WARNING in kcov_remote_start (6)

Status: upstream: reported on 2024/11/04 21:25
Subsystems: kernel
Labels: prio:low
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Reported-by: syzbot+3f51ad7ac3ae57a6fdcc@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Fix commit: 2eed77fdcb0c kcov: fix data corruption and race conditions on PREEMPT_RT
Patched on: [ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto ci-qemu-native-arm64-kvm ci-qemu-upstream ci-qemu-upstream-386 ci-qemu2-arm32 ci-qemu2-arm64 ci-qemu2-arm64-compat ci-qemu2-arm64-mte ci-qemu2-riscv64 ci-snapshot-upstream-root ci-upstream-bpf-kasan-gce ci-upstream-bpf-next-kasan-gce ci-upstream-gce-arm64 ci-upstream-gce-leak ci-upstream-kasan-badwrites-root ci-upstream-kasan-gce ci-upstream-kasan-gce-386 ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root ci-upstream-net-kasan-gce ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce ci2-upstream-fs ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce ci2-upstream-usb], missing on: [ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-386-root ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-root]
First crash: 745d, last: 8h24m
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7c1201c5 assessment-security DenialOfService: ❌ Exploitable: ❌ FilesystemTrigger: ❌ NetworkTrigger: ❌ PeripheralTrigger: ❌ RemoteTrigger: ❌ Unprivileged: ❌ UserNamespace: ❌ VMGuestTrigger: ❌ VMHostTrigger: ❌ ❓ WARNING in kcov_remote_start (6) 2026/05/24 13:26 2026/05/24 13:26 2026/05/24 14:13 c69befb3
▶ ▼ Discussions (14)
Title Replies (including bot) Last reply
[PATCH v6] kcov: fix data corruption and race conditions on PREEMPT_RT by moving saved remote state to task_struct 5 (5) 2026/07/16 09:12
Re: [PATCH v5] kcov: fix data corruption and race conditions on PREEMPT_RT by moving saved remote state to task_struct 2 (2) 2026/07/10 10:43
Re: Policy regarding linux-next only changes 2 (2) 2026/07/02 14:11
[PATCH] kcov: fix potential kcov_mode corruption under CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT 5 (5) 2026/05/21 08:38
[syzbot] [wireless?] WARNING in kcov_remote_start (6) 0 (2) 2026/05/07 11:10
[PATCH (draft)] kcov: fix potential kcov_mode corruption under CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT 2 (2) 2026/05/04 15:39
[syzbot] Monthly wireless report (May 2026) 0 (1) 2026/05/02 12:32
[syzbot] Monthly wireless report (Apr 2026) 0 (1) 2026/04/01 07:42
[syzbot] Monthly wireless report (Mar 2026) 0 (1) 2026/03/01 06:22
[syzbot] Monthly wireless report (Jan 2026) 0 (1) 2026/01/28 22:39
[syzbot] Monthly usb report (Dec 2025) 0 (1) 2025/12/29 08:12
[syzbot] Monthly wireless report (Dec 2025) 0 (1) 2025/12/29 08:12
[syzbot] Monthly wireless report (Nov 2025) 0 (1) 2025/11/27 07:44
[syzbot] Monthly wireless report (Oct 2025) 0 (1) 2025/10/27 08:42
▶ ▼ Similar bugs (10)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
linux-5.15 WARNING in kcov_remote_start (2) -1 1 262d 262d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2026/06/06 04:25
linux-5.15 WARNING in kcov_remote_start -1 4 675d 774d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/04/19 19:40
linux-5.15 WARNING in kcov_remote_start (3) -1 1 128d 128d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2026/10/18 20:40
linux-6.6 WARNING in kcov_remote_start -1 1 177d 177d 0/2 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2026/08/30 01:58
upstream WARNING in kcov_remote_start (4) usb -1 107983 858d 889d 26/29 fixed on 2024/07/10 08:24
upstream WARNING in kcov_remote_start (2) usb -1 syz, C 1153 2629d 2630d 0/29 closed as invalid on 2019/09/04 14:27
upstream WARNING in kcov_remote_start (5) wireless -1 4243 754d 854d 28/29 fixed on 2024/10/22 14:56
upstream WARNING in kcov_remote_start (3) usb -1 265513 893d 962d 25/29 fixed on 2024/06/05 13:52
upstream WARNING in kcov_remote_start usb -1 syz, C 655 2630d 2630d 0/29 closed as invalid on 2019/09/03 16:37
linux-6.1 WARNING in kcov_remote_start -1 18 8d21h 505d 0/3 upstream: reported on 2025/06/28 15:34

Sample crash report:
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in_task() && kcov_mode_enabled(mode)
WARNING: kernel/kcov.c:911 at kcov_remote_start+0x55b/0x7e0 kernel/kcov.c:911, CPU#1: syz.0.39/6012
Modules linked in:
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 6012 Comm: syz.0.39 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) 
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 11/06/2026
RIP: 0010:kcov_remote_start+0x55b/0x7e0 kernel/kcov.c:911
Code: f7 c5 00 02 00 00 0f 84 86 fc ff ff fb e9 80 fc ff ff e8 08 05 3e 0a 41 f7 c5 00 02 00 00 0f 85 67 fc ff ff e9 69 fc ff ff 90 <0f> 0b 90 e8 ed 22 3e 0a 89 c0 48 c7 c7 d8 52 e2 94 48 03 3c c5 d0
RSP: 0018:ffffc90005496a98 EFLAGS: 00010002
RAX: 8000000000000200 RBX: ffffffff81c92cbc RCX: 8000000000000201
RDX: ffff88807f6a0c28 RSI: ffffffff8e935492 RDI: ffffffff8c8e9d80
RBP: ffffc90005496d50 R08: ffffc90005496878 R09: 0000000000000020
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: ffffffff81a49a20 R12: ffff8880b83292d8
R13: 0000000000000246 R14: ffff88807f6a0000 R15: 0000000000000000
FS:  00007f4bf27386c0(0000) GS:ffff888123504000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 0000001b34c1dff8 CR3: 000000003376b000 CR4: 0000000000350ef0
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 kcov_remote_start_common include/linux/kcov.h:48 [inline]
 ieee80211_rx_list+0x973/0x4a50 net/mac80211/rx.c:5781
 ieee80211_rx_napi+0x1ad/0x3d0 net/mac80211/rx.c:5824
 ieee80211_rx include/net/mac80211.h:5492 [inline]
 ieee80211_handle_queued_frames+0xe4/0x1d0 net/mac80211/main.c:452
 ieee80211_stop_device+0x3e/0xf0 net/mac80211/util.c:1659
 ieee80211_do_stop+0x1e19/0x2450 net/mac80211/iface.c:777
 ieee80211_stop+0x1ab/0x200 net/mac80211/iface.c:871
 __dev_close_many+0x361/0x6e0 net/core/dev.c:1836
 netif_close_many+0x249/0x660 net/core/dev.c:1862
 netif_close+0x160/0x220 net/core/dev.c:1880
 dev_close+0xf7/0x210 net/core/dev_api.c:221
 nl80211_del_interface+0xcd/0x140 net/wireless/nl80211.c:5411
 genl_family_rcv_msg_doit+0x233/0x340 net/netlink/genetlink.c:1114
 genl_family_rcv_msg net/netlink/genetlink.c:1194 [inline]
 genl_rcv_msg+0x614/0x7a0 net/netlink/genetlink.c:1209
 netlink_rcv_skb+0x226/0x4a0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2585
 genl_rcv+0x28/0x40 net/netlink/genetlink.c:1218
 netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1336 [inline]
 netlink_unicast+0x8ef/0xa80 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1362
 netlink_sendmsg+0x7f0/0xb20 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1921
 sock_sendmsg_nosec+0x14e/0x190 net/socket.c:800
 __sock_sendmsg net/socket.c:818 [inline]
 ____sys_sendmsg+0x49f/0x790 net/socket.c:2713
 ___sys_sendmsg+0x2f8/0x3d0 net/socket.c:2770
 __sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2802 [inline]
 __do_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2807 [inline]
 __se_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2805 [inline]
 __x64_sys_sendmsg+0x1b1/0x290 net/socket.c:2805
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:61 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x16a/0x530 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:89
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x7f4bf17a94d9
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:00007f4bf2738028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000002e
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f4bf1a25fa0 RCX: 00007f4bf17a94d9
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000200000000880 RDI: 0000000000000003
RBP: 00007f4bf183804e R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f4bf1a26038 R14: 00007f4bf1a25fa0 R15: 00007ffde96b8fd8
 </TASK>

Crashes (43274):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/11/15 11:00 upstream 23c62304dde2 819ebe34 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root WARNING in kcov_remote_start
2026/10/29 08:28 upstream c339f4010dea b1d00f76 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root WARNING in kcov_remote_start
2026/10/26 04:28 upstream 12392d40a3be 1d9ca40b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root WARNING in kcov_remote_start
2026/10/24 07:55 upstream 4da9dedf3fc5 1d9ca40b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root WARNING in kcov_remote_start
2026/10/20 08:56 upstream c03c1a14507d 72cdc28d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root WARNING in kcov_remote_start
2026/10/19 02:06 upstream f909e534f5e3 432c0077 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root WARNING in kcov_remote_start
2026/10/17 02:55 upstream 70dd4ee72eb2 432c0077 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in kcov_remote_start
2026/10/14 21:36 upstream 4056b3c9d3c9 8fb0ae89 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root WARNING in kcov_remote_start
2026/10/11 18:00 upstream b88c841d1164 4f92358f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root WARNING in kcov_remote_start
2026/10/08 06:39 upstream 7b63ef2d55f2 6520ecdb .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root WARNING in kcov_remote_start
2026/10/08 03:52 upstream 602042bf29f6 6520ecdb .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root WARNING in kcov_remote_start
2026/08/23 21:35 upstream 2709dd5ae32f 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root WARNING in kcov_remote_start
2026/08/23 20:29 upstream 2709dd5ae32f 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root WARNING in kcov_remote_start
2026/08/23 19:27 upstream 2709dd5ae32f 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root WARNING in kcov_remote_start
2026/08/23 19:21 upstream 2709dd5ae32f 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root WARNING in kcov_remote_start
2026/08/23 18:18 upstream 2709dd5ae32f 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root WARNING in kcov_remote_start
2026/08/23 17:13 upstream 2709dd5ae32f 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root WARNING in kcov_remote_start
2026/08/23 16:02 upstream 2709dd5ae32f 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root WARNING in kcov_remote_start
2026/08/23 13:31 upstream 2709dd5ae32f 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root WARNING in kcov_remote_start
2026/08/23 12:54 upstream 2709dd5ae32f 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root WARNING in kcov_remote_start
2026/08/23 11:53 upstream 2709dd5ae32f 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root WARNING in kcov_remote_start
2026/08/23 11:07 upstream 2709dd5ae32f 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root WARNING in kcov_remote_start
2026/08/23 10:01 upstream 2709dd5ae32f 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root WARNING in kcov_remote_start
2026/08/23 09:26 upstream 2709dd5ae32f 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root WARNING in kcov_remote_start
2026/08/23 08:15 upstream 2709dd5ae32f 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root WARNING in kcov_remote_start
2026/08/23 06:37 upstream 66fb95a52111 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root WARNING in kcov_remote_start
2026/08/23 05:25 upstream 66fb95a52111 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root WARNING in kcov_remote_start
2026/08/23 04:24 upstream 66fb95a52111 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root WARNING in kcov_remote_start
2026/08/23 02:36 upstream 66fb95a52111 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root WARNING in kcov_remote_start
2026/08/23 02:35 upstream 66fb95a52111 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root WARNING in kcov_remote_start
2026/05/24 12:17 upstream 4cbfe4502e3d c69befb3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root WARNING in kcov_remote_start
2026/03/10 13:57 upstream 1f318b96cc84 4683d576 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root WARNING in kcov_remote_start
2026/01/29 08:52 upstream 8dfce8991b95 b78a7341 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-badwrites-root WARNING in kcov_remote_start
2025/08/30 22:55 upstream 11e7861d680c 807a3b61 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto WARNING in kcov_remote_start
2024/11/03 07:56 upstream 3e5e6c9900c3 f00eed24 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root WARNING in kcov_remote_start
2026/02/24 08:18 upstream 7dff99b35460 41d2fa6a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-386 WARNING in kcov_remote_start
2026/11/13 20:44 upstream 2800868f6322 b9331bd5 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in kcov_remote_start
2026/11/10 01:06 upstream 7475ea8b5861 04b726fe .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in kcov_remote_start
2026/10/26 11:51 upstream 6b4b543fa187 168cb7a2 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in kcov_remote_start
2026/10/10 19:55 upstream 3857c2fe5449 4f92358f .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream WARNING in kcov_remote_start
2026/10/09 08:23 upstream 6c377d19d4a5 b2734a59 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in kcov_remote_start
2026/11/14 12:59 upstream 97d73c825122 819ebe34 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 WARNING in kcov_remote_start
2026/10/29 06:11 upstream c339f4010dea b1d00f76 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 WARNING in kcov_remote_start
2026/11/15 12:52 net aa40afa831eb 819ebe34 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce WARNING in kcov_remote_start
2026/11/12 05:41 net 8d5ce4751fad 8d68b303 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce WARNING in kcov_remote_start
2026/11/04 13:13 net 787268686c64 5af5b6c6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce WARNING in kcov_remote_start
2026/10/22 21:15 net f4377bf85887 4ba27f85 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce WARNING in kcov_remote_start
2026/10/22 08:16 net abeacca61eea 4ba27f85 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce WARNING in kcov_remote_start
2026/10/17 06:09 net 00accbd9d502 432c0077 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce WARNING in kcov_remote_start
2026/10/16 14:47 net 191aa41548b2 b1757810 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce WARNING in kcov_remote_start
2026/10/14 01:20 net 8e2fbe0e75d3 7321cd29 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce WARNING in kcov_remote_start
2026/10/04 22:40 net 6dc989ea46b9 57bbd979 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce WARNING in kcov_remote_start
2026/08/28 12:18 net 1b78070aaef6 e2fa417d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce WARNING in kcov_remote_start
2026/08/27 12:32 net 991c2be78257 a2b77b9e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce WARNING in kcov_remote_start
2026/07/20 12:14 bpf 94515f3a7d42 de6a700d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-bpf-kasan-gce WARNING in kcov_remote_start
2026/11/05 11:06 bpf-next a3c8813409f1 2ee8459f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-bpf-next-kasan-gce WARNING in kcov_remote_start
2026/11/02 11:49 net-next 4dd16e31135e 25a0ae84 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-kasan-gce WARNING in kcov_remote_start
2026/11/02 02:34 net-next 4dd16e31135e 25a0ae84 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-kasan-gce WARNING in kcov_remote_start
2026/10/22 10:07 bpf-next b116ac608754 4ba27f85 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-bpf-next-kasan-gce WARNING in kcov_remote_start
2026/10/20 10:41 net-next 6ac0d7ba21d5 72cdc28d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-kasan-gce WARNING in kcov_remote_start
2026/11/14 17:40 linux-next 84abb955b101 819ebe34 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce WARNING in kcov_remote_start
2026/10/28 03:03 linux-next 151a134a4e6e 96923c60 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root WARNING in kcov_remote_start
2026/10/20 03:55 linux-next 3d229ce89862 72cdc28d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce WARNING in kcov_remote_start
2024/10/31 21:14 linux-next f9f24ca362a4 96eb609f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root WARNING in kcov_remote_start
2026/10/12 19:24 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux.git for-kernelci 01850bca59c9 745a967f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-gce-arm64 WARNING in kcov_remote_start
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.