rcu: INFO: rcu_preempt detected stalls on CPUs/tasks: rcu: Tasks blocked on level-0 rcu_node (CPUs 0-1): P27106/1:b..l rcu: (detected by 0, t=10502 jiffies, g=158141, q=314 ncpus=2) task:kworker/0:6 state:R running task stack:27352 pid:27106 ppid:2 flags:0x00004000 Workqueue: events_power_efficient gc_worker Call Trace: context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5381 [inline] __schedule+0x1553/0x45a0 kernel/sched/core.c:6700 preempt_schedule_irq+0xbf/0x150 kernel/sched/core.c:7010 irqentry_exit+0x67/0x70 kernel/entry/common.c:438 asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x1a/0x20 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:687 RIP: 0010:seqcount_lockdep_reader_access+0x19a/0x1d0 include/linux/seqlock.h:105 Code: f8 4d 85 e4 75 16 e8 e5 67 ca f8 eb 15 e8 de 67 ca f8 e8 f9 4c c9 01 4d 85 e4 74 ea e8 cf 67 ca f8 fb 48 c7 04 24 0e 36 e0 45 <4b> c7 04 3e 00 00 00 00 43 c7 44 3e 08 00 00 00 00 65 48 8b 04 25 RSP: 0018:ffffc90003ad79a0 EFLAGS: 00000293 RAX: ffffffff88bcb851 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: ffff888024b68000 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000000 RBP: ffffc90003ad7a50 R08: ffffffff911c3597 R09: 1ffffffff22386b2 R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffffbfff22386b3 R12: 0000000000000200 R13: dffffc0000000000 R14: 1ffff9200075af34 R15: dffffc0000000000 nf_conntrack_get_ht include/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack.h:350 [inline] gc_worker+0x317/0x1490 net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c:1504 process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:2653 [inline] process_scheduled_works+0xa5d/0x15d0 kernel/workqueue.c:2730 worker_thread+0xa55/0xfc0 kernel/workqueue.c:2811 kthread+0x2fa/0x390 kernel/kthread.c:388 ret_from_fork+0x48/0x80 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:152 ret_from_fork_asm+0x11/0x20 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:293 rcu: rcu_preempt kthread starved for 5011 jiffies! g158141 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:26440 pid:17 ppid:2 flags:0x00004000 Call Trace: context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5381 [inline] __schedule+0x1553/0x45a0 kernel/sched/core.c:6700 schedule+0xbd/0x170 kernel/sched/core.c:6774 schedule_timeout+0x188/0x2d0 kernel/time/timer.c:2168 rcu_gp_fqs_loop+0x313/0x1590 kernel/rcu/tree.c:1667 rcu_gp_kthread+0x9d/0x3b0 kernel/rcu/tree.c:1866 kthread+0x2fa/0x390 kernel/kthread.c:388 ret_from_fork+0x48/0x80 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:152 ret_from_fork_asm+0x11/0x20 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:293 rcu: Stack dump where RCU GP kthread last ran: CPU: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted syzkaller #0 Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 02/12/2026 RIP: 0010:preempt_count_sub+0x27/0x160 kernel/sched/core.c:5873 Code: 1f 40 00 f3 0f 1e fa 55 53 48 bb 00 00 00 00 00 fc ff df 48 c7 c0 80 a4 2c 97 48 c1 e8 03 0f b6 04 18 84 c0 0f 85 bd 00 00 00 <83> 3d 02 1c d0 15 00 75 25 65 8b 05 41 2d a7 7e 89 c1 81 e1 ff ff RSP: 0018:ffffc900000063b8 EFLAGS: 00000297 RAX: 0000000000000004 RBX: dffffc0000000000 RCX: ffffffff972ca403 RDX: 0000000000000100 RSI: ffffc900000064a0 RDI: 0000000000000001 RBP: ffffc900000064a0 R08: ffffffff8ce93440 R09: 0000000000000003 R10: 0000000000000004 R11: 0000000000000100 R12: ffffc90000006508 R13: dffffc0000000000 R14: ffffc90000006508 R15: ffffc90000006518 FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8880b8e00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 000020000077f030 CR3: 000000002f6ec000 CR4: 00000000003506f0 DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000001800 DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000ffff0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 Call Trace: unwind_next_frame+0x1d07/0x2970 arch/x86/kernel/unwind_orc.c:672 __unwind_start+0x66a/0x7e0 arch/x86/kernel/unwind_orc.c:760 unwind_start arch/x86/include/asm/unwind.h:64 [inline] arch_stack_walk+0xf8/0x190 arch/x86/kernel/stacktrace.c:24 stack_trace_save+0xaa/0x100 kernel/stacktrace.c:122 kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:46 [inline] kasan_set_track+0x4e/0x70 mm/kasan/common.c:53 kasan_save_free_info+0x2e/0x50 mm/kasan/generic.c:522 ____kasan_slab_free+0x126/0x1e0 mm/kasan/common.c:237 kasan_slab_free include/linux/kasan.h:164 [inline] slab_free_hook mm/slub.c:1811 [inline] slab_free_freelist_hook+0x130/0x1a0 mm/slub.c:1837 slab_free mm/slub.c:3830 [inline] kmem_cache_free+0xf8/0x270 mm/slub.c:3852 enqueue_to_backlog+0x1d2/0xe30 net/core/dev.c:4908 netif_rx_internal+0x119/0x4e0 net/core/dev.c:5164 __netif_rx+0x78/0xc0 net/core/dev.c:5184 loopback_xmit+0x41a/0x630 drivers/net/loopback.c:89 __netdev_start_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:4943 [inline] netdev_start_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:4957 [inline] xmit_one net/core/dev.c:3632 [inline] dev_hard_start_xmit+0x246/0x740 net/core/dev.c:3648 sch_direct_xmit+0x25e/0x4c0 net/sched/sch_generic.c:345 qdisc_restart net/sched/sch_generic.c:410 [inline] __qdisc_run+0xa56/0x1500 net/sched/sch_generic.c:418 __dev_xmit_skb net/core/dev.c:3932 [inline] __dev_queue_xmit+0x10ad/0x3660 net/core/dev.c:4404 dev_queue_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:3113 [inline] neigh_hh_output include/net/neighbour.h:527 [inline] neigh_output include/net/neighbour.h:541 [inline] ip_finish_output2+0xcec/0x11e0 net/ipv4/ip_output.c:235 NF_HOOK_COND include/linux/netfilter.h:293 [inline] ip_output+0x2a1/0x3b0 net/ipv4/ip_output.c:436 synproxy_send_client_synack+0x890/0xde0 net/netfilter/nf_synproxy_core.c:484 nft_synproxy_eval_v4+0x34b/0x4e0 net/netfilter/nft_synproxy.c:59 nft_synproxy_do_eval+0x306/0x570 net/netfilter/nft_synproxy.c:141 expr_call_ops_eval net/netfilter/nf_tables_core.c:240 [inline] nft_do_chain+0x44e/0x1600 net/netfilter/nf_tables_core.c:288 nft_do_chain_inet+0x29b/0x380 net/netfilter/nft_chain_filter.c:161 nf_hook_entry_hookfn include/linux/netfilter.h:144 [inline] nf_hook_slow+0xbd/0x200 net/netfilter/core.c:626 nf_hook include/linux/netfilter.h:259 [inline] NF_HOOK+0x21d/0x3b0 include/linux/netfilter.h:302 NF_HOOK+0x32d/0x3b0 include/linux/netfilter.h:304 __netif_receive_skb_one_core net/core/dev.c:5634 [inline] __netif_receive_skb+0xcc/0x290 net/core/dev.c:5748 process_backlog+0x391/0x6f0 net/core/dev.c:6076 __napi_poll+0xc0/0x460 net/core/dev.c:6638 napi_poll net/core/dev.c:6705 [inline] net_rx_action+0x616/0xc40 net/core/dev.c:6841 handle_softirqs+0x280/0x820 kernel/softirq.c:578 __do_softirq kernel/softirq.c:612 [inline] invoke_softirq kernel/softirq.c:452 [inline] __irq_exit_rcu+0xd3/0x190 kernel/softirq.c:661 irq_exit_rcu+0x9/0x20 kernel/softirq.c:673 instr_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1088 [inline] sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0xa4/0xc0 arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1088 asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x1a/0x20 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:687 RIP: 0010:pv_native_safe_halt+0xf/0x10 arch/x86/kernel/paravirt.c:148 Code: 6f 21 02 c3 cc cc cc cc cc cc cc f3 0f 1e fa 0f 0b 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 f3 0f 1e fa 66 90 0f 00 2d 23 39 42 00 fb f4 66 0f 1f 00 55 41 57 41 56 41 54 53 50 8b 2f eb 2e 41 89 de 80 RSP: 0018:ffffffff8ce07d80 EFLAGS: 000002c6 RAX: dfbcf4e672c45900 RBX: ffffffff8162a8c1 RCX: dfbcf4e672c45900 RDX: 0000000000000001 RSI: ffffffff8acac9e0 RDI: ffffffff8b1c89a0 RBP: ffffffff8ce07eb8 R08: ffff8880b8e36b2b R09: 1ffff110171c6d65 R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: ffffed10171c6d66 R12: 1ffffffff19c0fbc R13: dffffc0000000000 R14: 1ffffffff19d2688 R15: 0000000000000000 arch_safe_halt arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt.h:108 [inline] default_idle+0x13/0x20 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:753 default_idle_call+0x6c/0xa0 kernel/sched/idle.c:97 cpuidle_idle_call kernel/sched/idle.c:178 [inline] do_idle+0x221/0x590 kernel/sched/idle.c:302 cpu_startup_entry+0x43/0x60 kernel/sched/idle.c:401 rest_init+0x2e2/0x300 init/main.c:744 arch_call_rest_init+0xe/0x10 init/main.c:841 start_kernel+0x459/0x4e0 init/main.c:1086 x86_64_start_reservations+0x2a/0x30 arch/x86/kernel/head64.c:555 x86_64_start_kernel+0x60/0x60 arch/x86/kernel/head64.c:536 secondary_startup_64_no_verify+0x179/0x17b