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KCSAN: data-race in atime_needs_update / inode_set_ctime_current

Status: moderation: reported on 2023/12/09 00:00
Subsystems: fs
Labels: prio:low
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Reported-by: syzbot+55e393c8d287963ea4b1@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 1026d, last: 2d06h
✨ AI Jobs (4)
ID Workflow Result Correct Bug Created Started Finished Revision Error
d55b8950-784c-4ba0-9b35-78c509264e79 assessment-security DenialOfService: ❌ Exploitable: ❌ FilesystemTrigger: ❌ NetworkTrigger: ❌ PeripheralTrigger: ❌ RemoteTrigger: ❌ Unprivileged: ✅ UserNamespace: ✅ VMGuestTrigger: ❌ VMHostTrigger: ❌ KCSAN: data-race in atime_needs_update / inode_set_ctime_current 2026/05/19 04:16 2026/05/19 04:16 2026/05/19 04:17 9f74d39908454b73546eaf1b8211b48b66e5c0fe

			
		
6dfd215d-b055-4978-b971-e42bd72c30bd repro KCSAN: data-race in atime_needs_update / inode_set_ctime_current 2026/03/08 15:33 2026/03/08 15:33 2026/03/08 15:39 31e9c887f7dc24e04b3ca70d0d54fc34141844b0

			
		
6502007c-f3f3-444d-847a-ef975a99a38b assessment-kcsan Benign: ✅ Confident: ✅ KCSAN: data-race in atime_needs_update / inode_set_ctime_current 2026/02/25 00:13 2026/02/25 00:13 2026/02/25 00:16 305c0ec5cd886e2d13738e28e1b2df9b0ec20fc9

			
		
da4160ac-70cb-4787-b791-3928a05f6978 assessment-kcsan 💥 KCSAN: data-race in atime_needs_update / inode_set_ctime_current 2026/01/10 07:26 2026/01/10 07:26 2026/01/10 07:26 7519916073b761ced56a7b15fdeeb4674e8dc125
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Sample crash report:
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BUG: KCSAN: data-race in atime_needs_update / inode_set_ctime_current

write to 0xffff888104d6d970 of 4 bytes by task 3288 on cpu 1:
 inode_set_ctime_to_ts fs/inode.c:2840 [inline]
 inode_set_ctime_current+0x25b/0x8e0 fs/inode.c:2903
 __simple_unlink fs/libfs.c:792 [inline]
 simple_unlink+0x2d/0x80 fs/libfs.c:807
 shmem_unlink+0x12d/0x140 mm/shmem.c:3917
 shmem_rename2+0x185/0x310 mm/shmem.c:3998
 vfs_rename+0x963/0xac0 fs/namei.c:6070
 filename_renameat2+0x3a4/0x6a0 fs/namei.c:6188
 __do_sys_rename fs/namei.c:6232 [inline]
 __se_sys_rename+0x4a/0x1c0 fs/namei.c:6228
 __x64_sys_rename+0x31/0x40 fs/namei.c:6228
 x64_sys_call+0x2b3/0x3020 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:83
 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 0xffff888104d6d970 of 4 bytes by task 3286 on cpu 0:
 inode_get_ctime_nsec include/linux/fs.h:1690 [inline]
 inode_get_ctime include/linux/fs.h:1696 [inline]
 relatime_need_update fs/inode.c:2136 [inline]
 atime_needs_update+0x333/0x3e0 fs/inode.c:2300
 touch_atime+0x4a/0x300 fs/inode.c:2315
 do_readlinkat+0x137/0x2f0 fs/stat.c:582
 __do_sys_readlink fs/stat.c:605 [inline]
 __se_sys_readlink fs/stat.c:602 [inline]
 __x64_sys_readlink+0x47/0x60 fs/stat.c:602
 x64_sys_call+0x2b51/0x3020 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:90
 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: 0x001fd1b2 -> 0x00e0c0c9

Reported by Kernel Concurrency Sanitizer on:
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 3286 Comm: udevd Tainted: G        W           syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(lazy) 
Tainted: [W]=WARN
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 05/09/2026
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Crashes (519):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/06/21 05:19 upstream 390d73adf896 43bfcdb0 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in atime_needs_update / inode_set_ctime_current
2026/06/13 21:13 upstream 2b07ea76fd28 1d2f3589 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in atime_needs_update / inode_set_ctime_current
2026/06/11 09:05 upstream 9716c086c8e8 b754d2d8 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in atime_needs_update / inode_set_ctime_current
2026/06/02 14:12 upstream 6f3ed7fec72f 62fe1528 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in atime_needs_update / inode_set_ctime_current
2026/06/02 06:20 upstream 6f3ed7fec72f 1095583b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in atime_needs_update / inode_set_ctime_current
2026/05/30 16:56 upstream f5e5d3509bff 6b4a8443 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in atime_needs_update / inode_set_ctime_current
2026/05/30 07:29 upstream 9215e74f228f 6b4a8443 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in atime_needs_update / inode_set_ctime_current
2026/05/28 22:25 upstream 8fde5d1d47f6 681715f7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in atime_needs_update / inode_set_ctime_current
2026/05/25 16:50 upstream e7ae89a0c97c c69befb3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in atime_needs_update / inode_set_ctime_current
2026/05/25 04:50 upstream 6a97c4d5262d c69befb3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in atime_needs_update / inode_set_ctime_current
2026/05/22 05:47 upstream 6779b50faa56 70ae9b03 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in atime_needs_update / inode_set_ctime_current
2026/05/21 17:20 upstream 758c807bb943 e195359d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in atime_needs_update / inode_set_ctime_current
2026/05/20 06:39 upstream 27fa82620cba 0909d65f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in atime_needs_update / inode_set_ctime_current
2026/05/18 13:05 upstream 5200f5f493f7 55156e84 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in atime_needs_update / inode_set_ctime_current
2026/05/17 08:44 upstream 6916d5703ddf de5aae85 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in atime_needs_update / inode_set_ctime_current
2026/05/14 00:24 upstream e1914add2799 6ccb967e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in atime_needs_update / inode_set_ctime_current
2026/05/13 01:20 upstream c21b90f77687 a0949470 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in atime_needs_update / inode_set_ctime_current
2026/05/11 22:45 upstream 5d6919055dec d168f260 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in atime_needs_update / inode_set_ctime_current
2026/05/11 04:35 upstream 5d6919055dec 29233ece .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in atime_needs_update / inode_set_ctime_current
2026/05/09 07:26 upstream 27a26ccfd528 29233ece .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in atime_needs_update / inode_set_ctime_current
2026/05/06 21:57 upstream 74fe02ce122a 1dddfd3d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in atime_needs_update / inode_set_ctime_current
2026/05/06 00:50 upstream 9207d47f966b 26da2c66 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in atime_needs_update / inode_set_ctime_current
2026/05/03 01:23 upstream 66edb901bf87 a0d91488 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in atime_needs_update / inode_set_ctime_current
2026/04/24 17:21 upstream dd6c438c3e64 1c2b9291 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in atime_needs_update / inode_set_ctime_current
2026/04/23 02:12 upstream 2a4c0c11c019 b10da5ec .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in atime_needs_update / inode_set_ctime_current
2026/04/21 11:39 upstream b4e07588e743 3f2e655b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in atime_needs_update / inode_set_ctime_current
2026/04/19 19:53 upstream faeab166167f 303e2802 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in atime_needs_update / inode_set_ctime_current
2026/04/18 09:34 upstream 8541d8f725c6 303e2802 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in atime_needs_update / inode_set_ctime_current
2026/04/17 18:20 upstream 43cfbdda5af6 24ecfc1e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in atime_needs_update / inode_set_ctime_current
2026/04/16 14:37 upstream 1d51b370a0f8 4743f87d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in atime_needs_update / inode_set_ctime_current
2026/04/15 15:43 upstream 1f5ffc672165 c441f497 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in atime_needs_update / inode_set_ctime_current
2026/04/15 03:55 upstream 508fed679541 e2e976a8 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in atime_needs_update / inode_set_ctime_current
2026/04/14 20:19 upstream d60bc1401583 362d1323 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in atime_needs_update / inode_set_ctime_current
2026/04/13 09:37 upstream 028ef9c96e96 38c8e246 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in atime_needs_update / inode_set_ctime_current
2026/04/12 11:13 upstream f5459048c38a 38c8e246 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in atime_needs_update / inode_set_ctime_current
2026/04/08 22:07 upstream 7f87a5ea75f0 d9b7f621 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in atime_needs_update / inode_set_ctime_current
2026/04/07 08:54 upstream bfe62a454542 4440e7c2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in atime_needs_update / inode_set_ctime_current
2026/04/04 14:28 upstream 7ca6d1cfec80 4440e7c2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in atime_needs_update / inode_set_ctime_current
2026/03/24 21:24 upstream c369299895a5 74e70d19 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in atime_needs_update / inode_set_ctime_current
2026/03/24 03:40 upstream c369299895a5 baf8bf12 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in atime_needs_update / inode_set_ctime_current
2026/03/23 13:29 upstream c369299895a5 4933dba2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in atime_needs_update / inode_set_ctime_current
2026/03/21 23:22 upstream a0c83177734a 5b92003d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in atime_needs_update / inode_set_ctime_current
2026/03/20 18:01 upstream 0e4f8f1a3d08 ac6f1dff .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in atime_needs_update / inode_set_ctime_current
2026/03/19 12:46 upstream 8a30aeb0d1b4 bd6dcb30 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in atime_needs_update / inode_set_ctime_current
2026/03/09 18:19 upstream 1f318b96cc84 176bead5 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in atime_needs_update / inode_set_ctime_current
2026/03/08 18:24 upstream 014441d1e4b2 5cb44a80 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in atime_needs_update / inode_set_ctime_current
2026/03/02 00:10 upstream 39c633261414 43249bac .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in atime_needs_update / inode_set_ctime_current
2026/03/01 07:28 upstream eb71ab2bf722 43249bac .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in atime_needs_update / inode_set_ctime_current
2026/02/28 06:04 upstream 4d349ee5c778 43249bac .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in atime_needs_update / inode_set_ctime_current
2026/02/27 08:32 upstream 3f4a08e64442 a2f13f71 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in atime_needs_update / inode_set_ctime_current
2026/02/23 03:09 upstream 6de23f81a5e0 6e7b5511 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in atime_needs_update / inode_set_ctime_current
2026/02/20 23:22 upstream a95f71ad3e2e 6e7b5511 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in atime_needs_update / inode_set_ctime_current
2026/02/11 10:37 upstream dc855b77719f 441e25b7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in atime_needs_update / inode_set_ctime_current
2026/01/09 03:24 upstream 79b95d74470d d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in atime_needs_update / inode_set_ctime_current
2023/12/08 14:09 upstream 5e3f5b81de80 28b24332 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in atime_needs_update / inode_set_ctime_current
2023/11/20 12:30 upstream 98b1cc82c4af cb976f63 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in atime_needs_update / inode_set_ctime_current
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.