KCSAN: data-race in __rb_reserve_next / rb_iter_head_event

Status: moderation: reported on 2026/09/13 20:32
Subsystems: trace
Labels: race:benign
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Reported-by: syzbot+530af6f1e5c230588975@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 57m, last: 57m
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ID Workflow Result Correct Bug Created Started Finished Revision
033c5c3b assessment-kcsan Benign: ✅ KCSAN: data-race in __rb_reserve_next / rb_iter_head_event 2026/09/13 20:31 2026/09/13 20:32 2026/09/13 21:07 70a60e12

Sample crash report:
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BUG: KCSAN: data-race in __rb_reserve_next / rb_iter_head_event

write to 0xffff88810007e000 of 8 bytes by task 7217 on cpu 0:
 __rb_reserve_next+0x5e9/0x6c0 kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c:4937
 rb_reserve_next_event kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c:5011 [inline]
 ring_buffer_lock_reserve+0x6b3/0x860 kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c:5070
 __trace_buffer_lock_reserve kernel/trace/trace.h:1676 [inline]
 trace_event_buffer_lock_reserve+0x14a/0x300 kernel/trace/trace.c:1924
 trace_event_buffer_reserve+0x120/0x180 kernel/trace/trace_events.c:715
 do_trace_event_raw_event_ipi_send_cpu include/trace/events/ipi.h:10 [inline]
 trace_event_raw_event_ipi_send_cpu+0x82/0xf0 include/trace/events/ipi.h:10
 __do_trace_ipi_send_cpu include/trace/events/ipi.h:10 [inline]
 trace_ipi_send_cpu include/trace/events/ipi.h:10 [inline]
 __resched_curr+0x1a8/0x1c0 kernel/sched/core.c:1225
 resched_curr kernel/sched/core.c:1243 [inline]
 wakeup_preempt kernel/sched/core.c:2302 [inline]
 ttwu_do_activate+0x11f/0x230 kernel/sched/core.c:3841
 ttwu_queue kernel/sched/core.c:4093 [inline]
 try_to_wake_up+0x44f/0x6d0 kernel/sched/core.c:4431
 autoremove_wake_function+0x10/0x50 kernel/sched/wait.c:404
 __wake_up_common kernel/sched/wait.c:109 [inline]
 __wake_up_common_lock kernel/sched/wait.c:126 [inline]
 __wake_up_sync_key+0x52/0x80 kernel/sched/wait.c:193
 __unix_dgram_recvmsg+0x3a4/0x860 net/unix/af_unix.c:2615
 unix_dgram_recvmsg+0x7e/0x90 net/unix/af_unix.c:2689
 sock_recvmsg_nosec+0xc2/0xf0 net/socket.c:1151
 ____sys_recvmsg+0x26f/0x280 net/socket.c:2931
 ___sys_recvmsg+0x11f/0x3a0 net/socket.c:2975
 do_recvmmsg+0x1e5/0x560 net/socket.c:3070
 __sys_recvmmsg net/socket.c:3144 [inline]
 __do_sys_recvmmsg net/socket.c:3167 [inline]
 __se_sys_recvmmsg net/socket.c:3160 [inline]
 __x64_sys_recvmmsg+0xe5/0x170 net/socket.c:3160
 x64_sys_call+0x77f/0x2550 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:300
 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 0xffff88810007e000 of 8 bytes by task 7202 on cpu 1:
 rb_iter_head_event+0x178/0x280 kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c:3574
 rb_iter_peek kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c:6252 [inline]
 ring_buffer_iter_peek+0x486/0xb10 kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c:6393
 peek_next_entry kernel/trace/trace.c:2349 [inline]
 __find_next_entry+0x1a9/0x420 kernel/trace/trace.c:2398
 trace_find_next_entry_inc kernel/trace/trace.c:2672 [inline]
 s_next+0x10e/0x370 kernel/trace/trace.c:2711
 traverse+0x1c1/0x3b0 fs/seq_file.c:121
 seq_lseek+0xb5/0x170 fs/seq_file.c:324
 tracing_lseek+0x63/0x80 kernel/trace/trace.c:3773
 vfs_llseek fs/read_write.c:391 [inline]
 ksys_lseek fs/read_write.c:404 [inline]
 __do_sys_lseek fs/read_write.c:414 [inline]
 __se_sys_lseek fs/read_write.c:412 [inline]
 __x64_sys_lseek+0xe8/0x160 fs/read_write.c:412
 x64_sys_call+0x156b/0x2550 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:9
 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

value changed: 0x000000249f0a0d5c -> 0x000000249f239ff0

Reported by Kernel Concurrency Sanitizer on:
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 7202 Comm: syz.0.1080 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 (1):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/09/13 20:31 upstream d681d7ef617e 70a60e12 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __rb_reserve_next / rb_iter_head_event
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.