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KCSAN: data-race in data_push_tail / number (6)

Status: moderation: reported on 2026/03/05 04:55
Subsystems: audit
Labels: prio:low
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Reported-by: syzbot+1d075e8baf3ef5de6b31@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 91d, last: 2d10h
✨ AI Jobs (2)
ID Workflow Result Correct Bug Created Started Finished Revision Error
cb33d319-22ca-48ca-84a9-214a559ae5a6 assessment-security DenialOfService: ❌ Exploitable: ❌ FilesystemTrigger: ❌ NetworkTrigger: ❌ PeripheralTrigger: ❌ RemoteTrigger: ❌ Unprivileged: ❌ UserNamespace: ❌ VMGuestTrigger: ❌ VMHostTrigger: ❌ KCSAN: data-race in data_push_tail / number (6) 2026/05/23 12:23 2026/05/23 12:23 2026/05/23 13:03 c69befb30ac10e158cc9d1557b508ee3f0eca1de
23fcc692-6ca0-4bd6-bb59-0bdf5f96d70e assessment-kcsan Benign: ✅ Confident: ✅ KCSAN: data-race in data_push_tail / number (6) 2026/03/05 04:54 2026/03/05 04:54 2026/03/05 05:07 305c0ec5cd886e2d13738e28e1b2df9b0ec20fc9
Similar bugs (5)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
upstream KCSAN: data-race in data_push_tail / number (2) audit 6 46 1248d 1583d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/02/11 10:05
upstream KCSAN: data-race in data_push_tail / number (4) block 6 103 374d 908d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/07/20 09:23
upstream KCSAN: data-race in data_push_tail / number (3) ext4 6 15 1124d 1208d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/06/10 22:29
upstream KCSAN: data-race in data_push_tail / number ext4 6 87 1619d 1761d 0/29 auto-closed as invalid on 2022/01/31 12:18
upstream KCSAN: data-race in data_push_tail / number (5) audit 6 6 164d 316d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2026/02/16 05:21

Sample crash report:
FAT-fs (loop3): Directory bread(block 199916) failed
==================================================================
BUG: KCSAN: data-race in data_push_tail / number

write to 0xffffffff8936e1e8 of 1 bytes by task 28 on cpu 1:
 number+0x97f/0xb90 lib/vsprintf.c:573
 vsnprintf+0x64e/0x860 lib/vsprintf.c:2912
 vscnprintf+0x41/0x90 lib/vsprintf.c:3013
 printk_sprint+0x30/0x2b0 kernel/printk/printk.c:2222
 vprintk_store+0x57b/0x910 kernel/printk/printk.c:2364
 vprintk_emit+0x1a4/0x600 kernel/printk/printk.c:2455
 vprintk_default+0x26/0x30 kernel/printk/printk.c:2494
 vprintk+0x1d/0x30 kernel/printk/printk_safe.c:82
 _printk+0x79/0xa0 kernel/printk/printk.c:2504
 kauditd_printk_skb kernel/audit.c:587 [inline]
 kauditd_hold_skb+0x1b1/0x1c0 kernel/audit.c:622
 kauditd_send_queue+0x273/0x2c0 kernel/audit.c:807
 kauditd_thread+0x444/0x670 kernel/audit.c:931
 kthread+0x22a/0x280 kernel/kthread.c:436
 ret_from_fork+0x146/0x330 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158
 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245

read to 0xffffffff8936e1e8 of 8 bytes by task 7024 on cpu 0:
 data_make_reusable kernel/printk/printk_ringbuffer.c:608 [inline]
 data_push_tail+0x100/0x470 kernel/printk/printk_ringbuffer.c:693
 data_alloc+0x11b/0x390 kernel/printk/printk_ringbuffer.c:1089
 prb_reserve+0x8d6/0xad0 kernel/printk/printk_ringbuffer.c:1727
 vprintk_store+0x54a/0x910 kernel/printk/printk.c:2354
 vprintk_emit+0x1a4/0x600 kernel/printk/printk.c:2455
 vprintk_default+0x26/0x30 kernel/printk/printk.c:2494
 vprintk+0x1d/0x30 kernel/printk/printk_safe.c:82
 _printk+0x79/0xa0 kernel/printk/printk.c:2504
 _fat_msg+0xb0/0xe0 fs/fat/misc.c:62
 fat__get_entry fs/fat/dir.c:104 [inline]
 fat_get_entry+0x52b/0x5d0 fs/fat/dir.c:130
 fat_get_short_entry fs/fat/dir.c:888 [inline]
 fat_subdirs+0x59/0x190 fs/fat/dir.c:954
 fat_read_root+0x32e/0x370 fs/fat/inode.c:1351
 fat_fill_super+0x14c5/0x1c10 fs/fat/inode.c:1824
 vfat_fill_super+0x24/0x30 fs/fat/namei_vfat.c:1202
 get_tree_bdev_flags+0x291/0x300 fs/super.c:1694
 get_tree_bdev+0x1f/0x30 fs/super.c:1717
 vfat_get_tree+0x1c/0x30 fs/fat/namei_vfat.c:1207
 vfs_get_tree+0x57/0x1d0 fs/super.c:1754
 fc_mount fs/namespace.c:1193 [inline]
 do_new_mount_fc fs/namespace.c:3758 [inline]
 do_new_mount+0x288/0x8d0 fs/namespace.c:3834
 path_mount+0x4d0/0xbc0 fs/namespace.c:4154
 do_mount fs/namespace.c:4167 [inline]
 __do_sys_mount fs/namespace.c:4383 [inline]
 __se_sys_mount+0x28c/0x2e0 fs/namespace.c:4360
 __x64_sys_mount+0x67/0x80 fs/namespace.c:4360
 x64_sys_call+0x2d61/0x3020 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:166
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x12c/0x3b0 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

value changed: 0x3fffffffffffe074 -> 0x3428746964756120

Reported by Kernel Concurrency Sanitizer on:
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 7024 Comm: syz.3.1690 Tainted: G        W           syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(lazy) 
Tainted: [W]=WARN
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 04/18/2026
==================================================================
FAT-fs (loop3): Directory bread(block 199917) failed
FAT-fs (loop3): Directory bread(block 199918) failed
FAT-fs (loop3): Directory bread(block 199919) failed
FAT-fs (loop3): Directory bread(block 199920) failed
FAT-fs (loop3): Directory bread(block 199921) failed
FAT-fs (loop3): Directory bread(block 199922) failed
FAT-fs (loop3): Directory bread(block 199923) failed

Crashes (6):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/06/01 20:28 upstream e43ffb69e043 1095583b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in data_push_tail / number
2026/05/29 09:26 upstream 8fde5d1d47f6 4624854e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in data_push_tail / number
2026/05/06 06:36 upstream 9207d47f966b 26da2c66 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in data_push_tail / number
2026/04/16 21:36 upstream 1d51b370a0f8 4743f87d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in data_push_tail / number
2026/04/13 14:40 upstream 028ef9c96e96 9530ccf9 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in data_push_tail / number
2026/03/05 04:54 upstream ecc64d2dc9ff a9fe5c9e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in data_push_tail / number
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.