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KCSAN: data-race in set_nlink / set_nlink

Status: moderation: reported on 2023/12/08 00:02
Subsystems: kernfs
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Reported-by: syzbot+1b6aa3108f79850c5fa6@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 1100d, last: 2d19h

Sample crash report:
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BUG: KCSAN: data-race in set_nlink / set_nlink

read to 0xffff888107928780 of 4 bytes by task 5070 on cpu 0:
 set_nlink+0x29/0xb0 fs/inode.c:-1
 kernfs_refresh_inode fs/kernfs/inode.c:182 [inline]
 kernfs_iop_permission+0x1e2/0x220 fs/kernfs/inode.c:290
 do_inode_permission fs/namei.c:526 [inline]
 inode_permission+0x2de/0x3c0 fs/namei.c:596
 lookup_inode_permission_may_exec fs/namei.c:636 [inline]
 may_lookup fs/namei.c:1900 [inline]
 link_path_walk+0x779/0xe30 fs/namei.c:2537
 path_openat+0x1c0/0x23b0 fs/namei.c:4783
 do_filp_open+0x109/0x230 fs/namei.c:4814
 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+0xca/0x2b0 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

write to 0xffff888107928780 of 4 bytes by task 3008 on cpu 1:
 set_nlink+0x99/0xb0 fs/inode.c:458
 kernfs_refresh_inode fs/kernfs/inode.c:182 [inline]
 kernfs_iop_permission+0x1e2/0x220 fs/kernfs/inode.c:290
 do_inode_permission fs/namei.c:526 [inline]
 inode_permission+0x2de/0x3c0 fs/namei.c:596
 lookup_inode_permission_may_exec fs/namei.c:636 [inline]
 may_lookup fs/namei.c:1900 [inline]
 link_path_walk+0x779/0xe30 fs/namei.c:2537
 path_lookupat+0x8c/0x500 fs/namei.c:2745
 filename_lookup+0x147/0x340 fs/namei.c:2775
 vfs_statx+0x9d/0x390 fs/stat.c:353
 vfs_fstatat+0x115/0x170 fs/stat.c:375
 __do_sys_newfstatat fs/stat.c:542 [inline]
 __se_sys_newfstatat+0x55/0x260 fs/stat.c:536
 __x64_sys_newfstatat+0x55/0x70 fs/stat.c:536
 x64_sys_call+0x111f/0x3000 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:263
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0xca/0x2b0 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

value changed: 0x00000009 -> 0x00000008

Reported by Kernel Concurrency Sanitizer on:
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 3008 Comm: udevd 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 (913):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2025/12/25 07:20 upstream ccd1cdca5cd4 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in set_nlink / set_nlink
2025/12/23 08:52 upstream b927546677c8 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in set_nlink / set_nlink
2025/12/20 07:48 upstream dd9b004b7ff3 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in set_nlink / set_nlink
2025/12/17 06:25 upstream ea1013c15392 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in set_nlink / set_nlink
2025/12/16 20:42 upstream 40fbbd64bba6 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in set_nlink / set_nlink
2025/12/14 20:01 upstream 8f0b4cce4481 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in set_nlink / set_nlink
2025/12/13 21:05 upstream 9d9c1cfec01c d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in set_nlink / set_nlink
2025/12/13 16:05 upstream 9551a26f17d9 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in set_nlink / set_nlink
2025/12/13 01:59 upstream 187d0801404f d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in set_nlink / set_nlink
2025/12/11 13:42 upstream d358e5254674 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in set_nlink / set_nlink
2025/12/09 19:37 upstream cb015814f8b6 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in set_nlink / set_nlink
2025/12/09 15:25 upstream cfd4039213e7 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in set_nlink / set_nlink
2025/12/08 23:58 upstream c2f2b01b74be d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in set_nlink / set_nlink
2025/12/07 19:45 upstream 37bb2e7217b0 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in set_nlink / set_nlink
2025/12/07 00:44 upstream cc3ee4ba57b7 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in set_nlink / set_nlink
2025/12/06 13:31 upstream 416f99c3b16f d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in set_nlink / set_nlink
2025/12/04 10:06 upstream 8f7aa3d3c732 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in set_nlink / set_nlink
2025/12/03 23:46 upstream 3f9f0252130e d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in set_nlink / set_nlink
2025/12/03 02:54 upstream d61f1cc5db79 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in set_nlink / set_nlink
2025/12/02 09:46 upstream 1d18101a644e d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in set_nlink / set_nlink
2025/12/01 11:40 upstream 7d0a66e4bb90 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in set_nlink / set_nlink
2025/11/30 22:07 upstream e69c7c175115 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in set_nlink / set_nlink
2025/11/30 11:30 upstream 6bda50f4333f d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in set_nlink / set_nlink
2025/11/28 16:32 upstream e538109ac71d d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in set_nlink / set_nlink
2025/11/28 02:26 upstream e1afacb68573 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in set_nlink / set_nlink
2025/11/27 13:34 upstream 765e56e41a5a d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in set_nlink / set_nlink
2025/11/27 05:38 upstream 4941a17751c9 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in set_nlink / set_nlink
2025/11/26 12:00 upstream 30f09200cc4a 64219f15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in set_nlink / set_nlink
2025/11/23 19:14 upstream d13f3ac64efb 4fb8ef37 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in set_nlink / set_nlink
2025/11/23 01:36 upstream 89edd36fd801 4fb8ef37 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in set_nlink / set_nlink
2025/11/22 05:42 upstream 2eba5e05d9bc 4fb8ef37 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in set_nlink / set_nlink
2025/11/19 13:03 upstream 8b690556d8fe 26ee5237 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in set_nlink / set_nlink
2025/11/18 06:27 upstream e7c375b18160 ef766cd7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in set_nlink / set_nlink
2025/11/16 09:55 upstream f824272b6e3f f7988ea4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in set_nlink / set_nlink
2025/11/15 18:35 upstream 7a0892d2836e f7988ea4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in set_nlink / set_nlink
2025/11/15 07:30 upstream d4f8cccc6230 f7988ea4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in set_nlink / set_nlink
2025/11/13 05:05 upstream e927c520e1ba 07e030de .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in set_nlink / set_nlink
2025/11/12 01:51 upstream 24172e0d7990 4e1406b4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in set_nlink / set_nlink
2025/11/08 14:05 upstream e811c33b1f13 4e1406b4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in set_nlink / set_nlink
2025/11/07 10:49 upstream 4a0c9b339199 4e1406b4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in set_nlink / set_nlink
2025/11/06 21:50 upstream c2c2ccfd4ba7 4e1406b4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in set_nlink / set_nlink
2025/11/06 11:46 upstream dc77806cf3b4 a6c9c731 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in set_nlink / set_nlink
2025/11/05 23:50 upstream 1c353dc8d962 a6c9c731 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in set_nlink / set_nlink
2025/11/04 02:10 upstream 8bb886cb8f3a 686bf657 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in set_nlink / set_nlink
2023/12/08 00:00 upstream 9ace34a8e446 28b24332 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in set_nlink / set_nlink
2023/11/23 10:29 upstream 9b6de136b5f0 fc59b78e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in set_nlink / set_nlink
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.