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KCSAN: data-race in mark_buffer_dirty_inode / sync_mapping_buffers (12)

Status: moderation: reported on 2026/03/03 18:33
Subsystems: exfat
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Reported-by: syzbot+d94cb4cf4ce1e6ab950f@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 3d14h, last: 3d14h
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ID Workflow Result Correct Bug Created Started Finished Revision Error
02cbab2c-5dd4-4c55-b71f-f39f884ea0ad assessment-kcsan Benign: ✅  Confident: ✅  KCSAN: data-race in mark_buffer_dirty_inode / sync_mapping_buffers (12) 2026/03/03 18:32 2026/03/03 18:32 2026/03/03 18:44 305c0ec5cd886e2d13738e28e1b2df9b0ec20fc9
Similar bugs (11)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
upstream KCSAN: data-race in mark_buffer_dirty_inode / sync_mapping_buffers (8) exfat 6 1 741d 741d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/03/30 16:35
upstream KCSAN: data-race in mark_buffer_dirty_inode / sync_mapping_buffers (4) ext4 6 5 1903d 1915d 0/29 auto-closed as invalid on 2021/01/23 11:44
upstream KCSAN: data-race in mark_buffer_dirty_inode / sync_mapping_buffers exfat 6 8 2228d 2297d 0/29 auto-closed as invalid on 2020/04/08 22:27
upstream KCSAN: data-race in mark_buffer_dirty_inode / sync_mapping_buffers (11) exfat 6 12 89d 286d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2026/02/01 21:20
upstream KCSAN: data-race in mark_buffer_dirty_inode / sync_mapping_buffers (3) exfat 6 10 1989d 2081d 0/29 auto-closed as invalid on 2020/10/29 18:32
upstream KCSAN: data-race in mark_buffer_dirty_inode / sync_mapping_buffers (7) exfat 6 42 791d 819d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/02/03 09:04
upstream KCSAN: data-race in mark_buffer_dirty_inode / sync_mapping_buffers (2) exfat 6 1 2118d 2118d 0/29 closed as invalid on 2020/06/18 14:13
upstream KCSAN: data-race in mark_buffer_dirty_inode / sync_mapping_buffers (9) exfat 6 44 505d 633d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/11/21 22:27
upstream KCSAN: data-race in mark_buffer_dirty_inode / sync_mapping_buffers (6) exfat 6 174 912d 1553d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/10/11 19:19
upstream KCSAN: data-race in mark_buffer_dirty_inode / sync_mapping_buffers (5) exfat 6 32 1593d 1821d 0/29 auto-closed as invalid on 2021/11/29 11:14
upstream KCSAN: data-race in mark_buffer_dirty_inode / sync_mapping_buffers (10) exfat 6 57 349d 434d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/05/10 19:27

Sample crash report:
loop6: detected capacity change from 0 to 8192
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BUG: KCSAN: data-race in mark_buffer_dirty_inode / sync_mapping_buffers

write to 0xffff88811a8411f8 of 8 bytes by task 4292 on cpu 0:
 __remove_assoc_queue fs/buffer.c:520 [inline]
 fsync_buffers_list fs/buffer.c:793 [inline]
 sync_mapping_buffers+0x165/0x7c0 fs/buffer.c:581
 fat_file_fsync+0xaa/0x100 fs/fat/file.c:195
 vfs_fsync_range+0xc5/0xe0 fs/sync.c:186
 generic_write_sync include/linux/fs.h:2640 [inline]
 generic_file_write_iter+0x1ba/0x310 mm/filemap.c:4461
 __kernel_write_iter+0x319/0x590 fs/read_write.c:621
 __kernel_write+0x99/0xc0 fs/read_write.c:641
 __dump_emit fs/coredump.c:1221 [inline]
 dump_emit+0x5ff/0x720 fs/coredump.c:1259
 writenote+0xd0/0x1b0 fs/binfmt_elf.c:1434
 write_note_info fs/binfmt_elf.c:1935 [inline]
 elf_core_dump+0x1dd4/0x2330 fs/binfmt_elf.c:2097
 coredump_write+0xacc/0xdd0 fs/coredump.c:1050
 do_coredump fs/coredump.c:1127 [inline]
 vfs_coredump+0x26c7/0x3130 fs/coredump.c:1201
 get_signal+0xd80/0xf60 kernel/signal.c:3019
 arch_do_signal_or_restart+0x96/0x450 arch/x86/kernel/signal.c:337
 __exit_to_user_mode_loop kernel/entry/common.c:64 [inline]
 exit_to_user_mode_loop kernel/entry/common.c:98 [inline]
 __exit_to_user_mode_prepare include/linux/irq-entry-common.h:226 [inline]
 irqentry_exit_to_user_mode_prepare include/linux/irq-entry-common.h:270 [inline]
 irqentry_exit_to_user_mode include/linux/irq-entry-common.h:339 [inline]
 irqentry_exit+0xf7/0x520 kernel/entry/common.c:219
 asm_exc_page_fault+0x26/0x30 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:618

read to 0xffff88811a8411f8 of 8 bytes by task 4277 on cpu 1:
 mark_buffer_dirty_inode+0x95/0x1c0 fs/buffer.c:686
 fat16_ent_put+0x4e/0x60 fs/fat/fatent.c:184
 fat_ent_write+0x6c/0xe0 fs/fat/fatent.c:417
 fat_chain_add+0x16c/0x490 fs/fat/misc.c:136
 fat_add_cluster fs/fat/inode.c:113 [inline]
 __fat_get_block fs/fat/inode.c:155 [inline]
 fat_get_block+0x46c/0x5e0 fs/fat/inode.c:190
 __block_write_begin_int+0x400/0xf90 fs/buffer.c:2142
 block_write_begin fs/buffer.c:2253 [inline]
 cont_write_begin+0x5fe/0x970 fs/buffer.c:2591
 fat_write_begin+0x4f/0xe0 fs/fat/inode.c:230
 generic_perform_write+0x183/0x490 mm/filemap.c:4314
 __generic_file_write_iter+0x9e/0x120 mm/filemap.c:4431
 generic_file_write_iter+0x8d/0x310 mm/filemap.c:4457
 new_sync_write fs/read_write.c:595 [inline]
 vfs_write+0x5a6/0x9f0 fs/read_write.c:688
 ksys_pwrite64 fs/read_write.c:795 [inline]
 __do_sys_pwrite64 fs/read_write.c:803 [inline]
 __se_sys_pwrite64 fs/read_write.c:800 [inline]
 __x64_sys_pwrite64+0xfd/0x150 fs/read_write.c:800
 x64_sys_call+0xa2a/0x3020 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:19
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x12c/0x370 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

value changed: 0xffff88811a8d4508 -> 0x0000000000000000

Reported by Kernel Concurrency Sanitizer on:
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 4277 Comm: syz.6.129 Tainted: G        W           syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) 
Tainted: [W]=WARN
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 02/12/2026
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Crashes (1):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/03/03 18:32 upstream af4e9ef3d784 4180d919 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in mark_buffer_dirty_inode / sync_mapping_buffers
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.