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KCSAN: data-race in wg_expired_retransmit_handshake / wg_packet_send_queued_handshake_initiation (3)

Status: moderation: reported on 2026/01/06 14:04
Subsystems: wireguard
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Reported-by: syzbot+4ca4b3947732ae465350@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 20d, last: 5d12h
Similar bugs (2)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
upstream KCSAN: data-race in wg_expired_retransmit_handshake / wg_packet_send_queued_handshake_initiation wireguard 6 1 270d 270d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/06/08 20:20
upstream KCSAN: data-race in wg_expired_retransmit_handshake / wg_packet_send_queued_handshake_initiation (2) wireguard 6 1 77d 77d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/12/18 18:21

Sample crash report:
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BUG: KCSAN: data-race in wg_expired_retransmit_handshake / wg_packet_send_queued_handshake_initiation

write to 0xffff88811ac8a458 of 4 bytes by interrupt on cpu 0:
 wg_packet_send_queued_handshake_initiation+0x32/0x180 drivers/net/wireguard/send.c:59
 wg_expired_new_handshake+0x26/0x30 drivers/net/wireguard/timers.c:104
 call_timer_fn+0x3b/0x290 kernel/time/timer.c:1748
 expire_timers kernel/time/timer.c:1799 [inline]
 __run_timers kernel/time/timer.c:2373 [inline]
 __run_timer_base+0x415/0x610 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+0xba/0x290 kernel/softirq.c:622
 __do_softirq kernel/softirq.c:656 [inline]
 invoke_softirq kernel/softirq.c:496 [inline]
 __irq_exit_rcu+0x3a/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
 __sanitizer_cov_trace_pc+0x5d/0x70 kernel/kcov.c:233
 sock_recvmsg_nosec+0x17/0x130 net/socket.c:1077
 ____sys_recvmsg+0x26f/0x280 net/socket.c:2810
 ___sys_recvmsg+0x11f/0x370 net/socket.c:2854
 do_recvmmsg+0x1ef/0x540 net/socket.c:2949
 __sys_recvmmsg net/socket.c:3023 [inline]
 __do_sys_recvmmsg net/socket.c:3046 [inline]
 __se_sys_recvmmsg net/socket.c:3039 [inline]
 __x64_sys_recvmmsg+0xe5/0x170 net/socket.c:3039
 x64_sys_call+0x2b75/0x3000 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:300
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0xca/0x2b0 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

write to 0xffff88811ac8a458 of 4 bytes by interrupt on cpu 1:
 wg_expired_retransmit_handshake+0x81/0x160 drivers/net/wireguard/timers.c:64
 call_timer_fn+0x3b/0x290 kernel/time/timer.c:1748
 expire_timers kernel/time/timer.c:1799 [inline]
 __run_timers kernel/time/timer.c:2373 [inline]
 __run_timer_base+0x415/0x610 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+0xba/0x290 kernel/softirq.c:622
 __do_softirq kernel/softirq.c:656 [inline]
 invoke_softirq kernel/softirq.c:496 [inline]
 __irq_exit_rcu+0x3a/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
 finish_task_switch+0x83/0x2a0 kernel/sched/core.c:5114
 context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5259 [inline]
 __schedule+0x85f/0xcd0 kernel/sched/core.c:6863
 __schedule_loop kernel/sched/core.c:6945 [inline]
 schedule+0x5f/0xd0 kernel/sched/core.c:6960
 schedule_timeout+0x53/0x170 kernel/time/sleep_timeout.c:75
 unix_wait_for_peer+0x113/0x170 net/unix/af_unix.c:1618
 unix_dgram_sendmsg+0x8bc/0xfd0 net/unix/af_unix.c:2250
 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:727 [inline]
 __sock_sendmsg+0x145/0x180 net/socket.c:742
 ____sys_sendmsg+0x345/0x4a0 net/socket.c:2592
 ___sys_sendmsg+0x17b/0x1d0 net/socket.c:2646
 __sys_sendmmsg+0x178/0x300 net/socket.c:2735
 __do_sys_sendmmsg net/socket.c:2762 [inline]
 __se_sys_sendmmsg net/socket.c:2759 [inline]
 __x64_sys_sendmmsg+0x57/0x70 net/socket.c:2759
 x64_sys_call+0x1e28/0x3000 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:308
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0xca/0x2b0 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

value changed: 0x00000003 -> 0x00000000

Reported by Kernel Concurrency Sanitizer on:
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 4651 Comm: syz.0.321 Tainted: G        W           syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(voluntary) 
Tainted: [W]=WARN
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 10/25/2025
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Crashes (2):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/01/03 13:07 upstream 805f9a061372 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in wg_expired_retransmit_handshake / wg_packet_send_queued_handshake_initiation
2025/12/19 08:29 upstream 516471569089 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in wg_expired_retransmit_handshake / wg_packet_send_queued_handshake_initiation
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.