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KCSAN: data-race in __d_drop / fast_dput (3)

Status: moderation: reported on 2026/01/26 07:47
Subsystems: fs
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Reported-by: syzbot+88b1b158ab29280f07a2@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 12d, last: 5h35m
Similar bugs (2)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
upstream KCSAN: data-race in __d_drop / fast_dput (2) fs 6 3 1598d 1607d 0/29 auto-closed as invalid on 2021/10/28 07:38
upstream KCSAN: data-race in __d_drop / fast_dput fs 6 1 1681d 1681d 0/29 auto-closed as invalid on 2021/08/06 11:24

Sample crash report:
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BUG: KCSAN: data-race in __d_drop / fast_dput

write to 0xffff8881b4dfdc10 of 8 bytes by task 18596 on cpu 0:
 __d_drop+0x14d/0x240 fs/dcache.c:576
 __dentry_kill+0x122/0x460 fs/dcache.c:668
 finish_dput+0x2b/0x200 fs/dcache.c:879
 dput+0x52/0x60 fs/dcache.c:928
 handle_mounts fs/namei.c:1698 [inline]
 step_into_slowpath+0x38c/0x4c0 fs/namei.c:2051
 step_into fs/namei.c:2099 [inline]
 walk_component fs/namei.c:2235 [inline]
 lookup_last fs/namei.c:2730 [inline]
 path_lookupat+0x330/0x500 fs/namei.c:2754
 filename_lookup+0x190/0x390 fs/namei.c:2783
 filename_getxattr+0x54/0x1a0 fs/xattr.c:814
 io_getxattr+0x50/0xe0 io_uring/xattr.c:122
 __io_issue_sqe+0xfd/0x2d0 io_uring/io_uring.c:1793
 io_issue_sqe+0x20b/0xc20 io_uring/io_uring.c:1816
 io_wq_submit_work+0x574/0x770 io_uring/io_uring.c:1928
 io_worker_handle_work+0x41e/0x950 io_uring/io-wq.c:650
 io_wq_worker+0x233/0x910 io_uring/io-wq.c:704
 ret_from_fork+0x148/0x280 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158
 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:246

read to 0xffff8881b4dfdc10 of 8 bytes by task 18595 on cpu 1:
 hlist_bl_unhashed include/linux/list_bl.h:54 [inline]
 d_unhashed include/linux/dcache.h:366 [inline]
 retain_dentry fs/dcache.c:753 [inline]
 fast_dput+0x5f/0x2c0 fs/dcache.c:849
 dput+0x24/0x60 fs/dcache.c:924
 handle_mounts fs/namei.c:1698 [inline]
 step_into_slowpath+0x38c/0x4c0 fs/namei.c:2051
 step_into fs/namei.c:2099 [inline]
 walk_component fs/namei.c:2235 [inline]
 lookup_last fs/namei.c:2730 [inline]
 path_lookupat+0x330/0x500 fs/namei.c:2754
 filename_lookup+0x190/0x390 fs/namei.c:2783
 filename_getxattr+0x54/0x1a0 fs/xattr.c:814
 io_getxattr+0x50/0xe0 io_uring/xattr.c:122
 __io_issue_sqe+0xfd/0x2d0 io_uring/io_uring.c:1793
 io_issue_sqe+0x20b/0xc20 io_uring/io_uring.c:1816
 io_wq_submit_work+0x574/0x770 io_uring/io_uring.c:1928
 io_worker_handle_work+0x41e/0x950 io_uring/io-wq.c:650
 io_wq_worker+0x233/0x910 io_uring/io-wq.c:704
 ret_from_fork+0x148/0x280 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158
 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:246

value changed: 0xffff888237addc68 -> 0x0000000000000000

Reported by Kernel Concurrency Sanitizer on:
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 18595 Comm: iou-wrk-18594 Tainted: G        W           syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(voluntary) 
Tainted: [W]=WARN
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 01/24/2026
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Crashes (24):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/02/07 18:09 upstream 2687c848e578 4c131dc4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __d_drop / fast_dput
2026/02/07 09:32 upstream 2687c848e578 f20fc9f9 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __d_drop / fast_dput
2026/02/06 15:24 upstream b7ff7151e653 97745f52 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __d_drop / fast_dput
2026/02/05 22:54 upstream 8fdb05de0e2d f03c4191 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __d_drop / fast_dput
2026/02/05 03:55 upstream f14faaf3a1fb ea10c935 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __d_drop / fast_dput
2026/02/04 15:12 upstream 5fd0a1df5d05 ea10c935 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __d_drop / fast_dput
2026/02/04 12:04 upstream 5fd0a1df5d05 42b01fab .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __d_drop / fast_dput
2026/02/03 23:01 upstream de0674d9bc69 42b01fab .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __d_drop / fast_dput
2026/02/03 12:08 upstream 6bd9ed02871f 6df4c87a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __d_drop / fast_dput
2026/02/02 22:49 upstream dee65f79364c d78927dd .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __d_drop / fast_dput
2026/02/01 21:28 upstream 9f2693489ef8 6b8752f2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __d_drop / fast_dput
2026/02/01 02:08 upstream ad9a728a3388 6b8752f2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __d_drop / fast_dput
2026/01/31 15:23 upstream ad9a728a3388 afc0c4d4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __d_drop / fast_dput
2026/01/31 09:56 upstream 283073725700 c75a2f6e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __d_drop / fast_dput
2026/01/30 19:41 upstream 4d310797262f ae7dc18c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __d_drop / fast_dput
2026/01/30 09:54 upstream 4d310797262f bfa73b7b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __d_drop / fast_dput
2026/01/30 00:59 upstream 8dfce8991b95 bfa73b7b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __d_drop / fast_dput
2026/01/29 19:20 upstream 8dfce8991b95 aeb6fdd5 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __d_drop / fast_dput
2026/01/29 04:36 upstream 8dfce8991b95 0adc945e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __d_drop / fast_dput
2026/01/28 04:08 upstream 1f97d9dcf536 3029c699 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __d_drop / fast_dput
2026/01/27 11:02 upstream fcb70a56f4d8 9a514c2f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __d_drop / fast_dput
2026/01/27 06:46 upstream fcb70a56f4d8 efb3e894 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __d_drop / fast_dput
2026/01/26 13:59 upstream 63804fed149a a4c52dd6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __d_drop / fast_dput
2026/01/26 07:46 upstream 023777797472 55756628 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __d_drop / fast_dput
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.