KCSAN: data-race in _prb_read_valid / data_alloc

Status: moderation: reported on 2025/04/25 22:51
Subsystems: ext4
Labels: prio:low
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Reported-by: syzbot+808447001465ab29f335@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 550d, last: 4d16h
▶ ▼ ✨ AI Jobs (5)
ID Workflow Result Correct Bug Created Started Finished Revision
6a782019 repro-c Reproduced: ✅ ❓ KCSAN: data-race in _prb_read_valid / data_alloc 2026/10/02 22:25 2026/10/02 22:25 2026/10/02 23:02 57bbd979
e74241a4 assessment-security DenialOfService: ❌ Exploitable: ❌ FilesystemTrigger: ✅ NetworkTrigger: ✅ PeripheralTrigger: ✅ RemoteTrigger: ✅ Unprivileged: ✅ UserNamespace: ✅ VMGuestTrigger: ✅ VMHostTrigger: ✅ ❓ KCSAN: data-race in _prb_read_valid / data_alloc 2026/05/17 00:13 2026/05/17 00:13 2026/05/17 00:45 de5aae85
273760ae repro ❓ KCSAN: data-race in _prb_read_valid / data_alloc 2026/03/07 23:14 2026/03/07 23:14 2026/03/07 23:16 31e9c887
fb3eaf3e assessment-kcsan Benign: ✅ Confident: ✅ ❓ KCSAN: data-race in _prb_read_valid / data_alloc 2026/02/24 21:11 2026/02/24 21:11 2026/02/24 21:15 305c0ec5
0dfcd390 assessment-kcsan 💥 KCSAN: data-race in _prb_read_valid / data_alloc 2026/01/10 03:13 2026/01/10 03:13 2026/01/10 03:13 75199160
▶ ▼ Last patch testing requests (1)
Created Duration User Patch Repo Result
2026/10/03 01:21 10m retest repro git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git 5e0f8396d4805a3e7f753fa58c8c55f1f3cc2160 report job log log

Sample crash report:
FAULT_INJECTION: forcing a failure.
name failslab, interval 1, probability 0, space 0, times 0
==================================================================
BUG: KCSAN: data-race in _prb_read_valid / data_alloc

write to 0xffffffff86e852e8 of 8 bytes by task 5815 on cpu 1:
 data_alloc+0x2fc/0x380 kernel/printk/printk_ringbuffer.c:1129
 prb_reserve+0x8e3/0xaf0 kernel/printk/printk_ringbuffer.c:1727
 vprintk_store+0x54e/0x910 kernel/printk/printk.c:2354
 vprintk_emit+0x1a4/0x610 kernel/printk/printk.c:2455
 vprintk_default+0x26/0x30 kernel/printk/printk.c:2494
 vprintk+0x1d/0x30 kernel/printk/printk_safe.c:82
 _printk+0x79/0xa0 kernel/printk/printk.c:2504
 __nla_validate_parse+0x17ac/0x1d70 lib/nlattr.c:647
 __nla_parse+0x40/0x60 lib/nlattr.c:732
 __nlmsg_parse include/net/netlink.h:789 [inline]
 genl_family_rcv_msg_attrs_parse+0x154/0x1b0 net/netlink/genetlink.c:944
 genl_family_rcv_msg_doit+0x4b/0x1f0 net/netlink/genetlink.c:1092
 genl_family_rcv_msg net/netlink/genetlink.c:1194 [inline]
 genl_rcv_msg+0x42f/0x470 net/netlink/genetlink.c:1209
 netlink_rcv_skb+0x11e/0x220 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2576
 genl_rcv+0x28/0x40 net/netlink/genetlink.c:1218
 netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1335 [inline]
 netlink_unicast+0x665/0x740 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1361
 netlink_sendmsg+0x5ef/0x740 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1920
 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:800 [inline]
 __sock_sendmsg net/socket.c:818 [inline]
 ____sys_sendmsg+0x54a/0x590 net/socket.c:2715
 ___sys_sendmsg+0x195/0x1e0 net/socket.c:2769
 __sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2801 [inline]
 __do_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2806 [inline]
 __se_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2804 [inline]
 __x64_sys_sendmsg+0xd4/0x160 net/socket.c:2804
 x64_sys_call+0x22ab/0x2550 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:47
 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 0xffffffff86e852e8 of 16 bytes by task 5809 on cpu 0:
 desc_read kernel/printk/printk_ringbuffer.c:496 [inline]
 desc_read_finalized_seq kernel/printk/printk_ringbuffer.c:1934 [inline]
 prb_read kernel/printk/printk_ringbuffer.c:1982 [inline]
 _prb_read_valid+0x183/0x930 kernel/printk/printk_ringbuffer.c:2173
 desc_update_last_finalized+0x8f/0x170 kernel/printk/printk_ringbuffer.c:1573
 prb_final_commit+0x111/0x150 kernel/printk/printk_ringbuffer.c:1842
 vprintk_store+0x88f/0x910 kernel/printk/printk.c:2381
 vprintk_emit+0x1a4/0x610 kernel/printk/printk.c:2455
 vprintk_default+0x26/0x30 kernel/printk/printk.c:2494
 vprintk+0x1d/0x30 kernel/printk/printk_safe.c:82
 _printk+0x79/0xa0 kernel/printk/printk.c:2504
 fail_dump lib/fault-inject.c:66 [inline]
 should_fail_ex+0x24a/0x280 lib/fault-inject.c:174
 should_failslab+0x8c/0xb0 mm/failslab.c:46
 slab_pre_alloc_hook mm/slub.c:4638 [inline]
 slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:4974 [inline]
 kmem_cache_alloc_noprof+0x5e/0x3d0 mm/slub.c:5010
 lsm_file_alloc security/security.c:172 [inline]
 security_file_alloc+0x32/0xf0 security/security.c:2428
 init_file+0x5b/0x1b0 fs/file_table.c:184
 alloc_empty_file+0x85/0x1e0 fs/file_table.c:266
 alloc_file fs/file_table.c:396 [inline]
 alloc_file_pseudo+0x92/0x120 fs/file_table.c:427
 __anon_inode_getfile fs/anon_inodes.c:164 [inline]
 __anon_inode_getfd fs/anon_inodes.c:281 [inline]
 anon_inode_getfd+0xc1/0x190 fs/anon_inodes.c:305
 fscontext_create_fd fs/fsopen.c:97 [inline]
 __do_sys_fsopen fs/fsopen.c:156 [inline]
 __se_sys_fsopen+0x1e1/0x230 fs/fsopen.c:121
 __x64_sys_fsopen+0x31/0x40 fs/fsopen.c:121
 x64_sys_call+0x1f0f/0x2550 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:431
 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

Reported by Kernel Concurrency Sanitizer on:
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 5809 Comm: syz.7.8975 Tainted: G                   Y syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(lazy) 
Tainted: [Y]=FORCED_BIND
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 10/07/2026
==================================================================
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 5809 Comm: syz.7.8975 Tainted: G                   Y syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(lazy) 
Tainted: [Y]=FORCED_BIND
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 10/07/2026
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 __dump_stack+0x1d/0x30 lib/dump_stack.c:94
 dump_stack_lvl+0x95/0xd0 lib/dump_stack.c:120
 dump_stack+0x15/0x1b lib/dump_stack.c:129
 fail_dump lib/fault-inject.c:73 [inline]
 should_fail_ex+0x262/0x280 lib/fault-inject.c:174
 should_failslab+0x8c/0xb0 mm/failslab.c:46
 slab_pre_alloc_hook mm/slub.c:4638 [inline]
 slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:4974 [inline]
 kmem_cache_alloc_noprof+0x5e/0x3d0 mm/slub.c:5010
 lsm_file_alloc security/security.c:172 [inline]
 security_file_alloc+0x32/0xf0 security/security.c:2428
 init_file+0x5b/0x1b0 fs/file_table.c:184
 alloc_empty_file+0x85/0x1e0 fs/file_table.c:266
 alloc_file fs/file_table.c:396 [inline]
 alloc_file_pseudo+0x92/0x120 fs/file_table.c:427
 __anon_inode_getfile fs/anon_inodes.c:164 [inline]
 __anon_inode_getfd fs/anon_inodes.c:281 [inline]
 anon_inode_getfd+0xc1/0x190 fs/anon_inodes.c:305
 fscontext_create_fd fs/fsopen.c:97 [inline]
 __do_sys_fsopen fs/fsopen.c:156 [inline]
 __se_sys_fsopen+0x1e1/0x230 fs/fsopen.c:121
 __x64_sys_fsopen+0x31/0x40 fs/fsopen.c:121
 x64_sys_call+0x1f0f/0x2550 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:431
 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
RIP: 0033:0x7fc246cdf559
Code: ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 44 00 00 48 89 f8 48 89 f7 48 89 d6 48 89 ca 4d 89 c2 4d 89 c8 4c 8b 4c 24 08 0f 05 <48> 3d 01 f0 ff ff 73 01 c3 48 c7 c1 e8 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48
RSP: 002b:00007fc24572f028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 00000000000001ae
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007fc246f65fa0 RCX: 00007fc246cdf559
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000200000000000
RBP: 00007fc246d76b20 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007fc246f66038 R14: 00007fc246f65fa0 R15: 00007ffe01df4928
 </TASK>

Crashes (606):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/10/24 04:45 upstream 734bef548a96 1d9ca40b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in _prb_read_valid / data_alloc
2026/10/23 12:52 upstream a1c2b1da93f5 d566bfda .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in _prb_read_valid / data_alloc
2026/10/19 01:24 upstream a0ff06b3a7bd 432c0077 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in _prb_read_valid / data_alloc
2026/10/15 22:57 upstream 9aa622dbaab8 3f2522c6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in _prb_read_valid / data_alloc
2026/10/14 15:21 upstream 4056b3c9d3c9 1a71827b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in _prb_read_valid / data_alloc
2026/10/13 14:36 upstream 24a19b953e2a 5a1eeac4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in _prb_read_valid / data_alloc
2026/10/13 05:41 upstream 24a19b953e2a 745a967f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in _prb_read_valid / data_alloc
2026/10/05 18:07 upstream 67f0943b394d af63e995 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in _prb_read_valid / data_alloc
2026/10/05 04:28 upstream a90ee4305c4a 57bbd979 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in _prb_read_valid / data_alloc
2026/10/04 04:09 upstream a74306e2e676 57bbd979 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in _prb_read_valid / data_alloc
2026/09/30 22:15 upstream 551c722f4080 38f7f0d1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in _prb_read_valid / data_alloc
2026/09/27 19:12 upstream efb44d93a620 a3c7249d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in _prb_read_valid / data_alloc
2026/09/27 13:57 upstream fddfc3ec3179 a3c7249d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in _prb_read_valid / data_alloc
2026/09/26 07:28 upstream 6812ce4e4379 a3c7249d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in _prb_read_valid / data_alloc
2026/09/19 01:45 upstream 17e7b8eacf4c 853b104b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in _prb_read_valid / data_alloc
2026/09/13 22:02 upstream d681d7ef617e 70a60e12 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in _prb_read_valid / data_alloc
2026/09/11 15:57 upstream 08df884136f1 b6a5eeb7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in _prb_read_valid / data_alloc
2026/09/11 07:39 upstream 08df884136f1 1fe56c0a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in _prb_read_valid / data_alloc
2026/09/06 22:32 upstream 88405f0ad1d5 4f7b22a0 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in _prb_read_valid / data_alloc
2026/09/06 15:23 upstream 1fc5a74b108f 4f7b22a0 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in _prb_read_valid / data_alloc
2026/09/02 07:31 upstream 89a312991dc6 587f6b29 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in _prb_read_valid / data_alloc
2026/09/01 12:49 upstream 786262be6048 587f6b29 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in _prb_read_valid / data_alloc
2026/09/01 00:28 upstream bf1079577a11 316d9396 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in _prb_read_valid / data_alloc
2026/08/29 00:36 upstream c20313e98b04 2f52988a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in _prb_read_valid / data_alloc
2026/08/28 07:40 upstream 1b78070aaef6 69a01293 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in _prb_read_valid / data_alloc
2026/08/26 03:00 upstream 73ae59e97596 6a91adb4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in _prb_read_valid / data_alloc
2026/08/25 03:56 upstream 66498c75b4f8 614e416a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in _prb_read_valid / data_alloc
2026/08/24 09:17 upstream 0a0d1d55dad5 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in _prb_read_valid / data_alloc
2026/08/23 08:09 upstream 2709dd5ae32f 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in _prb_read_valid / data_alloc
2026/08/21 12:08 upstream 818bebeb63dd 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in _prb_read_valid / data_alloc
2026/08/18 22:28 upstream 0f23d56f17fd 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in _prb_read_valid / data_alloc
2026/08/17 12:59 upstream 8d3ae59288f1 905244d6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in _prb_read_valid / data_alloc
2026/08/14 11:51 upstream 3aa1dcaa4f6f 6f9b3e89 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in _prb_read_valid / data_alloc
2026/08/13 22:44 upstream 3aa1dcaa4f6f b13552fe .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in _prb_read_valid / data_alloc
2026/08/12 20:13 upstream 3d6d817622b0 359b2492 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in _prb_read_valid / data_alloc
2026/08/10 23:43 upstream d58772d8520c 508909ea .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in _prb_read_valid / data_alloc
2026/08/09 22:15 upstream b9b3e33b70b7 5d63f80b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in _prb_read_valid / data_alloc
2026/08/08 06:40 upstream bcc44b6785f2 5d63f80b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in _prb_read_valid / data_alloc
2026/08/06 21:24 upstream fcaeecb8b0cd c38879ea .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in _prb_read_valid / data_alloc
2026/08/05 23:07 upstream 0d8395707651 cd5b1963 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in _prb_read_valid / data_alloc
2026/08/04 19:58 upstream 562bfb501c54 d4abbeac .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in _prb_read_valid / data_alloc
2026/08/04 17:09 upstream 848acc8ffe1b d4abbeac .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in _prb_read_valid / data_alloc
2026/08/03 03:16 upstream bd1dde877520 e611ffe1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in _prb_read_valid / data_alloc
2026/08/01 05:59 upstream 0131b508c0e2 e611ffe1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in _prb_read_valid / data_alloc
2026/07/31 09:26 upstream 8ba098e6b6ff aaffb173 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in _prb_read_valid / data_alloc
2026/07/30 17:36 upstream 11028ab62899 2377cd3d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in _prb_read_valid / data_alloc
2026/07/28 21:02 upstream 3b5f4b83c4ab edc8a875 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in _prb_read_valid / data_alloc
2026/07/27 07:45 upstream 4235cb24ec1e 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in _prb_read_valid / data_alloc
2026/05/16 12:25 upstream d458a240344c a15a64a6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in _prb_read_valid / data_alloc
2026/03/07 02:29 upstream 651690480a96 5cb44a80 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in _prb_read_valid / data_alloc
2026/02/24 11:47 upstream 7dff99b35460 96b1aa46 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in _prb_read_valid / data_alloc
2026/01/09 09:10 upstream 623fb9912f6a d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in _prb_read_valid / data_alloc
2025/04/25 22:50 upstream 02ddfb981de8 c6b4fb39 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in _prb_read_valid / data_alloc
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.