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KCSAN: data-race in __perf_event_read_value / perf_event_set_state (6)

Status: moderation: reported on 2025/11/25 15:33
Subsystems: perf
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Reported-by: syzbot+0db71d7151921b59c16a@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 61d, last: 4h54m
Similar bugs (5)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
upstream KCSAN: data-race in __perf_event_read_value / perf_event_set_state perf 6 1 603d 603d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/07/06 04:07
upstream KCSAN: data-race in __perf_event_read_value / perf_event_set_state (2) perf 6 1 463d 463d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/11/23 12:41
upstream KCSAN: data-race in __perf_event_read_value / perf_event_set_state (3) perf 6 4 344d 395d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/04/11 22:12
upstream KCSAN: data-race in __perf_event_read_value / perf_event_set_state (4) perf 6 1 248d 248d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/07/17 00:50
upstream KCSAN: data-race in __perf_event_read_value / perf_event_set_state (5) perf 6 3 132d 150d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/11/10 00:28

Sample crash report:
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BUG: KCSAN: data-race in __perf_event_read_value / perf_event_set_state

write to 0xffff8881311a8538 of 8 bytes by task 13031 on cpu 1:
 __perf_update_times kernel/events/core.c:-1 [inline]
 perf_event_update_time kernel/events/core.c:735 [inline]
 perf_event_set_state+0x1c4/0x440 kernel/events/core.c:754
 event_sched_out+0x2d4/0x4d0 kernel/events/core.c:2391
 group_sched_out kernel/events/core.c:2415 [inline]
 __pmu_ctx_sched_out+0x3e7/0x530 kernel/events/core.c:3458
 ctx_sched_out+0x273/0x2d0 kernel/events/core.c:3539
 task_ctx_sched_out+0x4d/0x70 kernel/events/core.c:2859
 perf_event_context_sched_out kernel/events/core.c:3746 [inline]
 __perf_event_task_sched_out+0x2df/0x3c0 kernel/events/core.c:3846
 perf_event_task_sched_out include/linux/perf_event.h:1654 [inline]
 prepare_task_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5049 [inline]
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5205 [inline]
 __schedule+0xbaa/0xc90 kernel/sched/core.c:6867
 __schedule_loop kernel/sched/core.c:6949 [inline]
 schedule+0x5e/0xd0 kernel/sched/core.c:6964
 futex_do_wait kernel/futex/waitwake.c:358 [inline]
 __futex_wait+0x121/0x260 kernel/futex/waitwake.c:687
 futex_wait+0x9c/0x1d0 kernel/futex/waitwake.c:715
 do_futex+0x2bf/0x380 kernel/futex/syscalls.c:130
 __do_sys_futex kernel/futex/syscalls.c:207 [inline]
 __se_sys_futex+0x2f6/0x370 kernel/futex/syscalls.c:188
 __x64_sys_futex+0x78/0x90 kernel/futex/syscalls.c:188
 x64_sys_call+0x2bc2/0x3000 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:203
 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 0xffff8881311a8538 of 8 bytes by task 13182 on cpu 0:
 __perf_event_read_value+0xb6/0x1d0 kernel/events/core.c:5894
 perf_read_one kernel/events/core.c:6049 [inline]
 __perf_read kernel/events/core.c:6102 [inline]
 perf_read+0x171/0x4f0 kernel/events/core.c:6119
 loop_rw_iter+0x2c6/0x3f0 include/linux/uio.h:-1
 io_iter_do_read io_uring/rw.c:836 [inline]
 __io_read+0xbf6/0xc50 io_uring/rw.c:950
 io_read+0x4a/0x190 io_uring/rw.c:1030
 __io_issue_sqe+0xfd/0x2d0 io_uring/io_uring.c:1793
 io_issue_sqe+0x56/0xa70 io_uring/io_uring.c:1816
 io_wq_submit_work+0x3f7/0x5f0 io_uring/io_uring.c:1928
 io_worker_handle_work+0x41e/0x950 io_uring/io-wq.c:650
 io_wq_worker+0x22d/0x860 io_uring/io-wq.c:704
 ret_from_fork+0x148/0x280 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158
 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:246

value changed: 0x000000004a891b66 -> 0x000000004a89847d

Reported by Kernel Concurrency Sanitizer on:
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 13182 Comm: iou-wrk-13031 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(voluntary) 
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 10/25/2025
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Crashes (6):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/01/25 12:26 upstream 5dbeeb268b63 40acda8a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __perf_event_read_value / perf_event_set_state
2026/01/20 00:47 upstream 24d479d26b25 572effc1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __perf_event_read_value / perf_event_set_state
2026/01/08 21:28 upstream 79b95d74470d d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __perf_event_read_value / perf_event_set_state
2026/01/08 21:26 upstream 79b95d74470d d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __perf_event_read_value / perf_event_set_state
2026/01/08 21:26 upstream 79b95d74470d d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __perf_event_read_value / perf_event_set_state
2025/11/25 15:33 upstream ac3fd01e4c1e 64219f15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __perf_event_read_value / perf_event_set_state
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.