KCSAN: data-race in ksys_write / ksys_write (14)

Status: moderation: reported on 2026/07/19 15:36
Subsystems: fs
Labels: race:benign prio:low
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Reported-by: syzbot+c56f0ddc284df1c3e351@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 4d00h, last: 4d00h
✨ AI Jobs (3)
ID Workflow Result Correct Bug Created Started Finished Revision Error
e832d42f-4bc6-42a8-bb02-e383e613dc77 assessment-kcsan Benign: ✅ KCSAN: data-race in ksys_write / ksys_write (14) 2026/07/21 00:03 2026/07/21 00:03 2026/07/21 00:07 de6a700d843f1eae454018bc5041e06c62737db6

			
		
d10f8e82-2af1-4219-b232-a8c9d2c2b975 assessment-security DenialOfService: ❌ Exploitable: ❌ FilesystemTrigger: ❌ NetworkTrigger: ❌ PeripheralTrigger: ❌ RemoteTrigger: ❌ Unprivileged: ✅ UserNamespace: ✅ VMGuestTrigger: ❌ VMHostTrigger: ❌ KCSAN: data-race in ksys_write / ksys_write (14) 2026/07/21 00:01 2026/07/21 00:01 2026/07/21 00:44 de6a700d843f1eae454018bc5041e06c62737db6

			
		
b283c298-dd9d-4042-8908-09fdd579cbad assessment-kcsan 💥 KCSAN: data-race in ksys_write / ksys_write (14) 2026/07/19 15:35 2026/07/19 15:35 2026/07/19 15:55 72524a6625c995608a7d179201dff2195b8d1f66
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Similar bugs (13)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
upstream KCSAN: data-race in ksys_write / ksys_write (6) fs 6 1 1510d 1510d 0/29 auto-closed as invalid on 2022/07/09 10:17
upstream KCSAN: data-race in ksys_write / ksys_write (2) fs 6 1 2190d 2190d 0/29 auto-closed as invalid on 2020/08/28 08:07
upstream KCSAN: data-race in ksys_write / ksys_write (4) fs 6 2 2005d 2027d 0/29 auto-closed as invalid on 2021/03/01 11:18
upstream KCSAN: data-race in ksys_write / ksys_write (5) fs 6 2 1645d 1662d 0/29 auto-closed as invalid on 2022/02/24 13:47
upstream KCSAN: data-race in ksys_write / ksys_write (8) fs 6 1 1352d 1352d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2022/12/14 10:38
upstream KCSAN: data-race in ksys_write / ksys_write (7) fs 6 5 1389d 1460d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2022/11/07 06:37
upstream KCSAN: data-race in ksys_write / ksys_write (13) fs 6 1 605d 605d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/01/19 23:33
upstream KCSAN: data-race in ksys_write / ksys_write (11) fs 6 8 968d 956d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/01/01 18:01
upstream KCSAN: data-race in ksys_write / ksys_write (10) fs 6 1 1103d 1103d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/08/20 13:19
upstream KCSAN: data-race in ksys_write / ksys_write (3) fs 6 1 2075d 2054d 0/29 auto-closed as invalid on 2020/12/21 12:01
upstream KCSAN: data-race in ksys_write / ksys_write fs 6 8 2257d 2445d 0/29 auto-closed as invalid on 2020/06/22 09:42
upstream KCSAN: data-race in ksys_write / ksys_write (9) fs 6 2 1193d 1257d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/05/22 00:31
upstream KCSAN: data-race in ksys_write / ksys_write (12) fs 6 3 886d 912d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/03/24 05:08

Sample crash report:
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BUG: KCSAN: data-race in ksys_write / ksys_write

write to 0xffff88812917a5a8 of 8 bytes by task 18103 on cpu 0:
 ksys_write+0x11c/0x1a0 fs/read_write.c:741
 __do_sys_write fs/read_write.c:750 [inline]
 __se_sys_write fs/read_write.c:747 [inline]
 __x64_sys_write+0x40/0x50 fs/read_write.c:747
 x64_sys_call+0x27e1/0x3020 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:2
 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 0xffff88812917a5a8 of 8 bytes by task 18102 on cpu 1:
 ksys_write+0xb9/0x1a0 fs/read_write.c:736
 __do_sys_write fs/read_write.c:750 [inline]
 __se_sys_write fs/read_write.c:747 [inline]
 __x64_sys_write+0x40/0x50 fs/read_write.c:747
 x64_sys_call+0x27e1/0x3020 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:2
 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: 0x0000000000000000 -> 0x000000000000000b

Reported by Kernel Concurrency Sanitizer on:
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 18102 Comm: syz.3.4278 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
2026/07/19 15:35 upstream c6859eed755d 72524a66 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in ksys_write / ksys_write
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.