KCSAN: data-race in ring_buffer_unlock_commit / ring_buffer_unlock_commit

Status: upstream: reported on 2026/08/04 02:50
Subsystems: trace
Labels: race:harmful
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Reported-by: syzbot+0168fe25f9e5d46bd5fe@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 1d10h, last: 1d10h
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ceb74444 assessment-kcsan Benign: ❌ KCSAN: data-race in ring_buffer_unlock_commit / ring_buffer_unlock_commit 2026/08/04 02:19 2026/08/04 02:19 2026/08/04 02:49 cb1adeae

			
		
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[syzbot] [trace?] KCSAN: data-race in ring_buffer_unlock_commit / ring_buffer_unlock_commit 0 (1) 2026/08/04 02:50

Sample crash report:
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BUG: KCSAN: data-race in ring_buffer_unlock_commit / ring_buffer_unlock_commit

write to 0xffff888100074cb4 of 1 bytes by task 8271 on cpu 1:
 rb_wakeups kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c:4295 [inline]
 ring_buffer_unlock_commit+0x6a/0x440 kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c:4495
 __buffer_unlock_commit kernel/trace/trace.h:1697 [inline]
 trace_buffer_unlock_commit_regs+0x43/0x310 kernel/trace/trace.c:2049
 trace_event_buffer_commit+0x149/0x590 kernel/trace/trace.c:2024
 do_trace_event_raw_event_hrtimer_setup include/trace/events/timer.h:193 [inline]
 trace_event_raw_event_hrtimer_setup+0xc9/0x170 include/trace/events/timer.h:193
 __do_trace_hrtimer_setup include/trace/events/timer.h:193 [inline]
 trace_hrtimer_setup include/trace/events/timer.h:193 [inline]
 debug_setup_on_stack kernel/time/hrtimer.c:523 [inline]
 hrtimer_setup_sleeper_on_stack+0xd1/0xf0 kernel/time/hrtimer.c:2366
 schedule_hrtimeout_range_clock+0x71/0x1a0 kernel/time/sleep_timeout.c:211
 schedule_hrtimeout_range+0x28/0x40 kernel/time/sleep_timeout.c:263
 poll_schedule_timeout fs/select.c:241 [inline]
 do_select+0xed3/0xfa0 fs/select.c:603
 core_sys_select+0x453/0x730 fs/select.c:677
 do_pselect fs/select.c:770 [inline]
 __do_sys_pselect6 fs/select.c:809 [inline]
 __se_sys_pselect6+0x23f/0x2a0 fs/select.c:800
 __x64_sys_pselect6+0x78/0x90 fs/select.c:800
 x64_sys_call+0x8d5/0x3020 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:271
 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 0xffff888100074cb4 of 1 bytes by task 8264 on cpu 0:
 rb_wakeups kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c:4294 [inline]
 ring_buffer_unlock_commit+0x54/0x440 kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c:4495
 __buffer_unlock_commit kernel/trace/trace.h:1697 [inline]
 trace_buffer_unlock_commit_regs+0x43/0x310 kernel/trace/trace.c:2049
 trace_event_buffer_commit+0x149/0x590 kernel/trace/trace.c:2024
 do_trace_event_raw_event_sock_msg_length include/trace/events/sock.h:267 [inline]
 trace_event_raw_event_sock_msg_length+0x10f/0x1c0 include/trace/events/sock.h:267
 __do_trace_sock_recv_length include/trace/events/sock.h:304 [inline]
 trace_sock_recv_length include/trace/events/sock.h:304 [inline]
 call_trace_sock_recv_length+0xa2/0xc0 net/socket.c:1120
 sock_recvmsg_nosec+0xdf/0xf0 net/socket.c:1131
 ____sys_recvmsg+0x26f/0x280 net/socket.c:2902
 ___sys_recvmsg+0x11f/0x3a0 net/socket.c:2946
 do_recvmmsg+0x1e5/0x560 net/socket.c:3041
 __sys_recvmmsg net/socket.c:3115 [inline]
 __do_sys_recvmmsg net/socket.c:3138 [inline]
 __se_sys_recvmmsg net/socket.c:3131 [inline]
 __x64_sys_recvmmsg+0xe5/0x170 net/socket.c:3131
 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+0x136/0x3c0 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

value changed: 0x01 -> 0x00

Reported by Kernel Concurrency Sanitizer on:
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 8264 Comm: syz.5.1654 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 (1):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/08/04 02:19 upstream 848acc8ffe1b 9451e17e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in ring_buffer_unlock_commit / ring_buffer_unlock_commit
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.