INFO: rcu detected stall in sock_create_lite

Status: auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2026/09/04 15:08
Subsystems: mm rds
Labels: prio:normal
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First crash: 198d, last: 110d
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6f8c97cc assessment-security DenialOfService: ✅ Exploitable: ❌ FilesystemTrigger: ❌ NetworkTrigger: ❌ PeripheralTrigger: ❌ RemoteTrigger: ❌ Unprivileged: ❌ UserNamespace: ✅ VMGuestTrigger: ❌ VMHostTrigger: ❌ ❓ INFO: rcu detected stall in sock_create_lite 2026/05/21 03:28 2026/05/21 03:28 2026/05/21 04:05 cf874a1c

Sample crash report:
rcu: INFO: rcu_preempt detected stalls on CPUs/tasks:
rcu: 	Tasks blocked on level-0 rcu_node (CPUs 0-1): P57/1:b..l
rcu: 	(detected by 0, t=10503 jiffies, g=103737, q=424361 ncpus=2)
task:kworker/u8:4    state:R  running task     stack:21208 pid:57    tgid:57    ppid:2      task_flags:0x4208060 flags:0x00080000
Workqueue: krdsd rds_tcp_accept_worker
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:lock_acquire+0x221/0x350 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5872
Code: ff ff ff e8 31 cf 05 0a f7 44 24 08 00 02 00 00 0f 84 3a ff ff ff 65 48 8b 05 0b 5a 96 11 48 3b 44 24 58 75 33 fb 48 83 c4 60 <5b> 41 5c 41 5d 41 5e 41 5f 5d c3 cc cc cc cc cc 48 8d 3d 18 ed 91
RSP: 0018:ffffc900015e7238 EFLAGS: 00000282
RAX: c93a8463c3894800 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 0000000000000046
RDX: 00000000b838d7ad RSI: ffffffff8e2171de RDI: ffffffff8c28b8e0
RBP: ffffffff8176e256 R08: ffffffff8176e256 R09: ffffffff8e95cc20
R10: ffffc900015e7398 R11: ffffffff81b0e0e0 R12: 0000000000000002
R13: ffffffff8e95cc20 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000246
 rcu_lock_acquire include/linux/rcupdate.h:300 [inline]
 rcu_read_lock include/linux/rcupdate.h:838 [inline]
 class_rcu_constructor include/linux/rcupdate.h:1181 [inline]
 unwind_next_frame+0xc3/0x2550 arch/x86/kernel/unwind_orc.c:495
 arch_stack_walk+0x11b/0x150 arch/x86/kernel/stacktrace.c:25
 stack_trace_save+0xa9/0x100 kernel/stacktrace.c:122
 save_stack+0x122/0x230 mm/page_owner.c:165
 __reset_page_owner+0x71/0x1f0 mm/page_owner.c:320
 reset_page_owner include/linux/page_owner.h:25 [inline]
 __free_pages_prepare mm/page_alloc.c:1397 [inline]
 __free_frozen_pages+0xc1c/0xd30 mm/page_alloc.c:2938
 __slab_free+0x274/0x2c0 mm/slub.c:5613
 qlink_free mm/kasan/quarantine.c:163 [inline]
 qlist_free_all+0x99/0x100 mm/kasan/quarantine.c:179
 kasan_quarantine_reduce+0x148/0x160 mm/kasan/quarantine.c:286
 __kasan_slab_alloc+0x22/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:350
 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
 lsm_inode_alloc security/security.c:254 [inline]
 security_inode_alloc+0x39/0x310 security/security.c:1215
 inode_init_always_gfp+0x995/0xd50 fs/inode.c:305
 inode_init_always include/linux/fs.h:2936 [inline]
 alloc_inode+0x82/0x1b0 fs/inode.c:352
 new_inode_pseudo include/linux/fs.h:3015 [inline]
 sock_alloc net/socket.c:697 [inline]
 sock_create_lite+0x8b/0x510 net/socket.c:1462
 kernel_accept+0x16c/0x480 net/socket.c:3700
 rds_tcp_accept_one+0x169/0xd70 net/rds/tcp_listen.c:177
 rds_tcp_accept_worker+0x1d/0x70 net/rds/tcp.c:533
 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>
rcu: rcu_preempt kthread starved for 8591 jiffies! g103737 f0x2 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:27536 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: 0 Comm: swapper/0 Tainted: G             L      syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) 
Tainted: [L]=SOFTLOCKUP
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 05/09/2026
RIP: 0010:unwind_next_frame+0x26/0x2550 arch/x86/kernel/unwind_orc.c:486
Code: 90 90 90 90 f3 0f 1e fa 55 41 57 41 56 41 55 41 54 53 48 81 ec 98 00 00 00 49 89 fe 48 bd 00 00 00 00 00 fc ff df 48 8d 5f 48 <48> 89 d8 48 c1 e8 03 48 89 44 24 30 80 3c 28 00 74 08 48 89 df e8
RSP: 0018:ffffc900000064d8 EFLAGS: 00000296
RAX: 0000000000000001 RBX: ffffc900000065f0 RCX: 0000000000000100
RDX: dffffc0000000000 RSI: ffffffff8ba7ae5e RDI: ffffc900000065a8
RBP: dffffc0000000000 R08: ffffc90000006670 R09: 0000000000000024
R10: ffffc900000065f8 R11: ffffffff81b0e0e0 R12: ffffffff8e692ec0
R13: 0000000000000000 R14: ffffc900000065a8 R15: ffffc900000065a8
FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8881252a0000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 000020000024c030 CR3: 0000000064546000 CR4: 00000000003526f0
Call Trace:
 <IRQ>
 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
 kasan_save_free_info+0x46/0x50 mm/kasan/generic.c:584
 poison_slab_object mm/kasan/common.c:253 [inline]
 __kasan_slab_free+0x5c/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:285
 kasan_slab_free include/linux/kasan.h:235 [inline]
 slab_free_hook mm/slub.c:2689 [inline]
 slab_free mm/slub.c:6251 [inline]
 kmem_cache_free+0x182/0x650 mm/slub.c:6378
 skb_ext_del include/linux/skbuff.h:5101 [inline]
 nf_bridge_info_free net/bridge/br_netfilter_hooks.c:157 [inline]
 br_nf_dev_queue_xmit+0x4ee/0x25f0 net/bridge/br_netfilter_hooks.c:856
 NF_HOOK+0x64e/0x6e0 include/linux/netfilter.h:318
 br_nf_post_routing+0xb66/0xfe0 net/bridge/br_netfilter_hooks.c:964
 nf_hook_entry_hookfn include/linux/netfilter.h:158 [inline]
 nf_hook_slow+0xc5/0x220 net/netfilter/core.c:619
 nf_hook include/linux/netfilter.h:273 [inline]
 NF_HOOK+0x23e/0x3f0 include/linux/netfilter.h:316
 br_forward_finish+0xd3/0x130 net/bridge/br_forward.c:66
 br_nf_hook_thresh net/bridge/br_netfilter_hooks.c:1165 [inline]
 br_nf_forward_finish+0xa5e/0xe90 net/bridge/br_netfilter_hooks.c:667
 NF_HOOK+0x64e/0x6e0 include/linux/netfilter.h:318
 br_nf_forward_ip+0x7ef/0xa30 net/bridge/br_netfilter_hooks.c:721
 nf_hook_entry_hookfn include/linux/netfilter.h:158 [inline]
 nf_hook_slow+0xc5/0x220 net/netfilter/core.c:619
 nf_hook include/linux/netfilter.h:273 [inline]
 NF_HOOK+0x23e/0x3f0 include/linux/netfilter.h:316
 __br_forward+0x397/0x540 net/bridge/br_forward.c:115
 deliver_clone net/bridge/br_forward.c:131 [inline]
 maybe_deliver net/bridge/br_forward.c:191 [inline]
 br_flood+0x6ee/0xb80 net/bridge/br_forward.c:238
 br_handle_frame_finish+0x1521/0x1c80 net/bridge/br_input.c:229
 br_nf_hook_thresh net/bridge/br_netfilter_hooks.c:-1 [inline]
 br_nf_pre_routing_finish+0x13d7/0x1a90 net/bridge/br_netfilter_hooks.c:430
 NF_HOOK+0x64e/0x6e0 include/linux/netfilter.h:318
 br_nf_pre_routing+0xed5/0x14c0 net/bridge/br_netfilter_hooks.c:539
 nf_hook_entry_hookfn include/linux/netfilter.h:158 [inline]
 nf_hook_bridge_pre net/bridge/br_input.c:291 [inline]
 br_handle_frame+0x1277/0x1510 net/bridge/br_input.c:442
 __netif_receive_skb_core+0x98f/0x3170 net/core/dev.c:6089
 __netif_receive_skb_one_core net/core/dev.c:6200 [inline]
 __netif_receive_skb net/core/dev.c:6315 [inline]
 process_backlog+0x76d/0x1950 net/core/dev.c:6666
 __napi_poll+0xae/0x340 net/core/dev.c:7733
 napi_poll net/core/dev.c:7796 [inline]
 net_rx_action+0x627/0xf70 net/core/dev.c:7953
 handle_softirqs+0x22a/0x840 kernel/softirq.c:622
 __do_softirq kernel/softirq.c:656 [inline]
 invoke_softirq kernel/softirq.c:496 [inline]
 __irq_exit_rcu+0xca/0x220 kernel/softirq.c:735
 irq_exit_rcu+0x9/0x30 kernel/softirq.c:752
 instr_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1061 [inline]
 sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0xa6/0xc0 arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1061
 </IRQ>
 <TASK>
 asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x1a/0x20 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:697
RIP: 0010:pv_native_safe_halt+0xf/0x20 arch/x86/kernel/paravirt.c:63
Code: bb 7e 02 e9 c3 f8 02 00 cc cc cc 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 f3 0f 1e fa 66 90 0f 00 2d e3 f1 21 00 fb f4 <c3> cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc 90 90 90 90 90
RSP: 0018:ffffffff8e607dc0 EFLAGS: 00000246
RAX: 0000000000bd90e1 RBX: ffffffff819a845a RCX: 0000000080000001
RDX: 0000000000000001 RSI: ffffffff8dfa4cfe RDI: ffffffff8c28b8e0
RBP: ffffffff8e607eb0 R08: ffff8880b86339db R09: 1ffff110170c673b
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: ffffed10170c673c R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 1ffffffff1cd25d8 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 1ffffffff1cd25d8
 arch_safe_halt arch/x86/kernel/process.c:766 [inline]
 default_idle+0x9/0x20 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:767
 default_idle_call+0x72/0xb0 kernel/sched/idle.c:122
 cpuidle_idle_call kernel/sched/idle.c:199 [inline]
 do_idle+0x36a/0x5f0 kernel/sched/idle.c:352
 cpu_startup_entry+0x43/0x60 kernel/sched/idle.c:451
 rest_init+0x2de/0x300 init/main.c:762
 start_kernel+0x38a/0x3e0 init/main.c:1220
 x86_64_start_reservations+0x24/0x30 arch/x86/kernel/head64.c:310
 x86_64_start_kernel+0x143/0x1c0 arch/x86/kernel/head64.c:291
 common_startup_64+0x13e/0x147
 </TASK>

Crashes (3):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/06/06 14:59 upstream c10130c234c8 cc095639 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce INFO: rcu detected stall in sock_create_lite
2026/04/07 09:28 upstream bfe62a454542 4440e7c2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: rcu detected stall in sock_create_lite
2026/03/11 09:39 upstream b4f0dd314b39 86914af9 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto INFO: rcu detected stall in sock_create_lite
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.