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KCSAN: data-race in _prb_read_valid / prb_reserve_in_last (2)

Status: moderation: reported on 2025/07/23 21:02
Subsystems: mm
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Reported-by: syzbot+08a0b6dcd32b2b2dfcf7@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 249d, last: 22d
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0849a77a-296e-4220-bc28-9d8a7293c235 assessment-kcsan Benign: ✅  Confident: ✅  KCSAN: data-race in _prb_read_valid / prb_reserve_in_last (2) 2026/01/15 07:01 2026/01/15 07:01 2026/01/15 07:23 a9d6a79219801d2130df3b1a792c57f0e5428e9f
Similar bugs (1)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
upstream KCSAN: data-race in _prb_read_valid / prb_reserve_in_last block 6 5 306d 320d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/07/22 21:45

Sample crash report:
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BUG: KCSAN: data-race in _prb_read_valid / prb_reserve_in_last

write to 0xffffffff86c99b30 of 8 bytes by interrupt on cpu 0:
 data_realloc kernel/printk/printk_ringbuffer.c:1228 [inline]
 prb_reserve_in_last+0x9f1/0xb30 kernel/printk/printk_ringbuffer.c:1495
 vprintk_store+0x457/0x910 kernel/printk/printk.c:2328
 vprintk_emit+0x1a4/0x600 kernel/printk/printk.c:2455
 vprintk_default+0x26/0x30 kernel/printk/printk.c:2494
 vprintk+0x1d/0x30 kernel/printk/printk_safe.c:82
 _printk+0x79/0xa0 kernel/printk/printk.c:2504
 print_daily_error_info+0x24a/0x300 fs/ext4/super.c:3672
 call_timer_fn+0x3b/0x2a0 kernel/time/timer.c:1748
 expire_timers kernel/time/timer.c:1799 [inline]
 __run_timers kernel/time/timer.c:2373 [inline]
 __run_timer_base+0x426/0x620 kernel/time/timer.c:2385
 run_timer_base kernel/time/timer.c:2394 [inline]
 run_timer_softirq+0x31/0x70 kernel/time/timer.c:2404
 handle_softirqs+0xb9/0x2a0 kernel/softirq.c:622
 __do_softirq kernel/softirq.c:656 [inline]
 invoke_softirq kernel/softirq.c:496 [inline]
 __irq_exit_rcu+0x39/0xc0 kernel/softirq.c:723
 instr_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1056 [inline]
 sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x74/0x80 arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1056
 asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x1a/0x20 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:697
 console_flush_one_record arch/x86/include/asm/irqflags.h:-1 [inline]
 console_flush_all+0x540/0x6c0 kernel/printk/printk.c:3343
 __console_flush_and_unlock kernel/printk/printk.c:3373 [inline]
 console_unlock+0xa1/0x280 kernel/printk/printk.c:3413
 vprintk_emit+0x3e4/0x600 kernel/printk/printk.c:2479
 vprintk_default+0x26/0x30 kernel/printk/printk.c:2494
 vprintk+0x1d/0x30 kernel/printk/printk_safe.c:82
 _printk+0x79/0xa0 kernel/printk/printk.c:2504
 __ext4_msg+0x1aa/0x1c0 fs/ext4/super.c:995
 __ext4_fill_super fs/ext4/super.c:5565 [inline]
 ext4_fill_super+0x2954/0x37c0 fs/ext4/super.c:5791
 get_tree_bdev_flags+0x291/0x300 fs/super.c:1694
 get_tree_bdev+0x1f/0x30 fs/super.c:1717
 ext4_get_tree+0x1c/0x30 fs/ext4/super.c:5823
 vfs_get_tree+0x57/0x1d0 fs/super.c:1754
 fc_mount fs/namespace.c:1193 [inline]
 do_new_mount_fc fs/namespace.c:3763 [inline]
 do_new_mount+0x288/0x8d0 fs/namespace.c:3839
 path_mount+0x4d0/0xbc0 fs/namespace.c:4159
 do_mount fs/namespace.c:4172 [inline]
 __do_sys_mount fs/namespace.c:4361 [inline]
 __se_sys_mount+0x28c/0x2e0 fs/namespace.c:4338
 __x64_sys_mount+0x67/0x80 fs/namespace.c:4338
 x64_sys_call+0x2d61/0x3020 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:166
 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 0xffffffff86c99b28 of 16 bytes by task 2988 on cpu 1:
 desc_read kernel/printk/printk_ringbuffer.c:496 [inline]
 desc_read_finalized_seq kernel/printk/printk_ringbuffer.c:1931 [inline]
 prb_read kernel/printk/printk_ringbuffer.c:1979 [inline]
 _prb_read_valid+0x1bc/0x950 kernel/printk/printk_ringbuffer.c:2170
 prb_read_valid+0x3c/0x60 kernel/printk/printk_ringbuffer.c:2242
 syslog_print+0x164/0x560 kernel/printk/printk.c:1611
 do_syslog+0x52b/0x7f0 kernel/printk/printk.c:1763
 __do_sys_syslog kernel/printk/printk.c:1855 [inline]
 __se_sys_syslog kernel/printk/printk.c:1853 [inline]
 __x64_sys_syslog+0x41/0x50 kernel/printk/printk.c:1853
 x64_sys_call+0x2b9e/0x3020 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:104
 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

Reported by Kernel Concurrency Sanitizer on:
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 2988 Comm: klogd 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 (23):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/03/07 21:20 upstream 4ae12d8bd9a8 5cb44a80 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in _prb_read_valid / prb_reserve_in_last
2026/02/23 10:49 upstream 6de23f81a5e0 6beca497 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in _prb_read_valid / prb_reserve_in_last
2026/02/18 19:34 upstream 23b0f90ba871 77d4d919 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in _prb_read_valid / prb_reserve_in_last
2026/02/04 08:28 upstream de0674d9bc69 42b01fab .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in _prb_read_valid / prb_reserve_in_last
2026/01/28 12:27 upstream 1f97d9dcf536 004c195c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in _prb_read_valid / prb_reserve_in_last
2026/01/27 11:31 upstream fcb70a56f4d8 9a514c2f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in _prb_read_valid / prb_reserve_in_last
2026/01/23 06:02 upstream c072629f05d7 82c9c083 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in _prb_read_valid / prb_reserve_in_last
2026/01/21 07:11 upstream 6c790212c588 6f1aa2f9 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in _prb_read_valid / prb_reserve_in_last
2026/01/05 05:49 upstream 3609fa95fb0f d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in _prb_read_valid / prb_reserve_in_last
2025/12/07 00:24 upstream cc3ee4ba57b7 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in _prb_read_valid / prb_reserve_in_last
2025/11/26 05:50 upstream 30f09200cc4a 64219f15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in _prb_read_valid / prb_reserve_in_last
2025/11/21 21:34 upstream 2eba5e05d9bc 4fb8ef37 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in _prb_read_valid / prb_reserve_in_last
2025/11/16 17:21 upstream 7254a2b52279 f7988ea4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in _prb_read_valid / prb_reserve_in_last
2025/11/14 09:02 upstream 6da43bbeb691 07e030de .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in _prb_read_valid / prb_reserve_in_last
2025/10/04 10:22 upstream cbf33b8e0b36 49379ee0 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in _prb_read_valid / prb_reserve_in_last
2025/09/27 18:55 upstream fec734e8d564 001c9061 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in _prb_read_valid / prb_reserve_in_last
2025/08/28 12:24 upstream 07d9df80082b e12e5ba4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in _prb_read_valid / prb_reserve_in_last
2025/08/19 13:15 upstream be48bcf004f9 254a27c1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in _prb_read_valid / prb_reserve_in_last
2025/08/13 16:17 upstream 8742b2d8935f 22ec1469 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in _prb_read_valid / prb_reserve_in_last
2025/08/12 05:09 upstream 53e760d89498 c06e8995 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in _prb_read_valid / prb_reserve_in_last
2025/08/11 00:50 upstream 8f5ae30d69d7 32a0e5ed .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in _prb_read_valid / prb_reserve_in_last
2025/07/28 10:35 upstream 038d61fd6422 fb8f743d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in _prb_read_valid / prb_reserve_in_last
2025/07/23 21:01 upstream 01a412d06bc5 e1dd4f22 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in _prb_read_valid / prb_reserve_in_last
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.