BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context in kvm_mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_start

Status: upstream: reported C repro on 2025/12/08 07:41
Subsystems: kvm
Labels: prio:high
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Reported-by: syzbot+c3178b6b512446632bac@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 287d, last: 3d18h
✨ AI Jobs (2)
ID Workflow Result Correct Bug Created Started Finished Revision
1963fbd3 assessment-security DenialOfService: ❌ Exploitable: ❌ FilesystemTrigger: ❌ NetworkTrigger: ❌ PeripheralTrigger: ❌ RemoteTrigger: ❌ Unprivileged: ✅ UserNamespace: ✅ VMGuestTrigger: ❌ VMHostTrigger: ❌ BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context in kvm_mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_start 2026/05/19 03:32 2026/05/19 03:32 2026/05/19 04:18 9f74d399
30b82e8d repro BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context in kvm_mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_start 2026/03/08 15:18 2026/03/08 15:18 2026/03/08 15:26 31e9c887
Discussions (12)
Title Replies (including bot) Last reply
[syzbot] [mm?] BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context in kvm_mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_start 5 (12) 2026/09/17 08:25
[PATCH v2] sched: Allow sleeping spinlocks on PREEMPT_RT within non_block_start()/end block. 1 (1) 2026/09/16 15:51
[syzbot] Monthly kvm report (Sep 2026) 0 (1) 2026/09/16 12:33
Re: [syzbot] [mm?] BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context in kvm_mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_start 1 (2) 2026/08/25 13:37
Re: [syzbot] [mm?] BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context in kvm_mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_start 1 (1) 2026/08/25 12:56
Re: [PATCH] sched: Allow sleeping spinlocks on PREEMPT_RT within non_block_start() section 1 (1) 2026/08/21 12:13
[PATCH v3] mm/mmu_notifier: Add async OOM cleanup via call_srcu() 3 (3) 2026/07/27 08:01
[PATCH] KVM: x86/xen: Fix sleeping lock in hard IRQ context on PREEMPT_RT 15 (15) 2026/06/08 08:30
[PATCH v2 0/1] mm/mmu_notifier: Add async OOM cleanup via call_srcu() 2 (2) 2026/06/07 17:58
[PATCH v2 1/1] mm/mmu_notifier: Add async OOM cleanup via call_srcu() 1 (1) 2026/04/30 14:17
[PATCH v2 1/1] mm/mmu_notifier: Add async OOM cleanup via call_srcu() 1 (1) 2026/04/30 04:48
[PATCH v2 0/1] mm/mmu_notifier: Add async OOM cleanup via call_srcu() 1 (1) 2026/04/30 04:42
Last patch testing requests (6)
Created Duration User Patch Repo Result
2026/09/17 07:51 29m ljs@kernel.org git://git.infradead.org/users/dwmw2/linux.git seb-nonblock-rt-test no crash job log log
2026/09/16 18:05 46m ljs@kernel.org patch upstream error job log
2026/08/25 13:10 24m dwmw2@infradead.org git://git.infradead.org/users/dwmw2/linux.git seb-nonblock-rt-test no crash job log log
2026/08/25 12:38 1m dwmw2@infradead.org https://git.infradead.org/users/dwmw2/linux.git seb-nonblock-rt-test error job log
2026/08/21 12:09 1m dwmw2@infradead.org patch upstream error job log
2026/05/19 02:04 44m retest repro linux-next log

Sample crash report:
BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context at kernel/locking/spinlock_rt.c:48
in_atomic(): 0, irqs_disabled(): 0, non_block: 1, pid: 38, name: oom_reaper
preempt_count: 0, expected: 0
RCU nest depth: 0, expected: 0
locks held by oom_reaper/38: 4, last CPU#1:
 #0: ffff8880370147b0 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{4:4}, at: mmap_read_trylock include/linux/mmap_lock.h:619 [inline]
 #0: ffff8880370147b0 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{4:4}, at: oom_reap_task_mm mm/oom_kill.c:566 [inline]
 #0: ffff8880370147b0 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{4:4}, at: oom_reap_task mm/oom_kill.c:609 [inline]
 #0: ffff8880370147b0 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{4:4}, at: oom_reaper+0x2b4/0xc10 mm/oom_kill.c:650
 #1: ffffffff8e30af80 (mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_start){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_start_nonblock include/linux/mmu_notifier.h:495 [inline]
 #1: ffffffff8e30af80 (mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_start){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: zap_vma_for_reaping+0x193/0x380 mm/memory.c:2266
 #2: ffffffff8e30afd8 (srcu){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: srcu_lock_acquire include/linux/srcu.h:198 [inline]
 #2: ffffffff8e30afd8 (srcu){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: srcu_read_lock include/linux/srcu.h:305 [inline]
 #2: ffffffff8e30afd8 (srcu){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: mn_hlist_invalidate_range_start mm/mmu_notifier.c:515 [inline]
 #2: ffffffff8e30afd8 (srcu){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: __mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_start+0x5c6/0xb80 mm/mmu_notifier.c:580
 #3: ffff8880465ad560 (&kvm->mn_invalidate_lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: spin_lock include/linux/spinlock_rt.h:45 [inline]
 #3: ffff8880465ad560 (&kvm->mn_invalidate_lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: kvm_mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_start+0x1b6/0xc10 virt/kvm/kvm_main.c:745
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 38 Comm: oom_reaper Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT_{RT,(full)} 
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/24/2026
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 dump_stack_lvl+0xe8/0x150 lib/dump_stack.c:120
 __might_resched+0x31b/0x470 kernel/sched/core.c:9257
 __rt_spin_lock kernel/locking/spinlock_rt.c:48 [inline]
 rt_spin_lock+0xc2/0x400 kernel/locking/spinlock_rt.c:57
 spin_lock include/linux/spinlock_rt.h:45 [inline]
 kvm_mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_start+0x1b6/0xc10 virt/kvm/kvm_main.c:745
 mn_hlist_invalidate_range_start mm/mmu_notifier.c:525 [inline]
 __mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_start+0x709/0xb80 mm/mmu_notifier.c:580
 mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_start_nonblock include/linux/mmu_notifier.h:498 [inline]
 zap_vma_for_reaping+0x1f7/0x380 mm/memory.c:2266
 __oom_reap_task_mm mm/oom_kill.c:548 [inline]
 oom_reap_task_mm mm/oom_kill.c:585 [inline]
 oom_reap_task mm/oom_kill.c:609 [inline]
 oom_reaper+0x519/0xc10 mm/oom_kill.c:650
 kthread+0x38b/0x470 kernel/kthread.c:436
 ret_from_fork+0x514/0xb70 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158
 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245
 </TASK>
oom_reaper: reaped process 8617 (syz.2.1028), now anon-rss:0kB, file-rss:72kB, shmem-rss:0kB

Crashes (26):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/09/16 14:08 upstream 9b87fdc9af2f 12a0a44a .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context in kvm_mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_start
2026/08/23 20:19 upstream 2709dd5ae32f 1e72964b .config console log report syz / log [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context in kvm_mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_start
2026/05/04 17:53 linux-next b9303e6bff70 85f1bcf2 .config console log report syz / log [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context in kvm_mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_start
2026/09/16 03:45 upstream 9b87fdc9af2f 12a0a44a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context in kvm_mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_start
2026/09/11 04:50 upstream 08df884136f1 1fe56c0a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context in kvm_mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_start
2026/08/29 17:03 upstream cf72cbb39da8 2f52988a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context in kvm_mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_start
2026/08/29 12:46 upstream cf72cbb39da8 2f52988a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context in kvm_mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_start
2026/08/29 10:47 upstream cf72cbb39da8 2f52988a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context in kvm_mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_start
2026/08/23 17:27 upstream 2709dd5ae32f 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context in kvm_mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_start
2026/08/23 17:27 upstream 2709dd5ae32f 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context in kvm_mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_start
2026/08/23 17:26 upstream 2709dd5ae32f 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context in kvm_mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_start
2026/08/16 09:43 upstream 3eb40771c00a 746171ee .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context in kvm_mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_start
2026/08/01 21:46 upstream 2d2338c93da7 e611ffe1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context in kvm_mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_start
2026/07/26 10:05 upstream 3dab139d4795 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context in kvm_mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_start
2026/03/07 23:43 upstream 4ae12d8bd9a8 5cb44a80 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context in kvm_mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_start
2026/01/30 10:53 upstream 4d310797262f bfa73b7b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context in kvm_mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_start
2025/12/07 07:33 upstream 37bb2e7217b0 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context in kvm_mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_start
2025/12/07 07:25 upstream 37bb2e7217b0 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context in kvm_mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_start
2026/08/07 15:21 linux-next cc2b5f627e8c e4ef95d6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context in kvm_mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_start
2026/07/26 22:04 linux-next cc2b5f627e8c 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context in kvm_mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_start
2026/06/13 08:13 linux-next c425609d6ac4 1d2f3589 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context in kvm_mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_start
2026/06/13 08:09 linux-next c425609d6ac4 1d2f3589 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context in kvm_mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_start
2026/06/13 08:02 linux-next c425609d6ac4 1d2f3589 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context in kvm_mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_start
2026/06/13 08:00 linux-next c425609d6ac4 1d2f3589 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context in kvm_mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_start
2026/06/13 07:58 linux-next c425609d6ac4 1d2f3589 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context in kvm_mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_start
2026/05/04 16:27 linux-next b9303e6bff70 85f1bcf2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context in kvm_mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_start
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.