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KCSAN: data-race in __d_lookup / __d_rehash (11)

Status: moderation: reported on 2026/03/26 04:20
Subsystems: fs
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Reported-by: syzbot+967862f014d1ff91b6de@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 1d17h, last: 1d17h
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ID Workflow Result Correct Bug Created Started Finished Revision Error
903313e8-057f-4d58-a422-e42d44fdc550 assessment-kcsan Benign: ✅  Confident: ✅  KCSAN: data-race in __d_lookup / __d_rehash (11) 2026/03/26 04:19 2026/03/26 04:19 2026/03/26 04:58 c6143aacd8e1a01f2482ab5eec709f9949710cee
Similar bugs (10)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
upstream KCSAN: data-race in __d_lookup / __d_rehash (8) ext4 6 8 589d 706d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/09/19 14:50
upstream KCSAN: data-race in __d_lookup / __d_rehash (6) fs 6 1 944d 944d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/09/29 22:29
upstream KCSAN: data-race in __d_lookup / __d_rehash (4) ext4 6 1 1062d 1062d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/06/04 03:50
upstream KCSAN: data-race in __d_lookup / __d_rehash fs 6 1 2324d 2324d 0/29 auto-closed as invalid on 2020/01/24 17:56
upstream KCSAN: data-race in __d_lookup / __d_rehash (3) fs 6 1 1233d 1233d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2022/12/14 23:50
upstream KCSAN: data-race in __d_lookup / __d_rehash (10) fs 6 2 62d 97d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2026/03/21 13:46
upstream KCSAN: data-race in __d_lookup / __d_rehash (2) fs 6 1 1427d 1427d 0/29 auto-closed as invalid on 2022/06/04 08:25
upstream KCSAN: data-race in __d_lookup / __d_rehash (9) fs 6 21 169d 454d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/12/04 01:21
upstream KCSAN: data-race in __d_lookup / __d_rehash (5) ext4 6 2 1003d 1004d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/08/02 16:55
upstream KCSAN: data-race in __d_lookup / __d_rehash (7) ext4 6 1 898d 898d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/11/15 16:47

Sample crash report:
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BUG: KCSAN: data-race in __d_lookup / __d_rehash

write to 0xffff88810061dcd0 of 8 bytes by task 3311 on cpu 0:
 hlist_bl_add_head_rcu include/linux/rculist_bl.h:81 [inline]
 __d_rehash+0x9e/0x1f0 fs/dcache.c:2544
 __d_add+0x344/0x4a0 fs/dcache.c:2769
 d_splice_alias_ops+0xdc/0x320 fs/dcache.c:3110
 proc_sys_lookup+0x1ed/0x310 fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c:544
 __lookup_slow+0x19d/0x260 fs/namei.c:1916
 lookup_slow+0x3c/0x60 fs/namei.c:1933
 walk_component fs/namei.c:2279 [inline]
 link_path_walk+0x946/0xe30 fs/namei.c:2647
 path_openat+0x1c6/0x2050 fs/namei.c:4826
 do_file_open+0x16c/0x290 fs/namei.c:4859
 do_sys_openat2+0x94/0x130 fs/open.c:1366
 do_sys_open fs/open.c:1372 [inline]
 __do_sys_openat fs/open.c:1388 [inline]
 __se_sys_openat fs/open.c:1383 [inline]
 __x64_sys_openat+0xf2/0x120 fs/open.c:1383
 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+0x12c/0x370 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

read to 0xffff88810061dcd0 of 8 bytes by task 3308 on cpu 1:
 hlist_bl_unhashed include/linux/list_bl.h:54 [inline]
 d_unhashed include/linux/dcache.h:366 [inline]
 __d_lookup+0xf8/0x340 fs/dcache.c:2455
 lookup_fast+0x5e/0x320 fs/namei.c:1874
 walk_component fs/namei.c:2275 [inline]
 link_path_walk+0x51c/0xe30 fs/namei.c:2647
 path_openat+0x1c6/0x2050 fs/namei.c:4826
 do_file_open+0x16c/0x290 fs/namei.c:4859
 do_sys_openat2+0x94/0x130 fs/open.c:1366
 do_sys_open fs/open.c:1372 [inline]
 __do_sys_openat fs/open.c:1388 [inline]
 __se_sys_openat fs/open.c:1383 [inline]
 __x64_sys_openat+0xf2/0x120 fs/open.c:1383
 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+0x12c/0x370 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

value changed: 0xffff88823761f4b8 -> 0xffff88810061db48

Reported by Kernel Concurrency Sanitizer on:
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 3308 Comm: syz-executor Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) 
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 02/12/2026
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chnl_net:caif_netlink_parms(): no params data found
bridge0: port 1(bridge_slave_0) entered blocking state
bridge0: port 1(bridge_slave_0) entered disabled state
bridge_slave_0: entered allmulticast mode
bridge_slave_0: entered promiscuous mode
bridge0: port 2(bridge_slave_1) entered blocking state
bridge0: port 2(bridge_slave_1) entered disabled state
bridge_slave_1: entered allmulticast mode
bridge_slave_1: entered promiscuous mode
bond0: (slave bond_slave_0): Enslaving as an active interface with an up link
bond0: (slave bond_slave_1): Enslaving as an active interface with an up link
team0: Port device team_slave_0 added
team0: Port device team_slave_1 added
batman_adv: batadv0: Adding interface: batadv_slave_0
batman_adv: batadv0: The MTU of interface batadv_slave_0 is too small (1500) to handle the transport of batman-adv packets. Packets going over this interface will be fragmented on layer2 which could impact the performance. Setting the MTU to 1532 would solve the problem.
batman_adv: batadv0: Not using interface batadv_slave_0 (retrying later): interface not active
batman_adv: batadv0: Adding interface: batadv_slave_1
batman_adv: batadv0: The MTU of interface batadv_slave_1 is too small (1500) to handle the transport of batman-adv packets. Packets going over this interface will be fragmented on layer2 which could impact the performance. Setting the MTU to 1532 would solve the problem.
batman_adv: batadv0: Not using interface batadv_slave_1 (retrying later): interface not active
hsr_slave_0: entered promiscuous mode
hsr_slave_1: entered promiscuous mode
debugfs: 'hsr0' already exists in 'hsr'
Cannot create hsr debugfs directory
netdevsim netdevsim4 netdevsim0: renamed from eth0
netdevsim netdevsim4 netdevsim1: renamed from eth1
netdevsim netdevsim4 netdevsim2: renamed from eth2
netdevsim netdevsim4 netdevsim3: renamed from eth3
8021q: adding VLAN 0 to HW filter on device bond0
8021q: adding VLAN 0 to HW filter on device team0
hsr0: Slave B (hsr_slave_1) is not up; please bring it up to get a fully working HSR network
8021q: adding VLAN 0 to HW filter on device batadv0
veth0_vlan: entered promiscuous mode
veth1_vlan: entered promiscuous mode
veth0_macvtap: entered promiscuous mode
veth1_macvtap: entered promiscuous mode
batman_adv: batadv0: Interface activated: batadv_slave_0
batman_adv: batadv0: Interface activated: batadv_slave_1

Crashes (1):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/03/26 04:19 upstream d2a43e7f89da c6143aac .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __d_lookup / __d_rehash
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.