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INFO: rcu detected stall in netlink_release

Status: auto-closed as invalid on 2021/10/14 21:29
Subsystems: wireless
[Documentation on labels]
First crash: 1703d, last: 1703d
▶ ▼ Similar bugs (7)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in netlink_release (5) net mm 1 syz error inconclusive 2 418d 422d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/05/01 17:48
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in netlink_release (7) nfc net 1 1 93d 93d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2026/03/12 13:26
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in netlink_release (3) wireless 1 1 1333d 1333d 0/29 auto-closed as invalid on 2022/09/20 00:08
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in netlink_release (4) netfilter 1 1 606d 606d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/10/15 17:18
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in netlink_release (2) wireless 1 1 1522d 1522d 0/29 auto-closed as invalid on 2022/04/13 11:22
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in netlink_release (6) kernfs 1 1 232d 232d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/10/24 11:27
upstream BUG: soft lockup in netlink_release kvm 1 1 1420d 1420d 0/29 auto-closed as invalid on 2022/06/25 01:57

Sample crash report:
rcu: INFO: rcu_preempt detected stalls on CPUs/tasks:
rcu: 	Tasks blocked on level-0 rcu_node (CPUs 0-1): P31033/1:b..l
	(detected by 1, t=10503 jiffies, g=310773, q=33)
task:syz-executor.1  state:R  running task     stack:29168 pid:31060 ppid:  8486 flags:0x00004000
Call Trace:
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:4683 [inline]
 __schedule+0x93a/0x26f0 kernel/sched/core.c:5940
 preempt_schedule_notrace+0x5b/0xd0 kernel/sched/core.c:6179
 preempt_schedule_notrace_thunk+0x16/0x18 arch/x86/entry/thunk_64.S:36
 rcu_is_watching+0x90/0xc0 kernel/rcu/tree.c:1161
 rcu_read_lock include/linux/rcupdate.h:688 [inline]
 ext4_get_group_desc+0x14b/0x500 fs/ext4/balloc.c:284
 recently_deleted fs/ext4/ialloc.c:683 [inline]
 find_inode_bit+0x1c4/0x580 fs/ext4/ialloc.c:729
 __ext4_new_inode+0xc4d/0x5c40 fs/ext4/ialloc.c:1064
 ext4_symlink+0x489/0xd50 fs/ext4/namei.c:3465
 vfs_symlink fs/namei.c:4182 [inline]
 vfs_symlink+0x473/0x6a0 fs/namei.c:4167
 do_symlinkat+0x27a/0x300 fs/namei.c:4212
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x35/0xb0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae
RIP: 0033:0x465ee7
RSP: 002b:00007fff46191078 EFLAGS: 00000206 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000058
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 0000000000465ee7
RDX: 00007fff46191163 RSI: 00000000004bfd70 RDI: 00007fff46191150
RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 00007fff46190f10
R10: 00007fff46190dc7 R11: 0000000000000206 R12: 0000000000000001
R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 0000000000000001 R15: 00007fff46191150
task:syz-executor.4  state:R  running task     stack:27528 pid:31033 ppid:  8492 flags:0x00004006
Call Trace:
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:4683 [inline]
 __schedule+0x93a/0x26f0 kernel/sched/core.c:5940
 preempt_schedule_irq+0x4e/0x90 kernel/sched/core.c:6328
 irqentry_exit+0x31/0x80 kernel/entry/common.c:427
 asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x12/0x20 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:638
RIP: 0010:__local_bh_enable_ip+0xa8/0x120 kernel/softirq.c:390
Code: 1d cd c5 bb 7e 65 8b 05 c6 c5 bb 7e a9 00 ff ff 00 74 45 bf 01 00 00 00 e8 b5 29 09 00 e8 d0 80 35 00 fb 65 8b 05 a8 c5 bb 7e <85> c0 74 58 5b 5d c3 65 8b 05 f6 cc bb 7e 85 c0 75 a2 0f 0b eb 9e
RSP: 0018:ffffc900025bf9e8 EFLAGS: 00000202
RAX: 0000000080000000 RBX: 00000000fffffe00 RCX: 1ffffffff1f9cac2
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000000
RBP: ffffffff88632a45 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: ffffffff8fccf8df
R10: 0000000000000001 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: 0000000000000e1f
R13: ffffc900025bfb80 R14: fffff520004b7f71 R15: 0000000000000000
 nl80211_netlink_notify net/wireless/nl80211.c:17874 [inline]
 nl80211_netlink_notify+0x315/0x970 net/wireless/nl80211.c:17838
 notifier_call_chain+0xb5/0x200 kernel/notifier.c:83
 blocking_notifier_call_chain kernel/notifier.c:337 [inline]
 blocking_notifier_call_chain+0x67/0x90 kernel/notifier.c:325
 netlink_release+0xcb8/0x1dd0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:785
 __sock_release+0xcd/0x280 net/socket.c:648
 sock_close+0x18/0x20 net/socket.c:1300
 __fput+0x288/0x920 fs/file_table.c:280
 task_work_run+0xdd/0x1a0 kernel/task_work.c:164
 get_signal+0x1b35/0x2160 kernel/signal.c:2581
 arch_do_signal_or_restart+0x2a9/0x1c40 arch/x86/kernel/signal.c:865
 handle_signal_work kernel/entry/common.c:148 [inline]
 exit_to_user_mode_loop kernel/entry/common.c:172 [inline]
 exit_to_user_mode_prepare+0x17d/0x290 kernel/entry/common.c:209
 __syscall_exit_to_user_mode_work kernel/entry/common.c:291 [inline]
 syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x19/0x60 kernel/entry/common.c:302
 do_syscall_64+0x42/0xb0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:86
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae
RIP: 0033:0x4665d9
RSP: 002b:00007fcc207bd188 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000002e
RAX: 0000000000033fe0 RBX: 000000000056bf80 RCX: 00000000004665d9
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000020000000 RDI: 0000000000000003
RBP: 00000000004bfcb9 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 000000000056bf80
R13: 00007ffc5edd24ef R14: 00007fcc207bd300 R15: 0000000000022000
rcu: rcu_preempt kthread starved for 10556 jiffies! g310773 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:28864 pid:   14 ppid:     2 flags:0x00004000
Call Trace:
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:4683 [inline]
 __schedule+0x93a/0x26f0 kernel/sched/core.c:5940
 schedule+0xd3/0x270 kernel/sched/core.c:6019
 schedule_timeout+0x14a/0x2a0 kernel/time/timer.c:1878
 rcu_gp_fqs_loop kernel/rcu/tree.c:1996 [inline]
 rcu_gp_kthread+0xd34/0x1980 kernel/rcu/tree.c:2169
 kthread+0x3e5/0x4d0 kernel/kthread.c:319
 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:295
rcu: Stack dump where RCU GP kthread last ran:
Sending NMI from CPU 1 to CPUs 0:
NMI backtrace for cpu 0
CPU: 0 PID: 31061 Comm: syz-executor.5 Not tainted 5.14.0-rc1-syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 01/01/2011
RIP: 0010:pv_wait_node kernel/locking/qspinlock_paravirt.h:301 [inline]
RIP: 0010:__pv_queued_spin_lock_slowpath+0x5c4/0xb40 kernel/locking/qspinlock.c:473
Code: 32 84 c0 75 23 41 0f b6 14 24 4c 89 e9 83 e1 07 38 ca 7f 08 84 d2 0f 85 ed 03 00 00 0f b6 53 14 84 d2 0f 85 9e 00 00 00 f3 90 <83> e8 01 0f 84 93 00 00 00 0f b6 16 84 d2 74 09 80 fa 03 0f 8e 96
RSP: 0018:ffffc90000007a30 EFLAGS: 00000286
RAX: 00000000000029a5 RBX: ffff8880b9d52880 RCX: 0000000000000004
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffed101738a511 RDI: ffff8880b9c52894
RBP: ffff8880b9c52894 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: ffff8880b9c52894
R10: ffffed101738a512 R11: 0000000000000080 R12: ffffed10173aa512
R13: ffff8880b9d52894 R14: dffffc0000000000 R15: ffff8880b9c52880
FS:  00007f9765457700(0000) GS:ffff8880b9c00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 0000000000000000 CR3: 0000000088e6b000 CR4: 00000000001506f0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000ffff0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000600
Call Trace:
 <IRQ>
 pv_queued_spin_lock_slowpath arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt.h:585 [inline]
 queued_spin_lock_slowpath arch/x86/include/asm/qspinlock.h:51 [inline]
 queued_spin_lock include/asm-generic/qspinlock.h:85 [inline]
 do_raw_spin_lock+0x200/0x2b0 kernel/locking/spinlock_debug.c:113
 spin_lock include/linux/spinlock.h:354 [inline]
 mac80211_hwsim_tx_frame_no_nl.isra.0+0x68f/0x1330 drivers/net/wireless/mac80211_hwsim.c:1516
 mac80211_hwsim_tx_frame+0x1ee/0x2a0 drivers/net/wireless/mac80211_hwsim.c:1784
 mac80211_hwsim_beacon_tx+0x49b/0x930 drivers/net/wireless/mac80211_hwsim.c:1838
 __iterate_interfaces+0x1e5/0x520 net/mac80211/util.c:793
 ieee80211_iterate_active_interfaces_atomic+0x70/0x180 net/mac80211/util.c:829
 mac80211_hwsim_beacon+0xd5/0x1a0 drivers/net/wireless/mac80211_hwsim.c:1861
 __run_hrtimer kernel/time/hrtimer.c:1537 [inline]
 __hrtimer_run_queues+0x609/0xe50 kernel/time/hrtimer.c:1601
 hrtimer_run_softirq+0x17b/0x360 kernel/time/hrtimer.c:1618
 __do_softirq+0x29b/0x9c2 kernel/softirq.c:558
 invoke_softirq kernel/softirq.c:432 [inline]
 __irq_exit_rcu+0x16e/0x1c0 kernel/softirq.c:636
 irq_exit_rcu+0x5/0x20 kernel/softirq.c:648
 sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x93/0xc0 arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1100
 </IRQ>
 asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x12/0x20 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:638
RIP: 0010:preempt_schedule_irq+0x49/0x90 kernel/sched/core.c:6328
Code: 55 53 65 48 8b 1c 25 00 f0 01 00 48 89 dd 48 c1 ed 03 48 01 c5 bf 01 00 00 00 e8 e2 36 24 f8 e8 2d 7d 50 f8 fb bf 01 00 00 00 <e8> d2 cd ff ff 9c 58 fa f6 c4 02 75 27 bf 01 00 00 00 e8 f0 25 24
RSP: 0018:ffffc900027f7988 EFLAGS: 00000206
RAX: 00000000001963eb RBX: ffff888068f0b880 RCX: 1ffffffff1ad81a9
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000001 RDI: 0000000000000001
RBP: ffffed100d1e1710 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: 0000000000000001
R10: ffffffff817bab18 R11: 0000000000000001 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000000
 irqentry_exit+0x31/0x80 kernel/entry/common.c:427
 asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x12/0x20 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:638
RIP: 0010:schedule+0xa/0x270 kernel/sched/core.c:6013
Code: 90 f8 48 c7 c7 60 6b 8b 89 e8 a6 3f bc ff e8 dd 85 90 f8 e9 5e e6 ff ff 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 48 b8 00 00 00 00 00 fc ff df <41> 55 41 54 55 65 48 8b 2c 25 00 f0 01 00 48 8d 7d 18 53 48 89 fa
RSP: 0018:ffffc900027f7a58 EFLAGS: 00000202
RAX: dffffc0000000000 RBX: ffff888068f0b880 RCX: ffffc9001461e000
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffffff816963be RDI: ffff888068f0b8ac
RBP: ffffc900027f7b88 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: ffffc90000e0740b
R10: fffff520001c0e81 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffffc90000e07400
R13: 0000000000000000 R14: ffff888068f0b880 R15: 0000000000000000
 freezable_schedule include/linux/freezer.h:172 [inline]
 futex_wait_queue_me+0x25a/0x520 kernel/futex.c:2602
 futex_wait+0x1db/0x5f0 kernel/futex.c:2704
 do_futex+0x250/0x1770 kernel/futex.c:3730
 __do_sys_futex+0xdc/0x3b0 kernel/futex.c:3807
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x35/0xb0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae
RIP: 0033:0x4665d9
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 bc ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48
RSP: 002b:00007f9765457218 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 00000000000000ca
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 000000000056bf88 RCX: 00000000004665d9
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000080 RDI: 000000000056bf88
RBP: 000000000056bf80 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 000000000056bf8c
R13: 00007ffca538772f R14: 00007f9765457300 R15: 0000000000022000

Crashes (1):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2021/07/16 21:28 bpf 20192d9c9f6a f115ae98 .config console log report info ci-upstream-bpf-kasan-gce INFO: rcu detected stall in netlink_release
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.