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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: 1049d, last: 30m

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

read to 0xffff888107118780 of 4 bytes by task 3515 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+0x1ca/0x310 fs/namei.c:593
 may_lookup fs/namei.c:1858 [inline]
 link_path_walk+0x162/0x900 fs/namei.c:2467
 path_openat+0x1de/0x2170 fs/namei.c:4130
 do_filp_open+0x109/0x230 fs/namei.c:4161
 do_sys_openat2+0xa6/0x110 fs/open.c:1437
 do_sys_open fs/open.c:1452 [inline]
 __do_sys_openat fs/open.c:1468 [inline]
 __se_sys_openat fs/open.c:1463 [inline]
 __x64_sys_openat+0xf2/0x120 fs/open.c:1463
 x64_sys_call+0x2eab/0x3000 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:258
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0xd2/0x200 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

write to 0xffff888107118780 of 4 bytes by task 3004 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+0x1ca/0x310 fs/namei.c:593
 may_lookup fs/namei.c:1858 [inline]
 link_path_walk+0x162/0x900 fs/namei.c:2467
 path_lookupat+0x63/0x2a0 fs/namei.c:2675
 filename_lookup+0x147/0x340 fs/namei.c:2705
 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+0x135a/0x3000 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:263
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0xd2/0x200 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: 3004 Comm: udevd Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(voluntary) 
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 10/02/2025
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Crashes (872):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
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
2025/11/02 07:44 upstream 691d401c7e0e 2c50b6a9 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in set_nlink / set_nlink
2025/11/01 18:43 upstream ba36dd5ee6fd 2c50b6a9 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in set_nlink / set_nlink
2025/10/31 11:38 upstream d127176862a9 2c50b6a9 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in set_nlink / set_nlink
2025/10/30 20:59 upstream e53642b87a4f 2c50b6a9 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in set_nlink / set_nlink
2025/10/28 22:01 upstream fd57572253bc fd2207e7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in set_nlink / set_nlink
2025/10/27 19:09 upstream dcb6fa37fd7b fd2207e7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in set_nlink / set_nlink
2025/10/27 12:00 upstream dcb6fa37fd7b c0460fcd .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in set_nlink / set_nlink
2025/10/25 14:44 upstream 566771afc7a8 c0460fcd .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in set_nlink / set_nlink
2025/10/22 11:10 upstream 552c50713f27 252fbbad .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in set_nlink / set_nlink
2025/10/20 05:45 upstream 211ddde0823f 1c8c8cd8 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in set_nlink / set_nlink
2025/10/19 13:10 upstream 1c64efcb083c 1c8c8cd8 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in set_nlink / set_nlink
2025/10/18 00:28 upstream cf1ea8854e4f 1c8c8cd8 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in set_nlink / set_nlink
2025/10/16 09:22 upstream 7ea30958b305 19568248 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in set_nlink / set_nlink
2025/10/14 21:40 upstream 9b332cece987 b6605ba8 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in set_nlink / set_nlink
2025/10/14 13:59 upstream 3a8660878839 b6605ba8 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in set_nlink / set_nlink
2025/10/12 01:27 upstream 67029a49db6c ff1712fe .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in set_nlink / set_nlink
2025/10/11 18:25 upstream 0739473694c4 ff1712fe .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in set_nlink / set_nlink
2025/10/10 10:00 upstream 5472d60c129f ff1712fe .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in set_nlink / set_nlink
2025/10/09 15:38 upstream ec714e371f22 7e2882b3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in set_nlink / set_nlink
2025/10/08 03:17 upstream 971199ad2a0f 7e2882b3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in set_nlink / set_nlink
2025/10/07 18:45 upstream 971199ad2a0f 8ef35d49 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in set_nlink / set_nlink
2025/10/07 05:56 upstream c746c3b51698 8ef35d49 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in set_nlink / set_nlink
2025/10/06 13:13 upstream fd94619c4336 91305dbe .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in set_nlink / set_nlink
2025/10/04 08:36 upstream cbf33b8e0b36 49379ee0 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in set_nlink / set_nlink
2025/10/03 06:45 upstream e406d57be7bd 49379ee0 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in set_nlink / set_nlink
2025/09/30 09:44 upstream 1896ce8eb6c6 86341da6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in set_nlink / set_nlink
2025/09/27 15:36 upstream fec734e8d564 001c9061 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in set_nlink / set_nlink
2025/09/27 08:48 upstream 083fc6d7fa0d 001c9061 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in set_nlink / set_nlink
2025/09/25 19:38 upstream bf40f4b87761 0abd0691 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in set_nlink / set_nlink
2025/09/24 23:37 upstream 4ea5af085908 0abd0691 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in set_nlink / set_nlink
2025/09/24 18:37 upstream cec1e6e5d1ab 0abd0691 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in set_nlink / set_nlink
2025/09/23 10:00 upstream cec1e6e5d1ab 0ac7291c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in set_nlink / set_nlink
2025/09/22 12:44 upstream 07e27ad16399 0ac7291c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in set_nlink / set_nlink
2025/09/20 08:21 upstream cd89d487374c 67c37560 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in set_nlink / set_nlink
2025/09/19 00:14 upstream cbf658dd0941 e2beed91 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in set_nlink / set_nlink
2025/09/18 17:50 upstream 8b789f2b7602 e2beed91 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in set_nlink / set_nlink
2025/09/14 11:57 upstream f83a4f2a4d8c e2beed91 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in set_nlink / set_nlink
2025/09/13 20:48 upstream 5cd64d4f9268 e2beed91 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in set_nlink / set_nlink
2025/09/12 14:55 upstream 320475fbd590 e2beed91 .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.