rcu: INFO: rcu_preempt detected stalls on CPUs/tasks: rcu: Tasks blocked on level-0 rcu_node (CPUs 0-1): P9/1:b..l rcu: (detected by 0, t=10503 jiffies, g=105841, q=522 ncpus=2) task:kworker/0:0 state:R running task stack:21400 pid:9 tgid:9 ppid:2 task_flags:0x4208060 flags:0x00004000 Workqueue: events_power_efficient gc_worker Call Trace: context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5357 [inline] __schedule+0x1190/0x5de0 kernel/sched/core.c:6961 preempt_schedule_irq+0x51/0x90 kernel/sched/core.c:7288 irqentry_exit+0x36/0x90 kernel/entry/common.c:197 asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x1a/0x20 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:702 RIP: 0010:lock_acquire+0x62/0x350 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5872 Code: 06 3f 12 83 f8 07 0f 87 bc 02 00 00 89 c0 48 0f a3 05 22 99 13 0f 0f 82 74 02 00 00 8b 35 da ca 13 0f 85 f6 0f 85 8d 00 00 00 <48> 8b 44 24 30 65 48 2b 05 79 06 3f 12 0f 85 c7 02 00 00 48 83 c4 RSP: 0018:ffffc900000e7ae0 EFLAGS: 00000206 RAX: 0000000000000046 RBX: ffffffff8e5c15a0 RCX: 000000005d617131 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffffff8de2d6e8 RDI: ffffffff8c163300 RBP: 0000000000000002 R08: 3590cbb90c53a942 R09: 0000000000000000 R10: 0000000000000002 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: 0000000000000000 R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000000 rcu_lock_acquire include/linux/rcupdate.h:331 [inline] rcu_read_lock include/linux/rcupdate.h:841 [inline] gc_worker+0x241/0x16e0 net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c:1546 process_one_work+0x9cc/0x1b70 kernel/workqueue.c:3236 process_scheduled_works kernel/workqueue.c:3319 [inline] worker_thread+0x6c8/0xf10 kernel/workqueue.c:3400 kthread+0x3c2/0x780 kernel/kthread.c:463 ret_from_fork+0x56a/0x730 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:148 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245 rcu: rcu_preempt kthread starved for 6691 jiffies! g105841 f0x0 RCU_GP_WAIT_FQS(5) ->state=0x0 ->cpu=1 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:27368 pid:16 tgid:16 ppid:2 task_flags:0x208040 flags:0x00004000 Call Trace: context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5357 [inline] __schedule+0x1190/0x5de0 kernel/sched/core.c:6961 __schedule_loop kernel/sched/core.c:7043 [inline] schedule+0xe7/0x3a0 kernel/sched/core.c:7058 schedule_timeout+0x123/0x290 kernel/time/sleep_timeout.c:99 rcu_gp_fqs_loop+0x1ea/0xb00 kernel/rcu/tree.c:2083 rcu_gp_kthread+0x270/0x380 kernel/rcu/tree.c:2285 kthread+0x3c2/0x780 kernel/kthread.c:463 ret_from_fork+0x56a/0x730 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:148 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245 rcu: Stack dump where RCU GP kthread last ran: Sending NMI from CPU 0 to CPUs 1: NMI backtrace for cpu 1 CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/1 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 08/18/2025 RIP: 0010:arch_atomic_try_cmpxchg arch/x86/include/asm/atomic.h:107 [inline] RIP: 0010:raw_atomic_try_cmpxchg_acquire include/linux/atomic/atomic-arch-fallback.h:2170 [inline] RIP: 0010:atomic_try_cmpxchg_acquire include/linux/atomic/atomic-instrumented.h:1302 [inline] RIP: 0010:queued_spin_lock include/asm-generic/qspinlock.h:111 [inline] RIP: 0010:do_raw_spin_lock+0x13d/0x2b0 kernel/locking/spinlock_debug.c:116 Code: 28 00 00 00 00 e8 53 e1 89 00 be 04 00 00 00 48 8d 7c 24 28 e8 44 e1 89 00 8b 44 24 28 ba 01 00 00 00 89 44 24 04 f0 0f b1 13 <0f> 85 94 00 00 00 65 44 8b 35 d9 bc 3e 12 48 b8 00 00 00 00 00 fc RSP: 0018:ffffc90000a08328 EFLAGS: 00000046 RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffffffff9b0c8c18 RCX: ffffffff8198233c RDX: 0000000000000001 RSI: 0000000000000004 RDI: ffffc90000a08350 RBP: 1ffff92000141066 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: fffff5200014106a R10: 0000000000000003 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffffffff9b0c8c20 R13: ffffffff9b0c8c28 R14: ffffffff9b0c8c10 R15: 0000000000003212 FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8881247b2000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 000055558d8445c8 CR3: 00000000323f7000 CR4: 00000000003526f0 Call Trace: __raw_spin_lock_irqsave include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h:111 [inline] _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x42/0x60 kernel/locking/spinlock.c:162 __debug_check_no_obj_freed lib/debugobjects.c:1088 [inline] debug_check_no_obj_freed+0x1c9/0x600 lib/debugobjects.c:1129 slab_free_hook mm/slub.c:2353 [inline] slab_free mm/slub.c:4695 [inline] kmem_cache_free+0x2ac/0x4d0 mm/slub.c:4797 kfree_skbmem+0x1a4/0x1f0 net/core/skbuff.c:1109 __kfree_skb net/core/skbuff.c:1166 [inline] consume_skb net/core/skbuff.c:1397 [inline] consume_skb+0xcc/0x100 net/core/skbuff.c:1391 nft_synproxy_eval_v4 net/netfilter/nft_synproxy.c:60 [inline] nft_synproxy_do_eval+0xa6b/0xd80 net/netfilter/nft_synproxy.c:141 expr_call_ops_eval net/netfilter/nf_tables_core.c:237 [inline] nft_do_chain+0x2e9/0x1920 net/netfilter/nf_tables_core.c:285 nft_do_chain_inet+0x18a/0x340 net/netfilter/nft_chain_filter.c:161 nf_hook_entry_hookfn include/linux/netfilter.h:158 [inline] nf_hook_slow+0xbb/0x200 net/netfilter/core.c:623 nf_hook.constprop.0+0x422/0x750 include/linux/netfilter.h:273 NF_HOOK include/linux/netfilter.h:316 [inline] ip_local_deliver+0x169/0x1f0 net/ipv4/ip_input.c:260 dst_input include/net/dst.h:471 [inline] ip_rcv_finish net/ipv4/ip_input.c:454 [inline] NF_HOOK include/linux/netfilter.h:318 [inline] NF_HOOK include/linux/netfilter.h:312 [inline] ip_rcv+0x2e0/0x600 net/ipv4/ip_input.c:574 __netif_receive_skb_one_core+0x197/0x1e0 net/core/dev.c:5991 __netif_receive_skb+0x1d/0x160 net/core/dev.c:6104 process_backlog+0x442/0x15e0 net/core/dev.c:6456 __napi_poll.constprop.0+0xba/0x550 net/core/dev.c:7506 napi_poll net/core/dev.c:7569 [inline] net_rx_action+0xa9f/0xfe0 net/core/dev.c:7696 handle_softirqs+0x219/0x8e0 kernel/softirq.c:579 __do_softirq kernel/softirq.c:613 [inline] invoke_softirq kernel/softirq.c:453 [inline] __irq_exit_rcu+0x109/0x170 kernel/softirq.c:680 irq_exit_rcu+0x9/0x30 kernel/softirq.c:696 instr_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1050 [inline] sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0xa4/0xc0 arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1050 asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x1a/0x20 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:702 RIP: 0010:pv_native_safe_halt+0xf/0x20 arch/x86/kernel/paravirt.c:82 Code: 7d 61 02 c3 cc cc cc cc 0f 1f 00 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 d3 56 15 00 fb f4 cc 09 03 00 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 66 90 90 90 90 90 90 RSP: 0018:ffffc90000197df8 EFLAGS: 000002c2 RAX: 0000000003693415 RBX: 0000000000000001 RCX: ffffffff8b94bb49 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffffff8de52c58 RDI: ffffffff8c163300 RBP: ffffed1003cdf488 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: ffffed10170a6655 R10: ffff8880b85332ab R11: 0000000000000000 R12: 0000000000000001 R13: ffff88801e6fa440 R14: ffffffff90ab7290 R15: 0000000000000000 arch_safe_halt arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt.h:107 [inline] default_idle+0x13/0x20 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:757 default_idle_call+0x6d/0xb0 kernel/sched/idle.c:122 cpuidle_idle_call kernel/sched/idle.c:190 [inline] do_idle+0x391/0x510 kernel/sched/idle.c:330 cpu_startup_entry+0x4f/0x60 kernel/sched/idle.c:428 start_secondary+0x21d/0x2b0 arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c:315 common_startup_64+0x13e/0x148