INFO: rcu detected stall in __tun_chr_ioctl (2)

Status: upstream: reported on 2026/03/28 18:58
Reported-by: syzbot+d77d02a11256ce87187c@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 172d, last: 23h02m
▶ ▼ Similar bugs (6)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in __tun_chr_ioctl mm 1 4 606d 681d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/04/18 05:25
linux-5.15 INFO: rcu detected stall in __tun_chr_ioctl 1 1 559d 559d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/06/14 12:09
linux-6.1 INFO: rcu detected stall in __tun_chr_ioctl 1 3 274d 298d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2026/03/26 13:49
linux-6.6 INFO: rcu detected stall in __tun_chr_ioctl (2) 1 2 69d 76d 0/2 upstream: reported on 2026/07/02 11:58
linux-6.6 INFO: rcu detected stall in __tun_chr_ioctl 1 1 178d 178d 0/2 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2026/07/01 00:03
linux-5.15 INFO: rcu detected stall in __tun_chr_ioctl (2) 1 18 6d21h 297d 0/3 upstream: reported on 2025/11/23 13:35

Sample crash report:
rcu: INFO: rcu_preempt detected expedited stalls on CPUs/tasks: { 1-.... } 2634 jiffies s: 185361 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: 13377 Comm: syz.7.10966 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/24/2026
RIP: 0010:check_wait_context kernel/locking/lockdep.c:4754 [inline]
RIP: 0010:__lock_acquire+0x994/0x7c40 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5013
Code: c0 0f 85 c9 01 00 00 83 3d e8 57 5d 15 00 0f 84 9a 00 00 00 45 31 f6 4d 8d a6 b8 00 00 00 4c 89 e0 48 c1 e8 03 42 0f b6 04 00 <84> c0 0f 85 28 01 00 00 45 0f b6 24 24 45 84 e4 74 3e 0f b6 84 24
RSP: 0018:ffffc900001e0240 EFLAGS: 00000806
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: ffffffff8164090e
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000008 RDI: ffffffff90b0f240
RBP: ffffc900001e0470 R08: dffffc0000000000 R09: 1ffffffff2161e48
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffffbfff2161e49 R12: ffffffff90499378
R13: ffff88804bc62900 R14: ffffffff904992c0 R15: ffff88804bc62900
FS:  00007fc520a986c0(0000) GS:ffff8880b8f00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007f551ffeb840 CR3: 000000003db26000 CR4: 00000000003506e0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000200000000300 DR2: 0000200000000300
DR3: 0000200000000300 DR6: 00000000ffff0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000600
Call Trace:
 <IRQ>
 lock_acquire+0x1bb/0x4a0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5678
 rcu_lock_acquire include/linux/rcupdate.h:350 [inline]
 rcu_read_lock_sched include/linux/rcupdate.h:883 [inline]
 pfn_valid include/linux/mmzone.h:1857 [inline]
 __virt_addr_valid+0x1a5/0x540 arch/x86/mm/physaddr.c:65
 kasan_addr_to_slab+0x9/0xc0 mm/kasan/common.c:36
 __kasan_record_aux_stack+0xf/0xc0 mm/kasan/generic.c:471
 irq_work_queue_on+0x10f/0x260 kernel/irq_work.c:140
 rcu_read_unlock_special+0x3c9/0x510 kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h:678
 __rcu_read_unlock+0x78/0xd0 kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h:426
 rcu_read_unlock include/linux/rcupdate.h:823 [inline]
 trace_call_bpf+0x5bb/0x6b0 kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c:137
 perf_trace_run_bpf_submit+0x79/0x1c0 kernel/events/core.c:10037
 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 32 7b 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:ffffc900001e0ac0 EFLAGS: 00000206
RAX: a39ce7663f8e7900 RBX: 1ffff9200003c160 RCX: a39ce7663f8e7900
RDX: dffffc0000000000 RSI: ffffffff8a8c18a0 RDI: ffffffff8adf68a0
RBP: ffffc900001e0bc0 R08: ffff8880b8f357cb R09: 1ffff110171e6af9
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: ffffed10171e6afa R12: 0000000000000246
R13: dffffc0000000000 R14: ffff8880b8f3bb00 R15: 0000000000000002
 __rcu_read_unlock+0x78/0xd0 kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h:426
 rcu_read_unlock include/linux/rcupdate.h:823 [inline]
 ieee80211_rx_napi+0x23d/0x3c0 net/mac80211/rx.c:5341
 ieee80211_rx include/net/mac80211.h:4849 [inline]
 ieee80211_handle_queued_frames+0x104/0x1a0 net/mac80211/main.c:317
 tasklet_action_common+0x2d0/0x460 kernel/softirq.c:827
 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:finish_task_switch+0x267/0x8e0 kernel/sched/core.c:5125
Code: d9 08 85 c0 0f 84 38 01 00 00 48 85 db 0f 85 57 01 00 00 0f 1f 44 00 00 4c 89 e7 e8 93 20 e3 08 e8 1e 18 2f 00 fb 4c 8b 65 b8 <49> 8d bc 24 f8 15 00 00 48 89 f8 48 c1 e8 03 42 0f b6 04 30 84 c0
RSP: 0018:ffffc900101ff7a0 EFLAGS: 00000286
RAX: a39ce7663f8e7900 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: a39ce7663f8e7900
RDX: dffffc0000000000 RSI: ffffffff8a8c18a0 RDI: ffffffff8adf68a0
RBP: ffffc900101ff7f0 R08: ffff8880b8f357cb R09: 1ffff110171e6af9
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: ffffed10171e6afa R12: ffff88804bc61e00
R13: 1ffff110171e76f2 R14: dffffc0000000000 R15: ffff8880b8f3b790
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5249 [inline]
 __schedule+0x1087/0x4030 kernel/sched/core.c:6563
 preempt_schedule_common+0x82/0xd0 kernel/sched/core.c:6732
 preempt_schedule+0xbc/0xd0 kernel/sched/core.c:6756
 preempt_schedule_thunk+0x16/0x18 arch/x86/entry/thunk_64.S:34
 try_to_wake_up+0x6c1/0x10b0 kernel/sched/core.c:4234
 wake_up_process kernel/sched/core.c:4362 [inline]
 wake_up_q+0x78/0xc0 kernel/sched/core.c:1010
 __mutex_unlock_slowpath+0x658/0x6c0 kernel/locking/mutex.c:951
 __rtnl_unlock+0x64/0xe0 net/core/rtnetlink.c:133
 netdev_run_todo+0x2c6/0xdb0 net/core/dev.c:10520
 __tun_chr_ioctl+0xab8/0x1ed0 drivers/net/tun.c:3406
 vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline]
 __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:870 [inline]
 __se_sys_ioctl+0xfa/0x170 fs/ioctl.c:856
 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: 0033:0x7fc51fb9e159
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:00007fc520a98028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000010
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007fc51fe25fa0 RCX: 00007fc51fb9e159
RDX: 0000200000000080 RSI: 00000000400454ca RDI: 0000000000000003
RBP: 00007fc51fc3506b R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007fc51fe26038 R14: 00007fc51fe25fa0 R15: 00007ffddd4178b8
 </TASK>

Crashes (8):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/09/16 03:53 linux-6.1.y 1a8763b93150 2daa4bb5 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in __tun_chr_ioctl
2026/08/24 15:21 linux-6.1.y 05208478041c b55bd4c3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in __tun_chr_ioctl
2026/08/22 06:40 linux-6.1.y 7e6e67054721 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in __tun_chr_ioctl
2026/06/21 03:24 linux-6.1.y fdb6fcb41cc7 43bfcdb0 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in __tun_chr_ioctl
2026/06/13 06:25 linux-6.1.y 228da13e907e 1d2f3589 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in __tun_chr_ioctl
2026/05/13 16:16 linux-6.1.y ad16b162f21d fec2a7ee .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in __tun_chr_ioctl
2026/04/18 21:34 linux-6.1.y 7c87defbd336 303e2802 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in __tun_chr_ioctl
2026/03/28 18:58 linux-6.1.y 1989cd3d56e2 b5ceaad2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in __tun_chr_ioctl
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.