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KCSAN: data-race in lookup_fast / shrink_dentry_list (14)

Status: moderation: reported on 2026/07/09 05:16
Subsystems: fs
Labels: race:benign
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Reported-by: syzbot+520e215f5f5030595cd3@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 1d10h, last: 1d10h
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ID Workflow Result Correct Bug Created Started Finished Revision Error
fb1dccea-5f93-4696-86dc-c033c54400bb assessment-kcsan Benign: ✅ KCSAN: data-race in lookup_fast / shrink_dentry_list (14) 2026/07/09 05:15 2026/07/09 05:15 2026/07/09 05:43 93f579545ae410f5bccfa141d2e7bf03178f036c

			
		
Similar bugs (13)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
upstream KCSAN: data-race in lookup_fast / shrink_dentry_list (9) fs 6 1 1149d 1149d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/06/21 20:05
upstream KCSAN: data-race in lookup_fast / shrink_dentry_list (6) fs 6 1 1457d 1457d 0/29 auto-closed as invalid on 2022/08/18 12:57
upstream KCSAN: data-race in lookup_fast / shrink_dentry_list (4) fs 6 1 1928d 1928d 0/29 auto-closed as invalid on 2021/05/04 09:30
upstream KCSAN: data-race in lookup_fast / shrink_dentry_list (10) fs 6 2 901d 903d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/02/25 15:26
upstream KCSAN: data-race in lookup_fast / shrink_dentry_list (2) fs 6 1 2078d 2078d 0/29 auto-closed as invalid on 2020/12/05 11:21
upstream KCSAN: data-race in lookup_fast / shrink_dentry_list (11) fs 6 2 808d 812d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/05/27 20:04
upstream KCSAN: data-race in lookup_fast / shrink_dentry_list (13) fs 6 2 134d 141d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2026/04/23 02:16
upstream KCSAN: data-race in lookup_fast / shrink_dentry_list (3) fs 6 2 1985d 2014d 0/29 auto-closed as invalid on 2021/03/08 10:39
upstream KCSAN: data-race in lookup_fast / shrink_dentry_list (8) fs 6 1 1212d 1212d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/04/27 01:35
upstream KCSAN: data-race in lookup_fast / shrink_dentry_list (12) fs 6 1 249d 249d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/12/29 01:39
upstream KCSAN: data-race in lookup_fast / shrink_dentry_list (7) fs 6 1 1419d 1419d 0/29 auto-closed as invalid on 2022/09/24 23:48
upstream KCSAN: data-race in lookup_fast / shrink_dentry_list (5) fs 6 1 1778d 1778d 0/29 auto-closed as invalid on 2021/10/01 10:16
upstream KCSAN: data-race in lookup_fast / shrink_dentry_list fs 6 3 2136d 2161d 0/29 auto-closed as invalid on 2020/10/08 14:19

Sample crash report:
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BUG: KCSAN: data-race in lookup_fast / shrink_dentry_list

read-write to 0xffff8881078e2540 of 4 bytes by task 4328 on cpu 1:
 d_shrink_del fs/dcache.c:527 [inline]
 shrink_dentry_list+0x108/0x1d0 fs/dcache.c:1286
 shrink_dcache_sb+0x161/0x290 fs/dcache.c:1413
 reconfigure_super+0x472/0x590 fs/super.c:998
 do_remount fs/namespace.c:3407 [inline]
 path_mount+0xaba/0xb90 fs/namespace.c:4153
 do_mount fs/namespace.c:4174 [inline]
 __do_sys_mount fs/namespace.c:4390 [inline]
 __se_sys_mount+0x28c/0x2e0 fs/namespace.c:4367
 __x64_sys_mount+0x67/0x80 fs/namespace.c:4367
 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+0x136/0x3c0 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

read to 0xffff8881078e2540 of 4 bytes by task 3289 on cpu 0:
 d_revalidate fs/namei.c:1034 [inline]
 lookup_fast+0x72/0x320 fs/namei.c:1881
 lookup_fast_for_open fs/namei.c:4545 [inline]
 open_last_lookups fs/namei.c:4579 [inline]
 path_openat+0x423/0x2000 fs/namei.c:4860
 do_file_open+0x16c/0x290 fs/namei.c:4892
 do_sys_openat2+0xa0/0x130 fs/open.c:1368
 do_sys_open fs/open.c:1374 [inline]
 __do_sys_openat fs/open.c:1390 [inline]
 __se_sys_openat fs/open.c:1385 [inline]
 __x64_sys_openat+0xf2/0x120 fs/open.c:1385
 x64_sys_call+0x1e39/0x3020 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:258
 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: 0x00340444 -> 0x00300044

Reported by Kernel Concurrency Sanitizer on:
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 3289 Comm: udevd Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(lazy) 
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 05/09/2026
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Crashes (1):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/07/09 05:15 upstream 0e35b9b6ec0f b9f1ceaa .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in lookup_fast / shrink_dentry_list
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.