KCSAN: data-race in data_push_tail / vsnprintf (9)

Status: moderation: reported on 2025/02/21 08:47
Subsystems: ext4
Labels: prio:low
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Reported-by: syzbot+504460beb7923d347fba@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 740d, last: 1d20h
▶ ▼ ✨ AI Jobs (4)
ID Workflow Result Correct Bug Created Started Finished Revision
a9f422fc repro-c Reproduced: ✅ ❓ KCSAN: data-race in data_push_tail / vsnprintf (9) 2026/10/07 21:46 2026/10/07 21:46 2026/10/07 23:24 f8f239cf
e80bdb99 assessment-security DenialOfService: ❌ Exploitable: ❌ FilesystemTrigger: ❌ NetworkTrigger: ❌ PeripheralTrigger: ❌ RemoteTrigger: ❌ Unprivileged: ❌ UserNamespace: ❌ VMGuestTrigger: ❌ VMHostTrigger: ❌ ❓ KCSAN: data-race in data_push_tail / vsnprintf (9) 2026/05/19 23:43 2026/05/19 23:43 2026/05/20 00:17 1d9407ad
60acfae2 repro 💥 KCSAN: data-race in data_push_tail / vsnprintf (9) 2026/03/10 00:57 2026/03/10 00:57 2026/03/10 01:07 6972f302
c7f53763 assessment-kcsan Benign: ✅ ❓ KCSAN: data-race in data_push_tail / vsnprintf (9) 2026/01/10 08:50 2026/01/10 08:50 2026/01/10 08:55 75199160
▶ ▼ Similar bugs (8)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
upstream KCSAN: data-race in data_push_tail / vsnprintf (6) ext4 6 23 982d 1062d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/03/31 12:46
upstream KCSAN: data-race in data_push_tail / vsnprintf (4) ext4 6 4 1314d 1402d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/05/03 19:58
upstream KCSAN: data-race in data_push_tail / vsnprintf (3) driver-core 6 8 1526d 1624d 0/29 auto-closed as invalid on 2022/10/04 16:48
upstream KCSAN: data-race in data_push_tail / vsnprintf (7) batman block 6 2 908d 935d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/06/13 03:32
upstream KCSAN: data-race in data_push_tail / vsnprintf (2) ext4 6 1 1682d 1682d 0/29 auto-closed as invalid on 2022/05/01 03:50
upstream KCSAN: data-race in data_push_tail / vsnprintf (5) block net 6 2 1224d 1253d 0/29 closed as invalid on 2023/06/28 10:46
upstream KCSAN: data-race in data_push_tail / vsnprintf (8) ext4 bridge 6 4 810d 848d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/09/19 07:21
upstream KCSAN: data-race in data_push_tail / vsnprintf usb 6 36 1746d 2060d 0/29 auto-closed as invalid on 2022/02/26 00:52
▶ ▼ Last patch testing requests (1)
Created Duration User Patch Repo Result
2026/10/08 09:27 15m retest repro git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git 7b63ef2d55f24519e7e9e5f4d15dbea03f126e40 report job log log

Sample crash report:
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000001
R13: 00007fbbd4416038 R14: 00007fbbd4415fa0 R15: 00007ffdf2c428f8
 </TASK>
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BUG: KCSAN: data-race in data_push_tail / vsnprintf

write to 0xffffffff895fb678 of 43 bytes by task 8829 on cpu 1:
 vsnprintf+0x2c0/0x8c0 lib/vsprintf.c:2899
 vscnprintf+0x41/0x90 lib/vsprintf.c:3017
 printk_sprint+0x30/0x2b0 kernel/printk/printk.c:2222
 vprintk_store+0x57f/0x910 kernel/printk/printk.c:2364
 vprintk_emit+0x1a4/0x580 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
 fail_dump lib/fault-inject.c:67 [inline]
 should_fail_ex+0x241/0x270 lib/fault-inject.c:175
 should_failslab+0x8c/0xb0 mm/failslab.c:46
 slab_pre_alloc_hook mm/slub.c:4675 [inline]
 slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:5011 [inline]
 kmem_cache_alloc_noprof+0x5e/0x3d0 mm/slub.c:5047
 anon_vma_chain_alloc mm/rmap.c:142 [inline]
 anon_vma_clone+0x14f/0x550 mm/rmap.c:344
 anon_vma_fork+0x15e/0x410 mm/rmap.c:406
 dup_mmap+0x547/0x1120 mm/mmap.c:1781
 dup_mm kernel/fork.c:1542 [inline]
 copy_mm+0xf5/0x340 kernel/fork.c:1594
 copy_process+0x10e9/0x2400 kernel/fork.c:2320
 kernel_clone+0x1c0/0x5f0 kernel/fork.c:2790
 __do_sys_clone3 kernel/fork.c:3093 [inline]
 __se_sys_clone3+0x1f5/0x230 kernel/fork.c:3072
 __x64_sys_clone3+0x31/0x40 kernel/fork.c:3072
 x64_sys_call+0x437/0x2550 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:436
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:61 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x112/0x360 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:84
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

read to 0xffffffff895fb678 of 8 bytes by task 8831 on cpu 0:
 data_make_reusable kernel/printk/printk_ringbuffer.c:607 [inline]
 data_push_tail+0x104/0x440 kernel/printk/printk_ringbuffer.c:692
 data_alloc+0x111/0x380 kernel/printk/printk_ringbuffer.c:1088
 prb_reserve+0x8e3/0xaf0 kernel/printk/printk_ringbuffer.c:1725
 vprintk_store+0x54e/0x910 kernel/printk/printk.c:2354
 vprintk_emit+0x1a4/0x580 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
 __show_trace_log_lvl+0x48b/0x560 arch/x86/kernel/dumpstack.c:302
 __dump_stack+0x1d/0x30 lib/dump_stack.c:94
 dump_stack_lvl+0x95/0xd0 lib/dump_stack.c:120
 dump_stack+0x15/0x1b lib/dump_stack.c:129
 fail_dump lib/fault-inject.c:74 [inline]
 should_fail_ex+0x259/0x270 lib/fault-inject.c:175
 should_failslab+0x8c/0xb0 mm/failslab.c:46
 slab_pre_alloc_hook mm/slub.c:4675 [inline]
 slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:5011 [inline]
 kmem_cache_alloc_noprof+0x5e/0x3d0 mm/slub.c:5047
 prepare_creds+0x38/0x550 kernel/cred.c:185
 __do_sys_capset kernel/capability.c:247 [inline]
 __se_sys_capset+0x2da/0x480 kernel/capability.c:216
 __x64_sys_capset+0x31/0x40 kernel/capability.c:216
 x64_sys_call+0x1515/0x2550 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:127
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:61 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x112/0x360 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:84
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

value changed: 0x3fffffffffffee6d -> 0x4e495f544c554146

Reported by Kernel Concurrency Sanitizer on:
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 8831 Comm: syz.3.1571 Tainted: G        W           syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(lazy) 
Tainted: [W]=WARN
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 10/07/2026
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Crashes (260):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/11/01 20:27 upstream cbbddb6b08cc 25a0ae84 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in data_push_tail / vsnprintf
2026/10/28 10:17 upstream 65ba8f34ec88 96923c60 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in data_push_tail / vsnprintf
2026/10/27 06:49 upstream d135ab453a74 168cb7a2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in data_push_tail / vsnprintf
2026/10/07 14:58 upstream 602042bf29f6 6520ecdb .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in data_push_tail / vsnprintf
2026/10/01 16:05 upstream 551c722f4080 f5cdae2f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in data_push_tail / vsnprintf
2026/09/27 09:53 upstream fddfc3ec3179 a3c7249d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in data_push_tail / vsnprintf
2026/09/23 09:40 upstream fe2ec83746e5 5207b90e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in data_push_tail / vsnprintf
2026/09/19 17:12 upstream 40288c9206c1 853b104b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in data_push_tail / vsnprintf
2026/09/14 17:08 upstream 704340f1cd0d 81a27d1a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in data_push_tail / vsnprintf
2026/09/05 03:13 upstream bc35965f6940 4f7b22a0 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in data_push_tail / vsnprintf
2026/09/01 15:17 upstream 786262be6048 587f6b29 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in data_push_tail / vsnprintf
2026/08/19 19:56 upstream e8bf40d15402 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in data_push_tail / vsnprintf
2026/08/15 09:46 upstream dac3e89a2c90 746171ee .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in data_push_tail / vsnprintf
2026/08/10 22:21 upstream d58772d8520c 508909ea .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in data_push_tail / vsnprintf
2026/08/10 12:51 upstream db2ddb871435 5d63f80b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in data_push_tail / vsnprintf
2026/08/09 12:38 upstream 06cf61899d64 5d63f80b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in data_push_tail / vsnprintf
2026/08/05 18:52 upstream 0d8395707651 cd5b1963 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in data_push_tail / vsnprintf
2026/07/29 03:41 upstream fc02acf6ac0c 19622d9d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in data_push_tail / vsnprintf
2026/07/26 17:54 upstream 3dab139d4795 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in data_push_tail / vsnprintf
2026/07/25 10:06 upstream e2a936998ab2 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in data_push_tail / vsnprintf
2026/07/22 02:29 upstream 248951ddc14d b561ce9c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in data_push_tail / vsnprintf
2026/07/20 09:48 upstream 82a47586c0b9 72524a66 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in data_push_tail / vsnprintf
2026/07/19 14:36 upstream c6859eed755d 72524a66 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in data_push_tail / vsnprintf
2026/07/15 11:07 upstream 58717b2a1365 a4ed0f4f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in data_push_tail / vsnprintf
2026/07/11 14:58 upstream 61c03dfde854 d78ea535 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in data_push_tail / vsnprintf
2026/07/08 12:31 upstream 0e35b9b6ec0f 88a4b44c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in data_push_tail / vsnprintf
2026/07/06 16:19 upstream 8cdeaa50eae8 88b240e4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in data_push_tail / vsnprintf
2026/07/06 06:05 upstream 8cdeaa50eae8 fcece630 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in data_push_tail / vsnprintf
2026/07/04 16:57 upstream 1e9cdc2ea15a fcece630 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in data_push_tail / vsnprintf
2026/06/30 12:56 upstream dc59e4fea9d8 fff8d0a0 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in data_push_tail / vsnprintf
2026/06/29 01:07 upstream 8b69c0475871 fb92f11c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in data_push_tail / vsnprintf
2026/06/15 19:48 upstream 0e0611827f33 50bb0618 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in data_push_tail / vsnprintf
2026/06/05 03:34 upstream 9154c4af7829 197909be .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in data_push_tail / vsnprintf
2026/06/02 11:20 upstream 6f3ed7fec72f 62fe1528 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in data_push_tail / vsnprintf
2026/05/28 01:54 upstream eb3f4b7426cf 4c36e7e5 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in data_push_tail / vsnprintf
2026/05/25 00:25 upstream 6a97c4d5262d c69befb3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in data_push_tail / vsnprintf
2026/05/19 19:10 upstream ab5fce87a778 223544dc .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in data_push_tail / vsnprintf
2026/05/17 12:44 upstream 6916d5703ddf de5aae85 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in data_push_tail / vsnprintf
2026/05/15 19:23 upstream 70eda68668d1 9cd3beaa .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in data_push_tail / vsnprintf
2026/05/12 23:05 upstream c21b90f77687 a0949470 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in data_push_tail / vsnprintf
2026/05/02 16:00 upstream f1a5e78a55eb a0d91488 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in data_push_tail / vsnprintf
2026/04/29 14:05 upstream dca922e019dd 7ca9e4d8 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in data_push_tail / vsnprintf
2026/04/23 06:43 upstream 2a4c0c11c019 b10da5ec .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in data_push_tail / vsnprintf
2026/04/15 15:50 upstream 1f5ffc672165 c441f497 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in data_push_tail / vsnprintf
2026/04/07 21:26 upstream 3036cd0d3328 628666c6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in data_push_tail / vsnprintf
2026/04/07 14:58 upstream bfe62a454542 628666c6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in data_push_tail / vsnprintf
2026/04/04 17:14 upstream 7ca6d1cfec80 4440e7c2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in data_push_tail / vsnprintf
2026/04/04 02:23 upstream 631919fb12fe 4440e7c2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in data_push_tail / vsnprintf
2026/03/30 12:44 upstream 7aaa8047eafd dcaebc52 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in data_push_tail / vsnprintf
2026/03/29 00:21 upstream cbfffcca2bf0 b5ceaad2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in data_push_tail / vsnprintf
2026/03/25 18:12 upstream bbeb83d3182a 8ee77f7d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in data_push_tail / vsnprintf
2026/03/21 14:35 upstream 42bddab0563f 5b92003d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in data_push_tail / vsnprintf
2026/03/09 12:54 upstream 1f318b96cc84 5cb44a80 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in data_push_tail / vsnprintf
2026/01/09 09:41 upstream 623fb9912f6a d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in data_push_tail / vsnprintf
2025/02/07 10:10 upstream bb066fe812d6 53657d1b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in data_push_tail / vsnprintf
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.