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KCSAN: data-race in hrtimer_reprogram / print_cpu (15)

Status: moderation: reported on 2026/04/04 07:55
Subsystems: kernel
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Reported-by: syzbot+29307e428930f695b90c@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 2d11h, last: 2d11h
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ID Workflow Result Correct Bug Created Started Finished Revision Error
5523b3eb-29f2-4898-9e6c-3905c8b9730f assessment-kcsan Benign: ✅  Confident: ✅  KCSAN: data-race in hrtimer_reprogram / print_cpu (15) 2026/04/04 07:54 2026/04/04 07:54 2026/04/04 08:14 4440e7c2e964875f9e35dba6deda12c2195f19d3
Similar bugs (14)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
upstream KCSAN: data-race in hrtimer_reprogram / print_cpu (11) kernel 6 6 645d 664d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/08/04 04:55
upstream KCSAN: data-race in hrtimer_reprogram / print_cpu (9) kernel 6 7 756d 811d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/04/14 23:48
upstream KCSAN: data-race in hrtimer_reprogram / print_cpu (13) kernel 6 1 374d 374d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/05/23 00:02
upstream KCSAN: data-race in hrtimer_reprogram / print_cpu (6) kernel 6 19 989d 1174d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/08/26 13:01
upstream KCSAN: data-race in hrtimer_reprogram / print_cpu (12) kernel 6 5 439d 518d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/03/19 14:48
upstream KCSAN: data-race in hrtimer_reprogram / print_cpu (14) kernel 6 10 67d 228d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2026/03/26 15:11
upstream KCSAN: data-race in hrtimer_reprogram / print_cpu kernel 6 1 2208d 2208d 0/29 auto-closed as invalid on 2020/05/29 16:43
upstream KCSAN: data-race in hrtimer_reprogram / print_cpu (2) kernel 6 1 2041d 2041d 0/29 auto-closed as invalid on 2020/10/08 05:09
upstream KCSAN: data-race in hrtimer_reprogram / print_cpu (5) kernel 6 11 1268d 1351d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2022/11/20 13:25
upstream KCSAN: data-race in hrtimer_reprogram / print_cpu (3) kernel 6 1 1611d 1611d 0/29 auto-closed as invalid on 2021/12/12 15:07
upstream KCSAN: data-race in hrtimer_reprogram / print_cpu (10) kernel 6 2 709d 710d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/06/01 18:17
upstream KCSAN: data-race in hrtimer_reprogram / print_cpu (7) kernel 6 3 943d 953d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/10/11 12:54
upstream KCSAN: data-race in hrtimer_reprogram / print_cpu (4) kernel 6 1 1575d 1575d 0/29 auto-closed as invalid on 2022/01/17 18:45
upstream KCSAN: data-race in hrtimer_reprogram / print_cpu (8) kernel 6 1 866d 846d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/12/26 20:48

Sample crash report:
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BUG: KCSAN: data-race in hrtimer_reprogram / print_cpu

write to 0xffff888237d1b8a0 of 8 bytes by task 11557 on cpu 1:
 __hrtimer_reprogram kernel/time/hrtimer.c:664 [inline]
 hrtimer_reprogram+0x1a5/0x220 kernel/time/hrtimer.c:869
 hrtimer_start_range_ns+0xd0f/0x10f0 kernel/time/hrtimer.c:1331
 hrtimer_start_expires include/linux/hrtimer.h:258 [inline]
 hrtimer_sleeper_start_expires kernel/time/hrtimer.c:2047 [inline]
 do_nanosleep+0x78/0x330 kernel/time/hrtimer.c:2121
 hrtimer_nanosleep+0x207/0x3e0 kernel/time/hrtimer.c:2171
 common_nsleep+0x62/0x80 kernel/time/posix-timers.c:1345
 __do_sys_clock_nanosleep kernel/time/posix-timers.c:1391 [inline]
 __se_sys_clock_nanosleep+0x223/0x260 kernel/time/posix-timers.c:1368
 __x64_sys_clock_nanosleep+0x55/0x70 kernel/time/posix-timers.c:1368
 x64_sys_call+0x146e/0x3020 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:231
 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 0xffff888237d1b8a0 of 8 bytes by task 11603 on cpu 0:
 print_cpu+0x2ea/0x660 kernel/time/timer_list.c:131
 timer_list_show+0x107/0x170 kernel/time/timer_list.c:293
 seq_read_iter+0x31e/0x940 fs/seq_file.c:231
 proc_reg_read_iter+0x110/0x180 fs/proc/inode.c:299
 copy_splice_read+0x471/0x6c0 fs/splice.c:362
 do_splice_read fs/splice.c:980 [inline]
 splice_direct_to_actor+0x26e/0x670 fs/splice.c:1084
 do_splice_direct_actor fs/splice.c:1202 [inline]
 do_splice_direct+0x119/0x1a0 fs/splice.c:1228
 do_sendfile+0x382/0x650 fs/read_write.c:1372
 __do_sys_sendfile64 fs/read_write.c:1433 [inline]
 __se_sys_sendfile64 fs/read_write.c:1419 [inline]
 __x64_sys_sendfile64+0x105/0x150 fs/read_write.c:1419
 x64_sys_call+0x2dc4/0x3020 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:41
 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

value changed: 0x0000003c55f29900 -> 0x0000003c55e5de1b

Reported by Kernel Concurrency Sanitizer on:
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 11603 Comm: syz.1.1902 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 (1):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/04/04 07:54 upstream 631919fb12fe 4440e7c2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in hrtimer_reprogram / print_cpu
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.