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INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill

Status: upstream: reported syz repro on 2026/03/03 08:41
Subsystems: mm
Labels: prio:high
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Reported-by: syzbot+f8ccdac0a7eede0e1ae5@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 138d, last: 1d04h
Cause bisection: failed (error log, bisect log)
  
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cc1516be-6e82-4a99-9529-5491b7e7d037 patching INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill 2026/06/11 10:29 2026/06/11 10:46 2026/06/11 13:27 b754d2d8e960366b9e215bebd742b433833628e1
7fd61b2a-d128-4124-81ff-143958c85827 assessment-security DenialOfService: ❌ Exploitable: ❌ FilesystemTrigger: ❌ NetworkTrigger: ❌ PeripheralTrigger: ❌ RemoteTrigger: ❌ Unprivileged: ✅ UserNamespace: ✅ VMGuestTrigger: ✅ VMHostTrigger: ❌ INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill 2026/05/15 10:32 2026/05/15 10:32 2026/05/15 11:56 9cd3beaadf14b3a22d15fd97a0bf081ee41ebe01
4e3640ce-686d-4211-81e1-63dc88de4424 repro INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill 2026/03/07 12:10 2026/03/07 12:10 2026/03/07 12:19 31e9c887f7dc24e04b3ca70d0d54fc34141844b0
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[syzbot] [mm?] INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill 0 (2) 2026/06/07 22:02

Sample crash report:
rcu: INFO: rcu_preempt detected stalls on CPUs/tasks:
rcu: 	Tasks blocked on level-0 rcu_node (CPUs 0-1): P5788/1:b.el
rcu: 	(detected by 0, t=10506 jiffies, g=15749, q=1307 ncpus=2)
task:syz-executor    state:R  running task     stack:21752 pid:5788  tgid:5788  ppid:5780   task_flags:0x400140 flags:0x00080001
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5388 [inline]
 __schedule+0x1821/0x5740 kernel/sched/core.c:7189
 preempt_schedule_irq+0x4d/0xa0 kernel/sched/core.c:7513
 irqentry_exit_to_kernel_mode include/linux/irq-entry-common.h:539 [inline]
 irqentry_exit+0x14f/0x8b0 kernel/entry/common.c:164
 asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x1a/0x20 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:697
RIP: 0010:__orc_find arch/x86/kernel/unwind_orc.c:101 [inline]
RIP: 0010:orc_find arch/x86/kernel/unwind_orc.c:238 [inline]
RIP: 0010:unwind_next_frame+0x4d6/0x2550 arch/x86/kernel/unwind_orc.c:510
Code: 00 00 83 f8 01 4c 8b 7c 24 50 48 bd 00 00 00 00 00 fc ff df 4c 8b 6c 24 20 0f 84 86 16 00 00 e9 03 02 00 00 49 89 d5 48 89 d5 <48> 89 d8 48 29 e8 48 89 c1 48 c1 f9 02 48 c1 e8 3f 48 01 c8 48 83
RSP: 0018:ffffc90003c2f4b8 EFLAGS: 00000246
RAX: ffffffff9052f1d0 RBX: ffffffff9052f1d0 RCX: ffffffff9052f1d8
RDX: ffffffff9052f1d0 RSI: ffffffff90d3bfc2 RDI: ffffffff8c28b880
RBP: ffffffff9052f1d0 R08: 0000000000000003 R09: ffffffff8e95cc20
R10: ffffc90003c2f5d8 R11: ffffffff81b0e0e0 R12: ffffffff8243249e
R13: ffffffff9052f1d0 R14: ffffc90003c2f588 R15: ffffffff9052f1d4
 arch_stack_walk+0x11b/0x150 arch/x86/kernel/stacktrace.c:25
 stack_trace_save+0xa9/0x100 kernel/stacktrace.c:122
 kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:57 [inline]
 kasan_save_track+0x3e/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:78
 unpoison_slab_object mm/kasan/common.c:340 [inline]
 __kasan_slab_alloc+0x6c/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:366
 kasan_slab_alloc include/linux/kasan.h:253 [inline]
 slab_post_alloc_hook mm/slub.c:4570 [inline]
 slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:4899 [inline]
 kmem_cache_alloc_noprof+0x2bc/0x650 mm/slub.c:4906
 kmem_alloc_batch lib/debugobjects.c:371 [inline]
 fill_pool+0x156/0x580 lib/debugobjects.c:420
 debug_objects_fill_pool lib/debugobjects.c:752 [inline]
 debug_object_activate+0x4a3/0x580 lib/debugobjects.c:841
 debug_rcu_head_queue kernel/rcu/rcu.h:236 [inline]
 __call_rcu_common kernel/rcu/tree.c:3116 [inline]
 call_rcu+0x43/0x890 kernel/rcu/tree.c:3251
 __destroy_inode+0x2b2/0x640 fs/inode.c:369
 destroy_inode fs/inode.c:392 [inline]
 evict+0x8a7/0xb10 fs/inode.c:865
 __dentry_kill+0x1a2/0x690 fs/dcache.c:718
 finish_dput+0xc9/0x480 fs/dcache.c:927
 __fput+0x691/0xa60 fs/file_table.c:518
 fput_close_sync+0x11f/0x240 fs/file_table.c:615
 __do_sys_close fs/open.c:1507 [inline]
 __se_sys_close fs/open.c:1492 [inline]
 __x64_sys_close+0x7e/0x110 fs/open.c:1492
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x174/0x580 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x7efe5039bfc7
RSP: 002b:00007fff8a26cfa8 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000003
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000000000005 RCX: 00007efe5039bfc7
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000008933 RDI: 0000000000000005
RBP: 0000000000000003 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000004
R10: 0000000000000005 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 00007fff8a26d03c
R13: 00007efe504334c0 R14: 00007efe51144620 R15: 00007efe504334c0
 </TASK>
rcu: rcu_preempt kthread starved for 5285 jiffies! g15749 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:27688 pid:16    tgid:16    ppid:2      task_flags:0x208040 flags:0x00080000
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5388 [inline]
 __schedule+0x1821/0x5740 kernel/sched/core.c:7189
 __schedule_loop kernel/sched/core.c:7268 [inline]
 schedule+0x164/0x360 kernel/sched/core.c:7283
 schedule_timeout+0x158/0x2c0 kernel/time/sleep_timeout.c:99
 rcu_gp_fqs_loop+0x312/0x11d0 kernel/rcu/tree.c:2095
 rcu_gp_kthread+0x9e/0x2b0 kernel/rcu/tree.c:2297
 kthread+0x389/0x470 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>
rcu: Stack dump where RCU GP kthread last ran:
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 1163 Comm: kworker/u8:9 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) 
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 05/09/2026
Workqueue: events_unbound toggle_allocation_gate
RIP: 0010:csd_lock_wait kernel/smp.c:342 [inline]
RIP: 0010:smp_call_function_many_cond+0xfcf/0x13d0 kernel/smp.c:892
Code: 79 45 8b 2e 44 89 ee 83 e6 01 31 ff e8 aa 07 0c 00 41 83 e5 01 49 bd 00 00 00 00 00 fc ff df 75 07 e8 55 03 0c 00 eb 37 f3 90 <43> 0f b6 04 2c 84 c0 75 10 41 f7 06 01 00 00 00 74 1e e8 3a 03 0c
RSP: 0018:ffffc900058e7700 EFLAGS: 00000293
RAX: ffffffff81b9b376 RBX: ffff8880b863c388 RCX: ffff888028eb3e00
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000001 RDI: 0000000000000000
RBP: ffffc900058e7840 R08: ffffffff903034f7 R09: 1ffffffff206069e
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffffbfff206069f R12: 1ffff110170e81b1
R13: dffffc0000000000 R14: ffff8880b8740d88 R15: 0000000000000001
FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8881252a0000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007f7680c6904c CR3: 000000000e74a000 CR4: 00000000003526f0
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 on_each_cpu_cond_mask+0x3f/0x80 kernel/smp.c:1057
 on_each_cpu include/linux/smp.h:72 [inline]
 smp_text_poke_sync_each_cpu arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c:2773 [inline]
 smp_text_poke_batch_finish+0x5f5/0x1160 arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c:2983
 arch_jump_label_transform_apply+0x1c/0x30 arch/x86/kernel/jump_label.c:146
 static_key_enable_cpuslocked+0x128/0x240 kernel/jump_label.c:210
 static_key_enable+0x1a/0x20 kernel/jump_label.c:223
 toggle_allocation_gate+0xab/0x290 mm/kfence/core.c:906
 process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3314 [inline]
 process_scheduled_works+0xb5d/0x1860 kernel/workqueue.c:3397
 worker_thread+0xa53/0xfc0 kernel/workqueue.c:3478
 kthread+0x389/0x470 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>

Crashes (126):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/06/07 22:02 net 9772589b57e4 cc095639 .config console log report syz / log [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill
2026/06/09 14:15 upstream 2d3090a8aeb5 c36c07f6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill
2026/06/07 03:58 upstream 8e65320d91cd cc095639 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill
2026/06/01 11:52 upstream e43ffb69e043 8d8eeb3a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill
2026/06/01 11:15 upstream e43ffb69e043 8d8eeb3a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill
2026/05/29 14:22 upstream 8fde5d1d47f6 6b4a8443 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill
2026/05/28 16:23 upstream eb3f4b7426cf 9a5a7e5e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill
2026/05/25 14:38 upstream e7ae89a0c97c c69befb3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill
2026/05/24 02:02 upstream 79bd2dded182 c69befb3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill
2026/05/23 14:04 upstream 79bd2dded182 c69befb3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill
2026/05/22 00:11 upstream 8bc67e4db64a e195359d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill
2026/05/20 23:49 upstream df685633c3db 41b8c833 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill
2026/05/20 00:07 upstream 27fa82620cba 0909d65f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill
2026/05/16 06:30 upstream d458a240344c 81fb92f3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill
2026/05/13 06:49 upstream c21b90f77687 a0949470 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill
2026/05/10 05:01 upstream 1bfaee9d3351 29233ece .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill
2026/05/09 11:26 upstream 70390501d194 29233ece .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill
2026/05/08 13:50 upstream 917719c412c4 5633175a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill
2026/05/05 15:10 upstream a293ec25d59d 06e69a27 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill
2026/05/05 02:47 upstream c7e4e4d5f7dc a898ba9c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill
2026/05/02 18:59 upstream f1a5e78a55eb a0d91488 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill
2026/05/02 18:35 upstream f1a5e78a55eb a0d91488 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill
2026/05/02 12:30 upstream f1a5e78a55eb a0d91488 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill
2026/05/02 03:53 upstream ef5f46b63023 753c55b9 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill
2026/04/30 03:33 upstream 57b8e2d666a3 005438fc .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill
2026/04/28 14:24 upstream 3b3bea6d4b9c b4209743 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill
2026/04/28 11:41 upstream 3b3bea6d4b9c b4209743 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill
2026/04/26 16:24 upstream 897d54018cc9 9c2d0995 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill
2026/04/23 22:41 upstream 2e6803928193 629ff21a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill
2026/04/23 10:44 upstream 2a4c0c11c019 b10da5ec .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill
2026/04/23 02:07 upstream 2a4c0c11c019 b10da5ec .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill
2026/04/22 22:24 upstream 2a4c0c11c019 0e869ba2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill
2026/04/22 09:54 upstream 6596a02b2078 0b6ab7ec .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill
2026/04/21 18:56 upstream b4e07588e743 0b6ab7ec .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill
2026/04/21 03:12 upstream b4e07588e743 3f2e655b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill
2026/04/20 10:19 upstream c1f49dea2b8f 303e2802 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill
2026/04/20 08:38 upstream bea8d77e45a8 303e2802 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill
2026/04/20 07:15 upstream c1f49dea2b8f 303e2802 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill
2026/04/19 10:46 upstream eb5249b12507 303e2802 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill
2026/04/19 08:28 upstream eb5249b12507 303e2802 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill
2026/04/18 15:26 upstream 8541d8f725c6 303e2802 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill
2026/04/16 17:45 upstream 1d51b370a0f8 4743f87d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill
2026/04/14 08:01 upstream 26ff969926a0 1a086e7c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill
2026/04/14 06:59 upstream 26ff969926a0 1a086e7c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill
2026/04/14 03:51 upstream 0f0013213293 1a086e7c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill
2026/04/12 18:41 upstream f5459048c38a 38c8e246 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill
2026/04/11 16:58 upstream e774d5f1bc27 38c8e246 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill
2026/04/11 09:23 upstream 7c6c4ed80b87 38c8e246 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill
2026/03/06 23:25 upstream 651690480a96 5cb44a80 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill
2026/03/01 04:36 upstream 2f9339c052bd 43249bac .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill
2026/02/27 08:20 upstream 3f4a08e64442 a2f13f71 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill
2026/02/17 08:36 upstream 970296997869 e439b951 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill
2026/04/18 01:57 upstream 43cfbdda5af6 24ecfc1e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-386 INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill
2026/06/11 12:05 net 512db8267b73 b754d2d8 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill
2026/06/01 13:09 net f3be0c984ecb 8d8eeb3a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill
2026/05/27 02:35 net c66d7c3c1f17 2b01f00e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill
2026/05/24 11:51 net 87a1e0fe7776 c69befb3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill
2026/05/11 09:20 net a450063ef86b e6eb7c0b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill
2026/03/27 19:26 net-next e4cf6087cab3 74a13a23 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-kasan-gce INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill
2026/04/25 23:43 linux-next 7080e32d3f09 9c2d0995 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill
2026/03/14 14:40 linux-next b84a0ebe421c ee8d34d6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce INFO: rcu detected stall in __dentry_kill
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.