KCSAN: data-race in ring_buffer_unlock_commit / ring_buffer_unlock_commit

Status: upstream: reported on 2026/08/04 02:50
Subsystems: trace
Labels: race:harmful prio:low
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Reported-by: syzbot+0168fe25f9e5d46bd5fe@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 5d07h, last: 16h11m
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ID Workflow Result Correct Bug Created Started Finished Revision
a5347919 assessment-security DenialOfService: ❌ Exploitable: ❌ FilesystemTrigger: ❌ NetworkTrigger: ❌ PeripheralTrigger: ❌ RemoteTrigger: ❌ Unprivileged: ✅ UserNamespace: ✅ VMGuestTrigger: ❌ VMHostTrigger: ❌ KCSAN: data-race in ring_buffer_unlock_commit / ring_buffer_unlock_commit 2026/08/09 06:17 2026/08/09 06:17 2026/08/09 06:49 5d63f80b
ceb74444 assessment-kcsan Benign: ❌ KCSAN: data-race in ring_buffer_unlock_commit / ring_buffer_unlock_commit 2026/08/04 02:19 2026/08/04 02:19 2026/08/04 02:49 cb1adeae
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[syzbot] [trace?] KCSAN: data-race in ring_buffer_unlock_commit / ring_buffer_unlock_commit 1 (2) 2026/08/06 01:43

Sample crash report:
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BUG: KCSAN: data-race in ring_buffer_unlock_commit / ring_buffer_unlock_commit

write to 0xffff888100074cb4 of 1 bytes by task 19948 on cpu 1:
 rb_wakeups kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c:4295 [inline]
 ring_buffer_unlock_commit+0x6a/0x440 kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c:4495
 __buffer_unlock_commit kernel/trace/trace.h:1697 [inline]
 trace_buffer_unlock_commit_regs+0x43/0x310 kernel/trace/trace.c:2049
 trace_event_buffer_commit+0x149/0x590 kernel/trace/trace.c:2024
 do_trace_event_raw_event_hrtimer_setup include/trace/events/timer.h:193 [inline]
 trace_event_raw_event_hrtimer_setup+0xc9/0x170 include/trace/events/timer.h:193
 __do_trace_hrtimer_setup include/trace/events/timer.h:193 [inline]
 trace_hrtimer_setup include/trace/events/timer.h:193 [inline]
 debug_setup_on_stack kernel/time/hrtimer.c:523 [inline]
 hrtimer_setup_sleeper_on_stack+0xd1/0xf0 kernel/time/hrtimer.c:2366
 schedule_hrtimeout_range_clock+0x71/0x1a0 kernel/time/sleep_timeout.c:211
 schedule_hrtimeout_range+0x28/0x40 kernel/time/sleep_timeout.c:263
 poll_schedule_timeout fs/select.c:241 [inline]
 do_select+0xed3/0xfa0 fs/select.c:603
 core_sys_select+0x453/0x730 fs/select.c:677
 do_pselect fs/select.c:770 [inline]
 __do_sys_pselect6 fs/select.c:809 [inline]
 __se_sys_pselect6+0x23f/0x2a0 fs/select.c:800
 __x64_sys_pselect6+0x78/0x90 fs/select.c:800
 x64_sys_call+0x8d5/0x3020 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:271
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x136/0x3c0 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

read to 0xffff888100074cb4 of 1 bytes by task 3286 on cpu 0:
 rb_wakeups kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c:4294 [inline]
 ring_buffer_unlock_commit+0x54/0x440 kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c:4495
 __buffer_unlock_commit kernel/trace/trace.h:1697 [inline]
 trace_buffer_unlock_commit_regs+0x43/0x310 kernel/trace/trace.c:2049
 trace_event_buffer_commit+0x149/0x590 kernel/trace/trace.c:2024
 do_trace_event_raw_event_memcg_rstat_events include/trace/events/memcg.h:48 [inline]
 trace_event_raw_event_memcg_rstat_events+0xd1/0x130 include/trace/events/memcg.h:48
 __do_trace_count_memcg_events include/trace/events/memcg.h:70 [inline]
 trace_count_memcg_events include/trace/events/memcg.h:70 [inline]
 count_memcg_events+0x1f8/0x210 mm/memcontrol.c:1044
 memcg1_uncharge_batch+0x25/0x130 mm/memcontrol-v1.c:734
 uncharge_batch+0xd9/0x1d0 mm/memcontrol.c:5244
 __mem_cgroup_uncharge_folios+0x86/0xb0 mm/memcontrol.c:5319
 mem_cgroup_uncharge_folios include/linux/memcontrol.h:685 [inline]
 folios_put_refs+0x29d/0x300 mm/swap.c:1056
 free_pages_and_swap_cache+0x36e/0x3b0 mm/swap_state.c:589
 __tlb_batch_free_encoded_pages mm/mmu_gather.c:138 [inline]
 tlb_batch_pages_flush mm/mmu_gather.c:151 [inline]
 tlb_flush_mmu_free mm/mmu_gather.c:417 [inline]
 tlb_flush_mmu+0x552/0x6d0 mm/mmu_gather.c:424
 tlb_finish_mmu+0x8d/0x110 mm/mmu_gather.c:549
 unmap_region+0x181/0x1b0 mm/vma.c:491
 vms_clear_ptes mm/vma.c:1303 [inline]
 vms_complete_munmap_vmas+0x2af/0x5b0 mm/vma.c:1345
 do_vmi_align_munmap+0x3c3/0x400 mm/vma.c:1604
 do_vmi_munmap+0x1da/0x220 mm/vma.c:1652
 __vm_munmap+0x192/0x270 mm/vma.c:3288
 __do_sys_munmap mm/mmap.c:1079 [inline]
 __se_sys_munmap mm/mmap.c:1076 [inline]
 __x64_sys_munmap+0x36/0x50 mm/mmap.c:1076
 x64_sys_call+0x9c0/0x3020 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:12
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x136/0x3c0 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

value changed: 0x01 -> 0x00

Reported by Kernel Concurrency Sanitizer on:
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 3286 Comm: udevd Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(lazy) 
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/24/2026
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Crashes (3):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/08/08 18:06 upstream a7c7074b58d2 5d63f80b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in ring_buffer_unlock_commit / ring_buffer_unlock_commit
2026/08/07 22:07 upstream f9a2394a2348 e4ef95d6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in ring_buffer_unlock_commit / ring_buffer_unlock_commit
2026/08/04 02:19 upstream 848acc8ffe1b 9451e17e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in ring_buffer_unlock_commit / ring_buffer_unlock_commit
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.