KCSAN: data-race in alloc_pid / copy_process (2)

Status: moderation: reported on 2020/06/09 14:58
Subsystems: kernel
Labels: prio:low
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Reported-by: syzbot+0718f65353d72efaac1e@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 2447d, last: 1d02h
✨ AI Jobs (4)
ID Workflow Result Correct Bug Created Started Finished Revision Error
f5f3590f assessment-security DenialOfService: ❌ Exploitable: ❌ FilesystemTrigger: ❌ NetworkTrigger: ❌ PeripheralTrigger: ❌ RemoteTrigger: ❌ Unprivileged: ✅ UserNamespace: ✅ VMGuestTrigger: ❌ VMHostTrigger: ❌ KCSAN: data-race in alloc_pid / copy_process (2) 2026/05/16 15:14 2026/05/16 15:40 2026/05/16 16:05 de5aae85

			
		
f1fb5761 repro KCSAN: data-race in alloc_pid / copy_process (2) 2026/03/07 22:22 2026/03/07 22:22 2026/03/07 22:24 31e9c887

			
		
321d819b assessment-kcsan Benign: ✅ Confident: ✅ KCSAN: data-race in alloc_pid / copy_process (2) 2026/02/24 21:06 2026/02/24 21:06 2026/02/24 21:08 305c0ec5

			
		
3400e0bb assessment-kcsan 💥 KCSAN: data-race in alloc_pid / copy_process (2) 2026/01/10 03:12 2026/01/10 03:12 2026/01/10 03:13 75199160
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truncated to first 200 bytes; open job for full error
Discussions (2)
Title Replies (including bot) Last reply
[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 (1)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
upstream KCSAN: data-race in alloc_pid / copy_process kernel 6 5 2465d 2475d 0/29 closed as invalid on 2019/11/19 13:24

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

read-write to 0xffffffff86c5c268 of 4 bytes by task 6455 on cpu 0:
 alloc_pid+0x6bb/0x930 kernel/pid.c:332
 copy_process+0x11aa/0x2310 kernel/fork.c:2305
 kernel_clone+0x1c0/0x5f0 kernel/fork.c:2748
 user_mode_thread+0x9c/0xd0 kernel/fork.c:2824
 call_usermodehelper_exec_sync kernel/umh.c:132 [inline]
 call_usermodehelper_exec_work+0x7a/0x160 kernel/umh.c:163
 process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3322 [inline]
 process_scheduled_works+0x4d4/0x9a0 kernel/workqueue.c:3405
 worker_thread+0x569/0x750 kernel/workqueue.c:3486
 kthread+0x221/0x270 kernel/kthread.c:436
 ret_from_fork+0x146/0x330 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158
 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245

read to 0xffffffff86c5c268 of 4 bytes by task 2 on cpu 1:
 copy_process+0x1aae/0x2310 kernel/fork.c:2468
 kernel_clone+0x1c0/0x5f0 kernel/fork.c:2748
 kernel_thread+0xe5/0x120 kernel/fork.c:2809
 create_kthread kernel/kthread.c:459 [inline]
 kthreadd+0x25b/0x320 kernel/kthread.c:817
 ret_from_fork+0x146/0x330 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158
 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245

value changed: 0x800000fb -> 0x800000fc

Reported by Kernel Concurrency Sanitizer on:
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 2 Comm: kthreadd Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(lazy) 
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/24/2026
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Crashes (3566):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/08/01 22:45 upstream 02dc699f83d0 e611ffe1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in alloc_pid / copy_process
2026/08/01 09:17 upstream 0131b508c0e2 e611ffe1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in alloc_pid / copy_process
2026/07/30 20:01 upstream 3708dd948844 aaffb173 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in alloc_pid / copy_process
2026/07/29 14:47 upstream fc02acf6ac0c 6ef5c1e2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in alloc_pid / copy_process
2026/07/28 07:38 upstream 62cc90241548 45ae1df4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in alloc_pid / copy_process
2026/07/27 21:03 upstream f5098b6bae76 aae9036b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in alloc_pid / copy_process
2026/07/27 10:09 upstream f5098b6bae76 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in alloc_pid / copy_process
2026/07/27 04:06 upstream 4235cb24ec1e 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in alloc_pid / copy_process
2026/07/26 08:16 upstream 3dab139d4795 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in alloc_pid / copy_process
2026/07/25 06:35 upstream e2a936998ab2 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in alloc_pid / copy_process
2026/07/25 01:40 upstream 48a5a7ab8d6a 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in alloc_pid / copy_process
2026/07/24 21:55 upstream 48a5a7ab8d6a dd737a83 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in alloc_pid / copy_process
2026/07/23 05:44 upstream 4539944e5151 881ce5c2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in alloc_pid / copy_process
2026/07/22 21:39 upstream 4539944e5151 4a865b71 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in alloc_pid / copy_process
2026/07/21 22:49 upstream 248951ddc14d b561ce9c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in alloc_pid / copy_process
2026/07/18 22:46 upstream 1229e2e57a5c 72524a66 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in alloc_pid / copy_process
2026/07/18 13:12 upstream 94515f3a7d42 72524a66 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in alloc_pid / copy_process
2026/07/17 03:19 upstream fce2dfa773ce 7f27c57a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in alloc_pid / copy_process
2026/07/16 23:24 upstream 37e2f878a7a6 71b49442 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in alloc_pid / copy_process
2026/07/16 01:03 upstream 58717b2a1365 27a8bd60 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in alloc_pid / copy_process
2026/07/15 11:08 upstream 58717b2a1365 a4ed0f4f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in alloc_pid / copy_process
2026/07/15 07:11 upstream 3b029c035b34 2130f682 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in alloc_pid / copy_process
2026/07/12 18:24 upstream 44696aa3a489 d78ea535 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in alloc_pid / copy_process
2026/07/10 02:13 upstream a635d6748234 4167ee25 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in alloc_pid / copy_process
2026/07/09 16:27 upstream 2c7c88a412aa a0c310a3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in alloc_pid / copy_process
2026/07/08 23:51 upstream 0e35b9b6ec0f b9f1ceaa .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in alloc_pid / copy_process
2026/07/08 17:14 upstream 0e35b9b6ec0f 88a4b44c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in alloc_pid / copy_process
2026/07/06 23:10 upstream 8cdeaa50eae8 88b240e4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in alloc_pid / copy_process
2026/07/06 04:24 upstream f105f3631d51 fcece630 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in alloc_pid / copy_process
2026/07/04 16:07 upstream 1e9cdc2ea15a fcece630 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in alloc_pid / copy_process
2026/07/04 06:19 upstream 71dfdfb0209b fcece630 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in alloc_pid / copy_process
2026/06/30 05:14 upstream dc59e4fea9d8 fff8d0a0 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in alloc_pid / copy_process
2026/06/29 11:12 upstream dc59e4fea9d8 6a0c72dc .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in alloc_pid / copy_process
2026/06/27 23:58 upstream 780d569e6c4b fb92f11c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in alloc_pid / copy_process
2026/06/27 06:49 upstream 5a66900afbd6 fb92f11c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in alloc_pid / copy_process
2026/06/27 00:14 upstream 51cb1aa1250c fb92f11c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in alloc_pid / copy_process
2026/06/26 16:59 upstream 4edcdefd4083 fb92f11c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in alloc_pid / copy_process
2026/06/26 01:22 upstream a142da0b2d32 7ff32d8b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in alloc_pid / copy_process
2026/06/22 16:18 upstream ef0c9f75a195 43bfcdb0 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in alloc_pid / copy_process
2026/06/22 05:38 upstream 8cd8cf7a07e5 43bfcdb0 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in alloc_pid / copy_process
2026/06/21 11:00 upstream 390d73adf896 43bfcdb0 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in alloc_pid / copy_process
2026/06/20 19:25 upstream 1a3746ccbb0a 43bfcdb0 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in alloc_pid / copy_process
2026/06/20 05:26 upstream 5e2e14749c3d 43bfcdb0 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in alloc_pid / copy_process
2026/06/19 03:25 upstream 83f1454877cc a776b0d0 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in alloc_pid / copy_process
2026/06/15 14:25 upstream 0e0611827f33 50bb0618 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in alloc_pid / copy_process
2026/06/14 15:33 upstream 8cd9520d35a6 1d2f3589 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in alloc_pid / copy_process
2026/06/14 02:19 upstream 2b07ea76fd28 1d2f3589 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in alloc_pid / copy_process
2026/05/15 20:17 upstream 70eda68668d1 9cd3beaa .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in alloc_pid / copy_process
2026/03/07 10:09 upstream 651690480a96 5cb44a80 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in alloc_pid / copy_process
2026/02/24 10:45 upstream 7dff99b35460 96b1aa46 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in alloc_pid / copy_process
2026/01/08 23:00 upstream 79b95d74470d d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in alloc_pid / copy_process
2021/01/17 10:24 upstream 0da0a8a0a0e1 813be542 .config console log report info ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce
2020/06/08 23:26 https://github.com/google/ktsan.git kcsan 7c3cd68e5d38 0d60b78a .config console log report ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce
2020/06/05 14:51 https://github.com/google/ktsan.git kcsan 7c3cd68e5d38 d36418e9 .config console log report ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce
2019/11/20 23:46 https://github.com/google/ktsan.git kcsan 5863cc791e4c 8098ea0f .config console log report ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.