KCSAN: data-race in copy_process / free_pid (14)

Status: moderation: reported C repro on 2025/01/04 00:52
Subsystems: kernel
Labels: prio:low
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Reported-by: syzbot+fab52e3459fa2f95df57@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 648d, last: 1d03h
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a769034c assessment-security DenialOfService: ❌ Exploitable: ❌ FilesystemTrigger: ❌ NetworkTrigger: ❌ PeripheralTrigger: ❌ RemoteTrigger: ❌ Unprivileged: ✅ UserNamespace: ✅ VMGuestTrigger: ✅ VMHostTrigger: ❌ ❓ KCSAN: data-race in copy_process / free_pid (14) 2026/05/24 04:39 2026/05/24 04:39 2026/05/24 05:16 c69befb3
2c5f0b53 assessment-kcsan Benign: ✅ Confident: ✅ ❓ KCSAN: data-race in copy_process / free_pid (14) 2026/01/15 10:44 2026/01/15 10:44 2026/01/15 11:06 a9d6a792
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[PATCH v2] pid: annotate data-races around pid_ns->pid_allocated 4 (4) 2025/04/28 08:30
[PATCH v1] pid: annotate data-races around pid_ns->pid_allocated 7 (7) 2025/04/25 05:37
▶ ▼ Similar bugs (13)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
upstream KCSAN: data-race in copy_process / free_pid (8) kernel 6 1 1405d 1405d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/01/17 03:08
upstream KCSAN: data-race in copy_process / free_pid (11) kernel 6 1 871d 871d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/06/30 01:30
upstream KCSAN: data-race in copy_process / free_pid mm 6 1 2498d 2498d 0/29 auto-closed as invalid on 2020/02/20 19:37
upstream KCSAN: data-race in copy_process / free_pid (10) kernel 6 23 911d 1039d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/05/21 14:09
upstream KCSAN: data-race in copy_process / free_pid (9) kernel 6 12 1154d 1240d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/09/21 05:02
upstream KCSAN: data-race in copy_process / free_pid (6) kernel 6 2 1596d 1600d 0/29 auto-closed as invalid on 2022/07/06 07:38
upstream KCSAN: data-race in copy_process / free_pid (4) kernel 6 1 1901d 1901d 0/29 auto-closed as invalid on 2021/09/04 11:26
upstream KCSAN: data-race in copy_process / free_pid (5) kernel 6 32 1737d 1856d 0/29 auto-closed as invalid on 2022/02/15 18:33
upstream KCSAN: data-race in copy_process / free_pid (2) kasan 6 1 2412d 2412d 0/29 auto-closed as invalid on 2020/05/15 22:36
upstream KCSAN: data-race in copy_process / free_pid (7) kernel 6 4 1496d 1548d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2022/10/14 18:22
upstream KCSAN: data-race in copy_process / free_pid (13) kernel 6 6 726d 761d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/11/22 02:42
upstream KCSAN: data-race in copy_process / free_pid (3) kernel 6 1 2091d 2091d 0/29 auto-closed as invalid on 2021/02/26 04:07
upstream KCSAN: data-race in copy_process / free_pid (12) kernel 6 1 829d 829d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/08/11 08:23

Sample crash report:
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BUG: KCSAN: data-race in copy_process / free_pid

read-write to 0xffffffff86e5c368 of 4 bytes by task 26955 on cpu 0:
 free_pid+0xb3/0x1b0 kernel/pid.c:124
 free_pids+0x7a/0xb0 kernel/pid.c:156
 release_task+0xa28/0xb90 kernel/exit.c:302
 wait_task_zombie kernel/exit.c:1291 [inline]
 wait_consider_task+0x10ef/0x15f0 kernel/exit.c:1518
 do_wait_thread kernel/exit.c:1581 [inline]
 __do_wait+0xf1/0x500 kernel/exit.c:1699
 do_wait+0xb6/0x230 kernel/exit.c:1733
 kernel_wait4+0x19f/0x210 kernel/exit.c:1892
 __do_sys_wait4 kernel/exit.c:1920 [inline]
 __se_sys_wait4 kernel/exit.c:1916 [inline]
 __x64_sys_wait4+0x91/0x120 kernel/exit.c:1916
 x64_sys_call+0x108f/0x2550 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:62
 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 0xffffffff86e5c368 of 4 bytes by task 26957 on cpu 1:
 copy_process+0x1ae8/0x2360 kernel/fork.c:2490
 kernel_clone+0x1c0/0x5f0 kernel/fork.c:2771
 __do_sys_clone kernel/fork.c:2913 [inline]
 __se_sys_clone kernel/fork.c:2897 [inline]
 __x64_sys_clone+0x143/0x180 kernel/fork.c:2897
 x64_sys_call+0x2479/0x2550 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:57
 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: 0x800000ac -> 0x800000ab

Reported by Kernel Concurrency Sanitizer on:
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 26957 Comm: syz-executor425 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 (321):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/10/02 03:55 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git d24e8ac715de abce1216 .config console log report C ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in copy_process / free_pid
2026/10/13 18:42 upstream 24a19b953e2a 5a1eeac4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in copy_process / free_pid
2026/10/10 03:29 upstream fc1c25014ff8 4f92358f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in copy_process / free_pid
2026/10/02 21:39 upstream 5e0f8396d480 57bbd979 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in copy_process / free_pid
2026/09/29 19:28 upstream 6f8319e3e9a4 328436b3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in copy_process / free_pid
2026/09/21 22:59 upstream f0100363d8c3 853b104b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in copy_process / free_pid
2026/09/17 12:46 upstream 238650ef6c7c 95928915 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in copy_process / free_pid
2026/09/12 06:35 upstream 3026c6e4f223 70a60e12 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in copy_process / free_pid
2026/09/07 14:29 upstream df2908090cda 680aa3e1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in copy_process / free_pid
2026/08/28 10:35 upstream 1b78070aaef6 e2fa417d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in copy_process / free_pid
2026/08/27 21:43 upstream 73e3f0710014 69a01293 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in copy_process / free_pid
2026/08/27 08:07 upstream 502d45774af0 a2b77b9e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in copy_process / free_pid
2026/08/26 21:32 upstream 73ae59e97596 a2b77b9e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in copy_process / free_pid
2026/08/25 17:39 upstream 66498c75b4f8 a9a1fc32 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in copy_process / free_pid
2026/08/25 06:47 upstream 66498c75b4f8 614e416a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in copy_process / free_pid
2026/08/18 04:37 upstream ff68e5f557f6 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in copy_process / free_pid
2026/08/13 06:34 upstream 3d6d817622b0 359b2492 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in copy_process / free_pid
2026/08/08 12:44 upstream bcc44b6785f2 5d63f80b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in copy_process / free_pid
2026/08/07 11:58 upstream f9a2394a2348 e4ef95d6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in copy_process / free_pid
2026/08/05 15:37 upstream c21bb4193868 52aa2820 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in copy_process / free_pid
2026/07/31 04:18 upstream 3708dd948844 aaffb173 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in copy_process / free_pid
2026/07/29 00:35 upstream 3b5f4b83c4ab edc8a875 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in copy_process / free_pid
2026/07/26 18:39 upstream 3dab139d4795 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in copy_process / free_pid
2026/07/10 13:39 upstream a635d6748234 99e64375 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in copy_process / free_pid
2026/07/07 14:27 upstream 0e35b9b6ec0f 76cdc0c0 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in copy_process / free_pid
2026/07/07 07:20 upstream 0e35b9b6ec0f 8e71ce95 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in copy_process / free_pid
2026/07/05 15:19 upstream 7404ce516372 fcece630 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in copy_process / free_pid
2026/07/03 00:39 upstream 4a50a141f05a 2b70b115 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in copy_process / free_pid
2026/07/01 12:56 upstream 665159e24674 00a5cf1c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in copy_process / free_pid
2026/06/26 03:57 upstream a142da0b2d32 7ff32d8b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in copy_process / free_pid
2026/06/24 18:04 upstream 840ef6c78e6a 302586aa .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in copy_process / free_pid
2026/06/23 08:02 upstream 502d801f0ab0 5a630be6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in copy_process / free_pid
2026/06/19 04:34 upstream 83f1454877cc a776b0d0 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in copy_process / free_pid
2026/06/15 04:39 upstream 95e56f0f293e 1d2f3589 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in copy_process / free_pid
2026/06/09 08:41 upstream 2d3090a8aeb5 656e94c6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in copy_process / free_pid
2026/05/28 11:36 upstream eb3f4b7426cf 681715f7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in copy_process / free_pid
2026/05/27 19:57 upstream eb3f4b7426cf 8777bdc3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in copy_process / free_pid
2026/05/23 20:35 upstream eed108edc117 c69befb3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in copy_process / free_pid
2026/05/19 23:47 upstream 27fa82620cba 0909d65f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in copy_process / free_pid
2026/05/19 11:30 upstream ab5fce87a778 223544dc .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in copy_process / free_pid
2026/05/17 18:46 upstream 6916d5703ddf de5aae85 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in copy_process / free_pid
2026/05/16 20:20 upstream d458a240344c a15a64a6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in copy_process / free_pid
2026/05/15 03:46 upstream 66182ca873a4 6ccb967e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in copy_process / free_pid
2026/05/12 18:31 upstream c21b90f77687 07aeade5 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in copy_process / free_pid
2026/03/10 06:41 upstream 1f318b96cc84 6972f302 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in copy_process / free_pid
2026/01/11 04:35 upstream 97313d6113ab d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in copy_process / free_pid
2025/01/04 00:51 upstream 63676eefb7a0 f3558dbf .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in copy_process / free_pid
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.