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KCSAN: data-race in wq_worker_tick / wq_worker_tick

Status: moderation: reported on 2023/12/07 10:03
Subsystems: kernel
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Reported-by: syzbot+1f9c6a9361cf67ffc0d9@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 1028d, last: 1h27m
✨ AI Jobs (3)
ID Workflow Result Correct Bug Created Started Finished Revision Error
6d2acab0-5f86-4452-a2aa-2986f682fbb0 repro KCSAN: data-race in wq_worker_tick / wq_worker_tick 2026/03/06 03:15 2026/03/06 03:15 2026/03/06 03:17 31e9c887f7dc24e04b3ca70d0d54fc34141844b0
9f147d12-624d-4474-9665-abafc23ba67d assessment-kcsan Benign: ✅  Confident: ✅  KCSAN: data-race in wq_worker_tick / wq_worker_tick 2026/02/24 16:13 2026/02/24 16:13 2026/02/24 16:16 305c0ec5cd886e2d13738e28e1b2df9b0ec20fc9
900af779-651d-4649-825d-fdd54228c6cf assessment-kcsan 💥 KCSAN: data-race in wq_worker_tick / wq_worker_tick 2026/01/09 14:24 2026/01/09 14:24 2026/01/09 14:26 9ee25c60da3366005e31dedd1574732f63338151 failed to load compile commands: open /usr/local/google/home/dvyukov/syzkaller/agent/workdir/cache/build/9dce9dd65e825296b412dc760805ab08dc7d0dbc/compile_commands.json: no such file or directory

Sample crash report:
bridge0: received packet on veth0_to_bridge with own address as source address (addr:aa:aa:aa:aa:aa:0c, vlan:0)
==================================================================
BUG: KCSAN: data-race in wq_worker_tick / wq_worker_tick

read-write to 0xffff8881000c5cd8 of 8 bytes by interrupt on cpu 1:
 wq_worker_tick+0x64/0x240 kernel/workqueue.c:1508
 sched_tick+0xbc/0x1f0 kernel/sched/core.c:5677
 update_process_times+0x15e/0x190 kernel/time/timer.c:2480
 tick_sched_handle kernel/time/tick-sched.c:298 [inline]
 tick_nohz_handler+0x275/0x3d0 kernel/time/tick-sched.c:319
 __run_hrtimer kernel/time/hrtimer.c:1930 [inline]
 __hrtimer_run_queues+0x276/0x4f0 kernel/time/hrtimer.c:1994
 hrtimer_interrupt+0x261/0x850 kernel/time/hrtimer.c:2113
 local_apic_timer_interrupt arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1050 [inline]
 __sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x5f/0x1c0 arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1067
 instr_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1061 [inline]
 sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x32/0x80 arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1061
 asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x1a/0x20 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:697
 is_atomic kernel/kcsan/core.c:260 [inline]
 should_watch kernel/kcsan/core.c:277 [inline]
 check_access kernel/kcsan/core.c:752 [inline]
 __tsan_read2+0xfb/0x190 kernel/kcsan/core.c:1023
 br_handle_frame_finish+0x321/0x1080 net/bridge/br_input.c:144
 br_nf_hook_thresh+0x233/0x270 net/bridge/br_netfilter_hooks.c:-1
 br_nf_pre_routing_finish_ipv6+0x51d/0x540 net/bridge/br_netfilter_ipv6.c:-1
 NF_HOOK include/linux/netfilter.h:318 [inline]
 br_nf_pre_routing_ipv6+0x1fa/0x2e0 net/bridge/br_netfilter_ipv6.c:183
 br_nf_pre_routing+0x56a/0xbe0 net/bridge/br_netfilter_hooks.c:509
 nf_hook_entry_hookfn include/linux/netfilter.h:158 [inline]
 nf_hook_bridge_pre net/bridge/br_input.c:291 [inline]
 br_handle_frame+0x85f/0xa60 net/bridge/br_input.c:442
 __netif_receive_skb_core+0x5b1/0x1950 net/core/dev.c:6096
 __netif_receive_skb_one_core net/core/dev.c:6207 [inline]
 __netif_receive_skb net/core/dev.c:6322 [inline]
 process_backlog+0x25b/0x670 net/core/dev.c:6673
 __napi_poll+0x61/0x300 net/core/dev.c:7737
 napi_poll net/core/dev.c:7800 [inline]
 net_rx_action+0x452/0x930 net/core/dev.c:7957
 handle_softirqs+0xb9/0x280 kernel/softirq.c:622
 do_softirq+0x45/0x60 kernel/softirq.c:523
 __local_bh_enable_ip+0x70/0x80 kernel/softirq.c:450
 local_bh_enable include/linux/bottom_half.h:33 [inline]
 __alloc_skb+0x658/0x690 net/core/skbuff.c:697
 alloc_skb include/linux/skbuff.h:1383 [inline]
 nsim_dev_trap_skb_build drivers/net/netdevsim/dev.c:819 [inline]
 nsim_dev_trap_report drivers/net/netdevsim/dev.c:876 [inline]
 nsim_dev_trap_report_work+0x18a/0x630 drivers/net/netdevsim/dev.c:922
 process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3302 [inline]
 process_scheduled_works+0x4f0/0x9c0 kernel/workqueue.c:3385
 worker_thread+0x58a/0x780 kernel/workqueue.c:3466
 kthread+0x22a/0x280 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-write to 0xffff8881000c5cd8 of 8 bytes by interrupt on cpu 0:
 wq_worker_tick+0x64/0x240 kernel/workqueue.c:1508
 sched_tick+0xbc/0x1f0 kernel/sched/core.c:5677
 update_process_times+0x15e/0x190 kernel/time/timer.c:2480
 tick_sched_handle kernel/time/tick-sched.c:298 [inline]
 tick_nohz_handler+0x275/0x3d0 kernel/time/tick-sched.c:319
 __run_hrtimer kernel/time/hrtimer.c:1930 [inline]
 __hrtimer_run_queues+0x276/0x4f0 kernel/time/hrtimer.c:1994
 hrtimer_interrupt+0x261/0x850 kernel/time/hrtimer.c:2113
 local_apic_timer_interrupt arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1050 [inline]
 __sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x5f/0x1c0 arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1067
 instr_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1061 [inline]
 sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x32/0x80 arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1061
 asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x1a/0x20 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:697
 is_atomic kernel/kcsan/core.c:264 [inline]
 should_watch kernel/kcsan/core.c:277 [inline]
 check_access kernel/kcsan/core.c:752 [inline]
 __tsan_read8+0x101/0x190 kernel/kcsan/core.c:1025
 ifname_compare_aligned include/linux/netfilter/x_tables.h:404 [inline]
 ip_packet_match net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_tables.c:62 [inline]
 ipt_do_table+0x451/0xb20 net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_tables.c:283
 nf_hook_entry_hookfn include/linux/netfilter.h:158 [inline]
 nf_hook_slow+0x78/0x180 net/netfilter/core.c:619
 nf_hook include/linux/netfilter.h:273 [inline]
 NF_HOOK include/linux/netfilter.h:316 [inline]
 ip_rcv+0x11f/0x160 net/ipv4/ip_input.c:612
 __netif_receive_skb_one_core net/core/dev.c:6209 [inline]
 __netif_receive_skb net/core/dev.c:6322 [inline]
 process_backlog+0x341/0x670 net/core/dev.c:6673
 __napi_poll+0x61/0x300 net/core/dev.c:7737
 napi_poll net/core/dev.c:7800 [inline]
 net_rx_action+0x452/0x930 net/core/dev.c:7957
 handle_softirqs+0xb9/0x280 kernel/softirq.c:622
 do_softirq+0x45/0x60 kernel/softirq.c:523
 __local_bh_enable_ip+0x70/0x80 kernel/softirq.c:450
 local_bh_enable include/linux/bottom_half.h:33 [inline]
 __alloc_skb+0x2b6/0x690 net/core/skbuff.c:697
 alloc_skb include/linux/skbuff.h:1383 [inline]
 nsim_dev_trap_skb_build drivers/net/netdevsim/dev.c:819 [inline]
 nsim_dev_trap_report drivers/net/netdevsim/dev.c:876 [inline]
 nsim_dev_trap_report_work+0x18a/0x630 drivers/net/netdevsim/dev.c:922
 process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3302 [inline]
 process_scheduled_works+0x4f0/0x9c0 kernel/workqueue.c:3385
 worker_thread+0x58a/0x780 kernel/workqueue.c:3466
 kthread+0x22a/0x280 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

value changed: 0x00000000032dc050 -> 0x00000000032de760

Reported by Kernel Concurrency Sanitizer on:
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 17450 Comm: kworker/u8:25 Tainted: G        W           syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) 
Tainted: [W]=WARN
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 03/18/2026
Workqueue: events_unbound nsim_dev_trap_report_work
==================================================================
net_ratelimit: 105068 callbacks suppressed
bridge0: received packet on veth0_to_bridge with own address as source address (addr:aa:aa:aa:aa:aa:0c, vlan:0)
bridge0: received packet on veth0_to_bridge with own address as source address (addr:aa:aa:aa:aa:aa:0c, vlan:0)
bridge0: received packet on veth0_to_bridge with own address as source address (addr:aa:aa:aa:aa:aa:0c, vlan:0)
bridge0: received packet on veth0_to_bridge with own address as source address (addr:aa:aa:aa:aa:aa:0c, vlan:0)
bridge0: received packet on veth0_to_bridge with own address as source address (addr:aa:aa:aa:aa:aa:0c, vlan:0)
bridge0: received packet on veth0_to_bridge with own address as source address (addr:aa:aa:aa:aa:aa:0c, vlan:0)
bridge0: received packet on veth0_to_bridge with own address as source address (addr:aa:aa:aa:aa:aa:0c, vlan:0)
bridge0: received packet on veth0_to_bridge with own address as source address (addr:aa:aa:aa:aa:aa:0c, vlan:0)
bridge0: received packet on veth0_to_bridge with own address as source address (addr:aa:aa:aa:aa:aa:0c, vlan:0)
bridge0: received packet on veth0_to_bridge with own address as source address (addr:aa:aa:aa:aa:aa:0c, vlan:0)

Crashes (631):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/04/22 18:22 upstream 6596a02b2078 4595e353 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in wq_worker_tick / wq_worker_tick
2026/04/22 00:59 upstream 4ee64205ffaa 0b6ab7ec .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in wq_worker_tick / wq_worker_tick
2026/04/20 10:20 upstream c1f49dea2b8f 303e2802 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in wq_worker_tick / wq_worker_tick
2026/04/18 16:41 upstream 8541d8f725c6 303e2802 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in wq_worker_tick / wq_worker_tick
2026/04/17 18:20 upstream 43cfbdda5af6 24ecfc1e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in wq_worker_tick / wq_worker_tick
2026/04/17 12:27 upstream 3cd8b194bf34 de0a551d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in wq_worker_tick / wq_worker_tick
2026/04/16 15:24 upstream 1d51b370a0f8 4743f87d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in wq_worker_tick / wq_worker_tick
2026/04/16 08:17 upstream aec2f682d47c df15c5f3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in wq_worker_tick / wq_worker_tick
2026/04/15 23:01 upstream 1f5ffc672165 c441f497 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in wq_worker_tick / wq_worker_tick
2026/04/12 10:54 upstream f5459048c38a 38c8e246 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in wq_worker_tick / wq_worker_tick
2026/04/11 11:37 upstream e774d5f1bc27 38c8e246 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in wq_worker_tick / wq_worker_tick
2026/04/09 13:25 upstream 7f87a5ea75f0 38c8e246 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in wq_worker_tick / wq_worker_tick
2026/04/08 12:18 upstream 3036cd0d3328 2c961e87 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in wq_worker_tick / wq_worker_tick
2026/04/06 07:35 upstream 591cd656a1bf 4440e7c2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in wq_worker_tick / wq_worker_tick
2026/04/05 12:49 upstream 3aae9383f42f 4440e7c2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in wq_worker_tick / wq_worker_tick
2026/04/04 14:19 upstream 7ca6d1cfec80 4440e7c2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in wq_worker_tick / wq_worker_tick
2026/04/03 18:01 upstream d8a9a4b11a13 4440e7c2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in wq_worker_tick / wq_worker_tick
2026/04/01 18:14 upstream dbf00d8d23b4 9a1f7828 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in wq_worker_tick / wq_worker_tick
2026/03/31 23:44 upstream dbf00d8d23b4 fb8b2c26 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in wq_worker_tick / wq_worker_tick
2026/03/31 01:49 upstream d0c3bcd5b897 d0af506e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in wq_worker_tick / wq_worker_tick
2026/03/30 20:11 upstream 7aaa8047eafd dcaebc52 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in wq_worker_tick / wq_worker_tick
2026/03/30 01:06 upstream a3d97d1d3fa6 b5ceaad2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in wq_worker_tick / wq_worker_tick
2026/03/27 14:34 upstream 46b513250491 74a13a23 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in wq_worker_tick / wq_worker_tick
2026/03/25 04:29 upstream 24f9515de877 74e70d19 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in wq_worker_tick / wq_worker_tick
2026/03/23 06:04 upstream ec69c9e88315 5b92003d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in wq_worker_tick / wq_worker_tick
2026/03/19 20:57 upstream 8a30aeb0d1b4 bd6dcb30 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in wq_worker_tick / wq_worker_tick
2026/03/18 10:49 upstream a989fde763f4 0199f9a1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in wq_worker_tick / wq_worker_tick
2026/03/18 07:18 upstream f0caa1d49cc0 c8810548 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in wq_worker_tick / wq_worker_tick
2026/03/12 20:23 upstream 80234b5ab240 4efadf07 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in wq_worker_tick / wq_worker_tick
2026/03/12 03:38 upstream b29fb8829bff 2d88ab01 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in wq_worker_tick / wq_worker_tick
2026/03/10 23:58 upstream b4f0dd314b39 4683d576 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in wq_worker_tick / wq_worker_tick
2026/03/10 15:29 upstream 1f318b96cc84 4683d576 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in wq_worker_tick / wq_worker_tick
2026/03/10 03:57 upstream 1f318b96cc84 6972f302 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in wq_worker_tick / wq_worker_tick
2026/03/07 02:27 upstream 651690480a96 5cb44a80 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in wq_worker_tick / wq_worker_tick
2026/03/06 21:55 upstream 651690480a96 41d8037d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in wq_worker_tick / wq_worker_tick
2026/03/05 22:04 upstream c107785c7e8d d20b04c8 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in wq_worker_tick / wq_worker_tick
2026/03/05 11:25 upstream ecc64d2dc9ff a9fe5c9e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in wq_worker_tick / wq_worker_tick
2026/03/02 16:06 upstream 11439c4635ed b9dd6534 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in wq_worker_tick / wq_worker_tick
2026/03/01 02:43 upstream 2f9339c052bd 43249bac .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in wq_worker_tick / wq_worker_tick
2026/02/28 10:45 upstream 4d349ee5c778 43249bac .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in wq_worker_tick / wq_worker_tick
2026/02/27 05:45 upstream 3f4a08e64442 a2f13f71 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in wq_worker_tick / wq_worker_tick
2026/02/25 09:19 upstream 7dff99b35460 787dfb7c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in wq_worker_tick / wq_worker_tick
2026/02/24 08:01 upstream 7dff99b35460 41d2fa6a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in wq_worker_tick / wq_worker_tick
2026/02/21 15:32 upstream d79526b89571 6e7b5511 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in wq_worker_tick / wq_worker_tick
2026/01/09 06:31 upstream 623fb9912f6a d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in wq_worker_tick / wq_worker_tick
2023/12/01 12:41 upstream e8f60209d6cf f819d6f7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in wq_worker_tick / wq_worker_tick
2023/11/28 23:33 upstream 18d46e76d7c2 1adfb6f6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in wq_worker_tick / wq_worker_tick
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.