ba99c819
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:00007f61bb8e3028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000141
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f61bac15fa0 RCX: 00007f61ba99c819
RDX: 0000000000000050 RSI: 0000200000000600 RDI: 000000000000000a
RBP: 00007f61baa32c91 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f61bac16038 R14: 00007f61bac15fa0 R15: 00007ffd65bc6238
 </TASK>
rcu: rcu_preempt kthread starved for 10517 jiffies! g43005 f0x0 RCU_GP_WAIT_FQS(5) ->state=0x0 ->cpu=0
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:R  running task     stack:27184 pid:16    ppid:2      flags:0x00004000
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5245 [inline]
 __schedule+0x11d1/0x40e0 kernel/sched/core.c:6562
 schedule+0xb9/0x180 kernel/sched/core.c:6638
 schedule_timeout+0x184/0x2d0 kernel/time/timer.c:2168
 rcu_gp_fqs_loop+0x303/0x1340 kernel/rcu/tree.c:1706
 rcu_gp_kthread+0x99/0x3b0 kernel/rcu/tree.c:1905
 kthread+0x29d/0x330 kernel/kthread.c:376
 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:295
 </TASK>
rcu: Stack dump where RCU GP kthread last ran:
CPU: 0 PID: 9721 Comm: syz.2.1941 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 03/18/2026
RIP: 0010:kasan_quarantine_put+0x84/0x220 mm/kasan/quarantine.c:245
Code: e8 71 54 b5 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 00 67 03 00 45
RSP: 0018:ffffc900000079a8 EFLAGS: 00000206
RAX: e2aa9a5f86249201 RBX: ffff888034099800 RCX: e2aa9a5f86249200
RDX: dffffc0000000000 RSI: ffffffff8a8c1120 RDI: ffffffff8adf13a0
RBP: ffff888034099800 R08: ffffffff90af92ff R09: 1ffffffff215f25f
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffffbfff215f260 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: ffffc90000007a40 R14: 00000000000b6f00 R15: 0000000000000286
FS:  00007f61bb8e36c0(0000) GS:ffff8880b8e00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007fc03cff0ffc CR3: 000000002e22b000 CR4: 00000000003506f0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000ffff0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000600
Call Trace:
 <IRQ>
 kasan_slab_free include/linux/kasan.h:177 [inline]
 slab_free_hook mm/slub.c:1729 [inline]
 slab_free_freelist_hook+0x131/0x1a0 mm/slub.c:1755
 slab_free mm/slub.c:3687 [inline]
 __kmem_cache_free+0xb6/0x1f0 mm/slub.c:3700
 skb_free_head net/core/skbuff.c:762 [inline]
 skb_release_data+0x5db/0x7c0 net/core/skbuff.c:791
 skb_release_all net/core/skbuff.c:856 [inline]
 __kfree_skb+0x4c/0x60 net/core/skbuff.c:870
 tcp_write_queue_purge+0x13f/0x2f0 net/ipv4/tcp.c:3123
 tcp_done_with_error+0x3f/0xc0 net/ipv4/tcp_input.c:4408
 tcp_write_err net/ipv4/tcp_timer.c:70 [inline]
 tcp_write_timeout net/ipv4/tcp_timer.c:273 [inline]
 tcp_retransmit_timer+0x1270/0x2790 net/ipv4/tcp_timer.c:547
 tcp_write_timer+0x126/0x280 net/ipv4/tcp_timer.c:676
 call_timer_fn+0x1ac/0x670 kernel/time/timer.c:1701
 expire_timers kernel/time/timer.c:1752 [inline]
 __run_timers+0x53e/0x800 kernel/time/timer.c:2023
 run_timer_softirq+0x63/0xf0 kernel/time/timer.c:2036
 handle_softirqs+0x2a1/0x930 kernel/softirq.c:596
 do_softirq+0x142/0x210 kernel/softirq.c:497
 </IRQ>
 <TASK>
 __local_bh_enable_ip+0x180/0x1c0 kernel/softirq.c:421
 local_bh_enable include/linux/bottom_half.h:33 [inline]
 xdp_test_run_batch net/bpf/test_run.c:340 [inline]
 bpf_test_run_xdp_live+0x1834/0x1a90 net/bpf/test_run.c:362
 bpf_prog_test_run_xdp+0x736/0xf10 net/bpf/test_run.c:1412
 bpf_prog_test_run+0x31e/0x390 kernel/bpf/syscall.c:3695
 __sys_bpf+0x62b/0x780 kernel/bpf/syscall.c:5049
 __do_sys_bpf kernel/bpf/syscall.c:5135 [inline]
 __se_sys_bpf kernel/bpf/syscall.c:5133 [inline]
 __x64_sys_bpf+0x78/0x90 kernel/bpf/syscall.c:5133
 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: 0033:0x7f61ba99c819
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:00007f61bb8e3028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000141
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f61bac15fa0 RCX: 00007f61ba99c819
RDX: 0000000000000050 RSI: 0000200000000600 RDI: 000000000000000a
RBP: 00007f61baa32c91 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f61bac16038 R14: 00007f61bac15fa0 R15: 00007ffd65bc6238
 </TASK>

Crashes (2):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/04/23 01:41 linux-6.1.y 7c87defbd336 b10da5ec .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in tcp_write_timer
2026/03/06 03:15 linux-6.1.y f2ddafa93a25 31e9c887 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in tcp_write_timer
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.