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KCSAN: data-race in __writeback_single_inode / xas_set_mark (6)

Status: moderation: reported on 2024/05/07 08:53
Subsystems: fs mm
Labels: prio:high
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Reported-by: syzbot+40d7ce09fc0205cdd588@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 748d, last: 6d21h
✨ AI Jobs (2)
ID Workflow Result Correct Bug Created Started Finished Revision Error
21f215f0-a1cd-4ffa-9710-3aaf38a8b271 assessment-security DenialOfService: ❌ Exploitable: ❌ FilesystemTrigger: ❌ NetworkTrigger: ❌ PeripheralTrigger: ❌ RemoteTrigger: ❌ Unprivileged: ✅ UserNamespace: ❌ VMGuestTrigger: ❌ VMHostTrigger: ❌ KCSAN: data-race in __writeback_single_inode / xas_set_mark (6) 2026/05/23 02:02 2026/05/23 02:02 2026/05/23 02:16 df8ac09c914d5408499c5695877a3e0e31969e6f
743c0a63-7586-424b-b5b3-d9c9332117d7 assessment-kcsan Benign: ✅ Confident: ✅ KCSAN: data-race in __writeback_single_inode / xas_set_mark (6) 2026/01/15 03:19 2026/01/15 03:19 2026/01/15 03:24 a9d6a79219801d2130df3b1a792c57f0e5428e9f
Similar bugs (5)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
upstream KCSAN: data-race in __writeback_single_inode / xas_set_mark (5) mm fs 6 2 791d 824d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/04/28 10:15
upstream KCSAN: data-race in __writeback_single_inode / xas_set_mark ext4 6 39 2167d 2404d 0/29 closed as invalid on 2020/06/18 14:24
upstream KCSAN: data-race in __writeback_single_inode / xas_set_mark (3) fs mm 6 115 1036d 1564d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/08/28 03:40
upstream KCSAN: data-race in __writeback_single_inode / xas_set_mark (2) fs mm 6 238 1614d 2061d 0/29 auto-closed as invalid on 2022/01/26 09:38
upstream KCSAN: data-race in __writeback_single_inode / xas_set_mark (4) fs mm 6 10 865d 897d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/02/15 01:09

Sample crash report:
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BUG: KCSAN: data-race in __writeback_single_inode / xas_set_mark

write to 0xffff8881083a4dc4 of 4 bytes by task 8888 on cpu 1:
 xa_mark_set lib/xarray.c:71 [inline]
 xas_set_mark+0x12b/0x140 lib/xarray.c:900
 __folio_start_writeback+0x17b/0x370 mm/page-writeback.c:3011
 mpage_write_folio fs/mpage.c:620 [inline]
 __mpage_writepages+0xdbd/0x1390 fs/mpage.c:686
 mpage_writepages include/linux/mpage.h:27 [inline]
 fat_writepages+0x26/0x30 fs/fat/inode.c:200
 do_writepages+0x1c6/0x310 mm/page-writeback.c:2571
 filemap_writeback mm/filemap.c:388 [inline]
 filemap_fdatawrite_range mm/filemap.c:413 [inline]
 file_write_and_wait_range+0x178/0x2f0 mm/filemap.c:787
 mmb_fsync_noflush+0x48/0x140 fs/buffer.c:645
 fat_file_fsync+0x98/0x110 fs/fat/file.c:192
 vfs_fsync_range+0xc5/0xe0 fs/sync.c:186
 generic_write_sync include/linux/fs.h:2654 [inline]
 generic_file_write_iter+0x1ba/0x310 mm/filemap.c:4472
 iter_file_splice_write+0x6c4/0xa80 fs/splice.c:736
 do_splice_from fs/splice.c:936 [inline]
 direct_splice_actor+0x156/0x2a0 fs/splice.c:1159
 splice_direct_to_actor+0x311/0x670 fs/splice.c:1103
 do_splice_direct_actor fs/splice.c:1202 [inline]
 do_splice_direct+0x119/0x1a0 fs/splice.c:1228
 do_sendfile+0x382/0x650 fs/read_write.c:1372
 __do_sys_sendfile64 fs/read_write.c:1433 [inline]
 __se_sys_sendfile64 fs/read_write.c:1419 [inline]
 __x64_sys_sendfile64+0x105/0x150 fs/read_write.c:1419
 x64_sys_call+0x2dc4/0x3020 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:41
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x12c/0x3b0 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

read to 0xffff8881083a4dc4 of 4 bytes by task 8889 on cpu 0:
 xa_marked include/linux/xarray.h:424 [inline]
 mapping_tagged include/linux/fs.h:508 [inline]
 __writeback_single_inode+0x1f1/0x650 fs/fs-writeback.c:1813
 writeback_single_inode+0x16d/0x3f0 fs/fs-writeback.c:1883
 sync_inode_metadata+0x6e/0xa0 fs/fs-writeback.c:2994
 mmb_fsync_noflush+0xfa/0x140 fs/buffer.c:656
 fat_file_fsync+0x98/0x110 fs/fat/file.c:192
 vfs_fsync_range+0xc5/0xe0 fs/sync.c:186
 generic_write_sync include/linux/fs.h:2654 [inline]
 generic_file_write_iter+0x1ba/0x310 mm/filemap.c:4472
 iter_file_splice_write+0x6c4/0xa80 fs/splice.c:736
 do_splice_from fs/splice.c:936 [inline]
 direct_splice_actor+0x156/0x2a0 fs/splice.c:1159
 splice_direct_to_actor+0x311/0x670 fs/splice.c:1103
 do_splice_direct_actor fs/splice.c:1202 [inline]
 do_splice_direct+0x119/0x1a0 fs/splice.c:1228
 do_sendfile+0x382/0x650 fs/read_write.c:1372
 __do_sys_sendfile64 fs/read_write.c:1433 [inline]
 __se_sys_sendfile64 fs/read_write.c:1419 [inline]
 __x64_sys_sendfile64+0x105/0x150 fs/read_write.c:1419
 x64_sys_call+0x2dc4/0x3020 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:41
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x12c/0x3b0 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

value changed: 0x0a000021 -> 0x04000021

Reported by Kernel Concurrency Sanitizer on:
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 8889 Comm: syz.1.1655 Tainted: G        W           syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) 
Tainted: [W]=WARN
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 04/18/2026
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Crashes (859):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/05/18 11:09 upstream 5200f5f493f7 55156e84 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __writeback_single_inode / xas_set_mark
2026/05/16 18:32 upstream d458a240344c a15a64a6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __writeback_single_inode / xas_set_mark
2026/05/13 12:13 upstream 1d5dcaa3bd65 fec2a7ee .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __writeback_single_inode / xas_set_mark
2026/05/10 16:49 upstream 1bfaee9d3351 29233ece .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __writeback_single_inode / xas_set_mark
2026/05/03 18:20 upstream f377d0025eb0 a0d91488 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __writeback_single_inode / xas_set_mark
2026/05/02 15:40 upstream f1a5e78a55eb a0d91488 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __writeback_single_inode / xas_set_mark
2026/04/02 04:46 upstream 9147566d8016 0cb124d5 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __writeback_single_inode / xas_set_mark
2026/03/29 16:56 upstream cbfffcca2bf0 b5ceaad2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __writeback_single_inode / xas_set_mark
2026/03/25 11:41 upstream bbeb83d3182a 8ee77f7d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __writeback_single_inode / xas_set_mark
2026/03/21 05:13 upstream 42bddab0563f 5b92003d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __writeback_single_inode / xas_set_mark
2026/03/19 16:24 upstream 8a30aeb0d1b4 bd6dcb30 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __writeback_single_inode / xas_set_mark
2026/03/10 21:58 upstream b4f0dd314b39 4683d576 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __writeback_single_inode / xas_set_mark
2026/03/10 12:20 upstream 1f318b96cc84 6972f302 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __writeback_single_inode / xas_set_mark
2026/03/08 22:44 upstream 014441d1e4b2 5cb44a80 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __writeback_single_inode / xas_set_mark
2026/03/08 05:45 upstream c23719abc330 5cb44a80 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __writeback_single_inode / xas_set_mark
2026/03/07 07:41 upstream 651690480a96 5cb44a80 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __writeback_single_inode / xas_set_mark
2026/03/05 17:41 upstream c107785c7e8d d20b04c8 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __writeback_single_inode / xas_set_mark
2026/03/05 08:58 upstream ecc64d2dc9ff a9fe5c9e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __writeback_single_inode / xas_set_mark
2026/03/04 20:32 upstream 0031c06807cf e6b6b96b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __writeback_single_inode / xas_set_mark
2026/03/04 01:43 upstream 0031c06807cf 4180d919 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __writeback_single_inode / xas_set_mark
2026/03/03 22:52 upstream af4e9ef3d784 4180d919 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __writeback_single_inode / xas_set_mark
2026/03/02 20:08 upstream 11439c4635ed b9dd6534 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __writeback_single_inode / xas_set_mark
2026/03/01 06:59 upstream 2f9339c052bd 43249bac .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __writeback_single_inode / xas_set_mark
2026/02/27 07:45 upstream 3f4a08e64442 a2f13f71 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __writeback_single_inode / xas_set_mark
2026/02/25 15:57 upstream 7dff99b35460 94a9671e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __writeback_single_inode / xas_set_mark
2026/02/25 00:40 upstream 7dff99b35460 787dfb7c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __writeback_single_inode / xas_set_mark
2026/02/24 02:15 upstream 7dff99b35460 41d2fa6a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __writeback_single_inode / xas_set_mark
2026/02/20 10:55 upstream 8bf22c33e7a1 17d780d6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __writeback_single_inode / xas_set_mark
2026/02/19 05:49 upstream 956b9cbd7f15 746545b8 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __writeback_single_inode / xas_set_mark
2026/02/18 23:38 upstream 23b0f90ba871 77d4d919 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __writeback_single_inode / xas_set_mark
2026/02/15 12:56 upstream ca4ee40bf13d 1e62d198 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __writeback_single_inode / xas_set_mark
2026/02/14 20:52 upstream 3e48a11675c5 1e62d198 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __writeback_single_inode / xas_set_mark
2026/02/14 10:00 upstream 770aaedb461a 1e62d198 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __writeback_single_inode / xas_set_mark
2026/02/13 22:01 upstream cee73b1e840c 1e62d198 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __writeback_single_inode / xas_set_mark
2026/02/13 07:51 upstream 37a93dd5c49b 6a673c50 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __writeback_single_inode / xas_set_mark
2026/02/12 21:06 upstream 37a93dd5c49b 504cb1bf .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __writeback_single_inode / xas_set_mark
2026/02/11 13:45 upstream 192c0159402e 75707236 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __writeback_single_inode / xas_set_mark
2026/02/11 03:10 upstream dc855b77719f 441e25b7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __writeback_single_inode / xas_set_mark
2026/02/08 00:51 upstream e7aa57247700 4c131dc4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __writeback_single_inode / xas_set_mark
2026/02/07 15:12 upstream 2687c848e578 f20fc9f9 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __writeback_single_inode / xas_set_mark
2026/02/05 10:00 upstream f14faaf3a1fb 4936e85c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __writeback_single_inode / xas_set_mark
2026/02/04 14:18 upstream 5fd0a1df5d05 ea10c935 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __writeback_single_inode / xas_set_mark
2026/02/04 00:11 upstream de0674d9bc69 42b01fab .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __writeback_single_inode / xas_set_mark
2026/02/03 14:44 upstream 6bd9ed02871f 6df4c87a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __writeback_single_inode / xas_set_mark
2026/02/02 14:21 upstream 18f7fcd5e69a 018ebef2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __writeback_single_inode / xas_set_mark
2026/02/01 22:30 upstream 9f2693489ef8 6b8752f2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __writeback_single_inode / xas_set_mark
2026/02/01 08:33 upstream ad9a728a3388 6b8752f2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __writeback_single_inode / xas_set_mark
2026/01/31 16:36 upstream ad9a728a3388 afc0c4d4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __writeback_single_inode / xas_set_mark
2026/01/31 03:28 upstream 283073725700 c75a2f6e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __writeback_single_inode / xas_set_mark
2026/01/30 03:07 upstream 4d310797262f bfa73b7b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __writeback_single_inode / xas_set_mark
2026/01/29 12:30 upstream 8dfce8991b95 aeb6fdd5 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __writeback_single_inode / xas_set_mark
2026/01/15 01:13 upstream e0d4140e8043 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __writeback_single_inode / xas_set_mark
2024/05/07 08:52 upstream dccb07f2914c fa7a5cf0 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __writeback_single_inode / xas_set_mark
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.