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INFO: rcu detected stall in __sock_create (3)

Status: upstream: reported on 2025/08/16 13:35
Reported-by: syzbot+5b8b6b53c6f0e9459a03@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 336d, last: 1d05h
Similar bugs (9)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in __sock_create mm 1 1 2419d 2419d 0/29 closed as invalid on 2019/12/04 14:04
linux-5.15 INFO: rcu detected stall in __sock_create (2) 1 23 23d 339d 0/3 upstream: reported on 2025/08/14 08:18
linux-6.6 INFO: rcu detected stall in __sock_create 1 15 34d 343d 0/2 upstream: reported on 2025/08/10 05:00
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in __sock_create (3) mm 1 21 483d 718d 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 2384d 2384d 0/29 closed as invalid on 2020/01/08 05:33
linux-5.15 INFO: rcu detected stall in __sock_create 1 1 787d 787d 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 655d 757d 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 492d 525d 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 686d 821d 0/2 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/11/30 09:28

Sample crash report:
rcu: INFO: rcu_preempt detected expedited stalls on CPUs/tasks: { 0-.... } 2661 jiffies s: 20421 root: 0x1/.
rcu: blocking rcu_node structures (internal RCU debug):
Sending NMI from CPU 1 to CPUs 0:
NMI backtrace for cpu 0
CPU: 0 PID: 10014 Comm: syz.0.1992 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 06/25/2026
RIP: 0010:native_save_fl arch/x86/include/asm/irqflags.h:29 [inline]
RIP: 0010:arch_local_save_flags arch/x86/include/asm/irqflags.h:70 [inline]
RIP: 0010:arch_local_irq_save arch/x86/include/asm/irqflags.h:106 [inline]
RIP: 0010:rcu_read_unlock_special+0xd5/0x510 kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h:640
Code: 85 9a 03 00 00 48 8d 65 d8 5b 41 5c 41 5d 41 5e 41 5f 5d c3 49 89 ff 42 c6 44 2b 08 00 48 c7 84 24 80 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 9c <8f> 84 24 80 00 00 00 4c 8b a4 24 80 00 00 00 42 c6 44 2b 08 f8 fa
RSP: 0018:ffffc900000073d8 EFLAGS: 00000046
RAX: f2f2f2f8f1f1f1f1 RBX: 1ffff92000000e84 RCX: ffff88802e068000
RDX: 0000000000000100 RSI: ffffffff8adf42c0 RDI: ffff88802e068000
RBP: ffffc900000074e0 R08: ffffffff8e2121af R09: 1ffffffff1c42435
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffffbfff1c42436 R12: 1ffff11005c0d087
R13: dffffc0000000000 R14: 0000000000000102 R15: ffff88802e068000
FS:  00007fdffcc3d6c0(0000) GS:ffff8880b8e00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 0000001b2fc12ff8 CR3: 0000000079e93000 CR4: 00000000003506f0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000ffff0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000600
Call Trace:
 <IRQ>
 __rcu_read_unlock+0x78/0xd0 kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h:426
 rcu_read_unlock include/linux/rcupdate.h:823 [inline]
 __perf_event_output kernel/events/core.c:7741 [inline]
 perf_event_output_forward+0x271/0x2f0 kernel/events/core.c:7750
 __perf_event_overflow+0x457/0x630 kernel/events/core.c:9496
 perf_swevent_overflow kernel/events/core.c:9579 [inline]
 perf_swevent_event+0x315/0x570 kernel/events/core.c:9630
 perf_tp_event+0x36b/0xc10 kernel/events/core.c:10064
 perf_trace_run_bpf_submit+0xf3/0x1c0 kernel/events/core.c:10032
 perf_trace_preemptirq_template+0x268/0x320 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+0x7f/0x510 kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h:685
Code: eb 03 48 b8 f1 f1 f1 f1 f8 f2 f2 f2 4a 89 04 2b 42 c7 44 2b 08 f8 f3 f3 f3 65 44 8b 35 52 82 95 7e 41 f7 c6 00 00 f0 00 74 40 <48> c7 44 24 40 0e 36 e0 45 4a c7 04 2b 00 00 00 00 42 c7 44 2b 08
RSP: 0018:ffffc90000007c40 EFLAGS: 00000206
RAX: 3cf532ee09891900 RBX: 1ffff92000000f90 RCX: 3cf532ee09891900
RDX: dffffc0000000000 RSI: ffffffff8a8c17a0 RDI: ffffffff8adf42e0
RBP: ffffc90000007d30 R08: ffffffff90b10257 R09: 1ffffffff216204a
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffffbfff216204b R12: 0000000000000246
R13: dffffc0000000000 R14: ffff8880b8e3bb00 R15: 0000000000000001
 __rcu_read_unlock+0x78/0xd0 kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h:426
 rcu_read_unlock include/linux/rcupdate.h:823 [inline]
 rebalance_domains+0x86f/0x9d0 kernel/sched/fair.c:11051
 handle_softirqs+0x291/0x910 kernel/softirq.c:596
 __do_softirq kernel/softirq.c:630 [inline]
 invoke_softirq kernel/softirq.c:470 [inline]
 __irq_exit_rcu+0x13b/0x230 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+0xb6/0x160 kernel/sched/core.c:6874
Code: 00 00 43 c6 44 37 04 f8 74 0b 0f 0b 48 f7 03 08 00 00 00 74 7f bf 01 00 00 00 e8 b5 cf 1f f7 e8 b0 99 4f f7 fb bf 01 00 00 00 <e8> 25 ba ff ff 43 c6 44 37 08 00 48 c7 44 24 40 00 00 00 00 9c 8f
RSP: 0018:ffffc90003387a80 EFLAGS: 00000282
RAX: 3cf532ee09891900 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 3cf532ee09891900
RDX: dffffc0000000000 RSI: ffffffff8a8c17a0 RDI: 0000000000000001
RBP: ffffc90003387b20 R08: ffffffff90b10257 R09: 1ffffffff216204a
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffffbfff216204b R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 0000000000000000 R14: dffffc0000000000 R15: 1ffff92000670f50
 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:lock_acquire+0x225/0x4a0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5680
Code: f7 84 24 80 00 00 00 00 02 00 00 43 c6 44 3d 04 f8 0f 85 f0 00 00 00 41 f7 c6 00 02 00 00 74 01 fb 48 c7 44 24 60 0e 36 e0 45 <4b> c7 44 3d 00 00 00 00 00 43 c7 44 3d 08 00 00 00 00 65 48 8b 04
RSP: 0018:ffffc90003387be0 EFLAGS: 00000206
RAX: 0000000000000001 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 3cf532ee09891900
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffffff8a8c2920 RDI: ffffffff8adf42e0
RBP: ffffc90003387cf8 R08: dffffc0000000000 R09: 1ffffffff216204a
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffffbfff216204b R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 1ffff92000670f88 R14: 0000000000000246 R15: dffffc0000000000
 __fs_reclaim_acquire mm/page_alloc.c:4749 [inline]
 fs_reclaim_acquire+0x6d/0x100 mm/page_alloc.c:4763
 might_alloc include/linux/sched/mm.h:271 [inline]
 slab_pre_alloc_hook+0x2a/0x300 mm/slab.h:710
 slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:3279 [inline]
 slab_alloc mm/slub.c:3367 [inline]
 __kmem_cache_alloc_lru mm/slub.c:3374 [inline]
 kmem_cache_alloc_lru+0x49/0x2e0 mm/slub.c:3390
 alloc_inode_sb include/linux/fs.h:3245 [inline]
 sock_alloc_inode+0x24/0xc0 net/socket.c:306
 alloc_inode fs/inode.c:261 [inline]
 new_inode_pseudo+0x5f/0x1c0 fs/inode.c:1063
 sock_alloc net/socket.c:631 [inline]
 __sock_create+0x129/0x940 net/socket.c:1514
 sock_create net/socket.c:1606 [inline]
 __sys_socketpair+0x1bd/0x540 net/socket.c:1733
 __do_sys_socketpair net/socket.c:1786 [inline]
 __se_sys_socketpair net/socket.c:1783 [inline]
 __x64_sys_socketpair+0x97/0xb0 net/socket.c:1783
 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: 0033:0x7fdffbd9de99
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:00007fdffcc3d028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000035
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007fdffc025fa0 RCX: 00007fdffbd9de99
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000002 RDI: 0000000000000001
RBP: 00007fdffbe33eaf R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000200000000240 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007fdffc026038 R14: 00007fdffc025fa0 R15: 00007ffe64f00978
 </TASK>

Crashes (18):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/07/18 07:35 linux-6.1.y 090666d3cc90 72524a66 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in __sock_create
2026/07/12 17:19 linux-6.1.y 090666d3cc90 d78ea535 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in __sock_create
2026/05/18 14:26 linux-6.1.y c27210688955 55156e84 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in __sock_create
2026/05/03 07:31 linux-6.1.y 4931e0e1673d a0d91488 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in __sock_create
2026/04/12 19:09 linux-6.1.y 8e8fc038cad5 38c8e246 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in __sock_create
2026/03/26 19:22 linux-6.1.y 1989cd3d56e2 766b6434 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in __sock_create
2026/03/21 00:19 linux-6.1.y f2ddafa93a25 ac6f1dff .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in __sock_create
2026/03/17 07:10 linux-6.1.y f2ddafa93a25 0737c18f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in __sock_create
2026/02/16 09:02 linux-6.1.y 8ce36b2849ef 1e62d198 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in __sock_create
2026/02/15 17:17 linux-6.1.y 8ce36b2849ef 1e62d198 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in __sock_create
2026/02/14 19:01 linux-6.1.y 8ce36b2849ef 1e62d198 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in __sock_create
2026/02/05 13:24 linux-6.1.y cd9b81672742 4936e85c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in __sock_create
2026/01/17 20:59 linux-6.1.y cd9b81672742 20d37d28 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in __sock_create
2025/11/13 15:37 linux-6.1.y f6e38ae624cf 07e030de .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in __sock_create
2025/10/13 05:26 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 __sock_create
2025/09/20 13:36 linux-6.1.y 363a599da6d9 67c37560 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in __sock_create
2025/09/20 02:23 linux-6.1.y 363a599da6d9 67c37560 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in __sock_create
2025/08/16 13:35 linux-6.1.y 0bc96de781b4 1804e95e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in __sock_create
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.