KCSAN: data-race in atime_needs_update / inode_update_time

Status: moderation: reported on 2026/02/10 05:43
Subsystems: fs
Labels: prio:low
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Reported-by: syzbot+a5767cf77f098bb99cef@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 186d, last: 6h05m
✨ AI Jobs (5)
ID Workflow Result Correct Bug Created Started Finished Revision
b9717821 assessment-security DenialOfService: ❌ Exploitable: ❌ FilesystemTrigger: ❌ NetworkTrigger: ❌ PeripheralTrigger: ❌ RemoteTrigger: ❌ Unprivileged: ✅ UserNamespace: ✅ VMGuestTrigger: ❌ VMHostTrigger: ❌ KCSAN: data-race in atime_needs_update / inode_update_time 2026/05/31 06:48 2026/05/31 06:48 2026/05/31 07:22 6b4a8443
8fb59947 assessment-security 💥 KCSAN: data-race in atime_needs_update / inode_update_time 2026/05/14 14:30 2026/05/14 14:30 2026/05/14 14:32 6ccb967e
863eefe2 repro KCSAN: data-race in atime_needs_update / inode_update_time 2026/03/06 21:12 2026/03/06 21:12 2026/03/06 21:19 31e9c887
2f793434 assessment-kcsan Benign: ✅ Confident: ✅ KCSAN: data-race in atime_needs_update / inode_update_time 2026/02/24 17:52 2026/02/24 17:52 2026/02/24 17:55 305c0ec5
7b459f6c assessment-kcsan 💥 KCSAN: data-race in atime_needs_update / inode_update_time 2026/02/10 05:42 2026/02/10 05:42 2026/02/10 05:47 97745f52

Sample crash report:
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BUG: KCSAN: data-race in atime_needs_update / inode_update_time

write to 0xffff888104ba80f4 of 4 bytes by task 21119 on cpu 1:
 inode_set_mtime_to_ts include/linux/fs.h:1655 [inline]
 inode_update_cmtime fs/inode.c:2198 [inline]
 inode_update_time+0x2ce/0x360 fs/inode.c:2223
 generic_update_time fs/inode.c:2254 [inline]
 file_update_time_flags+0x277/0x2e0 fs/inode.c:2487
 file_update_time+0x17/0x20 fs/inode.c:2508
 shmem_file_write_iter+0x9c/0xf0 mm/shmem.c:3421
 iter_file_splice_write+0x6a0/0xa60 fs/splice.c:736
 do_splice_from fs/splice.c:936 [inline]
 direct_splice_actor+0x156/0x280 fs/splice.c:1159
 splice_direct_to_actor+0x2f9/0x680 fs/splice.c:1103
 do_splice_direct_actor fs/splice.c:1202 [inline]
 do_splice_direct+0x119/0x1a0 fs/splice.c:1228
 do_sendfile+0x37d/0x640 fs/read_write.c:1371
 __do_sys_sendfile64 fs/read_write.c:1432 [inline]
 __se_sys_sendfile64 fs/read_write.c:1418 [inline]
 __x64_sys_sendfile64+0x105/0x150 fs/read_write.c:1418
 x64_sys_call+0x2dc4/0x3020 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:41
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x136/0x3c0 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

read to 0xffff888104ba80f4 of 4 bytes by task 21139 on cpu 0:
 inode_get_mtime_nsec include/linux/fs.h:1641 [inline]
 inode_get_mtime include/linux/fs.h:1647 [inline]
 relatime_need_update fs/inode.c:2127 [inline]
 atime_needs_update+0x2a8/0x3e0 fs/inode.c:2297
 touch_atime+0x4a/0x300 fs/inode.c:2312
 file_accessed include/linux/fs.h:2272 [inline]
 shmem_file_splice_read+0x53c/0x590 mm/shmem.c:3583
 do_splice_read fs/splice.c:980 [inline]
 splice_direct_to_actor+0x261/0x680 fs/splice.c:1084
 do_splice_direct_actor fs/splice.c:1202 [inline]
 do_splice_direct+0x119/0x1a0 fs/splice.c:1228
 do_sendfile+0x37d/0x640 fs/read_write.c:1371
 __do_sys_sendfile64 fs/read_write.c:1432 [inline]
 __se_sys_sendfile64 fs/read_write.c:1418 [inline]
 __x64_sys_sendfile64+0x105/0x150 fs/read_write.c:1418
 x64_sys_call+0x2dc4/0x3020 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:41
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x136/0x3c0 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

value changed: 0x26b91e24 -> 0x2745f4b8

Reported by Kernel Concurrency Sanitizer on:
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 21139 Comm: syz.0.3656 Tainted: G S      W           syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(lazy) 
Tainted: [S]=CPU_OUT_OF_SPEC, [W]=WARN
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/24/2026
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Crashes (18):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/08/15 11:10 upstream dac3e89a2c90 746171ee .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in atime_needs_update / inode_update_time
2026/08/12 20:29 upstream 3d6d817622b0 359b2492 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in atime_needs_update / inode_update_time
2026/08/03 18:55 upstream 075b74841bd0 6b7c9f71 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in atime_needs_update / inode_update_time
2026/08/01 02:57 upstream 0131b508c0e2 e611ffe1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in atime_needs_update / inode_update_time
2026/07/17 21:51 upstream 111e7b23e5b0 8aaff637 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in atime_needs_update / inode_update_time
2026/07/06 16:30 upstream 8cdeaa50eae8 88b240e4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in atime_needs_update / inode_update_time
2026/06/08 08:00 upstream 4549871118cf cc095639 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in atime_needs_update / inode_update_time
2026/06/07 18:17 upstream 33d8d8ec31b5 cc095639 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in atime_needs_update / inode_update_time
2026/05/23 05:42 upstream 79bd2dded182 c69befb3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in atime_needs_update / inode_update_time
2026/05/04 12:01 upstream 6d35786de281 85f1bcf2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in atime_needs_update / inode_update_time
2026/04/04 09:50 upstream 631919fb12fe 4440e7c2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in atime_needs_update / inode_update_time
2026/03/30 14:55 upstream 7aaa8047eafd dcaebc52 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in atime_needs_update / inode_update_time
2026/03/24 21:27 upstream c369299895a5 74e70d19 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in atime_needs_update / inode_update_time
2026/03/09 08:01 upstream 1f318b96cc84 5cb44a80 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in atime_needs_update / inode_update_time
2026/02/22 00:55 upstream fa5c82f4d2bb 6e7b5511 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in atime_needs_update / inode_update_time
2026/02/18 23:08 upstream 23b0f90ba871 77d4d919 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in atime_needs_update / inode_update_time
2026/02/13 08:58 upstream 37a93dd5c49b 6a673c50 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in atime_needs_update / inode_update_time
2026/02/10 05:42 upstream 8a5203c630c6 4ab09a02 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in atime_needs_update / inode_update_time
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.