KCSAN: data-race in memcpy_and_pad / release_task

Status: moderation: reported on 2025/06/07 05:38
Subsystems: kernel
Labels: prio:low
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Reported-by: syzbot+d06247460da822ececd6@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 468d, last: 11h51m
✨ AI Jobs (3)
ID Workflow Result Correct Bug Created Started Finished Revision
58f912da assessment-security DenialOfService: ❌ Exploitable: ❌ FilesystemTrigger: ❌ NetworkTrigger: ❌ PeripheralTrigger: ❌ RemoteTrigger: ❌ Unprivileged: ✅ UserNamespace: ✅ VMGuestTrigger: ❌ VMHostTrigger: ❌ KCSAN: data-race in memcpy_and_pad / release_task 2026/05/21 13:08 2026/05/21 13:08 2026/05/21 13:11 cf874a1c
efb72838 repro KCSAN: data-race in memcpy_and_pad / release_task 2026/03/10 13:39 2026/03/11 03:57 2026/03/11 05:06 86914af9
7450f433 assessment-kcsan Benign: ✅ Confident: ✅ KCSAN: data-race in memcpy_and_pad / release_task 2026/01/14 19:07 2026/01/14 19:07 2026/01/14 19:10 a9d6a792

Sample crash report:
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BUG: KCSAN: data-race in memcpy_and_pad / release_task

write to 0xffff88811b764a30 of 8 bytes by task 19579 on cpu 0:
 __list_del include/linux/list.h:241 [inline]
 __list_del_entry include/linux/list.h:264 [inline]
 list_del_rcu include/linux/rculist.h:178 [inline]
 __unhash_process kernel/exit.c:148 [inline]
 __exit_signal kernel/exit.c:211 [inline]
 release_task+0x710/0xb90 kernel/exit.c:272
 wait_task_zombie kernel/exit.c:1316 [inline]
 wait_consider_task+0x10ef/0x15f0 kernel/exit.c:1543
 do_wait_thread kernel/exit.c:1606 [inline]
 __do_wait+0xf1/0x500 kernel/exit.c:1724
 do_wait+0xb6/0x230 kernel/exit.c:1758
 kernel_wait4+0x19f/0x210 kernel/exit.c:1917
 __do_sys_wait4 kernel/exit.c:1945 [inline]
 __se_sys_wait4 kernel/exit.c:1941 [inline]
 __x64_sys_wait4+0x91/0x120 kernel/exit.c:1941
 x64_sys_call+0x108f/0x2550 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:62
 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 0xffff88811b764500 of 3456 bytes by task 22189 on cpu 1:
 memcpy_and_pad+0x48/0x80 lib/string_helpers.c:1008
 arch_dup_task_struct+0x2c/0x40 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:108
 dup_task_struct+0x6d/0x750 kernel/fork.c:926
 copy_process+0x5a0/0x2340 kernel/fork.c:2133
 kernel_clone+0x1c0/0x5f0 kernel/fork.c:2769
 __do_sys_clone3 kernel/fork.c:3072 [inline]
 __se_sys_clone3+0x1f5/0x230 kernel/fork.c:3051
 __x64_sys_clone3+0x31/0x40 kernel/fork.c:3051
 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

Reported by Kernel Concurrency Sanitizer on:
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 22189 Comm: syz.6.3832 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(lazy) 
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/24/2026
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Crashes (181):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/09/18 06:08 upstream 4982d3552a3b 8d7d05f1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in memcpy_and_pad / release_task
2026/09/14 14:14 upstream 704340f1cd0d 81a27d1a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in memcpy_and_pad / release_task
2026/09/11 05:30 upstream 08df884136f1 1fe56c0a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in memcpy_and_pad / release_task
2026/09/02 12:33 upstream 89a312991dc6 85995287 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in memcpy_and_pad / release_task
2026/08/30 12:33 upstream 08dbfad3f504 2f52988a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in memcpy_and_pad / release_task
2026/08/14 06:22 upstream 3aa1dcaa4f6f b13552fe .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in memcpy_and_pad / release_task
2026/08/12 19:24 upstream 3d6d817622b0 359b2492 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in memcpy_and_pad / release_task
2026/08/09 08:55 upstream 06cf61899d64 5d63f80b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in memcpy_and_pad / release_task
2026/08/06 21:06 upstream fcaeecb8b0cd c38879ea .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in memcpy_and_pad / release_task
2026/07/18 13:33 upstream 94515f3a7d42 72524a66 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in memcpy_and_pad / release_task
2026/07/16 03:48 upstream 58717b2a1365 27a8bd60 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in memcpy_and_pad / release_task
2026/06/30 03:06 upstream dc59e4fea9d8 fff8d0a0 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in memcpy_and_pad / release_task
2026/06/17 11:01 upstream 6b5a2b7d9bc1 62cc6db3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in memcpy_and_pad / release_task
2026/05/31 22:05 upstream 174914ea5513 6b4a8443 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in memcpy_and_pad / release_task
2026/05/21 08:03 upstream 8bc67e4db64a 41b8c833 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in memcpy_and_pad / release_task
2026/05/14 03:45 upstream e1914add2799 6ccb967e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in memcpy_and_pad / release_task
2026/05/04 05:54 upstream f377d0025eb0 a0d91488 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in memcpy_and_pad / release_task
2026/05/02 17:03 upstream f1a5e78a55eb a0d91488 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in memcpy_and_pad / release_task
2026/04/29 05:36 upstream dca922e019dd 95008c03 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in memcpy_and_pad / release_task
2026/04/21 16:14 upstream b4e07588e743 0b6ab7ec .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in memcpy_and_pad / release_task
2026/04/19 17:47 upstream faeab166167f 303e2802 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in memcpy_and_pad / release_task
2026/03/28 10:57 upstream 7df48e363130 356bdfc9 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in memcpy_and_pad / release_task
2026/03/18 05:27 upstream f0caa1d49cc0 c8810548 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in memcpy_and_pad / release_task
2026/03/10 21:38 upstream b4f0dd314b39 4683d576 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in memcpy_and_pad / release_task
2026/03/09 12:01 upstream 1f318b96cc84 5cb44a80 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in memcpy_and_pad / release_task
2026/03/03 13:00 upstream af4e9ef3d784 28b83e23 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in memcpy_and_pad / release_task
2026/03/01 17:41 upstream eb71ab2bf722 43249bac .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in memcpy_and_pad / release_task
2026/02/27 10:00 upstream 3f4a08e64442 a2f13f71 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in memcpy_and_pad / release_task
2026/02/26 12:50 upstream f4d0ec0aa20d ffa54287 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in memcpy_and_pad / release_task
2026/02/19 16:31 upstream 956b9cbd7f15 746545b8 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in memcpy_and_pad / release_task
2026/02/17 19:24 upstream d295082ea672 06ec4f7b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in memcpy_and_pad / release_task
2026/02/17 16:13 upstream 970296997869 06ec4f7b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in memcpy_and_pad / release_task
2026/02/14 18:26 upstream 770aaedb461a 1e62d198 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in memcpy_and_pad / release_task
2026/02/13 23:48 upstream cee73b1e840c 1e62d198 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in memcpy_and_pad / release_task
2026/02/02 06:50 upstream 9f2693489ef8 6b8752f2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in memcpy_and_pad / release_task
2026/01/29 15:46 upstream 8dfce8991b95 aeb6fdd5 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in memcpy_and_pad / release_task
2026/01/29 04:04 upstream 8dfce8991b95 0adc945e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in memcpy_and_pad / release_task
2026/01/28 08:49 upstream 1f97d9dcf536 3029c699 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in memcpy_and_pad / release_task
2026/01/21 15:04 upstream 6c790212c588 6f1aa2f9 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in memcpy_and_pad / release_task
2026/01/20 18:29 upstream 24d479d26b25 06648d9c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in memcpy_and_pad / release_task
2026/01/17 13:09 upstream d3eeb99bbc99 20d37d28 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in memcpy_and_pad / release_task
2026/01/16 17:05 upstream 983d014aafb1 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in memcpy_and_pad / release_task
2026/01/15 00:04 upstream e0d4140e8043 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in memcpy_and_pad / release_task
2026/01/14 12:06 upstream c537e12daeec d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in memcpy_and_pad / release_task
2026/01/10 23:28 upstream 97313d6113ab d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in memcpy_and_pad / release_task
2025/06/07 05:38 upstream c0c9379f235d 4826c28e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in memcpy_and_pad / release_task
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.