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KCSAN: data-race in alloc_pid / copy_process (2)

Status: moderation: reported on 2020/06/09 14:58
Subsystems: kernel
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Reported-by: syzbot+0718f65353d72efaac1e@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 2280d, last: 1d03h
Discussions (2)
Title Replies (including bot) Last reply
[PATCH v2] pid: annotate data-races around pid_ns->pid_allocated 4 (4) 2025/04/28 08:30
[PATCH v1] pid: annotate data-races around pid_ns->pid_allocated 7 (7) 2025/04/25 05:37
Similar bugs (1)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
upstream KCSAN: data-race in alloc_pid / copy_process kernel 6 5 2299d 2309d 0/29 closed as invalid on 2019/11/19 13:24

Sample crash report:
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BUG: KCSAN: data-race in alloc_pid / copy_process

read-write to 0xffffffff86c61f68 of 4 bytes by task 4199 on cpu 0:
 alloc_pid+0x62c/0x8e0 kernel/pid.c:323
 copy_process+0xf37/0x20c0 kernel/fork.c:2239
 kernel_clone+0x16b/0x5d0 kernel/fork.c:2654
 __do_sys_clone3 kernel/fork.c:2956 [inline]
 __se_sys_clone3+0x1f5/0x230 kernel/fork.c:2935
 __x64_sys_clone3+0x31/0x40 kernel/fork.c:2935
 x64_sys_call+0x580/0x3020 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:436
 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

read to 0xffffffff86c61f68 of 4 bytes by task 2 on cpu 1:
 copy_process+0x1895/0x20c0 kernel/fork.c:2396
 kernel_clone+0x16b/0x5d0 kernel/fork.c:2654
 kernel_thread+0xe5/0x120 kernel/fork.c:2715
 create_kthread kernel/kthread.c:490 [inline]
 kthreadd+0x25b/0x320 kernel/kthread.c:849
 ret_from_fork+0x150/0x360 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158
 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245

value changed: 0x800000df -> 0x800000e0

Reported by Kernel Concurrency Sanitizer on:
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 2 Comm: kthreadd 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 (3400):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/02/16 20:11 upstream 0f2acd3148e0 5d52cba5 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in alloc_pid / copy_process
2026/02/16 01:31 upstream 26a4cfaff82a 1e62d198 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in alloc_pid / copy_process
2026/02/15 11:02 upstream ca4ee40bf13d 1e62d198 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in alloc_pid / copy_process
2026/02/14 20:17 upstream 3e48a11675c5 1e62d198 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in alloc_pid / copy_process
2026/02/14 09:10 upstream 770aaedb461a 1e62d198 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in alloc_pid / copy_process
2026/02/12 19:40 upstream 37a93dd5c49b 504cb1bf .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in alloc_pid / copy_process
2026/02/11 15:21 upstream 192c0159402e 75707236 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in alloc_pid / copy_process
2026/02/10 17:31 upstream 72c395024dac 91d776d3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in alloc_pid / copy_process
2026/02/09 22:46 upstream 05f7e89ab973 4ab09a02 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in alloc_pid / copy_process
2026/02/09 12:01 upstream 05f7e89ab973 df949cd9 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in alloc_pid / copy_process
2026/02/08 18:56 upstream e98f34af6116 4c131dc4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in alloc_pid / copy_process
2026/02/07 06:09 upstream 2687c848e578 f20fc9f9 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in alloc_pid / copy_process
2026/02/06 15:03 upstream b7ff7151e653 97745f52 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in alloc_pid / copy_process
2026/02/05 12:41 upstream f14faaf3a1fb 4936e85c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in alloc_pid / copy_process
2026/02/04 16:49 upstream 5fd0a1df5d05 ea10c935 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in alloc_pid / copy_process
2026/02/04 12:16 upstream 5fd0a1df5d05 42b01fab .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in alloc_pid / copy_process
2026/02/04 07:15 upstream de0674d9bc69 42b01fab .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in alloc_pid / copy_process
2026/02/02 11:53 upstream 18f7fcd5e69a 018ebef2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in alloc_pid / copy_process
2026/02/02 04:37 upstream 9f2693489ef8 6b8752f2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in alloc_pid / copy_process
2026/01/31 18:10 upstream ad9a728a3388 afc0c4d4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in alloc_pid / copy_process
2026/01/31 08:31 upstream 283073725700 c75a2f6e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in alloc_pid / copy_process
2026/01/30 21:54 upstream 4d310797262f ae7dc18c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in alloc_pid / copy_process
2026/01/30 05:28 upstream 4d310797262f bfa73b7b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in alloc_pid / copy_process
2026/01/29 20:21 upstream 8dfce8991b95 aeb6fdd5 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in alloc_pid / copy_process
2026/01/29 04:13 upstream 8dfce8991b95 0adc945e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in alloc_pid / copy_process
2026/01/28 06:44 upstream 1f97d9dcf536 3029c699 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in alloc_pid / copy_process
2026/01/27 13:06 upstream fcb70a56f4d8 9a514c2f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in alloc_pid / copy_process
2026/01/27 03:42 upstream fcb70a56f4d8 efb3e894 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in alloc_pid / copy_process
2026/01/26 14:08 upstream 63804fed149a a4c52dd6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in alloc_pid / copy_process
2026/01/26 03:35 upstream 023777797472 55756628 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in alloc_pid / copy_process
2026/01/25 16:34 upstream d91a46d6805a 40acda8a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in alloc_pid / copy_process
2026/01/25 06:28 upstream 5dbeeb268b63 40acda8a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in alloc_pid / copy_process
2026/01/24 14:47 upstream 62085877ae65 40acda8a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in alloc_pid / copy_process
2026/01/24 00:02 upstream 5bde837031a3 4f25b9b4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in alloc_pid / copy_process
2026/01/22 22:18 upstream a66191c590b3 82c9c083 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in alloc_pid / copy_process
2026/01/21 20:46 upstream cf38b2340c0e 8fc37797 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in alloc_pid / copy_process
2026/01/21 10:27 upstream 6c790212c588 6f1aa2f9 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in alloc_pid / copy_process
2026/01/20 19:26 upstream c03e9c42ae8f 06648d9c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in alloc_pid / copy_process
2026/01/20 12:43 upstream 24d479d26b25 06648d9c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in alloc_pid / copy_process
2026/01/19 23:53 upstream 24d479d26b25 572effc1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in alloc_pid / copy_process
2026/01/19 11:44 upstream 24d479d26b25 a9fc5226 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in alloc_pid / copy_process
2026/01/18 15:52 upstream e84d960149e7 20d37d28 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in alloc_pid / copy_process
2026/01/18 04:30 upstream d12453c7e281 20d37d28 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in alloc_pid / copy_process
2026/01/17 17:51 upstream d3eeb99bbc99 20d37d28 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in alloc_pid / copy_process
2026/01/17 00:42 upstream b62ce2547fe8 20d37d28 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in alloc_pid / copy_process
2026/01/16 15:06 upstream 983d014aafb1 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in alloc_pid / copy_process
2026/01/14 21:37 upstream e0d4140e8043 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in alloc_pid / copy_process
2026/01/14 08:11 upstream c537e12daeec d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in alloc_pid / copy_process
2026/01/13 18:56 upstream b54345928fa1 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in alloc_pid / copy_process
2026/01/13 03:27 upstream b71e635feefc d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in alloc_pid / copy_process
2026/01/08 23:00 upstream 79b95d74470d d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in alloc_pid / copy_process
2021/01/17 10:24 upstream 0da0a8a0a0e1 813be542 .config console log report info ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce
2020/06/08 23:26 https://github.com/google/ktsan.git kcsan 7c3cd68e5d38 0d60b78a .config console log report ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce
2020/06/05 14:51 https://github.com/google/ktsan.git kcsan 7c3cd68e5d38 d36418e9 .config console log report ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce
2019/11/20 23:46 https://github.com/google/ktsan.git kcsan 5863cc791e4c 8098ea0f .config console log report ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.