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KCSAN: data-race in __anon_vma_prepare / handle_mm_fault (6)

Status: moderation: reported on 2026/04/25 15:15
Subsystems: mm
Labels: prio:low
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Reported-by: syzbot+fbdda2a8baef815acc22@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 45d, last: 13d
✨ AI Jobs (2)
ID Workflow Result Correct Bug Created Started Finished Revision Error
4c2c0d00-7a01-482e-add1-2e09141b4fa8 assessment-security DenialOfService: ❌ Exploitable: ❌ FilesystemTrigger: ❌ NetworkTrigger: ❌ PeripheralTrigger: ❌ RemoteTrigger: ❌ Unprivileged: ✅ UserNamespace: ✅ VMGuestTrigger: ❌ VMHostTrigger: ❌ KCSAN: data-race in __anon_vma_prepare / handle_mm_fault (6) 2026/05/22 07:52 2026/05/22 07:52 2026/05/22 08:24 70ae9b0332c954c7a2e9754a431bc021385efca3
6f64ae7a-235e-47a2-81f7-58ac00eddbb2 assessment-kcsan Benign: ✅ Confident: ✅ KCSAN: data-race in __anon_vma_prepare / handle_mm_fault (6) 2026/04/25 15:15 2026/04/25 15:15 2026/04/25 15:36 9c2d0995bb06e7518555bd3b755e327c89b59823
Similar bugs (5)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
upstream KCSAN: data-race in __anon_vma_prepare / handle_mm_fault (3) mm 6 5 666d 715d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/09/15 23:12
upstream KCSAN: data-race in __anon_vma_prepare / handle_mm_fault (4) mm 6 3 543d 567d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/02/07 03:27
upstream KCSAN: data-race in __anon_vma_prepare / handle_mm_fault (5) mm 6 16 104d 420d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2026/04/22 02:48
upstream KCSAN: data-race in __anon_vma_prepare / handle_mm_fault (2) mm 6 123 773d 913d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/05/31 23:05
upstream KCSAN: data-race in __anon_vma_prepare / handle_mm_fault mm 6 7 1760d 1840d 0/29 auto-closed as invalid on 2021/09/18 03:16

Sample crash report:
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BUG: KCSAN: data-race in __anon_vma_prepare / handle_mm_fault

write to 0xffff88812be31c40 of 8 bytes by task 10739 on cpu 1:
 __anon_vma_prepare+0x172/0x2f0 mm/rmap.c:212
 __vmf_anon_prepare mm/memory.c:3829 [inline]
 vmf_anon_prepare mm/internal.h:503 [inline]
 wp_page_copy mm/memory.c:3870 [inline]
 do_wp_page+0x1910/0x2040 mm/memory.c:4336
 handle_pte_fault mm/memory.c:6443 [inline]
 __handle_mm_fault mm/memory.c:6565 [inline]
 handle_mm_fault+0x8bb/0x2e70 mm/memory.c:6734
 do_user_addr_fault+0x3fd/0x1050 arch/x86/mm/fault.c:1385
 handle_page_fault arch/x86/mm/fault.c:1474 [inline]
 exc_page_fault+0x62/0xa0 arch/x86/mm/fault.c:1527
 asm_exc_page_fault+0x26/0x30 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:618
 __put_user_nocheck_4+0x3/0x10 arch/x86/lib/putuser.S:97
 ____sys_recvmsg+0x1a1/0x280 net/socket.c:2931
 ___sys_recvmsg+0x11f/0x3b0 net/socket.c:2960
 do_recvmmsg+0x1ef/0x560 net/socket.c:3055
 __sys_recvmmsg net/socket.c:3129 [inline]
 __do_sys_recvmmsg net/socket.c:3152 [inline]
 __se_sys_recvmmsg net/socket.c:3145 [inline]
 __x64_sys_recvmmsg+0xe5/0x170 net/socket.c:3145
 x64_sys_call+0x80f/0x3020 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:300
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x12c/0x3b0 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

read to 0xffff88812be31c40 of 8 bytes by task 10744 on cpu 0:
 __vmf_anon_prepare mm/memory.c:3823 [inline]
 vmf_anon_prepare mm/internal.h:503 [inline]
 do_anonymous_page mm/memory.c:5388 [inline]
 do_pte_missing mm/memory.c:4564 [inline]
 handle_pte_fault mm/memory.c:6427 [inline]
 __handle_mm_fault mm/memory.c:6565 [inline]
 handle_mm_fault+0xffa/0x2e70 mm/memory.c:6734
 faultin_page mm/gup.c:1126 [inline]
 __get_user_pages+0x1290/0x1f10 mm/gup.c:1428
 populate_vma_page_range mm/gup.c:1860 [inline]
 __mm_populate+0x242/0x390 mm/gup.c:1963
 mm_populate include/linux/mm.h:4137 [inline]
 vm_mmap_pgoff+0x23b/0x2d0 mm/util.c:586
 ksys_mmap_pgoff+0xc1/0x310 mm/mmap.c:606
 x64_sys_call+0x14df/0x3020 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:10
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x12c/0x3b0 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

value changed: 0x0000000000000000 -> 0xffff888149aeeae0

Reported by Kernel Concurrency Sanitizer on:
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 10744 Comm: syz.3.1980 Tainted: G        W           syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(lazy) 
Tainted: [W]=WARN
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 04/18/2026
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Crashes (2):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/05/27 14:13 upstream eb3f4b7426cf 8777bdc3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __anon_vma_prepare / handle_mm_fault
2026/04/25 15:14 upstream 27d128c1cff6 9c2d0995 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __anon_vma_prepare / handle_mm_fault
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.