Hello,
syzbot found the following issue on:
HEAD commit: 7b232985052f Linux 5.15.199
git tree: linux-5.15.y
console output:
https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/log.txt?x=10ee678a580000
kernel config:
https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/.config?x=353ae28c40b35af5
dashboard link:
https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=5ba61b2fe62d7a25a361
compiler: Debian clang version 21.1.8 (++20251221033036+2078da43e25a-1~exp1~20251221153213.50), Debian LLD 21.1.8
Unfortunately, I don't have any reproducer for this issue yet.
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disk image:
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vmlinux:
https://storage.googleapis.com/syzbot-assets/23aac02682eb/vmlinux-7b232985.xz
kernel image:
https://storage.googleapis.com/syzbot-assets/9530bb775138/bzImage-7b232985.xz
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Reported-by:
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rcu: INFO: rcu_preempt detected stalls on CPUs/tasks:
rcu: 0-....: (1 GPs behind) idle=8bf/1/0x4000000000000000 softirq=9386/9387 fqs=2100
(detected by 1, t=10505 jiffies, g=10457, q=1253)
Sending NMI from CPU 1 to CPUs 0:
NMI backtrace for cpu 0
CPU: 0 PID: 5514 Comm: syz.4.333 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 01/24/2026
RIP: 0010:check_kcov_mode kernel/kcov.c:172 [inline]
RIP: 0010:__sanitizer_cov_trace_pc+0x2a/0x60 kernel/kcov.c:206
Code: 48 8b 04 24 65 48 8b 0d e4 4e 89 7e 65 8b 15 e5 4e 89 7e 81 e2 00 01 ff 00 74 11 81 fa 00 01 00 00 75 35 83 b9 34 16 00 00 00 <74> 2c 8b 91 10 16 00 00 83 fa 02 75 21 48 8b 91 18 16 00 00 48 8b
RSP: 0018:ffffc90000007290 EFLAGS: 00000046
RAX: ffffffff810110ad RBX: ffff8880b90351c8 RCX: ffff888028b3bb80
RDX: 0000000000000100 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000000
RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: ffffc90000007437 R09: ffffc90000007400
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffff52000000e87 R12: dffffc0000000000
R13: ffffc90000007466 R14: ffffffff8c125da0 R15: dffffc0000000000
FS: 00007febea8296c0(0000) GS:ffff8880b9000000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00002000000054c0 CR3: 000000005d889000 CR4: 00000000003506f0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000ffff0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000600
Call Trace:
<IRQ>
perf_misc_flags+0x10d/0x1b0 arch/x86/events/core.c:2964
perf_prepare_sample+0x132/0x1cd0 kernel/events/core.c:7622
__perf_event_output kernel/events/core.c:7802 [inline]
perf_event_output_forward+0x185/0x2e0 kernel/events/core.c:7822
__perf_event_overflow+0x364/0x530 kernel/events/core.c:9515
perf_tp_event+0x383/0xbf0 kernel/events/core.c:10047
perf_trace_run_bpf_submit+0xf3/0x1c0 kernel/events/core.c:10021
perf_trace_preemptirq_template+0x2aa/0x360 include/trace/events/preemptirq.h:14
trace_irq_enable_rcuidle+0x108/0x180 include/trace/events/preemptirq.h:40
trace_hardirqs_on+0x57/0x80 kernel/trace/trace_preemptirq.c:44
asm_sysvec_irq_work+0x16/0x20 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:713
RIP: 0010:rcu_read_unlock_special+0x7f/0x4a0 kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h:674
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 e2 f0 9c 7e 41 f7 c6 00 00 f0 00 74 40 <48> c7 44 24 20 0e 36 e0 45 4a c7 04 2b 00 00 00 00 42 c7 44 2b 08
RSP: 0018:ffffc900000079e0 EFLAGS: 00000206
RAX: fbf8be6fe5dc8200 RBX: 1ffff92000000f40 RCX: fbf8be6fe5dc8200
RDX: dffffc0000000000 RSI: ffffffff8a2b2780 RDI: ffffffff8a79f740
RBP: ffffc90000007ac0 R08: ffffffff901d21bf R09: 1ffffffff203a437
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffffbfff203a438 R12: ffffffff8c322f00
R13: dffffc0000000000 R14: 0000000000000246 R15: 0000000000000001
__rcu_read_unlock+0x78/0xd0 kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h:422
rcu_read_unlock include/linux/rcupdate.h:772 [inline]
hsr_announce+0x29a/0x310 net/hsr/hsr_device.c:410
call_timer_fn+0x17b/0x540 kernel/time/timer.c:1451
expire_timers kernel/time/timer.c:1496 [inline]
__run_timers+0x53a/0x7f0 kernel/time/timer.c:1767
run_timer_softirq+0x63/0xf0 kernel/time/timer.c:1780
handle_softirqs+0x339/0x830 kernel/softirq.c:576
__do_softirq kernel/softirq.c:610 [inline]
invoke_softirq kernel/softirq.c:450 [inline]
__irq_exit_rcu+0x13b/0x230 kernel/softirq.c:659
irq_exit_rcu+0x5/0x20 kernel/softirq.c:671
instr_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1108 [inline]
sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0xa0/0xc0 arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1108
</IRQ>
<TASK>
asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x16/0x20 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:676
RIP: 0010:console_unlock+0xcad/0x1120 kernel/printk/printk.c:2749
Code: 75 11 e8 c6 d8 18 00 4d 85 ff 75 16 e8 bc d8 18 00 eb 15 e8 b5 d8 18 00 e8 b0 d0 5b 08 4d 85 ff 74 ea e8 a6 d8 18 00 fb 31 ff <89> de e8 fc db 18 00 85 db 0f 94 c0 22 44 24 17 3c 01 75 1f e8 8a
RSP: 0018:ffffc900033feb40 EFLAGS: 00000246
RAX: ffffffff8160482a RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 0000000000080000
RDX: ffffc9000f28b000 RSI: 0000000000003e8c RDI: 0000000000000000
RBP: ffffc900033fedb0 R08: ffffffff901d20c7 R09: 1ffffffff203a418
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffffbfff203a419 R12: 1ffffffff198d6ad
R13: 0000000000000056 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000200
vprintk_emit+0xc0/0x150 kernel/printk/printk.c:2274
_printk+0xda/0x130 kernel/printk/printk.c:2299
validate_nla lib/nlattr.c:379 [inline]
__nla_validate_parse+0x1746/0x2780 lib/nlattr.c:591
__nla_parse+0x3c/0x50 lib/nlattr.c:688
__nlmsg_parse include/net/netlink.h:733 [inline]
nlmsg_parse_deprecated include/net/netlink.h:772 [inline]
rtnl_dellink+0x221/0x7b0 net/core/rtnetlink.c:3131
rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x844/0xf30 net/core/rtnetlink.c:5684
netlink_rcv_skb+0x1f5/0x440 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2507
netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1318 [inline]
netlink_unicast+0x774/0x920 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1344
netlink_sendmsg+0x8ba/0xbe0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1918
sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:706 [inline]
__sock_sendmsg net/socket.c:718 [inline]
____sys_sendmsg+0x5b7/0x8f0 net/socket.c:2445
___sys_sendmsg+0x236/0x2e0 net/socket.c:2499
__sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2528 [inline]
__do_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2537 [inline]
__se_sys_sendmsg+0x1af/0x290 net/socket.c:2535
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0x4c/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x66/0xd0
RIP: 0033:0x7febec5cdeb9
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:00007febea829028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000002e
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007febec848fa0 RCX: 00007febec5cdeb9
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000200000000600 RDI: 000000000000000a
RBP: 00007febec63bc1f R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007febec849038 R14: 00007febec848fa0 R15: 00007ffcafa50498
</TASK>
NMI backtrace for cpu 0
CPU: 0 PID: 5514 Comm: syz.4.333 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 01/24/2026
RIP: 0010:arch_static_branch arch/x86/include/asm/jump_label.h:27 [inline]
RIP: 0010:static_key_false include/linux/jump_label.h:212 [inline]
RIP: 0010:native_write_msr arch/x86/include/asm/msr.h:156 [inline]
RIP: 0010:wrmsr arch/x86/include/asm/msr.h:263 [inline]
RIP: 0010:native_apic_msr_write+0x35/0x50 arch/x86/include/asm/apic.h:208
Code: 74 2a 83 ff 30 74 25 eb 10 81 ff d0 00 00 00 74 1b 81 ff e0 00 00 00 74 13 c1 ef 04 81 c7 00 08 00 00 89 f9 89 f0 31 d2 0f 30 <66> 90 c3 89 f6 31 d2 e9 ef 43 d0 02 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00
RSP: 0018:ffffc90000007248 EFLAGS: 00000046
RAX: 00000000000000f6 RBX: ffffffff8be30a20 RCX: 000000000000083f
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 00000000000000f6 RDI: 000000000000083f
RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: ffff8880b9033d77 R09: 1ffff110172067ae
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: ffffed10172067af R12: 0000000000000000
R13: dffffc0000000001 R14: dffffc0000000000 R15: 0000000000000000
FS: 00007febea8296c0(0000) GS:ffff8880b9000000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00002000000054c0 CR3: 000000005d889000 CR4: 00000000003506f0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000ffff0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000600
Call Trace:
<IRQ>
arch_irq_work_raise+0x82/0xd0 arch/x86/kernel/irq_work.c:31
irq_work_queue_on+0x11e/0x220 kernel/irq_work.c:109
rcu_read_unlock_special+0x37b/0x4a0 kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h:667
__rcu_read_unlock+0x78/0xd0 kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h:422
rcu_read_unlock include/linux/rcupdate.h:772 [inline]
__perf_event_output kernel/events/core.c:7813 [inline]
perf_event_output_forward+0x255/0x2e0 kernel/events/core.c:7822
__perf_event_overflow+0x364/0x530 kernel/events/core.c:9515
perf_tp_event+0x383/0xbf0 kernel/events/core.c:10047
perf_trace_run_bpf_submit+0xf3/0x1c0 kernel/events/core.c:10021
perf_trace_preemptirq_template+0x2aa/0x360 include/trace/events/preemptirq.h:14
trace_irq_enable_rcuidle+0x108/0x180 include/trace/events/preemptirq.h:40
trace_hardirqs_on+0x57/0x80 kernel/trace/trace_preemptirq.c:44
asm_sysvec_irq_work+0x16/0x20 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:713
RIP: 0010:rcu_read_unlock_special+0x7f/0x4a0 kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h:674
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 e2 f0 9c 7e 41 f7 c6 00 00 f0 00 74 40 <48> c7 44 24 20 0e 36 e0 45 4a c7 04 2b 00 00 00 00 42 c7 44 2b 08
RSP: 0018:ffffc900000079e0 EFLAGS: 00000206
RAX: fbf8be6fe5dc8200 RBX: 1ffff92000000f40 RCX: fbf8be6fe5dc8200
RDX: dffffc0000000000 RSI: ffffffff8a2b2780 RDI: ffffffff8a79f740
RBP: ffffc90000007ac0 R08: ffffffff901d21bf R09: 1ffffffff203a437
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffffbfff203a438 R12: ffffffff8c322f00
R13: dffffc0000000000 R14: 0000000000000246 R15: 0000000000000001
__rcu_read_unlock+0x78/0xd0 kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h:422
rcu_read_unlock include/linux/rcupdate.h:772 [inline]
hsr_announce+0x29a/0x310 net/hsr/hsr_device.c:410
call_timer_fn+0x17b/0x540 kernel/time/timer.c:1451
expire_timers kernel/time/timer.c:1496 [inline]
__run_timers+0x53a/0x7f0 kernel/time/timer.c:1767
run_timer_softirq+0x63/0xf0 kernel/time/timer.c:1780
handle_softirqs+0x339/0x830 kernel/softirq.c:576
__do_softirq kernel/softirq.c:610 [inline]
invoke_softirq kernel/softirq.c:450 [inline]
__irq_exit_rcu+0x13b/0x230 kernel/softirq.c:659
irq_exit_rcu+0x5/0x20 kernel/softirq.c:671
instr_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1108 [inline]
sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0xa0/0xc0 arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1108
</IRQ>
<TASK>
asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x16/0x20 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:676
RIP: 0010:console_unlock+0xcad/0x1120 kernel/printk/printk.c:2749
Code: 75 11 e8 c6 d8 18 00 4d 85 ff 75 16 e8 bc d8 18 00 eb 15 e8 b5 d8 18 00 e8 b0 d0 5b 08 4d 85 ff 74 ea e8 a6 d8 18 00 fb 31 ff <89> de e8 fc db 18 00 85 db 0f 94 c0 22 44 24 17 3c 01 75 1f e8 8a
RSP: 0018:ffffc900033feb40 EFLAGS: 00000246
RAX: ffffffff8160482a RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 0000000000080000
RDX: ffffc9000f28b000 RSI: 0000000000003e8c RDI: 0000000000000000
RBP: ffffc900033fedb0 R08: ffffffff901d20c7 R09: 1ffffffff203a418
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffffbfff203a419 R12: 1ffffffff198d6ad
R13: 0000000000000056 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000200
vprintk_emit+0xc0/0x150 kernel/printk/printk.c:2274
_printk+0xda/0x130 kernel/printk/printk.c:2299
validate_nla lib/nlattr.c:379 [inline]
__nla_validate_parse+0x1746/0x2780 lib/nlattr.c:591
__nla_parse+0x3c/0x50 lib/nlattr.c:688
__nlmsg_parse include/net/netlink.h:733 [inline]
nlmsg_parse_deprecated include/net/netlink.h:772 [inline]
rtnl_dellink+0x221/0x7b0 net/core/rtnetlink.c:3131
rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x844/0xf30 net/core/rtnetlink.c:5684
netlink_rcv_skb+0x1f5/0x440 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2507
netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1318 [inline]
netlink_unicast+0x774/0x920 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1344
netlink_sendmsg+0x8ba/0xbe0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1918
sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:706 [inline]
__sock_sendmsg net/socket.c:718 [inline]
____sys_sendmsg+0x5b7/0x8f0 net/socket.c:2445
___sys_sendmsg+0x236/0x2e0 net/socket.c:2499
__sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2528 [inline]
__do_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2537 [inline]
__se_sys_sendmsg+0x1af/0x290 net/socket.c:2535
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0x4c/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x66/0xd0
RIP: 0033:0x7febec5cdeb9
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:00007febea829028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000002e
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007febec848fa0 RCX: 00007febec5cdeb9
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000200000000600 RDI: 000000000000000a
RBP: 00007febec63bc1f R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007febec849038 R14: 00007febec848fa0 R15: 00007ffcafa50498