KCSAN: data-race in copy_splice_read / set_task_ioprio

Status: moderation: reported on 2026/10/16 09:19
Subsystems: block
Labels: race:benign
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Reported-by: syzbot+5beb32e2876008677a99@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 4h13m, last: 4h13m
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ID Workflow Result Correct Bug Created Started Finished Revision
56bf5fa7 assessment-kcsan Benign: ✅ ❓ KCSAN: data-race in copy_splice_read / set_task_ioprio 2026/10/16 09:18 2026/10/16 09:19 2026/10/16 10:05 3f2522c6

Sample crash report:
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BUG: KCSAN: data-race in copy_splice_read / set_task_ioprio

write to 0xffff8881003c4e50 of 8 bytes by task 6352 on cpu 0:
 set_task_ioprio+0x24e/0x270 block/blk-ioc.c:280
 __do_sys_ioprio_set block/ioprio.c:121 [inline]
 __se_sys_ioprio_set+0x24f/0x5c0 block/ioprio.c:65
 __x64_sys_ioprio_set+0x43/0x50 block/ioprio.c:65
 x64_sys_call+0x1d57/0x2550 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:252
 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 0xffff8881003c4e50 of 8 bytes by task 6347 on cpu 1:
 __get_task_ioprio include/linux/ioprio.h:59 [inline]
 get_current_ioprio include/linux/ioprio.h:84 [inline]
 init_sync_kiocb include/linux/fs.h:2190 [inline]
 copy_splice_read+0x1f6/0x6b0 fs/splice.c:360
 do_splice_read fs/splice.c:980 [inline]
 splice_direct_to_actor+0x261/0x680 fs/splice.c:1084
 do_splice_direct_actor fs/splice.c:1202 [inline]
 do_splice_direct+0x119/0x1a0 fs/splice.c:1228
 do_sendfile+0x37d/0x640 fs/read_write.c:1371
 __do_sys_sendfile64 fs/read_write.c:1432 [inline]
 __se_sys_sendfile64 fs/read_write.c:1418 [inline]
 __x64_sys_sendfile64+0x105/0x150 fs/read_write.c:1418
 x64_sys_call+0x1015/0x2550 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:41
 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: 0x0000000000000000 -> 0xffff888109c096a0

Reported by Kernel Concurrency Sanitizer on:
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 6347 Comm: syz.6.728 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(lazy) 
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 09/16/2026
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Crashes (1):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/10/16 09:18 upstream 9aa622dbaab8 3f2522c6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in copy_splice_read / set_task_ioprio
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.