KCSAN: data-race in __set_task_comm / strlen (2)

Status: moderation: reported on 2026/08/04 08:46
Subsystems: fs mm
Labels: race:benign prio:low
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Reported-by: syzbot+98baf51f5cc36dcbe2f7@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 48d, last: 1d20h
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736576bd assessment-security DenialOfService: ❌ Exploitable: ❌ FilesystemTrigger: ❌ NetworkTrigger: ❌ PeripheralTrigger: ❌ RemoteTrigger: ❌ Unprivileged: ✅ UserNamespace: ❌ VMGuestTrigger: ❌ VMHostTrigger: ❌ KCSAN: data-race in __set_task_comm / strlen (2) 2026/08/09 11:33 2026/08/09 11:33 2026/08/09 12:12 5d63f80b
9011fcab assessment-kcsan Benign: ✅ KCSAN: data-race in __set_task_comm / strlen (2) 2026/08/04 08:45 2026/08/04 08:45 2026/08/04 09:18 9451e17e
Similar bugs (1)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
upstream KCSAN: data-race in __set_task_comm / strlen fs mm 6 9 206d 376d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2026/04/23 17:03

Sample crash report:
loop0: detected capacity change from 0 to 512
==================================================================
BUG: KCSAN: data-race in __set_task_comm / strlen

write to 0xffff888104594cd8 of 10 bytes by task 11764 on cpu 0:
 __set_task_comm+0x78/0x180 fs/exec.c:1102
 __do_sys_prctl kernel/sys.c:2608 [inline]
 __se_sys_prctl+0xcb3/0x13b0 kernel/sys.c:2534
 __x64_sys_prctl+0x67/0x80 kernel/sys.c:2534
 x64_sys_call+0x2421/0x2550 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:158
 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 0xffff888104594ce1 of 1 bytes by task 11761 on cpu 1:
 strlen+0x19/0x40 lib/string.c:402
 __fortify_strlen include/linux/fortify-string.h:218 [inline]
 trace_event_get_offsets_sched_stat_runtime include/trace/events/sched.h:560 [inline]
 do_trace_event_raw_event_sched_stat_runtime include/trace/events/sched.h:553 [inline]
 trace_event_raw_event_sched_stat_runtime+0x5a/0x150 include/trace/events/sched.h:553
 __do_trace_sched_stat_runtime include/trace/events/sched.h:576 [inline]
 trace_sched_stat_runtime include/trace/events/sched.h:576 [inline]
 update_se+0x14f/0x450 kernel/sched/fair.c:1425
 update_curr+0x1e/0x210 kernel/sched/fair.c:2048
 update_curr_eevdf kernel/sched/fair.c:7980 [inline]
 enqueue_task_fair+0x77/0x850 kernel/sched/fair.c:8010
 enqueue_task kernel/sched/core.c:2194 [inline]
 activate_task kernel/sched/core.c:2234 [inline]
 ttwu_do_activate+0xa7/0x230 kernel/sched/core.c:3840
 ttwu_queue kernel/sched/core.c:4093 [inline]
 try_to_wake_up+0x44f/0x6d0 kernel/sched/core.c:4431
 ext4_multi_mount_protect+0x55b/0x600 fs/ext4/mmp.c:387
 __ext4_fill_super fs/ext4/super.c:5522 [inline]
 ext4_fill_super+0x227f/0x37b0 fs/ext4/super.c:5855
 get_tree_bdev_flags+0x291/0x300 fs/super.c:1873
 get_tree_bdev+0x1f/0x30 fs/super.c:1896
 ext4_get_tree+0x1c/0x30 fs/ext4/super.c:5887
 vfs_get_tree+0x57/0x1d0 fs/super.c:1933
 fc_mount fs/namespace.c:1198 [inline]
 do_new_mount_fc fs/namespace.c:3772 [inline]
 do_new_mount+0x288/0x8d0 fs/namespace.c:3848
 path_mount+0x4ad/0xb90 fs/namespace.c:4168
 do_mount fs/namespace.c:4181 [inline]
 __do_sys_mount fs/namespace.c:4397 [inline]
 __se_sys_mount+0x28c/0x2e0 fs/namespace.c:4374
 __x64_sys_mount+0x67/0x80 fs/namespace.c:4374
 x64_sys_call+0xc3b/0x2550 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:166
 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: 0x74 -> 0x32

Reported by Kernel Concurrency Sanitizer on:
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 11761 Comm: syz.0.2091 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(lazy) 
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/24/2026
==================================================================
[EXT4 FS bs=4096, gc=1, bpg=32768, ipg=32, mo=e842c11c, mo2=0002]
System zones: 0-2, 18-18, 34-34
EXT4-fs error (device loop0): ext4_validate_block_bitmap:445: comm syz.0.2091: bg 0: block 248: padding at end of block bitmap is not set
loop0: lost filesystem error report for type 5 error -117
EXT4-fs error (device loop0): ext4_acquire_dquot:7069: comm syz.0.2091: Failed to acquire dquot type 1
loop0: lost filesystem error report for type 5 error -117
EXT4-fs (loop0): 1 truncate cleaned up
EXT4-fs (loop0): mounted filesystem 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000 r/w without journal. Quota mode: writeback.
ext4 filesystem being mounted at /432/file0 supports timestamps until 2038-01-19 (0x7fffffff)

Crashes (73):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/09/19 12:41 upstream 40288c9206c1 853b104b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __set_task_comm / strlen
2026/09/19 01:45 upstream 17e7b8eacf4c 853b104b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __set_task_comm / strlen
2026/09/18 14:12 upstream 5dd1818b15d9 853b104b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __set_task_comm / strlen
2026/09/17 21:58 upstream 4982d3552a3b 8d7d05f1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __set_task_comm / strlen
2026/09/17 07:50 upstream 238650ef6c7c 95928915 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __set_task_comm / strlen
2026/09/16 22:06 upstream 238650ef6c7c 12a0a44a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __set_task_comm / strlen
2026/09/16 07:20 upstream 9b87fdc9af2f 12a0a44a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __set_task_comm / strlen
2026/09/15 18:36 upstream f6e7b42bf05b 2daa4bb5 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __set_task_comm / strlen
2026/09/15 12:34 upstream 587858367581 81a27d1a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __set_task_comm / strlen
2026/09/14 17:21 upstream 704340f1cd0d 81a27d1a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __set_task_comm / strlen
2026/09/13 19:27 upstream d681d7ef617e 70a60e12 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __set_task_comm / strlen
2026/09/13 13:08 upstream 2f0c1cf72f46 70a60e12 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __set_task_comm / strlen
2026/09/12 16:56 upstream 5225b8eec4c9 70a60e12 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __set_task_comm / strlen
2026/09/12 05:58 upstream 3026c6e4f223 70a60e12 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __set_task_comm / strlen
2026/09/11 16:59 upstream 08df884136f1 b6a5eeb7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __set_task_comm / strlen
2026/09/11 00:23 upstream 08df884136f1 1fe56c0a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __set_task_comm / strlen
2026/09/10 13:09 upstream 50d05c7c76c9 1fe56c0a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __set_task_comm / strlen
2026/09/09 20:10 upstream 50d05c7c76c9 4e8b1cc6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __set_task_comm / strlen
2026/09/08 01:41 upstream 28924df2a08f 680aa3e1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __set_task_comm / strlen
2026/09/07 14:48 upstream df2908090cda 680aa3e1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __set_task_comm / strlen
2026/09/06 23:19 upstream 88405f0ad1d5 4f7b22a0 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __set_task_comm / strlen
2026/09/06 08:38 upstream 1fc5a74b108f 4f7b22a0 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __set_task_comm / strlen
2026/09/04 02:19 upstream 8ab1afb2eb24 801f0966 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __set_task_comm / strlen
2026/09/03 14:27 upstream 940de590b839 6a988719 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __set_task_comm / strlen
2026/09/03 02:20 upstream 940de590b839 85995287 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __set_task_comm / strlen
2026/09/02 20:41 upstream 89a312991dc6 85995287 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __set_task_comm / strlen
2026/09/02 07:58 upstream 89a312991dc6 587f6b29 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __set_task_comm / strlen
2026/09/01 20:21 upstream 786262be6048 587f6b29 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __set_task_comm / strlen
2026/08/31 23:15 upstream bf1079577a11 316d9396 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __set_task_comm / strlen
2026/08/31 16:38 upstream cee9395acd80 316d9396 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __set_task_comm / strlen
2026/08/31 10:11 upstream cee9395acd80 2f52988a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __set_task_comm / strlen
2026/08/29 23:47 upstream 08dbfad3f504 2f52988a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __set_task_comm / strlen
2026/08/29 00:38 upstream c20313e98b04 2f52988a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __set_task_comm / strlen
2026/08/28 02:06 upstream 1b78070aaef6 69a01293 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __set_task_comm / strlen
2026/08/27 17:44 upstream 73e3f0710014 69a01293 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __set_task_comm / strlen
2026/08/27 07:30 upstream 502d45774af0 a2b77b9e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __set_task_comm / strlen
2026/08/27 07:30 upstream 502d45774af0 a2b77b9e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __set_task_comm / strlen
2026/08/25 12:50 upstream 66498c75b4f8 a9a1fc32 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __set_task_comm / strlen
2026/08/25 03:59 upstream 66498c75b4f8 614e416a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __set_task_comm / strlen
2026/08/23 21:38 upstream 388b607d107c 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __set_task_comm / strlen
2026/08/23 21:36 upstream 388b607d107c 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __set_task_comm / strlen
2026/08/23 14:50 upstream 2709dd5ae32f 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __set_task_comm / strlen
2026/08/22 18:27 upstream 66fb95a52111 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __set_task_comm / strlen
2026/08/22 01:09 upstream 26260251022f 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __set_task_comm / strlen
2026/08/21 11:26 upstream 818bebeb63dd 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __set_task_comm / strlen
2026/08/20 20:40 upstream cf62c7084acf 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __set_task_comm / strlen
2026/08/20 19:24 upstream a4ff2be345d0 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __set_task_comm / strlen
2026/08/19 21:02 upstream e8bf40d15402 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __set_task_comm / strlen
2026/08/19 21:00 upstream e8bf40d15402 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __set_task_comm / strlen
2026/08/19 04:32 upstream bd5f485f3f02 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __set_task_comm / strlen
2026/08/18 17:40 upstream 0f23d56f17fd 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __set_task_comm / strlen
2026/08/18 04:34 upstream ff68e5f557f6 1e72964b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __set_task_comm / strlen
2026/08/16 06:20 upstream 3eb40771c00a 746171ee .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __set_task_comm / strlen
2026/08/15 15:57 upstream 15ef2f78c49d 746171ee .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __set_task_comm / strlen
2026/08/15 02:20 upstream dac3e89a2c90 746171ee .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __set_task_comm / strlen
2026/08/14 22:27 upstream ad8d485e6658 6f9b3e89 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __set_task_comm / strlen
2026/08/14 22:10 upstream ad8d485e6658 6f9b3e89 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __set_task_comm / strlen
2026/08/14 00:54 upstream 3aa1dcaa4f6f b13552fe .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __set_task_comm / strlen
2026/08/12 21:46 upstream 3d6d817622b0 359b2492 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __set_task_comm / strlen
2026/08/11 12:13 upstream d58772d8520c 508909ea .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __set_task_comm / strlen
2026/08/09 08:58 upstream 06cf61899d64 5d63f80b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __set_task_comm / strlen
2026/08/08 20:32 upstream a7c7074b58d2 5d63f80b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __set_task_comm / strlen
2026/08/08 10:15 upstream bcc44b6785f2 5d63f80b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __set_task_comm / strlen
2026/08/08 03:09 upstream bcc44b6785f2 e4ef95d6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __set_task_comm / strlen
2026/08/08 03:06 upstream bcc44b6785f2 e4ef95d6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __set_task_comm / strlen
2026/08/06 23:46 upstream fcaeecb8b0cd c38879ea .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __set_task_comm / strlen
2026/08/06 06:17 upstream 0d8395707651 cd5b1963 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __set_task_comm / strlen
2026/08/05 10:07 upstream c21bb4193868 52aa2820 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __set_task_comm / strlen
2026/08/04 08:45 upstream 848acc8ffe1b 9451e17e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __set_task_comm / strlen
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.