[syzbot] [cgroups?] [mm?] INFO: rcu detected stall in clone3 (6)
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Date: Wed May 27 2026 - 21:13:30 EST
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HEAD commit: e8c2f9fdadee Merge tag 'for-7.1/hpfs-fixes' of git://git.k..
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kernel config: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/.config?x=8d24a1331e060dda
dashboard link: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=774c2dfaebdf78f984c5
compiler: Debian clang version 21.1.8 (++20251221033036+2078da43e25a-1~exp1~20251221153213.50), Debian LLD 21.1.8
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rcu: INFO: rcu_preempt detected stalls on CPUs/tasks:
rcu: Tasks blocked on level-0 rcu_node (CPUs 0-1): P17948/1:b..l
rcu: (detected by 0, t=10503 jiffies, g=351569, q=826004 ncpus=2)
task:syz.4.14533 state:R running task stack:25592 pid:17948 tgid:17948 ppid:10462 task_flags:0x400040 flags:0x00080002
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/0x760 kernel/entry/common.c:164
asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x1a/0x20 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:697
RIP: 0010:__rcu_read_unlock+0x0/0xe0 kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h:431
Code: d9 80 e1 07 80 c1 03 38 c1 7c dc 48 89 df e8 07 77 85 00 eb d2 0f 1f 44 00 00 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 <f3> 0f 1e fa 41 57 41 56 41 55 41 54 53 49 bf 00 00 00 00 00 fc ff
RSP: 0018:ffffc9000596f390 EFLAGS: 00000286
RAX: c3ba2f73bc45e400 RBX: 00007f67769da601 RCX: 0000000000000046
RDX: 0000000000000001 RSI: ffffffff8e220c4d RDI: ffffffff8c28b860
RBP: dffffc0000000000 R08: 0000000000000022 R09: ffffffff8e95cce0
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: ffffffff81b0e040 R12: 00007fff7b795798
R13: ffffc90005968000 R14: ffffc9000596f468 R15: ffffffff8176e256
rcu_read_unlock include/linux/rcupdate.h:871 [inline]
class_rcu_destructor include/linux/rcupdate.h:1181 [inline]
unwind_next_frame+0x1bbf/0x2550 arch/x86/kernel/unwind_orc.c:709
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:1402 [inline]
__free_frozen_pages+0xbc7/0xd30 mm/page_alloc.c:2943
__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_node_noprof+0x384/0x690 mm/slub.c:4951
alloc_task_struct_node kernel/fork.c:187 [inline]
dup_task_struct+0x52/0x840 kernel/fork.c:918
copy_process+0x89b/0x4440 kernel/fork.c:2090
kernel_clone+0x284/0x8f0 kernel/fork.c:2721
__do_sys_clone3 kernel/fork.c:3025 [inline]
__se_sys_clone3+0x33c/0x360 kernel/fork.c:3004
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0x15f/0x560 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x7f6775b9dc49
RSP: 002b:00007fff7b795798 EFLAGS: 00000202 ORIG_RAX: 00000000000001b3
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f6775b591e0 RCX: 00007f6775b9dc49
RDX: 00007f6775b591e0 RSI: 0000000000000058 RDI: 00007fff7b7957f0
RBP: 00007f67769da6c0 R08: 00007f67769da6c0 R09: 00007fff7b7958d7
R10: 0000000000000008 R11: 0000000000000202 R12: ffffffffffffffe8
R13: 000000000000006e R14: 00007fff7b7957f0 R15: 00007fff7b7958d8
</TASK>
rcu: rcu_preempt kthread starved for 332 jiffies! g351569 f0x2 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: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:
Sending NMI from CPU 0 to CPUs 1:
NMI backtrace for cpu 1
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 9543 Comm: kworker/u8:15 Tainted: G L syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full)
Tainted: [L]=SOFTLOCKUP
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 04/18/2026
Workqueue: wg-kex-wg1 wg_packet_handshake_send_worker
RIP: 0010:on_stack arch/x86/include/asm/stacktrace.h:58 [inline]
RIP: 0010:stack_access_ok arch/x86/kernel/unwind_orc.c:409 [inline]
RIP: 0010:deref_stack_reg arch/x86/kernel/unwind_orc.c:419 [inline]
RIP: 0010:unwind_next_frame+0xdd5/0x2550 arch/x86/kernel/unwind_orc.c:614
Code: 61 0b ba 00 48 89 5c 24 60 4c 89 64 24 18 49 8d 5c 24 f8 4d 8b 66 10 48 b8 00 00 00 00 00 fc ff df 48 8b 4c 24 20 0f b6 04 01 <84> c0 0f 85 2c 12 00 00 41 83 3e 00 0f 95 c0 49 39 df 0f 96 c1 20
RSP: 0018:ffffc90000a075f8 EFLAGS: 00000246
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffffc90000a07c28 RCX: 1ffff92000140ed9
RDX: ffffffff914bec6a RSI: 0000000000000002 RDI: ffffffff8c28b800
RBP: 1ffff92000140eda R08: 000000000000000b R09: ffffffff8e95cce0
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: ffffffff81b0e040 R12: ffffc90000a09000
R13: 1ffff92000140edb R14: ffffc90000a076c8 R15: ffffc90000a01000
FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff888125387000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007f0dcae0021c CR3: 0000000090206000 CR4: 0000000000350ef0
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
kfree_skb_reason include/linux/skbuff.h:1322 [inline]
enqueue_to_backlog+0x69b/0xee0 net/core/dev.c:5421
netif_rx_internal+0x120/0x560 net/core/dev.c:5719
__netif_rx+0x78/0xc0 net/core/dev.c:5739
loopback_xmit+0x43a/0x660 drivers/net/loopback.c:90
__netdev_start_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:5368 [inline]
netdev_start_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:5377 [inline]
xmit_one net/core/dev.c:3888 [inline]
dev_hard_start_xmit+0x2cd/0x830 net/core/dev.c:3904
sch_direct_xmit+0x251/0x4c0 net/sched/sch_generic.c:372
qdisc_restart net/sched/sch_generic.c:437 [inline]
__qdisc_run+0xa83/0x1560 net/sched/sch_generic.c:445
qdisc_run include/net/pkt_sched.h:120 [inline]
__dev_xmit_skb net/core/dev.c:4292 [inline]
__dev_queue_xmit+0x1d26/0x3950 net/core/dev.c:4831
dev_queue_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:3418 [inline]
neigh_hh_output include/net/neighbour.h:544 [inline]
neigh_output include/net/neighbour.h:558 [inline]
ip_finish_output2+0xc68/0x1070 net/ipv4/ip_output.c:237
NF_HOOK_COND include/linux/netfilter.h:307 [inline]
ip_output+0x29f/0x450 net/ipv4/ip_output.c:438
synproxy_send_client_synack+0x8c1/0xe30 net/netfilter/nf_synproxy_core.c:485
nft_synproxy_eval_v4+0x34a/0x4e0 net/netfilter/nft_synproxy.c:60
nft_synproxy_do_eval+0x305/0x580 net/netfilter/nft_synproxy.c:142
expr_call_ops_eval net/netfilter/nf_tables_core.c:237 [inline]
nft_do_chain+0x48d/0x1ae0 net/netfilter/nf_tables_core.c:285
nft_do_chain_inet+0x360/0x4b0 net/netfilter/nft_chain_filter.c:162
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+0x21f/0x3c0 include/linux/netfilter.h:316
NF_HOOK+0x336/0x3c0 include/linux/netfilter.h:318
__netif_receive_skb_one_core net/core/dev.c:6202 [inline]
__netif_receive_skb net/core/dev.c:6315 [inline]
process_backlog+0xaa3/0x1950 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+0x76/0xd0 kernel/softirq.c:523
</IRQ>
<TASK>
__local_bh_enable_ip+0xf8/0x130 kernel/softirq.c:450
blake2s_compress+0xf9/0x1eb0 lib/crypto/x86/blake2s.h:42
blake2s_update+0x14b/0x450 lib/crypto/blake2s.c:119
hmac+0x2d3/0x3b0 drivers/net/wireguard/noise.c:332
kdf drivers/net/wireguard/noise.c:367 [inline]
message_ephemeral+0x255/0x310 drivers/net/wireguard/noise.c:493
wg_noise_handshake_create_initiation+0x257/0x830 drivers/net/wireguard/noise.c:545
wg_packet_send_handshake_initiation drivers/net/wireguard/send.c:34 [inline]
wg_packet_handshake_send_worker+0x18d/0x350 drivers/net/wireguard/send.c:51
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>
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