KCSAN: data-race in ktime_get_with_offset / timekeeping_update_from_shadow

Status: moderation: reported on 2026/05/10 01:50
Subsystems: kernel
Labels: prio:low
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Reported-by: syzbot+f7dcf4d975188a9ddca4@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 188d, last: 13h11m
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ID Workflow Result Correct Bug Created Started Finished Revision
cdb43c88 repro-c 💥 KCSAN: data-race in ktime_get_with_offset / timekeeping_update_from_shadow 2026/10/04 10:26 2026/10/04 10:26 2026/10/04 12:09 57bbd979
4de21149 repro-c 💥 KCSAN: data-race in ktime_get_with_offset / timekeeping_update_from_shadow 2026/10/02 08:16 2026/10/02 08:16 2026/10/02 09:33 6d32eb1f
eba7887a assessment-security DenialOfService: ❌ Exploitable: ❌ FilesystemTrigger: ✅ NetworkTrigger: ✅ PeripheralTrigger: ✅ RemoteTrigger: ✅ Unprivileged: ✅ UserNamespace: ✅ VMGuestTrigger: ✅ VMHostTrigger: ✅ ❓ KCSAN: data-race in ktime_get_with_offset / timekeeping_update_from_shadow 2026/05/15 19:26 2026/05/15 19:26 2026/05/15 19:28 efdaf0f9
9325fa29 assessment-kcsan Benign: ✅ ❓ KCSAN: data-race in ktime_get_with_offset / timekeeping_update_from_shadow 2026/05/10 03:27 2026/05/10 03:27 2026/05/10 03:58 29233ece

Sample crash report:
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BUG: KCSAN: data-race in ktime_get_with_offset / timekeeping_update_from_shadow

write to 0xffffffff8963c948 of 320 bytes by interrupt on cpu 0:
 timekeeping_update_from_shadow+0x46e/0x4b0 kernel/time/timekeeping.c:869
 __timekeeping_advance+0xb36/0xcf0 kernel/time/timekeeping.c:2666
 timekeeping_advance kernel/time/timekeeping.c:2674 [inline]
 update_wall_time+0x21/0x50 kernel/time/timekeeping.c:2684
 tick_do_update_jiffies64+0x169/0x1c0 kernel/time/tick-sched.c:149
 tick_sched_do_timer kernel/time/tick-sched.c:253 [inline]
 tick_nohz_handler+0x88/0x380 kernel/time/tick-sched.c:310
 __run_hrtimer kernel/time/hrtimer.c:2079 [inline]
 __hrtimer_run_queues+0x1f8/0x510 kernel/time/hrtimer.c:2136
 hrtimer_interrupt+0x27b/0x860 kernel/time/hrtimer.c:2255
 local_apic_timer_interrupt arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1051 [inline]
 __sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x5f/0x1c0 arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1068
 instr_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1062 [inline]
 sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x6f/0x80 arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1062
 asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x1a/0x20 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:674
 kcsan_setup_watchpoint+0x429/0x4a0 kernel/kcsan/core.c:714
 __scm_recv_common+0x46/0x370 net/core/scm.c:-1
 scm_recv_unix+0x37/0x190 net/core/scm.c:587
 __unix_dgram_recvmsg+0x7cc/0x8d0 net/unix/af_unix.c:2674
 unix_dgram_recvmsg+0x7e/0x90 net/unix/af_unix.c:2694
 sock_recvmsg_nosec+0xc2/0xf0 net/socket.c:1154
 ____sys_recvmsg+0x23f/0x250 net/socket.c:2931
 ___sys_recvmsg+0x156/0x3a0 net/socket.c:2978
 do_recvmmsg+0x1e4/0x540 net/socket.c:3073
 __sys_recvmmsg net/socket.c:3147 [inline]
 __do_sys_recvmmsg net/socket.c:3170 [inline]
 __se_sys_recvmmsg net/socket.c:3163 [inline]
 __x64_sys_recvmmsg+0xe5/0x170 net/socket.c:3163
 x64_sys_call+0x77f/0x2550 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:300
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:61 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x116/0x380 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:89
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

read to 0xffffffff8963c958 of 8 bytes by task 22529 on cpu 1:
 timekeeping_cycles_to_ns kernel/time/timekeeping.c:460 [inline]
 timekeeping_get_ns kernel/time/timekeeping.c:483 [inline]
 ktime_get_with_offset+0xed/0x260 kernel/time/timekeeping.c:1051
 ktime_get_boottime include/linux/timekeeping.h:105 [inline]
 ktime_get_boottime_ns include/linux/timekeeping.h:194 [inline]
 copy_process+0x19b6/0x2400 kernel/fork.c:2470
 kernel_clone+0x1c0/0x5f0 kernel/fork.c:2798
 __do_sys_clone3 kernel/fork.c:3101 [inline]
 __se_sys_clone3+0x1f5/0x230 kernel/fork.c:3080
 __x64_sys_clone3+0x31/0x40 kernel/fork.c:3080
 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+0x116/0x380 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:89
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

value changed: 0x0000019e509d9dc3 -> 0x0000019e51ed56c2

Reported by Kernel Concurrency Sanitizer on:
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 22529 Comm: syz.2.3901 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(lazy) 
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 11/06/2026
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Crashes (15):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/11/14 10:38 upstream 97d73c825122 819ebe34 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in ktime_get_with_offset / timekeeping_update_from_shadow
2026/10/14 03:26 upstream ca3e345926b0 7321cd29 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in ktime_get_with_offset / timekeeping_update_from_shadow
2026/09/27 19:58 upstream efb44d93a620 a3c7249d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in ktime_get_with_offset / timekeeping_update_from_shadow
2026/08/26 16:01 upstream 73ae59e97596 a2b77b9e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in ktime_get_with_offset / timekeeping_update_from_shadow
2026/08/24 07:36 upstream 388b607d107c 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in ktime_get_with_offset / timekeeping_update_from_shadow
2026/08/08 18:14 upstream a7c7074b58d2 5d63f80b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in ktime_get_with_offset / timekeeping_update_from_shadow
2026/07/30 14:39 upstream 11028ab62899 2377cd3d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in ktime_get_with_offset / timekeeping_update_from_shadow
2026/07/24 03:56 upstream d326f83e819c 544adce9 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in ktime_get_with_offset / timekeeping_update_from_shadow
2026/07/20 10:07 upstream 82a47586c0b9 72524a66 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in ktime_get_with_offset / timekeeping_update_from_shadow
2026/06/28 01:22 upstream 780d569e6c4b fb92f11c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in ktime_get_with_offset / timekeeping_update_from_shadow
2026/06/16 14:57 upstream b1cbabe84ca1 a3998659 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in ktime_get_with_offset / timekeeping_update_from_shadow
2026/06/05 21:27 upstream ddd664bbff63 48b6c3fa .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in ktime_get_with_offset / timekeeping_update_from_shadow
2026/05/16 23:11 upstream 6916d5703ddf de5aae85 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in ktime_get_with_offset / timekeeping_update_from_shadow
2026/05/10 11:49 upstream 1bfaee9d3351 29233ece .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in ktime_get_with_offset / timekeeping_update_from_shadow
2026/05/10 01:49 upstream e92b2872d0b1 29233ece .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in ktime_get_with_offset / timekeeping_update_from_shadow
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.