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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: 1148d, last: 12h55m

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

read to 0xffff88810750f120 of 4 bytes by task 2992 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:578 [inline]
 inode_permission+0x31f/0x3b0 fs/namei.c:648
 lookup_inode_permission_may_exec fs/namei.c:688 [inline]
 may_lookup fs/namei.c:1958 [inline]
 link_path_walk+0x779/0xe30 fs/namei.c:2595
 path_lookupat+0x8c/0x500 fs/namei.c:2803
 filename_lookup+0x190/0x390 fs/namei.c:2833
 vfs_statx+0x96/0x170 fs/stat.c:353
 vfs_fstatat+0x118/0x170 fs/stat.c:373
 __do_sys_newfstatat fs/stat.c:538 [inline]
 __se_sys_newfstatat+0x55/0x3e0 fs/stat.c:532
 __x64_sys_newfstatat+0x55/0x70 fs/stat.c:532
 x64_sys_call+0x2c64/0x3020 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:263
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x12c/0x370 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

write to 0xffff88810750f120 of 4 bytes by task 3776 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:578 [inline]
 inode_permission+0x31f/0x3b0 fs/namei.c:648
 lookup_inode_permission_may_exec fs/namei.c:688 [inline]
 may_lookup fs/namei.c:1958 [inline]
 link_path_walk+0x779/0xe30 fs/namei.c:2595
 path_openat+0x1c6/0x2050 fs/namei.c:4826
 do_file_open+0x16c/0x290 fs/namei.c:4859
 do_sys_openat2+0x94/0x130 fs/open.c:1366
 do_sys_open fs/open.c:1372 [inline]
 __do_sys_openat fs/open.c:1388 [inline]
 __se_sys_openat fs/open.c:1383 [inline]
 __x64_sys_openat+0xf2/0x120 fs/open.c:1383
 x64_sys_call+0x1e39/0x3020 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:258
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x12c/0x370 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: 3776 Comm: udevd Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) 
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 01/24/2026
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Crashes (977):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/02/13 13:52 upstream 37a93dd5c49b 6a673c50 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in set_nlink / set_nlink
2026/02/12 16:38 upstream 37a93dd5c49b 504cb1bf .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in set_nlink / set_nlink
2026/02/12 03:42 upstream c22e26bd0906 76a109e2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in set_nlink / set_nlink
2026/02/11 14:56 upstream 192c0159402e 75707236 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in set_nlink / set_nlink
2026/02/11 03:58 upstream dc855b77719f 441e25b7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in set_nlink / set_nlink
2026/02/10 17:08 upstream 72c395024dac 91d776d3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in set_nlink / set_nlink
2026/02/10 07:12 upstream 8a5203c630c6 4ab09a02 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in set_nlink / set_nlink
2026/02/09 14:28 upstream 05f7e89ab973 df949cd9 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in set_nlink / set_nlink
2026/02/08 23:10 upstream e98f34af6116 4c131dc4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in set_nlink / set_nlink
2026/02/07 21:13 upstream e7aa57247700 4c131dc4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in set_nlink / set_nlink
2026/02/07 09:08 upstream 2687c848e578 f20fc9f9 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in set_nlink / set_nlink
2026/02/06 15:10 upstream b7ff7151e653 97745f52 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in set_nlink / set_nlink
2026/02/06 01:28 upstream 8fdb05de0e2d f03c4191 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in set_nlink / set_nlink
2026/02/05 18:46 upstream 8fdb05de0e2d 4936e85c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in set_nlink / set_nlink
2026/02/05 09:41 upstream f14faaf3a1fb 4936e85c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in set_nlink / set_nlink
2026/02/05 08:02 upstream f14faaf3a1fb ea10c935 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in set_nlink / set_nlink
2026/02/04 14:05 upstream 5fd0a1df5d05 ea10c935 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in set_nlink / set_nlink
2026/02/04 00:09 upstream de0674d9bc69 42b01fab .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in set_nlink / set_nlink
2026/02/03 10:12 upstream 6bd9ed02871f 6df4c87a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in set_nlink / set_nlink
2026/02/02 23:54 upstream dee65f79364c d78927dd .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in set_nlink / set_nlink
2026/02/02 14:48 upstream 18f7fcd5e69a 018ebef2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in set_nlink / set_nlink
2026/02/02 00:55 upstream 9f2693489ef8 6b8752f2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in set_nlink / set_nlink
2026/02/01 08:59 upstream ad9a728a3388 6b8752f2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in set_nlink / set_nlink
2026/01/31 00:15 upstream 4d310797262f c75a2f6e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in set_nlink / set_nlink
2026/01/30 20:24 upstream 4d310797262f ae7dc18c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in set_nlink / set_nlink
2026/01/30 09:51 upstream 4d310797262f bfa73b7b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in set_nlink / set_nlink
2026/01/29 23:46 upstream 8dfce8991b95 bfa73b7b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in set_nlink / set_nlink
2026/01/29 15:20 upstream 8dfce8991b95 aeb6fdd5 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in set_nlink / set_nlink
2026/01/28 23:59 upstream 8dfce8991b95 0adc945e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in set_nlink / set_nlink
2026/01/28 12:01 upstream 1f97d9dcf536 004c195c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in set_nlink / set_nlink
2026/01/28 00:51 upstream 1f97d9dcf536 3029c699 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in set_nlink / set_nlink
2026/01/27 17:43 upstream fcb70a56f4d8 9a514c2f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in set_nlink / set_nlink
2026/01/27 02:34 upstream fcb70a56f4d8 efb3e894 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in set_nlink / set_nlink
2026/01/26 22:13 upstream 63804fed149a a4c52dd6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in set_nlink / set_nlink
2026/01/25 22:29 upstream 023777797472 55756628 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in set_nlink / set_nlink
2026/01/25 15:27 upstream d91a46d6805a 40acda8a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in set_nlink / set_nlink
2026/01/25 05:45 upstream 5dbeeb268b63 40acda8a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in set_nlink / set_nlink
2026/01/24 17:16 upstream 62085877ae65 40acda8a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in set_nlink / set_nlink
2026/01/24 01:34 upstream 5bde837031a3 4f25b9b4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in set_nlink / set_nlink
2026/01/23 11:05 upstream c072629f05d7 e2b1b6e6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in set_nlink / set_nlink
2026/01/23 05:59 upstream c072629f05d7 82c9c083 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in set_nlink / set_nlink
2026/01/22 18:28 upstream a66191c590b3 82c9c083 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in set_nlink / set_nlink
2026/01/22 06:39 upstream a66191c590b3 a16aed1d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in set_nlink / set_nlink
2026/01/20 19:36 upstream c03e9c42ae8f 06648d9c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in set_nlink / set_nlink
2026/01/20 10:00 upstream 24d479d26b25 06648d9c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in set_nlink / set_nlink
2026/01/20 03:57 upstream 24d479d26b25 572effc1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in set_nlink / set_nlink
2026/01/19 10:04 upstream 24d479d26b25 a9fc5226 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in set_nlink / set_nlink
2026/01/19 06:28 upstream 24d479d26b25 20d37d28 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in set_nlink / set_nlink
2026/01/07 06:45 upstream f0b9d8eb98df d6526ea3 .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.