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INFO: rcu detected stall in sendmsg (5)

Status: upstream: reported syz repro on 2025/06/23 07:43
Reported-by: syzbot+ddb3e33c76ab8ecb85a3@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 213d, last: 20d
Bug presence (1)
Date Name Commit Repro Result
2025/09/10 upstream (ToT) 9dd1835ecda5 syz Didn't crash
Similar bugs (21)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
linux-6.1 INFO: rcu detected stall in sendmsg (3) 1 4 478d 545d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/01/09 18:13
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in sendmsg net 1 1 1570d 1570d 0/29 auto-closed as invalid on 2022/01/03 17:11
linux-6.6 INFO: rcu detected stall in sendmsg 1 4 39d 175d 0/2 upstream: reported on 2025/07/31 17:16
linux-6.1 INFO: rcu detected stall in sendmsg (4) 1 2 317d 328d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/06/19 03:57
linux-6.1 INFO: rcu detected stall in sendmsg (2) 1 1 667d 667d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/07/04 03:49
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in sendmsg (2) batman 1 1 1440d 1440d 0/29 auto-closed as invalid on 2022/05/13 12:25
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in sendmsg (4) mm 1 C error 61 4d12h 608d 0/29 upstream: reported C repro on 2024/05/24 06:18
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in sendmsg (3) net 1 4 717d 801d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/05/05 18:15
linux-5.15 INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_sendmsg origin:upstream 1 C error 30 1d22h 673d 0/3 upstream: reported C repro on 2024/03/19 21:37
linux-6.1 INFO: rcu detected stall in sendmsg 1 1 901d 901d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/11/12 19:28
upstream BUG: soft lockup in sys_sendmsg (2) net 1 C error 29 4d11h 231d 0/29 upstream: reported C repro on 2025/06/05 02:15
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_sendmsg (2) cgroups mm 1 5 2241d 2242d 0/29 closed as invalid on 2019/12/04 14:14
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_sendmsg (3) kernel 1 1 2206d 2206d 0/29 closed as invalid on 2020/01/08 05:33
linux-6.1 INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_sendmsg 1 6 481d 567d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/01/06 11:24
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in sys_sendmsg net 1 C done 2 2322d 2322d 13/29 fixed on 2019/10/09 10:54
android-6-1 BUG: soft lockup in sys_sendmsg origin:upstream 1 C 3 625d 653d 0/2 upstream: reported C repro on 2024/04/09 06:46
linux-6.1 BUG: soft lockup in sys_sendmsg 1 2 955d 961d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/09/20 17:26
android-5-10 BUG: soft lockup in sys_sendmsg 1 C error 61 20d 671d 0/2 upstream: reported C repro on 2024/03/22 10:41
upstream BUG: soft lockup in sys_sendmsg tipc batman 1 C 3 668d 710d 25/29 fixed on 2024/05/22 23:36
android-5-15 BUG: soft lockup in sys_sendmsg origin:upstream 1 C error 13 497d 671d 0/2 upstream: reported C repro on 2024/03/22 10:44
linux-6.1 BUG: soft lockup in sys_sendmsg (2) origin:upstream 1 C done 1 655d 655d 3/3 fixed on 2024/05/15 09:17

Sample crash report:
rcu: INFO: rcu_preempt detected expedited stalls on CPUs/tasks: { 1-.... } 2672 jiffies s: 156601 root: 0x2/.
rcu: blocking rcu_node structures (internal RCU debug):
Sending NMI from CPU 0 to CPUs 1:
NMI backtrace for cpu 1
CPU: 1 PID: 26130 Comm: syz.2.5696 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 10/25/2025
RIP: 0010:rcu_dynticks_curr_cpu_in_eqs include/linux/context_tracking.h:122 [inline]
RIP: 0010:rcu_is_watching+0xc/0xa0 kernel/rcu/tree.c:721
Code: 20 1c 93 8c 4c 89 f6 e8 92 9b c3 02 e9 53 ff ff ff 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 00 41 57 41 56 53 65 ff 05 cc 50 97 7e <e8> af 62 a5 08 89 c3 83 f8 08 73 60 49 bf 00 00 00 00 00 fc ff df
RSP: 0018:ffffc900001e0340 EFLAGS: 00000007
RAX: 0000000000000001 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: ffffffff81638475
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000008 RDI: ffffffff8dff0e28
RBP: ffffc900001e0470 R08: dffffc0000000000 R09: fffffbfff1bfe1c6
R10: fffffbfff1bfe1c6 R11: 1ffffffff1bfe1c5 R12: ffffc900001e0680
R13: dffffc0000000000 R14: 0000000000000001 R15: 1ffff9200003c078
FS:  00007ff3909e86c0(0000) GS:ffff8880b8f00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 000000110c30aa74 CR3: 0000000050db2000 CR4: 00000000003506e0
DR0: 0000200000000300 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000ffff0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000600
Call Trace:
 <IRQ>
 trace_lock_release include/trace/events/lock.h:69 [inline]
 lock_release+0xd4/0x910 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5673
 rcu_lock_release include/linux/rcupdate.h:355 [inline]
 rcu_read_unlock include/linux/rcupdate.h:824 [inline]
 __perf_event_output kernel/events/core.c:7741 [inline]
 perf_event_output_forward+0x248/0x2a0 kernel/events/core.c:7750
 __perf_event_overflow+0x448/0x610 kernel/events/core.c:9496
 perf_tp_event+0x335/0xb60 kernel/events/core.c:10029
 perf_trace_run_bpf_submit+0xf3/0x1c0 kernel/events/core.c:10002
 perf_trace_preemptirq_template+0x287/0x330 include/trace/events/preemptirq.h:14
 trace_irq_enable_rcuidle+0xd3/0x140 include/trace/events/preemptirq.h:40
 trace_hardirqs_on+0x24/0x40 kernel/trace/trace_preemptirq.c:44
 asm_sysvec_irq_work+0x16/0x20 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:728
RIP: 0010:rcu_read_unlock_special+0x84/0x500 kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h:685
Code: f1 f1 f1 00 f2 f2 f2 4a 89 04 2b 66 42 c7 44 2b 09 f3 f3 42 c6 44 2b 0b f3 65 44 8b 35 fd 86 96 7e 41 f7 c6 00 00 f0 00 74 45 <48> c7 44 24 40 0e 36 e0 45 4a c7 04 2b 00 00 00 00 66 42 c7 44 2b
RSP: 0018:ffffc900001e0aa0 EFLAGS: 00000206
RAX: 75341ee311a86a00 RBX: 1ffff9200003c15c RCX: 75341ee311a86a00
RDX: dffffc0000000000 RSI: ffffffff8a6c0600 RDI: ffffffff8abef920
RBP: ffffc900001e0b90 R08: dffffc0000000000 R09: ffffed10171e6afa
R10: ffffed10171e6afa R11: 1ffff110171e6af9 R12: 0000000000000246
R13: dffffc0000000000 R14: ffff8880b8f3b900 R15: 0000000000000002
 __rcu_read_unlock+0x78/0xd0 kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h:426
 rcu_read_unlock include/linux/rcupdate.h:823 [inline]
 ieee80211_iterate_active_interfaces_atomic+0x156/0x170 net/mac80211/util.c:826
 mac80211_hwsim_beacon+0xb7/0x1b0 drivers/net/wireless/mac80211_hwsim.c:2147
 __run_hrtimer kernel/time/hrtimer.c:1747 [inline]
 __hrtimer_run_queues+0x554/0xd60 kernel/time/hrtimer.c:1811
 hrtimer_run_softirq+0x183/0x2a0 kernel/time/hrtimer.c:1828
 handle_softirqs+0x2a1/0x920 kernel/softirq.c:596
 __do_softirq kernel/softirq.c:630 [inline]
 invoke_softirq kernel/softirq.c:470 [inline]
 __irq_exit_rcu+0x12f/0x220 kernel/softirq.c:679
 irq_exit_rcu+0x5/0x20 kernel/softirq.c:691
 instr_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1118 [inline]
 sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0xa0/0xc0 arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1118
 </IRQ>
 <TASK>
 asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x16/0x20 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:691
RIP: 0010:preempt_schedule_irq+0xac/0x150 kernel/sched/core.c:6873
Code: 44 24 20 f6 44 24 21 02 74 0b 0f 0b 48 f7 03 08 00 00 00 74 70 bf 01 00 00 00 e8 2f b8 3e f7 e8 ea 33 6e f7 fb bf 01 00 00 00 <e8> df b9 ff ff 48 c7 44 24 40 00 00 00 00 9c 8f 44 24 40 8b 44 24
RSP: 0018:ffffc90005407740 EFLAGS: 00000286
RAX: 75341ee311a86a00 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 75341ee311a86a00
RDX: dffffc0000000000 RSI: ffffffff8a6c0600 RDI: 0000000000000001
RBP: ffffc900054077e0 R08: dffffc0000000000 R09: ffffed10171e6afa
R10: ffffed10171e6afa R11: 1ffff110171e6af9 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 0000000000000000 R14: dffffc0000000000 R15: 1ffff92000a80ee8
 irqentry_exit+0x63/0x70 kernel/entry/common.c:439
 asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x16/0x20 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:691
RIP: 0010:__nr_to_section include/linux/mmzone.h:1695 [inline]
RIP: 0010:__pfn_to_section include/linux/mmzone.h:1803 [inline]
RIP: 0010:pfn_valid include/linux/mmzone.h:1856 [inline]
RIP: 0010:__virt_addr_valid+0x14a/0x540 arch/x86/mm/physaddr.c:65
Code: 15 48 85 c0 74 42 48 89 d9 48 c1 e9 22 4c 8d 34 c8 4c 89 f0 48 c1 e8 03 42 80 3c 20 00 74 08 4c 89 f7 e8 99 b7 97 00 4d 8b 3e <4d> 85 ff 74 20 49 89 de 49 c1 ee 1b e8 35 86 47 00 41 83 e6 7f 41
RSP: 0018:ffffc900054078a0 EFLAGS: 00000246
RAX: 1ffff11047ffde00 RBX: 0000000055e99c00 RCX: 0000000000000000
RDX: 0000000000000002 RSI: 0000000055e99c00 RDI: 00003fffffffffff
RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: ffff888038cf1dc0 R09: 0000000000000003
R10: 0000000000000002 R11: 0000000000000002 R12: dffffc0000000000
R13: 0000000000000014 R14: ffff88823ffef000 R15: ffff88813fff9000
 check_heap_object mm/usercopy.c:188 [inline]
 __check_object_size+0x109/0xa40 mm/usercopy.c:250
 check_object_size include/linux/thread_info.h:199 [inline]
 check_copy_size include/linux/thread_info.h:235 [inline]
 copy_from_iter include/linux/uio.h:186 [inline]
 copy_from_iter_full include/linux/uio.h:194 [inline]
 memcpy_from_msg include/linux/skbuff.h:4044 [inline]
 netlink_sendmsg+0x738/0xbc0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1857
 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:718 [inline]
 __sock_sendmsg net/socket.c:730 [inline]
 ____sys_sendmsg+0x59b/0x970 net/socket.c:2519
 ___sys_sendmsg+0x21c/0x290 net/socket.c:2573
 __sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2602 [inline]
 __do_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2611 [inline]
 __se_sys_sendmsg+0x19e/0x270 net/socket.c:2609
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:51 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x4c/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:81
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2
RIP: 0033:0x7ff38fb8f749
Code: ff ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 40 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 a8 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48
RSP: 002b:00007ff3909e8038 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000002e
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007ff38fde5fa0 RCX: 00007ff38fb8f749
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000200000000000 RDI: 0000000000000003
RBP: 00007ff38fc13f91 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007ff38fde6038 R14: 00007ff38fde5fa0 R15: 00007fff579304d8
 </TASK>

Crashes (10):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/01/02 08:25 linux-6.1.y 50cbba13faa2 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in sendmsg
2025/11/28 08:26 linux-6.1.y f6e38ae624cf d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in sendmsg
2025/11/25 00:51 linux-6.1.y f6e38ae624cf bf6fe8fe .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan INFO: rcu detected stall in sendmsg
2025/11/02 19:07 linux-6.1.y f6e38ae624cf 2c50b6a9 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in sendmsg
2025/10/11 18:36 linux-6.1.y 882efbdd9d34 ff1712fe .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in sendmsg
2025/10/05 15:40 linux-6.1.y 882efbdd9d34 49379ee0 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in sendmsg
2025/09/15 11:19 linux-6.1.y 3db754f56897 e2beed91 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in sendmsg
2025/09/09 11:16 linux-6.1.y 28c695c365e1 d291dd2d .config console log report syz / log [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in sendmsg
2025/07/31 15:32 linux-6.1.y 3594f306da12 f8f2b4da .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in sendmsg
2025/06/23 07:42 linux-6.1.y 58485ff1a74f d6cdfb8a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in sendmsg
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.