KCSAN: data-race in probe_sched_wakeup / tracing_stop_cmdline_record

Status: moderation: reported on 2026/08/24 07:48
Subsystems: trace
Labels: race:benign prio:low
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Reported-by: syzbot+6081b58df5a5a2bf38af@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 8d23h, last: 1d09h
✨ AI Jobs (2)
ID Workflow Result Correct Bug Created Started Finished Revision
cfe629d9 assessment-security DenialOfService: ❌ Exploitable: ❌ FilesystemTrigger: ❌ NetworkTrigger: ❌ PeripheralTrigger: ❌ RemoteTrigger: ❌ Unprivileged: ❌ UserNamespace: ❌ VMGuestTrigger: ❌ VMHostTrigger: ❌ KCSAN: data-race in probe_sched_wakeup / tracing_stop_cmdline_record 2026/08/26 00:00 2026/08/26 00:00 2026/08/26 00:25 ee98d2fd
0dab1502 assessment-kcsan Benign: ✅ KCSAN: data-race in probe_sched_wakeup / tracing_stop_cmdline_record 2026/08/24 07:47 2026/08/24 07:48 2026/08/24 08:08 1e72964b

Sample crash report:
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BUG: KCSAN: data-race in probe_sched_wakeup / tracing_stop_cmdline_record

read-write to 0xffffffff895f51e0 of 4 bytes by task 11189 on cpu 0:
 tracing_stop_sched_switch kernel/trace/trace_sched_switch.c:120 [inline]
 tracing_stop_cmdline_record+0x28/0xc0 kernel/trace/trace_sched_switch.c:140
 __ftrace_event_enable_disable+0x323/0x4b0 kernel/trace/trace_events.c:848
 ftrace_event_enable_disable kernel/trace/trace_events.c:934 [inline]
 ftrace_clear_events kernel/trace/trace_events.c:1057 [inline]
 ftrace_event_set_open+0xe6/0x200 kernel/trace/trace_events.c:2892
 do_dentry_open+0x49f/0xa60 fs/open.c:996
 vfs_open+0x37/0x1e0 fs/open.c:1101
 do_open fs/namei.c:4837 [inline]
 path_openat+0xc01/0x10d0 fs/namei.c:5000
 do_file_open+0x16c/0x290 fs/namei.c:5029
 do_sys_openat2+0xa0/0x130 fs/open.c:1417
 do_sys_open fs/open.c:1423 [inline]
 __do_sys_openat fs/open.c:1439 [inline]
 __se_sys_openat fs/open.c:1434 [inline]
 __x64_sys_openat+0xf2/0x120 fs/open.c:1434
 x64_sys_call+0x1f72/0x2550 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:258
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:61 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x112/0x360 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:84
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

read to 0xffffffff895f51e0 of 4 bytes by task 11183 on cpu 1:
 probe_sched_wakeup+0x41/0xa0 kernel/trace/trace_sched_switch.c:45
 __do_trace_sched_wakeup include/trace/events/sched.h:178 [inline]
 trace_sched_wakeup include/trace/events/sched.h:178 [inline]
 ttwu_do_wakeup kernel/sched/core.c:3740 [inline]
 ttwu_do_activate+0x201/0x230 kernel/sched/core.c:3837
 ttwu_queue kernel/sched/core.c:4087 [inline]
 try_to_wake_up+0x44f/0x6d0 kernel/sched/core.c:4425
 wake_up_process kernel/sched/core.c:4557 [inline]
 wake_up_q+0x48/0x80 kernel/sched/core.c:1183
 futex_wake+0x376/0x400 kernel/futex/waitwake.c:225
 do_futex+0x3f8/0x460 kernel/futex/syscalls.c:138
 __do_sys_futex kernel/futex/syscalls.c:210 [inline]
 __se_sys_futex+0x2f6/0x370 kernel/futex/syscalls.c:191
 __x64_sys_futex+0x78/0x90 kernel/futex/syscalls.c:191
 x64_sys_call+0x22e2/0x2550 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:203
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:61 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x112/0x360 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:84
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

value changed: 0x00000001 -> 0x00000000

Reported by Kernel Concurrency Sanitizer on:
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 11183 Comm: syz.1.1550 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 (2):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/08/31 21:11 upstream cee9395acd80 316d9396 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in probe_sched_wakeup / tracing_stop_cmdline_record
2026/08/24 07:47 upstream 388b607d107c 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in probe_sched_wakeup / tracing_stop_cmdline_record
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.