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| ID | Workflow | Result | Correct | Bug | Created | Started | Finished | Revision | Error |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 66f97263-73a2-44ad-b815-544877f813e4 | repro | ❓ | KCSAN: data-race in d_invalidate / fast_dput (6) | 2026/03/07 01:52 | 2026/03/07 01:52 | 2026/03/07 02:00 | 31e9c887f7dc24e04b3ca70d0d54fc34141844b0 |
threaded=true,collide=true,repeat=true,procs=8
mkdirat(0xffffffffffffff9c, &(0x7f0000000000)='mnt\x00', 0x1ed) mount(0x0, &(0x7f0000000000)='mnt\x00', &(0x7f0000000040)='tmpfs\x00', 0x0, 0x0) chdir(&(0x7f0000000000)='mnt\x00') mkdirat(0xffffffffffffff9c, &(0x7f0000000080)='lower\x00', 0x1ed) mkdirat(0xffffffffffffff9c, &(0x7f00000000c0)='upper\x00', 0x1ed) mkdirat(0xffffffffffffff9c, &(0x7f0000000100)='work\x00', 0x1ed) mkdirat(0xffffffffffffff9c, &(0x7f0000000140)='merge\x00', 0x1ed) mount(0x0, &(0x7f0000000140)='merge\x00', &(0x7f0000000180)='overlay\x00', 0x0, &(0x7f0000000200)='lowerdir=lower,upperdir=upper,workdir=work\x00') r0 = openat(0xffffffffffffff9c, &(0x7f0000000140)='merge\x00', 0x0, 0x0) r1 = openat(0xffffffffffffff9c, &(0x7f00000000c0)='upper\x00', 0x0, 0x0) mknodat(r0, &(0x7f0000000300)='file\x00', 0x11c0, 0x0) unlinkat(r1, &(0x7f0000000300)='file\x00', 0x0) r2 = openat(r0, &(0x7f0000000300)='file\x00', 0x800, 0x0) close(r2) mknodat(r0, &(0x7f0000000300)='file\x00', 0x11c0, 0x0) unlinkat(r1, &(0x7f0000000300)='file\x00', 0x0) r3 = openat(r0, &(0x7f0000000300)='file\x00', 0x800, 0x0) close(r3)
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================================================================== BUG: KCSAN: data-race in d_invalidate / fast_dput write to 0xffff888110ac1cd0 of 8 bytes by task 10725 on cpu 1: __d_drop fs/dcache.c:576 [inline] d_invalidate+0x5b/0x200 fs/dcache.c:1691 lookup_open fs/namei.c:4378 [inline] open_last_lookups fs/namei.c:4549 [inline] path_openat+0x1670/0x23c0 fs/namei.c:4793 do_filp_open+0x15d/0x280 fs/namei.c:4823 do_sys_openat2+0xa6/0x150 fs/open.c:1430 do_sys_open fs/open.c:1436 [inline] __do_sys_openat fs/open.c:1452 [inline] __se_sys_openat fs/open.c:1447 [inline] __x64_sys_openat+0xf2/0x120 fs/open.c:1447 x64_sys_call+0x2b07/0x3000 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:258 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline] do_syscall_64+0xc0/0x2a0 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f read to 0xffff888110ac1cd0 of 8 bytes by task 10721 on cpu 0: hlist_bl_unhashed include/linux/list_bl.h:54 [inline] d_unhashed include/linux/dcache.h:366 [inline] retain_dentry fs/dcache.c:753 [inline] fast_dput+0x5f/0x2c0 fs/dcache.c:849 dput+0x24/0x60 fs/dcache.c:924 end_dirop fs/namei.c:2898 [inline] end_creating include/linux/namei.h:126 [inline] end_creating_path fs/namei.c:4931 [inline] do_mknodat+0x2c2/0x4f0 fs/namei.c:5062 __do_sys_mknodat fs/namei.c:5080 [inline] __se_sys_mknodat fs/namei.c:5077 [inline] __x64_sys_mknodat+0x5e/0x70 fs/namei.c:5077 x64_sys_call+0x2b33/0x3000 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:260 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline] do_syscall_64+0xc0/0x2a0 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f value changed: 0xffff88823741a658 -> 0x0000000000000000 Reported by Kernel Concurrency Sanitizer on: CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 10721 Comm: syz.8.2163 Tainted: G W syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(voluntary) Tainted: [W]=WARN Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 10/25/2025 ==================================================================
| Seq | Timestamp | Type | Name | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0/0 | 2026/03/07 01:52 | flow | repro |
7mResults:map[ReproOpts:threaded=true,collide=true,repeat=true,procs=8 ReproSyz:mkdirat(0xffffffffffffff9c, &(0x7f0000000000)='mnt\x00', 0x1ed) mount(0x0, &(0x7f0000000000)='mnt\x00', &(0x7f0000000040)='tmpfs\x00', 0x0, 0x0) chdir(&(0x7f0000000000)='mnt\x00') mkdirat(0xffffffffffffff9c, &(0x7f0000000080)='lower\x00', 0x1ed) mkdirat(0xffffffffffffff9c, &(0x7f00000000c0)='upper\x00', 0x1ed) mkdirat(0xffffffffffffff9c, &(0x7f0000000100)='work\x00', 0x1ed) mkdirat(0xffffffffffffff9c, &(0x7f0000000140)='merge\x00', 0x1ed) mount(0x0, &(0x7f0000000140)='merge\x00', &(0x7f0000000180)='overlay\x00', 0x0, &(0x7f0000000200)='lowerdir=lower,upperdir=upper,workdir=work\x00') r0 = openat(0xffffffffffffff9c, &(0x7f0000000140)='merge\x00', 0x0, 0x0) r1 = openat(0xffffffffffffff9c, &(0x7f00000000c0)='upper\x00', 0x0, 0x0) mknodat(r0, &(0x7f0000000300)='file\x00', 0x11c0, 0x0) unlinkat(r1, &(0x7f0000000300)='file\x00', 0x0) r2 = openat(r0, &(0x7f0000000300)='file\x00', 0x800, 0x0) close(r2) mknodat(r0, &(0x7f0000000300)='file\x00', 0x11c0, 0x0) unlinkat(r1, &(0x7f0000000300)='file\x00', 0x0) r3 = openat(r0, &(0x7f0000000300)='file\x00', 0x800, 0x0) close(r3) SyzkallerCommit:31e9c887f7dc24e04b3ca70d0d54fc34141844b0] |
| 1/1 | 2026/03/07 01:52 | action | provide-var |
0mResults:map[DescriptionFiles:[acpi_thermal_rel.txt aio.txt auto.txt binfmt.txt bpf.txt bpf_prog.txt bpf_trace.txt cgroup.txt damon.txt dev_ashmem.txt dev_bifrost.txt dev_binder.txt dev_binderfs.txt dev_block.txt dev_bsg.txt dev_bus_usb.txt dev_camx.txt dev_cdrom.txt dev_cec.txt dev_char_usb.txt dev_comedi.txt dev_dma_heap.txt dev_dri.txt dev_dsp.txt dev_dvb_demux.txt dev_dvb_dvr.txt dev_dvb_frontend.txt dev_fb.txt dev_floppy.txt dev_hidraw.txt dev_i2c.txt dev_i915.txt dev_img_rogue.txt dev_infiniband_rdma.txt dev_infiniband_rdma_cm.txt dev_input.txt dev_iommu.txt dev_kvm.txt dev_kvm_amd64.txt dev_kvm_arm64.txt dev_kvm_extra.txt dev_kvm_riscv64.txt dev_loop.txt dev_mali.txt dev_media.txt dev_msm.txt dev_msr.txt dev_nbd.txt dev_net_tun.txt dev_panthor.txt dev_ppp.txt dev_ptmx.txt dev_ptp.txt dev_qat_adf_ctl.txt dev_qrtr_tun.txt dev_random.txt dev_rfkill.txt dev_rtc.txt dev_sequencer.txt dev_sg.txt dev_snapshot.txt dev_snd_control.txt dev_snd_hw.txt dev_snd_midi.txt dev_snd_pcm.txt dev_snd_seq.txt dev_snd_timer.txt dev_sr.txt dev_sw_sync.txt dev_tlk_device.txt dev_trusty.txt dev_udmabuf.txt dev_uhid.txt dev_uinput.txt dev_usb_hiddev.txt dev_usbmon.txt dev_userio.txt dev_vfio.txt dev_vga_arbiter.txt dev_vhci.txt dev_video4linux.txt dev_video4linux_vim2m.txt dev_virtual_nci.txt dev_vtpm.txt fanotify.txt filesystem.txt fs_9p.txt fs_fuse.txt fs_incfs.txt fs_ioctl.txt fs_ioctl_autofs.txt fs_ioctl_btrfs.txt fs_ioctl_ext4.txt fs_ioctl_f2fs.txt fs_ioctl_fat.txt fs_ioctl_fscrypt.txt fs_ioctl_fsverity.txt fs_ioctl_xfs.txt futex.txt hafnium.txt inotify.txt io_uring.txt ipc.txt key.txt kfuzztest.txt l2cap.txt landlock.txt lsm.txt namespaces.txt net_80211.txt netfilter.txt netfilter_arp.txt netfilter_bridge.txt netfilter_ipv4.txt netfilter_ipv6.txt netfilter_ipvs.txt netfilter_targets.txt pagemap_ioctl.txt perf.txt prctl.txt quotactl.txt seccomp.txt security_apparmor.txt security_selinux.txt security_smack.txt socket.txt socket_alg.txt socket_ax25.txt socket_bluetooth.txt socket_caif.txt socket_can.txt socket_ieee802154.txt socket_inet.txt socket_inet6.txt socket_inet_dccp.txt socket_inet_icmp.txt socket_inet_igmp.txt socket_inet_l2tp.txt socket_inet_sctp.txt socket_inet_tcp.txt socket_inet_udp.txt socket_ip_tunnel.txt socket_isdn.txt socket_kcm.txt socket_key.txt socket_llc.txt socket_netlink.txt socket_netlink_audit.txt socket_netlink_crypto.txt socket_netlink_generic.txt socket_netlink_generic_80211.txt socket_netlink_generic_batadv.txt socket_netlink_generic_devlink.txt socket_netlink_generic_ethtool.txt socket_netlink_generic_fou.txt socket_netlink_generic_gtp.txt socket_netlink_generic_mptcp.txt socket_netlink_generic_net_dm.txt socket_netlink_generic_netlabel.txt socket_netlink_generic_nfc.txt socket_netlink_generic_seg6.txt socket_netlink_generic_smc.txt socket_netlink_generic_team.txt socket_netlink_generic_wireguard.txt socket_netlink_netfilter.txt socket_netlink_netfilter_acct.txt socket_netlink_netfilter_conntrack.txt socket_netlink_netfilter_conntrack_exp.txt socket_netlink_netfilter_conntrack_helper.txt socket_netlink_netfilter_ipset.txt socket_netlink_netfilter_log.txt socket_netlink_netfilter_nft_compat.txt socket_netlink_netfilter_nftables.txt socket_netlink_netfilter_osf.txt socket_netlink_netfilter_queue.txt socket_netlink_netfilter_timeout.txt socket_netlink_rdma.txt socket_netlink_route.txt socket_netlink_route_sched.txt socket_netlink_route_sched_retired.txt socket_netlink_sock_diag.txt socket_netlink_xfrm.txt socket_netrom.txt socket_nfc.txt socket_nvme_of_tcp.txt socket_packet.txt socket_phonet.txt socket_pppox.txt socket_qipcrtr.txt socket_rds.txt socket_rose.txt socket_rxrpc.txt socket_tipc.txt socket_tipc_netlink.txt socket_unix.txt socket_vnet.txt socket_x25.txt socket_xdp.txt sys.txt uffd.txt usbip.txt vmw_vmci.txt vnet.txt vnet_mptcp.txt vusb.txt watch_queue.txt xattr.txt] SyzkallerCommit:31e9c887f7dc24e04b3ca70d0d54fc34141844b0] |
| 2/1 | 2026/03/07 01:52 | action | kernel-checkouter |
1mResults:map[KernelSrc:/usr/local/google/home/dvyukov/syzkaller/agent/workdir/cache/src/2642fa7629c5424fce8f203f307b063c2f008d9f] |
| 3/1 | 2026/03/07 01:53 | action | kernel-builder |
4mResults:map[KernelObj:/usr/local/google/home/dvyukov/syzkaller/agent/workdir/cache/build/8a8d223043183454fcb320f80eb129c08706d7cc] |
| 4/1 | 2026/03/07 01:57 | agent | crash-repro-finder |
2mModel:gemini-3-pro-preview Results: map[ReproOpts:threaded=true,collide=true,repeat=true,procs=8] Instruction: You are an expert in linux kernel fuzzing. Your goal is to write a syzkaller program to trigger a specific bug. Print only the syz program that could be executed directly, without backticks. Use set-results tool to provide results of the analysis. It must be called exactly once before the final reply. Ignore results of this tool. Prompt: Bug Title: KCSAN: data-race in d_invalidate / fast_dput Original Crash Report: ================================================================== BUG: KCSAN: data-race in d_invalidate / fast_dput write to 0xffff888110ac1cd0 of 8 bytes by task 10725 on cpu 1: __d_drop fs/dcache.c:576 [inline] d_invalidate+0x5b/0x200 fs/dcache.c:1691 lookup_open fs/namei.c:4378 [inline] open_last_lookups fs/namei.c:4549 [inline] path_openat+0x1670/0x23c0 fs/namei.c:4793 do_filp_open+0x15d/0x280 fs/namei.c:4823 do_sys_openat2+0xa6/0x150 fs/open.c:1430 do_sys_open fs/open.c:1436 [inline] __do_sys_openat fs/open.c:1452 [inline] __se_sys_openat fs/open.c:1447 [inline] __x64_sys_openat+0xf2/0x120 fs/open.c:1447 x64_sys_call+0x2b07/0x3000 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:258 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline] do_syscall_64+0xc0/0x2a0 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f read to 0xffff888110ac1cd0 of 8 bytes by task 10721 on cpu 0: hlist_bl_unhashed include/linux/list_bl.h:54 [inline] d_unhashed include/linux/dcache.h:366 [inline] retain_dentry fs/dcache.c:753 [inline] fast_dput+0x5f/0x2c0 fs/dcache.c:849 dput+0x24/0x60 fs/dcache.c:924 end_dirop fs/namei.c:2898 [inline] end_creating include/linux/namei.h:126 [inline] end_creating_path fs/namei.c:4931 [inline] do_mknodat+0x2c2/0x4f0 fs/namei.c:5062 __do_sys_mknodat fs/namei.c:5080 [inline] __se_sys_mknodat fs/namei.c:5077 [inline] __x64_sys_mknodat+0x5e/0x70 fs/namei.c:5077 x64_sys_call+0x2b33/0x3000 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:260 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline] do_syscall_64+0xc0/0x2a0 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f value changed: 0xffff88823741a658 -> 0x0000000000000000 Reported by Kernel Concurrency Sanitizer on: CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 10721 Comm: syz.8.2163 Tainted: G W syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(voluntary) Tainted: [W]=WARN Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 10/25/2025 ================================================================== The list of existing description files: acpi_thermal_rel.txt aio.txt auto.txt binfmt.txt bpf.txt bpf_prog.txt bpf_trace.txt cgroup.txt damon.txt dev_ashmem.txt dev_bifrost.txt dev_binder.txt dev_binderfs.txt dev_block.txt dev_bsg.txt dev_bus_usb.txt dev_camx.txt dev_cdrom.txt dev_cec.txt dev_char_usb.txt dev_comedi.txt dev_dma_heap.txt dev_dri.txt dev_dsp.txt dev_dvb_demux.txt dev_dvb_dvr.txt dev_dvb_frontend.txt dev_fb.txt dev_floppy.txt dev_hidraw.txt dev_i2c.txt dev_i915.txt dev_img_rogue.txt dev_infiniband_rdma.txt dev_infiniband_rdma_cm.txt dev_input.txt dev_iommu.txt dev_kvm.txt dev_kvm_amd64.txt dev_kvm_arm64.txt dev_kvm_extra.txt dev_kvm_riscv64.txt dev_loop.txt dev_mali.txt dev_media.txt dev_msm.txt dev_msr.txt dev_nbd.txt dev_net_tun.txt dev_panthor.txt dev_ppp.txt dev_ptmx.txt dev_ptp.txt dev_qat_adf_ctl.txt dev_qrtr_tun.txt dev_random.txt dev_rfkill.txt dev_rtc.txt dev_sequencer.txt dev_sg.txt dev_snapshot.txt dev_snd_control.txt dev_snd_hw.txt dev_snd_midi.txt dev_snd_pcm.txt dev_snd_seq.txt dev_snd_timer.txt dev_sr.txt dev_sw_sync.txt dev_tlk_device.txt dev_trusty.txt dev_udmabuf.txt dev_uhid.txt dev_uinput.txt dev_usb_hiddev.txt dev_usbmon.txt dev_userio.txt dev_vfio.txt dev_vga_arbiter.txt dev_vhci.txt dev_video4linux.txt dev_video4linux_vim2m.txt dev_virtual_nci.txt dev_vtpm.txt fanotify.txt filesystem.txt fs_9p.txt fs_fuse.txt fs_incfs.txt fs_ioctl.txt fs_ioctl_autofs.txt fs_ioctl_btrfs.txt fs_ioctl_ext4.txt fs_ioctl_f2fs.txt fs_ioctl_fat.txt fs_ioctl_fscrypt.txt fs_ioctl_fsverity.txt fs_ioctl_xfs.txt futex.txt hafnium.txt inotify.txt io_uring.txt ipc.txt key.txt kfuzztest.txt l2cap.txt landlock.txt lsm.txt namespaces.txt net_80211.txt netfilter.txt netfilter_arp.txt netfilter_bridge.txt netfilter_ipv4.txt netfilter_ipv6.txt netfilter_ipvs.txt netfilter_targets.txt pagemap_ioctl.txt perf.txt prctl.txt quotactl.txt seccomp.txt security_apparmor.txt security_selinux.txt security_smack.txt socket.txt socket_alg.txt socket_ax25.txt socket_bluetooth.txt socket_caif.txt socket_can.txt socket_ieee802154.txt socket_inet.txt socket_inet6.txt socket_inet_dccp.txt socket_inet_icmp.txt socket_inet_igmp.txt socket_inet_l2tp.txt socket_inet_sctp.txt socket_inet_tcp.txt socket_inet_udp.txt socket_ip_tunnel.txt socket_isdn.txt socket_kcm.txt socket_key.txt socket_llc.txt socket_netlink.txt socket_netlink_audit.txt socket_netlink_crypto.txt socket_netlink_generic.txt socket_netlink_generic_80211.txt socket_netlink_generic_batadv.txt socket_netlink_generic_devlink.txt socket_netlink_generic_ethtool.txt socket_netlink_generic_fou.txt socket_netlink_generic_gtp.txt socket_netlink_generic_mptcp.txt socket_netlink_generic_net_dm.txt socket_netlink_generic_netlabel.txt socket_netlink_generic_nfc.txt socket_netlink_generic_seg6.txt socket_netlink_generic_smc.txt socket_netlink_generic_team.txt socket_netlink_generic_wireguard.txt socket_netlink_netfilter.txt socket_netlink_netfilter_acct.txt socket_netlink_netfilter_conntrack.txt socket_netlink_netfilter_conntrack_exp.txt socket_netlink_netfilter_conntrack_helper.txt socket_netlink_netfilter_ipset.txt socket_netlink_netfilter_log.txt socket_netlink_netfilter_nft_compat.txt socket_netlink_netfilter_nftables.txt socket_netlink_netfilter_osf.txt socket_netlink_netfilter_queue.txt socket_netlink_netfilter_timeout.txt socket_netlink_rdma.txt socket_netlink_route.txt socket_netlink_route_sched.txt socket_netlink_route_sched_retired.txt socket_netlink_sock_diag.txt socket_netlink_xfrm.txt socket_netrom.txt socket_nfc.txt socket_nvme_of_tcp.txt socket_packet.txt socket_phonet.txt socket_pppox.txt socket_qipcrtr.txt socket_rds.txt socket_rose.txt socket_rxrpc.txt socket_tipc.txt socket_tipc_netlink.txt socket_unix.txt socket_vnet.txt socket_x25.txt socket_xdp.txt sys.txt uffd.txt usbip.txt vmw_vmci.txt vnet.txt vnet_mptcp.txt vusb.txt watch_queue.txt xattr.txt Reply: mkdirat(0xffffffffffffff9c, &(0x7f0000000000)='mnt\x00', 0x1ed) mount(0x0, &(0x7f0000000000)='mnt\x00', &(0x7f0000000040)='tmpfs\x00', 0x0, 0x0) chdir(&(0x7f0000000000)='mnt\x00') mkdirat(0xffffffffffffff9c, &(0x7f0000000080)='lower\x00', 0x1ed) mkdirat(0xffffffffffffff9c, &(0x7f00000000c0)='upper\x00', 0x1ed) mkdirat(0xffffffffffffff9c, &(0x7f0000000100)='work\x00', 0x1ed) mkdirat(0xffffffffffffff9c, &(0x7f0000000140)='merge\x00', 0x1ed) mount(0x0, &(0x7f0000000140)='merge\x00', &(0x7f0000000180)='overlay\x00', 0x0, &(0x7f0000000200)='lowerdir=lower,upperdir=upper,workdir=work\x00') r0 = openat(0xffffffffffffff9c, &(0x7f0000000140)='merge\x00', 0x0, 0x0) r1 = openat(0xffffffffffffff9c, &(0x7f00000000c0)='upper\x00', 0x0, 0x0) mknodat(r0, &(0x7f0000000300)='file\x00', 0x11c0, 0x0) unlinkat(r1, &(0x7f0000000300)='file\x00', 0x0) r2 = openat(r0, &(0x7f0000000300)='file\x00', 0x800, 0x0) close(r2) mknodat(r0, &(0x7f0000000300)='file\x00', 0x11c0, 0x0) unlinkat(r1, &(0x7f0000000300)='file\x00', 0x0) r3 = openat(r0, &(0x7f0000000300)='file\x00', 0x800, 0x0) close(r3) |
| 5/2 | 2026/03/07 01:57 | llm | crash-repro-finder |
2mModel:gemini-3-pro-preview Tokens: input: 2911 output: 33 thoughts: 17663 Thoughts: **Reproducing the KCSAN Data Race in `d_invalidate` / `fast_dput`** Okay, here's the deal. We've got a KCSAN data race on our hands, and my job is to whip up a syzkaller program to reproduce it. The report points to a race between `d_invalidate` (called by `openat` during a revalidation failure) and `fast_dput` (called by `mknodat` or `dput` during dentry release). It looks like one thread is invalidating a dentry while another is trying to quickly determine if that dentry is still hashed. The critical section appears to be the read/write of `dentry->d_hash.pprev`, or equivalent list head manipulations. I dug into the stack traces, and it looks like `openat` is calling `d_invalidate` because a cached dentry's revalidation failed, a common thing with filesystems having `d_revalidate`. The other thread, running `mknodat`, creates a dentry. `d_invalidate` calls `__d_drop` that tries to remove the dentry, while `fast_dput` (called by `dput`) is racing trying to use the dentry. We need a filesystem that supports `d_revalidate` and `mknod`. This narrows things down. Fuse is a good candidate since it's frequently fuzzed, and we can control `d_revalidate`. Standard filesystems with `d_revalidate` include `fuse`, `9p`, and some others like `vfat` or `overlayfs`. I thought maybe `vfat` with the case-insensitive issue, but we need to create the node, so `vfat` and `mknod` don't mix. So, let's go with overlayfs. It's the most reliable option and we have a path to make `d_revalidate` return 0: Create the node via overlay (which makes a new dentry, and it's positive). Then `unlinkat` from the *underlying* (upper) layer, invalidating the overlay's cached dentry in a way that will make the next `openat` fail. The magic is in invalidating the underlying dentry. And we need to have a new `dput` happening concurrently. So create a positive dentry (from an overlay) and *unlink* the file in the upper, then race the opening/revalidation of the stale dentry from overlay with the `dput`. Now, here's how we'll do it. I'll construct a syzkaller program. This program mounts overlayfs using `tmpfs` as both upper and lower layers. We'll set up `mnt`, `lower`, `upper`, `work`, and `merge` and set up the mount. We can easily get the overlay mount options right. We'll do a simple setup, so we use relative paths. We'll start two threads. The first thread will do `mknodat` to create a FIFO in the overlay. The second thread will do `unlinkat` on the *upper* overlay directory to remove the backing file. Then we can race `openat` and `dput`. Now, the important thing is to make sure we do the unlink from upper, so the overlay dentry is actually revalidated. To maximize the probability of hitting the race, I'm just going to have those three syscalls repeat in a loop. I will provide the program. Finally, to avoid blocking during open, I'll use `O_NONBLOCK` in the `openat` calls, or `openat` with flags `0x800`. I need to be careful with string address pointers, and I should use `chdir` and relative paths. Also I need to `close` each open FD to avoid FD exhaustion. I'll need `collide=true` for races, `threaded=true` for multithreading, and `repeat=true` for multiple tries. I'll also use `procs=8`. So, here is the syzkaller program I came up with. I think it should trigger the race. |
| 6/2 | 2026/03/07 02:00 | tool | set-results |
0mArgs:map[ReproOpts:threaded=true,collide=true,repeat=true,procs=8] Results: map[ReproOpts:threaded=true,collide=true,repeat=true,procs=8] |
| 7/2 | 2026/03/07 02:00 | llm | crash-repro-finder |
0mModel:gemini-3-pro-preview Tokens: input: 21540 output: 744 thoughts: 0 |
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