KCSAN: data-race in css_set_move_task / memcpy_and_pad (3)

Status: moderation: reported on 2026/07/08 00:24
Subsystems: cgroups
Labels: race:benign prio:high
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Reported-by: syzbot+2d033bf8519b4b95dbb7@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 63d, last: 8d21h
✨ AI Jobs (2)
ID Workflow Result Correct Bug Created Started Finished Revision
76200cd6 assessment-security DenialOfService: ❌ Exploitable: ❌ FilesystemTrigger: ❌ NetworkTrigger: ❌ PeripheralTrigger: ❌ RemoteTrigger: ❌ Unprivileged: ✅ UserNamespace: ✅ VMGuestTrigger: ✅ VMHostTrigger: ❌ KCSAN: data-race in css_set_move_task / memcpy_and_pad (3) 2026/07/10 00:20 2026/07/10 00:20 2026/07/10 00:24 6e8eff30
726858d1 assessment-kcsan Benign: ✅ KCSAN: data-race in css_set_move_task / memcpy_and_pad (3) 2026/07/08 00:30 2026/07/08 00:30 2026/07/08 01:03 93f57954
Similar bugs (2)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
upstream KCSAN: data-race in css_set_move_task / memcpy_and_pad cgroups 6 1 468d 468d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/07/24 11:25
upstream KCSAN: data-race in css_set_move_task / memcpy_and_pad (2) cgroups prio:low 6 6 160d 232d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2026/05/28 13:33

Sample crash report:
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BUG: KCSAN: data-race in css_set_move_task / memcpy_and_pad

write to 0xffff88814a727160 of 8 bytes by task 18725 on cpu 1:
 __list_del include/linux/list.h:241 [inline]
 __list_del_entry include/linux/list.h:264 [inline]
 list_del_init include/linux/list.h:333 [inline]
 css_set_move_task+0x1c1/0x380 kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c:911
 do_cgroup_task_dead kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c:7172 [inline]
 cgroup_task_dead+0x6f/0x2b0 kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c:7236
 finish_task_switch+0x270/0x340 kernel/sched/core.c:5415
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5523 [inline]
 __schedule+0x79e/0xd20 kernel/sched/core.c:7270
 __schedule_loop kernel/sched/core.c:7347 [inline]
 schedule+0x5b/0xa0 kernel/sched/core.c:7362
 futex_do_wait kernel/futex/waitwake.c:387 [inline]
 __futex_wait+0x121/0x260 kernel/futex/waitwake.c:722
 futex_wait+0x98/0x1c0 kernel/futex/waitwake.c:750
 do_futex+0x391/0x460 kernel/futex/syscalls.c:133
 __do_sys_futex kernel/futex/syscalls.c:210 [inline]
 __se_sys_futex+0x2f6/0x370 kernel/futex/syscalls.c:191
 __x64_sys_futex+0x78/0x90 kernel/futex/syscalls.c:191
 x64_sys_call+0x22e2/0x2550 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:203
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:61 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x112/0x360 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:84
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

read to 0xffff88814a726780 of 3456 bytes by task 18731 on cpu 0:
 memcpy_and_pad+0x48/0x80 lib/string_helpers.c:1008
 arch_dup_task_struct+0x2c/0x40 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:108
 dup_task_struct+0x6d/0x750 kernel/fork.c:926
 copy_process+0x5a0/0x2340 kernel/fork.c:2133
 kernel_clone+0x1c0/0x5f0 kernel/fork.c:2766
 __do_sys_clone kernel/fork.c:2908 [inline]
 __se_sys_clone kernel/fork.c:2892 [inline]
 __x64_sys_clone+0x143/0x180 kernel/fork.c:2892
 x64_sys_call+0x2479/0x2550 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:57
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:61 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x112/0x360 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:84
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

Reported by Kernel Concurrency Sanitizer on:
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 18731 Comm: dhcpcd-run-hook 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 (4):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/08/31 18:26 upstream cee9395acd80 316d9396 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in css_set_move_task / memcpy_and_pad
2026/08/24 07:48 upstream 388b607d107c 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in css_set_move_task / memcpy_and_pad
2026/08/11 01:54 upstream d58772d8520c 508909ea .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in css_set_move_task / memcpy_and_pad
2026/07/08 00:23 upstream 0e35b9b6ec0f 76cdc0c0 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in css_set_move_task / memcpy_and_pad
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.