KCSAN: data-race in data_alloc / prb_reserve

Status: moderation: reported on 2021/03/25 21:28
Subsystems: net ext4
Labels: prio:low
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Reported-by: syzbot+3ef70d22840405b8403f@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 2054d, last: 21h28m
✨ AI Jobs (3)
ID Workflow Result Correct Bug Created Started Finished Revision Error
3e9dd160 assessment-security DenialOfService: ❌ Exploitable: ❌ FilesystemTrigger: ❌ NetworkTrigger: ❌ PeripheralTrigger: ❌ RemoteTrigger: ❌ Unprivileged: ✅ UserNamespace: ✅ VMGuestTrigger: ❌ VMHostTrigger: ❌ KCSAN: data-race in data_alloc / prb_reserve 2026/05/21 08:47 2026/05/21 08:47 2026/05/21 09:22 cf874a1c

			
		
731e1e99 repro 💥 KCSAN: data-race in data_alloc / prb_reserve 2026/03/10 13:21 2026/03/10 13:21 2026/03/10 13:34 d16aa12f
Error 400, Message: API key not valid. Please pass a valid API key., Status: INVALID_ARGUMENT, Details: [map[@type:type.googleapis.com/google.rpc.ErrorInfo domain:googleapis.com metadata:map[service:g...
truncated to first 200 bytes; open job for full error
948cbd3a assessment-kcsan Benign: ✅ Confident: ✅ KCSAN: data-race in data_alloc / prb_reserve 2026/01/14 18:04 2026/01/14 18:04 2026/01/14 18:07 a9d6a792

			
		

Sample crash report:
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BUG: KCSAN: data-race in data_alloc / prb_reserve

write to 0xffffffff86c66d38 of 8 bytes by task 28 on cpu 1:
 data_alloc+0x308/0x380 kernel/printk/printk_ringbuffer.c:1130
 prb_reserve+0x8e3/0xaf0 kernel/printk/printk_ringbuffer.c:1727
 vprintk_store+0x54a/0x910 kernel/printk/printk.c:2354
 vprintk_emit+0x1a4/0x600 kernel/printk/printk.c:2455
 vprintk_default+0x26/0x30 kernel/printk/printk.c:2494
 vprintk+0x1d/0x30 kernel/printk/printk_safe.c:82
 _printk+0x79/0xa0 kernel/printk/printk.c:2504
 kauditd_printk_skb kernel/audit.c:588 [inline]
 kauditd_hold_skb+0x1b1/0x1c0 kernel/audit.c:623
 kauditd_send_queue+0x275/0x2d0 kernel/audit.c:808
 kauditd_thread+0x439/0x660 kernel/audit.c:932
 kthread+0x221/0x270 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 to 0xffffffff86c66d38 of 8 bytes by task 23485 on cpu 0:
 desc_read kernel/printk/printk_ringbuffer.c:496 [inline]
 desc_push_tail kernel/printk/printk_ringbuffer.c:792 [inline]
 desc_reserve kernel/printk/printk_ringbuffer.c:938 [inline]
 prb_reserve+0x21a/0xaf0 kernel/printk/printk_ringbuffer.c:1677
 vprintk_store+0x54a/0x910 kernel/printk/printk.c:2354
 vprintk_emit+0x1a4/0x600 kernel/printk/printk.c:2455
 vprintk_default+0x26/0x30 kernel/printk/printk.c:2494
 vprintk+0x1d/0x30 kernel/printk/printk_safe.c:82
 _printk+0x79/0xa0 kernel/printk/printk.c:2504
 __ext4_msg+0x143/0x1c0 fs/ext4/super.c:1003
 ext4_check_quota_consistency fs/ext4/super.c:-1 [inline]
 ext4_check_opt_consistency+0xae0/0xaf0 fs/ext4/super.c:2852
 __ext4_fill_super fs/ext4/super.c:5396 [inline]
 ext4_fill_super+0x1a69/0x3760 fs/ext4/super.c:5828
 get_tree_bdev_flags+0x291/0x300 fs/super.c:1640
 get_tree_bdev+0x1f/0x30 fs/super.c:1663
 ext4_get_tree+0x1c/0x30 fs/ext4/super.c:5860
 vfs_get_tree+0x57/0x1d0 fs/super.c:1700
 fc_mount fs/namespace.c:1198 [inline]
 do_new_mount_fc fs/namespace.c:3765 [inline]
 do_new_mount+0x288/0x8d0 fs/namespace.c:3841
 path_mount+0x4ad/0xb90 fs/namespace.c:4161
 do_mount fs/namespace.c:4174 [inline]
 __do_sys_mount fs/namespace.c:4390 [inline]
 __se_sys_mount+0x28c/0x2e0 fs/namespace.c:4367
 __x64_sys_mount+0x67/0x80 fs/namespace.c:4367
 x64_sys_call+0x2d61/0x3020 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:166
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x136/0x3c0 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

value changed: 0x0000000000075ac8 -> 0x0000000000125218

Reported by Kernel Concurrency Sanitizer on:
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 23485 Comm: syz.6.4781 Tainted: G        W           syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(lazy) 
Tainted: [W]=WARN
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/24/2026
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EXT4-fs: Journaled quota options ignored when QUOTA feature is enabled
EXT4-fs (loop6): mounted filesystem 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000 r/w without journal. Quota mode: writeback.
ext4 filesystem being mounted at /77/file0 supports timestamps until 2038-01-19 (0x7fffffff)

Crashes (1296):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/08/02 09:08 upstream 2d2338c93da7 e611ffe1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in data_alloc / prb_reserve
2026/08/02 02:41 upstream 02dc699f83d0 e611ffe1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in data_alloc / prb_reserve
2026/07/28 10:32 upstream 62cc90241548 45ae1df4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in data_alloc / prb_reserve
2026/07/26 11:50 upstream 3dab139d4795 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in data_alloc / prb_reserve
2026/07/24 09:36 upstream d326f83e819c 544adce9 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in data_alloc / prb_reserve
2026/07/23 14:55 upstream 4539944e5151 71a13572 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in data_alloc / prb_reserve
2026/07/20 08:10 upstream 82a47586c0b9 72524a66 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in data_alloc / prb_reserve
2026/07/19 14:03 upstream c6859eed755d 72524a66 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in data_alloc / prb_reserve
2026/07/17 12:20 upstream fce2dfa773ce 7f27c57a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in data_alloc / prb_reserve
2026/07/15 20:03 upstream 58717b2a1365 a4ed0f4f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in data_alloc / prb_reserve
2026/07/14 17:32 upstream 3b029c035b34 2130f682 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in data_alloc / prb_reserve
2026/07/13 18:29 upstream a13c140cc289 cc4833d0 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in data_alloc / prb_reserve
2026/07/13 03:13 upstream f4fb100039e9 d78ea535 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in data_alloc / prb_reserve
2026/07/10 05:03 upstream a635d6748234 4167ee25 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in data_alloc / prb_reserve
2026/07/09 23:37 upstream 2c7c88a412aa a0c310a3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in data_alloc / prb_reserve
2026/07/06 09:45 upstream 8cdeaa50eae8 fcece630 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in data_alloc / prb_reserve
2026/07/03 11:32 upstream 51512e22efe8 58bf2096 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in data_alloc / prb_reserve
2026/06/28 22:03 upstream 8b69c0475871 fb92f11c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in data_alloc / prb_reserve
2026/06/26 05:12 upstream a142da0b2d32 7ff32d8b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in data_alloc / prb_reserve
2026/06/25 16:25 upstream ab9de95c9cf9 cfa969bf .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in data_alloc / prb_reserve
2026/06/24 21:01 upstream 840ef6c78e6a 302586aa .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in data_alloc / prb_reserve
2026/06/23 18:38 upstream 502d801f0ab0 4b1d8f01 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in data_alloc / prb_reserve
2026/06/22 22:35 upstream 1dc18801be29 5a630be6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in data_alloc / prb_reserve
2026/06/20 07:36 upstream 5e2e14749c3d 43bfcdb0 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in data_alloc / prb_reserve
2026/06/17 19:31 upstream 66affa37cfac b62b3ded .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in data_alloc / prb_reserve
2026/06/15 18:28 upstream 0e0611827f33 50bb0618 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in data_alloc / prb_reserve
2026/06/13 12:49 upstream 062871f1371b 1d2f3589 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in data_alloc / prb_reserve
2026/06/11 11:20 upstream 9716c086c8e8 b754d2d8 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in data_alloc / prb_reserve
2026/06/10 18:19 upstream acb7500801e9 f79bac11 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in data_alloc / prb_reserve
2026/06/08 00:19 upstream 33d8d8ec31b5 cc095639 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in data_alloc / prb_reserve
2026/06/01 04:34 upstream e43ffb69e043 6b4a8443 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in data_alloc / prb_reserve
2026/05/30 17:01 upstream f5e5d3509bff 6b4a8443 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in data_alloc / prb_reserve
2026/05/28 13:07 upstream eb3f4b7426cf 681715f7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in data_alloc / prb_reserve
2026/05/26 13:05 upstream e8c2f9fdadee a3e47276 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in data_alloc / prb_reserve
2026/05/24 09:42 upstream 4cbfe4502e3d c69befb3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in data_alloc / prb_reserve
2026/05/22 23:22 upstream 45255ea1ca09 5f091fcc .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in data_alloc / prb_reserve
2026/05/21 22:44 upstream 758c807bb943 e195359d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in data_alloc / prb_reserve
2026/05/19 05:09 upstream 4d3a2a466b8d 9f74d399 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in data_alloc / prb_reserve
2026/05/18 08:13 upstream e5d505e3664b de5aae85 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in data_alloc / prb_reserve
2026/05/10 02:56 upstream e92b2872d0b1 29233ece .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in data_alloc / prb_reserve
2026/05/08 20:43 upstream 917719c412c4 b2988c17 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in data_alloc / prb_reserve
2026/05/08 04:03 upstream fcee7d82f27d 5633175a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in data_alloc / prb_reserve
2026/05/03 22:21 upstream f377d0025eb0 a0d91488 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in data_alloc / prb_reserve
2026/04/28 23:21 upstream dca922e019dd 95008c03 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in data_alloc / prb_reserve
2026/04/27 10:07 upstream 254f49634ee1 0f700595 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in data_alloc / prb_reserve
2026/04/27 06:19 upstream 20b64cf8705a 9c2d0995 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in data_alloc / prb_reserve
2026/04/21 11:13 upstream b4e07588e743 3f2e655b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in data_alloc / prb_reserve
2026/04/16 04:57 upstream aec2f682d47c df15c5f3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in data_alloc / prb_reserve
2026/03/09 04:27 upstream 014441d1e4b2 5cb44a80 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in data_alloc / prb_reserve
2026/01/14 13:49 upstream c537e12daeec d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in data_alloc / prb_reserve
2021/03/23 05:33 upstream 0d02ec6b3136 8092f30d .config console log report info ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in data_alloc / prb_reserve
2021/03/21 21:14 upstream 812da4d39463 4c9a64da .config console log report info ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in data_alloc / prb_reserve
2021/01/11 05:54 upstream 0653161f0fac 2c1f2513 .config console log report info ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce
2020/12/17 20:32 upstream accefff5b547 04201c06 .config console log report info ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.