[moderation] [kernel?] BUG: soft lockup in __run_timer_base

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HEAD commit: 9cd168a2720b Merge branch 'selftests-bpf-fix-flaky-build_i..
git tree: bpf-next
console output: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/log.txt?x=131a395a580000
kernel config: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/.config?x=665cbf0979cda6c5
dashboard link: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=84c312029a2056dc716b
compiler: Debian clang version 21.1.8 (++20251221033036+2078da43e25a-1~exp1~20251221153213.50), Debian LLD 21.1.8
CC: [linux-...@vger.kernel.org lu...@kernel.org net...@vger.kernel.org pet...@infradead.org tg...@kernel.org]

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watchdog: BUG: soft lockup - CPU#0 stuck for 144s! [syz.5.811:11802]
Modules linked in:
irq event stamp: 17868047
hardirqs last enabled at (17868046): [<ffffffff8bad1f2e>] irqentry_exit+0x59e/0x620 kernel/entry/common.c:242
hardirqs last disabled at (17868047): [<ffffffff8bad093e>] sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0xe/0xc0 arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1056
softirqs last enabled at (17867664): [<ffffffff8187fdef>] __do_softirq kernel/softirq.c:656 [inline]
softirqs last enabled at (17867664): [<ffffffff8187fdef>] invoke_softirq kernel/softirq.c:496 [inline]
softirqs last enabled at (17867664): [<ffffffff8187fdef>] __irq_exit_rcu+0x5f/0x150 kernel/softirq.c:723
softirqs last disabled at (17867667): [<ffffffff8187fdef>] __do_softirq kernel/softirq.c:656 [inline]
softirqs last disabled at (17867667): [<ffffffff8187fdef>] invoke_softirq kernel/softirq.c:496 [inline]
softirqs last disabled at (17867667): [<ffffffff8187fdef>] __irq_exit_rcu+0x5f/0x150 kernel/softirq.c:723
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 11802 Comm: syz.5.811 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full)
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 02/12/2026
RIP: 0010:__raw_spin_unlock_irq include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h:188 [inline]
RIP: 0010:_raw_spin_unlock_irq+0x29/0x50 kernel/locking/spinlock.c:202
Code: 90 f3 0f 1e fa 53 48 89 fb 48 83 c7 18 48 8b 74 24 08 e8 ba fa f1 f5 48 89 df e8 f2 6f f2 f5 e8 7d c0 1d f6 fb bf 01 00 00 00 <e8> 52 36 e4 f5 65 8b 05 1b ef 6b 07 85 c0 74 07 5b e9 01 48 00 00
RSP: 0018:ffffc90000007d90 EFLAGS: 00000216
RAX: 000000000110a500 RBX: ffff8880b8626100 RCX: 0000000000000102
RDX: 0000000000000003 RSI: ffffffff8def196a RDI: 0000000000000001
RBP: ffffc90000007f08 R08: ffffffff901172b7 R09: 1ffffffff2022e56
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffffbfff2022e57 R12: ffff8880b8626100
R13: 1ffff92000000fcc R14: ffff888057c4fc10 R15: ffffc90000007e60
FS: 00007fd1bb4fc6c0(0000) GS:ffff888125466000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007fb1cae02cdb CR3: 000000005a2f8000 CR4: 00000000003526f0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000ffff0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000600
Call Trace:
<IRQ>
expire_timers kernel/time/timer.c:1798 [inline]
__run_timers kernel/time/timer.c:2373 [inline]
__run_timer_base+0x642/0x8b0 kernel/time/timer.c:2385
run_timer_base kernel/time/timer.c:2394 [inline]
run_timer_softirq+0xb7/0x170 kernel/time/timer.c:2404
handle_softirqs+0x22a/0x870 kernel/softirq.c:622
__do_softirq kernel/softirq.c:656 [inline]
invoke_softirq kernel/softirq.c:496 [inline]
__irq_exit_rcu+0x5f/0x150 kernel/softirq.c:723
irq_exit_rcu+0x9/0x30 kernel/softirq.c:739
instr_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1056 [inline]
sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0xa6/0xc0 arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1056
</IRQ>
<TASK>
asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x1a/0x20 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:697
RIP: 0010:__schedule+0x0/0x5340 kernel/sched/core.c:6762
Code: 81 f6 45 89 f8 89 d9 48 8b 5c 24 08 e9 ee fe ff ff cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 <f3> 0f 1e fa 55 48 89 e5 41 57 41 56 41 55 41 54 53 48 83 e4 e0 48
RSP: 0018:ffffc900043d7128 EFLAGS: 00000206
RAX: 00000000009c8b77 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 0000000000000001
RDX: 0000000000000007 RSI: ffffffff8def196a RDI: 0000000000000001
RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: ffffffff901172b7 R09: 1ffffffff2022e56
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffffbfff2022e57 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 0000000000000000 R14: dffffc0000000000 R15: 0000000000000000
preempt_schedule_irq+0x4d/0xa0 kernel/sched/core.c:7234
irqentry_exit+0x599/0x620 kernel/entry/common.c:239
asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x1a/0x20 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:697
RIP: 0010:__raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h:179 [inline]
RIP: 0010:_raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x6f/0x80 kernel/locking/spinlock.c:194
Code: 00 00 e8 c4 36 e4 f5 65 8b 05 8d ef 6b 07 85 c0 74 18 5b 41 5e c3 cc cc cc cc cc e8 db 61 fd ff f7 c3 00 02 00 00 75 d4 eb d3 <e8> 2c fd 83 f5 eb e1 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 90 90 90 90 90
RSP: 0018:ffffc900043d7250 EFLAGS: 00000246
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000000000286 RCX: 0000000000000000
RDX: 0000000000000007 RSI: ffffffff8def196a RDI: 00000000ffffffff
RBP: dffffc0000000000 R08: ffffffff901172b7 R09: 1ffffffff2022e56
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffffbfff2022e57 R12: 1ffff1100d886be8
R13: ffffc900043d0000 R14: ffffffff8e766640 R15: dffffc0000000000
__rcu_read_unlock+0x83/0xe0 kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h:438
rcu_read_unlock include/linux/rcupdate.h:883 [inline]
class_rcu_destructor include/linux/rcupdate.h:1193 [inline]
unwind_next_frame+0x1aaf/0x23c0 arch/x86/kernel/unwind_orc.c:695
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:1433 [inline]
__free_frozen_pages+0xc2b/0xdb0 mm/page_alloc.c:2978
__slab_free+0x263/0x2b0 mm/slub.c:5532
qlink_free mm/kasan/quarantine.c:163 [inline]
qlist_free_all+0x97/0x100 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:4501 [inline]
slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:4830 [inline]
__do_kmalloc_node mm/slub.c:5218 [inline]
__kmalloc_noprof+0x316/0x760 mm/slub.c:5231
kmalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:966 [inline]
kmalloc_array_noprof include/linux/slab.h:1113 [inline]
security_inode_init_security+0x102/0x3d0 security/security.c:1321
shmem_mknod+0x1fe/0x360 mm/shmem.c:3892
lookup_open fs/namei.c:4483 [inline]
open_last_lookups fs/namei.c:4583 [inline]
path_openat+0x1395/0x3860 fs/namei.c:4827
do_file_open+0x23e/0x4a0 fs/namei.c:4859
do_sys_openat2+0x113/0x200 fs/open.c:1366
do_sys_open fs/open.c:1372 [inline]
__do_sys_openat fs/open.c:1388 [inline]
__se_sys_openat fs/open.c:1383 [inline]
__x64_sys_openat+0x138/0x170 fs/open.c:1383
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0x14d/0xf80 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x7fd1ba59c629
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:00007fd1bb4fc028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000101
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007fd1ba815fa0 RCX: 00007fd1ba59c629
RDX: 00000000000026e1 RSI: 0000200000000080 RDI: ffffffffffffff9c
RBP: 00007fd1ba632b39 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007fd1ba816038 R14: 00007fd1ba815fa0 R15: 00007ffdab0e6408
</TASK>
Sending NMI from CPU 0 to CPUs 1:
NMI backtrace for cpu 1
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 1155 Comm: kworker/u8:8 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full)
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 02/12/2026
Workqueue: events_unbound toggle_allocation_gate
RIP: 0010:csd_lock_wait kernel/smp.c:342 [inline]
RIP: 0010:smp_call_function_many_cond+0xce5/0x12c0 kernel/smp.c:877
Code: 45 8b 2c 24 44 89 ee 83 e6 01 31 ff e8 24 e3 0b 00 41 83 e5 01 49 bd 00 00 00 00 00 fc ff df 75 07 e8 cf de 0b 00 eb 38 f3 90 <42> 0f b6 04 2b 84 c0 75 11 41 f7 04 24 01 00 00 00 74 1e e8 b3 de
RSP: 0018:ffffc90004d5f720 EFLAGS: 00000293
RAX: ffffffff81b9addd RBX: 1ffff110170c8515 RCX: ffff888028a95ac0
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000001 RDI: 0000000000000000
RBP: ffffc90004d5f860 R08: ffffffff901172b7 R09: 1ffffffff2022e56
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffffbfff2022e57 R12: ffff8880b86428a8
R13: dffffc0000000000 R14: ffff8880b873bf80 R15: 0000000000000000
FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff888125566000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007eff48416038 CR3: 000000000e54c000 CR4: 00000000003526f0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000ffff0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000600
Call Trace:
<TASK>
on_each_cpu_cond_mask+0x3f/0x80 kernel/smp.c:1043
on_each_cpu include/linux/smp.h:72 [inline]
smp_text_poke_sync_each_cpu arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c:2746 [inline]
smp_text_poke_batch_finish+0x5f5/0x1160 arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c:2956
arch_jump_label_transform_apply+0x1c/0x30 arch/x86/kernel/jump_label.c:146
static_key_enable_cpuslocked+0x128/0x240 kernel/jump_label.c:210
static_key_enable+0x1a/0x20 kernel/jump_label.c:223
toggle_allocation_gate+0xab/0x290 mm/kfence/core.c:899
process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3275 [inline]
process_scheduled_works+0xb02/0x1830 kernel/workqueue.c:3358
worker_thread+0xa50/0xfc0 kernel/workqueue.c:3439
kthread+0x388/0x470 kernel/kthread.c:467
ret_from_fork+0x51e/0xb90 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158
ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245
</TASK>


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