KCSAN: data-race in ktime_get / timekeeping_update_from_shadow

Status: moderation: reported on 2026/03/05 06:20
Subsystems: kernel
Labels: prio:low
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Reported-by: syzbot+e0fb27f89217ad8c3486@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 220d, last: 9h06m
▶ ▼ ✨ AI Jobs (4)
ID Workflow Result Correct Bug Created Started Finished Revision
e0872c56 repro-c Reproduced: ✅ ❓ KCSAN: data-race in ktime_get / timekeeping_update_from_shadow 2026/10/10 16:02 2026/10/10 16:02 2026/10/10 17:56 4f92358f
291c9bc6 repro-c 💥 KCSAN: data-race in ktime_get / timekeeping_update_from_shadow 2026/10/07 21:45 2026/10/07 21:45 2026/10/07 22:36 f8f239cf
731f8d51 assessment-security DenialOfService: ❌ Exploitable: ❌ FilesystemTrigger: ✅ NetworkTrigger: ✅ PeripheralTrigger: ✅ RemoteTrigger: ✅ Unprivileged: ✅ UserNamespace: ✅ VMGuestTrigger: ✅ VMHostTrigger: ✅ ❓ KCSAN: data-race in ktime_get / timekeeping_update_from_shadow 2026/05/19 22:56 2026/05/19 22:56 2026/05/19 23:29 1d9407ad
92b8d583 assessment-kcsan Benign: ✅ Confident: ✅ ❓ KCSAN: data-race in ktime_get / timekeeping_update_from_shadow 2026/03/05 06:19 2026/03/05 06:19 2026/03/05 06:22 305c0ec5
▶ ▼ Last patch testing requests (1)
Created Duration User Patch Repo Result
2026/10/10 19:11 16m retest repro git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git 3857c2fe5449541e24afc5efdb0f81a8a8f9a3a0 no crash job log log

Sample crash report:
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BUG: KCSAN: data-race in ktime_get / timekeeping_update_from_shadow

write to 0xffffffff895fa508 of 320 bytes by interrupt on cpu 0:
 timekeeping_update_from_shadow+0x448/0x480 kernel/time/timekeeping.c:866
 __timekeeping_advance+0xb36/0xcf0 kernel/time/timekeeping.c:2663
 timekeeping_advance kernel/time/timekeeping.c:2671 [inline]
 update_wall_time+0x21/0x50 kernel/time/timekeeping.c:2681
 tick_do_update_jiffies64+0x169/0x1c0 kernel/time/tick-sched.c:149
 tick_sched_do_timer kernel/time/tick-sched.c:253 [inline]
 tick_nohz_handler+0x88/0x380 kernel/time/tick-sched.c:310
 __run_hrtimer kernel/time/hrtimer.c:2074 [inline]
 __hrtimer_run_queues+0x1f8/0x510 kernel/time/hrtimer.c:2131
 hrtimer_interrupt+0x27b/0x860 kernel/time/hrtimer.c:2250
 local_apic_timer_interrupt arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1051 [inline]
 __sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x5f/0x1c0 arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1068
 instr_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1062 [inline]
 sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x6f/0x80 arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1062
 asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x1a/0x20 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:674
 __put_user_nocheck_4+0xa/0x20 arch/x86/lib/putuser.S:105
 ____sys_recvmsg+0x1a1/0x280 net/socket.c:2946
 ___sys_recvmsg+0x11f/0x3a0 net/socket.c:2975
 do_recvmmsg+0x1e5/0x560 net/socket.c:3070
 __sys_recvmmsg net/socket.c:3144 [inline]
 __do_sys_recvmmsg net/socket.c:3167 [inline]
 __se_sys_recvmmsg net/socket.c:3160 [inline]
 __x64_sys_recvmmsg+0xe5/0x170 net/socket.c:3160
 x64_sys_call+0x77f/0x2550 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:300
 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 0xffffffff895fa518 of 8 bytes by task 10675 on cpu 1:
 timekeeping_cycles_to_ns kernel/time/timekeeping.c:459 [inline]
 timekeeping_get_ns kernel/time/timekeeping.c:482 [inline]
 ktime_get+0xcf/0x240 kernel/time/timekeeping.c:1004
 ktime_get_ns include/linux/timekeeping.h:174 [inline]
 bpf_test_timer_continue+0x155/0x350 net/bpf/test_run.c:72
 bpf_test_run+0x2f6/0x620 net/bpf/test_run.c:426
 bpf_prog_test_run_skb+0xe67/0x11b0 net/bpf/test_run.c:1225
 bpf_prog_test_run+0x208/0x340 kernel/bpf/syscall.c:4821
 __sys_bpf+0x8da/0xc30 kernel/bpf/syscall.c:6405
 __do_sys_bpf kernel/bpf/syscall.c:6506 [inline]
 __se_sys_bpf kernel/bpf/syscall.c:6503 [inline]
 __x64_sys_bpf+0x69/0x80 kernel/bpf/syscall.c:6503
 x64_sys_call+0xf26/0x2550 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:322
 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: 0x000003697ae592ee -> 0x000003697c35445b

Reported by Kernel Concurrency Sanitizer on:
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 10675 Comm: syz.2.10771 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(lazy) 
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 09/16/2026
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Crashes (43):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/10/11 04:36 upstream a5ebb76233b7 4f92358f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in ktime_get / timekeeping_update_from_shadow
2026/10/08 20:51 upstream 6c377d19d4a5 b2734a59 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in ktime_get / timekeeping_update_from_shadow
2026/10/03 09:28 upstream e767a4ea70a3 57bbd979 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in ktime_get / timekeeping_update_from_shadow
2026/09/29 10:44 upstream 72d3fcf802c4 7bf4ea23 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in ktime_get / timekeeping_update_from_shadow
2026/09/28 04:34 upstream efb44d93a620 a3c7249d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in ktime_get / timekeeping_update_from_shadow
2026/09/21 22:10 upstream f0100363d8c3 853b104b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in ktime_get / timekeeping_update_from_shadow
2026/09/20 11:13 upstream 518e5b794c06 853b104b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in ktime_get / timekeeping_update_from_shadow
2026/09/16 21:06 upstream 238650ef6c7c 12a0a44a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in ktime_get / timekeeping_update_from_shadow
2026/09/14 14:39 upstream 704340f1cd0d 81a27d1a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in ktime_get / timekeeping_update_from_shadow
2026/09/12 21:45 upstream 5225b8eec4c9 70a60e12 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in ktime_get / timekeeping_update_from_shadow
2026/09/11 16:18 upstream 08df884136f1 b6a5eeb7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in ktime_get / timekeeping_update_from_shadow
2026/09/05 21:20 upstream 0d9ff90a5422 4f7b22a0 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in ktime_get / timekeeping_update_from_shadow
2026/08/30 03:40 upstream 08dbfad3f504 2f52988a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in ktime_get / timekeeping_update_from_shadow
2026/08/23 18:10 upstream 2709dd5ae32f 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in ktime_get / timekeeping_update_from_shadow
2026/08/18 02:55 upstream ff68e5f557f6 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in ktime_get / timekeeping_update_from_shadow
2026/08/12 23:53 upstream 3d6d817622b0 359b2492 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in ktime_get / timekeeping_update_from_shadow
2026/08/10 20:06 upstream d58772d8520c 508909ea .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in ktime_get / timekeeping_update_from_shadow
2026/08/03 06:34 upstream bd1dde877520 e611ffe1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in ktime_get / timekeeping_update_from_shadow
2026/08/02 06:11 upstream 2d2338c93da7 e611ffe1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in ktime_get / timekeeping_update_from_shadow
2026/07/27 15:45 upstream f5098b6bae76 aae9036b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in ktime_get / timekeeping_update_from_shadow
2026/07/15 15:33 upstream 58717b2a1365 a4ed0f4f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in ktime_get / timekeeping_update_from_shadow
2026/07/11 13:15 upstream 61c03dfde854 d78ea535 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in ktime_get / timekeeping_update_from_shadow
2026/06/29 23:40 upstream dc59e4fea9d8 6a0c72dc .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in ktime_get / timekeeping_update_from_shadow
2026/06/24 10:27 upstream 558ef39aeb9a 042555ff .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in ktime_get / timekeeping_update_from_shadow
2026/06/22 21:27 upstream 1dc18801be29 5a630be6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in ktime_get / timekeeping_update_from_shadow
2026/06/18 09:58 upstream e771677c937d a776b0d0 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in ktime_get / timekeeping_update_from_shadow
2026/06/17 16:03 upstream 66affa37cfac b62b3ded .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in ktime_get / timekeeping_update_from_shadow
2026/06/13 19:41 upstream 062871f1371b 1d2f3589 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in ktime_get / timekeeping_update_from_shadow
2026/06/13 02:37 upstream 1dadb7e7eb5a 1d2f3589 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in ktime_get / timekeeping_update_from_shadow
2026/05/26 19:18 upstream d60ec36cab33 a3e47276 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in ktime_get / timekeeping_update_from_shadow
2026/05/23 09:56 upstream 79bd2dded182 c69befb3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in ktime_get / timekeeping_update_from_shadow
2026/05/17 23:25 upstream e5d505e3664b de5aae85 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in ktime_get / timekeeping_update_from_shadow
2026/05/15 14:58 upstream 70eda68668d1 9cd3beaa .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in ktime_get / timekeeping_update_from_shadow
2026/05/11 22:36 upstream 5d6919055dec d168f260 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in ktime_get / timekeeping_update_from_shadow
2026/05/07 22:55 upstream 8ab992f815d6 cbf9e0fc .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in ktime_get / timekeeping_update_from_shadow
2026/05/02 10:35 upstream f1a5e78a55eb a0d91488 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in ktime_get / timekeeping_update_from_shadow
2026/04/27 14:42 upstream 254f49634ee1 0f700595 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in ktime_get / timekeeping_update_from_shadow
2026/04/18 09:54 upstream 8541d8f725c6 303e2802 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in ktime_get / timekeeping_update_from_shadow
2026/04/15 05:09 upstream 508fed679541 e2e976a8 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in ktime_get / timekeeping_update_from_shadow
2026/03/25 13:49 upstream bbeb83d3182a 8ee77f7d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in ktime_get / timekeeping_update_from_shadow
2026/03/20 12:25 upstream 8a30aeb0d1b4 2f245add .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in ktime_get / timekeeping_update_from_shadow
2026/03/08 01:28 upstream 4ae12d8bd9a8 5cb44a80 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in ktime_get / timekeeping_update_from_shadow
2026/03/05 06:19 upstream ecc64d2dc9ff a9fe5c9e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in ktime_get / timekeeping_update_from_shadow
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.