KCSAN: data-race in ps2_do_sendbyte / ps2_interrupt

Status: moderation: reported on 2026/07/24 18:43
Subsystems: input
Labels: race:benign prio:low
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Reported-by: syzbot+96605ccb04166cb6cfe8@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 3d13h, last: 2h35m
✨ AI Jobs (2)
ID Workflow Result Correct Bug Created Started Finished Revision Error
a54ac6e2 assessment-security DenialOfService: ❌ Exploitable: ❌ FilesystemTrigger: ❌ NetworkTrigger: ❌ PeripheralTrigger: ❌ RemoteTrigger: ❌ Unprivileged: ❌ UserNamespace: ❌ VMGuestTrigger: ❌ VMHostTrigger: ❌ KCSAN: data-race in ps2_do_sendbyte / ps2_interrupt 2026/07/26 01:50 2026/07/26 01:50 2026/07/26 02:20 492bab15

			
		
f55a2969 assessment-kcsan Benign: ✅ KCSAN: data-race in ps2_do_sendbyte / ps2_interrupt 2026/07/24 18:42 2026/07/24 18:42 2026/07/24 18:45 1bdb5c57

			
		

Sample crash report:
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BUG: KCSAN: data-race in ps2_do_sendbyte / ps2_interrupt

write to 0xffff888103d5cc48 of 8 bytes by interrupt on cpu 0:
 ps2_interrupt+0x50d/0x550 drivers/input/serio/libps2.c:-1
 serio_interrupt+0x66/0xf0 drivers/input/serio/serio.c:967
 i8042_handle_data+0x388/0x680 drivers/input/serio/i8042.c:598
 i8042_interrupt+0x15/0x90 drivers/input/serio/i8042.c:605
 __handle_irq_event_percpu+0x8b/0x480 kernel/irq/handle.c:209
 handle_irq_event_percpu kernel/irq/handle.c:246 [inline]
 handle_irq_event+0x64/0xf0 kernel/irq/handle.c:263
 handle_edge_irq+0x155/0x440 kernel/irq/chip.c:859
 generic_handle_irq_desc include/linux/irqdesc.h:188 [inline]
 handle_irq arch/x86/kernel/irq.c:209 [inline]
 call_irq_handler arch/x86/kernel/irq.c:-1 [inline]
 __common_interrupt+0x60/0xb0 arch/x86/kernel/irq.c:280
 common_interrupt+0x7e/0x90 arch/x86/kernel/irq.c:273
 asm_common_interrupt+0x26/0x40 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:665
 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
 mtree_range_walk lib/maple_tree.c:2032 [inline]
 mas_state_walk lib/maple_tree.c:2952 [inline]
 mt_find+0x3f8/0xa10 lib/maple_tree.c:6274
 find_vma+0x6c/0xa0 mm/mmap.c:908
 lock_mm_and_find_vma+0x62/0x3d0 mm/mmap_lock.c:504
 do_user_addr_fault+0x27c/0x1060 arch/x86/mm/fault.c:1366
 handle_page_fault arch/x86/mm/fault.c:1483 [inline]
 exc_page_fault+0x62/0xa0 arch/x86/mm/fault.c:1536
 asm_exc_page_fault+0x26/0x30 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:595
 fault_in_readable+0xad/0x170 mm/gup.c:-1
 fault_in_iov_iter_readable+0x129/0x210 lib/iov_iter.c:106
 generic_perform_write+0x3d1/0x490 mm/filemap.c:4407
 __generic_file_write_iter+0x9e/0x120 mm/filemap.c:4475
 generic_file_write_iter+0x77/0x1f0 mm/filemap.c:4501
 new_sync_write fs/read_write.c:595 [inline]
 vfs_write+0x57d/0x990 fs/read_write.c:687
 ksys_write+0xdc/0x1a0 fs/read_write.c:739
 __do_sys_write fs/read_write.c:750 [inline]
 __se_sys_write fs/read_write.c:747 [inline]
 __x64_sys_write+0x40/0x50 fs/read_write.c:747
 x64_sys_call+0x27e1/0x3020 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:2
 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

read to 0xffff888103d5cc48 of 8 bytes by task 23 on cpu 1:
 ps2_do_sendbyte+0x17e/0x320 drivers/input/serio/libps2.c:65
 __ps2_command+0x3b7/0xaa0 drivers/input/serio/libps2.c:328
 ps2_command+0x52/0x90 drivers/input/serio/libps2.c:403
 synaptics_detect+0x4e/0x130 drivers/input/mouse/synaptics.c:101
 psmouse_do_detect drivers/input/mouse/psmouse-base.c:987 [inline]
 psmouse_extensions+0x4df/0x960 drivers/input/mouse/psmouse-base.c:1082
 __psmouse_reconnect+0x3da/0x8b0 drivers/input/mouse/psmouse-base.c:1685
 psmouse_reconnect+0x17/0x20 drivers/input/mouse/psmouse-base.c:1723
 serio_reconnect_driver drivers/input/serio/serio.c:52 [inline]
 serio_reconnect_port drivers/input/serio/serio.c:558 [inline]
 serio_handle_event+0x1c7/0xac0 drivers/input/serio/serio.c:201
 process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3322 [inline]
 process_scheduled_works+0x4d4/0x9a0 kernel/workqueue.c:3405
 worker_thread+0x569/0x750 kernel/workqueue.c:3486
 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

value changed: 0x0000000000000001 -> 0x0000000000000000

Reported by Kernel Concurrency Sanitizer on:
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 23 Comm: kworker/1:0 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(lazy) 
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/16/2026
Workqueue: events_long serio_handle_event
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Crashes (12):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/07/28 05:31 upstream 62cc90241548 45ae1df4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in ps2_do_sendbyte / ps2_interrupt
2026/07/27 15:41 upstream f5098b6bae76 aae9036b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in ps2_do_sendbyte / ps2_interrupt
2026/07/27 15:38 upstream f5098b6bae76 aae9036b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in ps2_do_sendbyte / ps2_interrupt
2026/07/27 10:31 upstream f5098b6bae76 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in ps2_do_sendbyte / ps2_interrupt
2026/07/27 03:03 upstream 4235cb24ec1e 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in ps2_do_sendbyte / ps2_interrupt
2026/07/26 09:55 upstream 3dab139d4795 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in ps2_do_sendbyte / ps2_interrupt
2026/07/26 06:08 upstream 0ce37745d4bf 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in ps2_do_sendbyte / ps2_interrupt
2026/07/26 06:06 upstream 0ce37745d4bf 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in ps2_do_sendbyte / ps2_interrupt
2026/07/26 06:01 upstream 0ce37745d4bf 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in ps2_do_sendbyte / ps2_interrupt
2026/07/26 00:27 upstream 0ce37745d4bf 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in ps2_do_sendbyte / ps2_interrupt
2026/07/25 10:11 upstream e2a936998ab2 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in ps2_do_sendbyte / ps2_interrupt
2026/07/24 18:42 upstream 48a5a7ab8d6a dd737a83 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in ps2_do_sendbyte / ps2_interrupt
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.