KCSAN: data-race in autofs_wait / autofs_wait

Status: moderation: reported on 2026/04/27 07:55
Subsystems: autofs
Labels: prio:low
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Reported-by: syzbot+c6d286fd51860df64d9a@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 98d, last: 3d02h
✨ AI Jobs (2)
ID Workflow Result Correct Bug Created Started Finished Revision Error
f6659d5c assessment-security DenialOfService: ❌ Exploitable: ❌ FilesystemTrigger: ❌ NetworkTrigger: ❌ PeripheralTrigger: ❌ RemoteTrigger: ❌ Unprivileged: ✅ UserNamespace: ✅ VMGuestTrigger: ❌ VMHostTrigger: ❌ KCSAN: data-race in autofs_wait / autofs_wait 2026/05/20 07:35 2026/05/20 07:35 2026/05/20 08:09 0909d65f

			
		
10dd8583 assessment-kcsan Benign: ✅ Confident: ✅ KCSAN: data-race in autofs_wait / autofs_wait 2026/04/27 07:54 2026/04/27 07:54 2026/04/27 08:15 9c2d0995

			
		

Sample crash report:
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BUG: KCSAN: data-race in autofs_wait / autofs_wait

write to 0xffffffff86e01680 of 4 bytes by task 6611 on cpu 1:
 autofs_wait+0x8dc/0xbd0 fs/autofs/waitq.c:-1
 autofs_mount_wait+0xc2/0x100 fs/autofs/root.c:256
 autofs_d_automount+0x3fd/0x570 fs/autofs/root.c:410
 follow_automount fs/namei.c:1565 [inline]
 __traverse_mounts+0x256/0x420 fs/namei.c:1618
 traverse_mounts fs/namei.c:1647 [inline]
 handle_mounts fs/namei.c:1749 [inline]
 step_into_slowpath+0x2d5/0x4c0 fs/namei.c:2104
 step_into fs/namei.c:2152 [inline]
 walk_component fs/namei.c:2288 [inline]
 lookup_last fs/namei.c:2789 [inline]
 path_lookupat+0x2eb/0x4c0 fs/namei.c:2813
 filename_lookup+0x18f/0x390 fs/namei.c:2842
 do_readlinkat+0x74/0x2f0 fs/stat.c:571
 __do_sys_readlink fs/stat.c:605 [inline]
 __se_sys_readlink fs/stat.c:602 [inline]
 __x64_sys_readlink+0x47/0x60 fs/stat.c:602
 x64_sys_call+0x2b51/0x3020 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:90
 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 0xffffffff86e01680 of 4 bytes by task 6626 on cpu 0:
 autofs_wait+0x8b1/0xbd0 fs/autofs/waitq.c:386
 autofs_mount_wait+0xc2/0x100 fs/autofs/root.c:256
 autofs_d_automount+0x3fd/0x570 fs/autofs/root.c:410
 follow_automount fs/namei.c:1565 [inline]
 __traverse_mounts+0x256/0x420 fs/namei.c:1618
 traverse_mounts fs/namei.c:1647 [inline]
 handle_mounts fs/namei.c:1749 [inline]
 step_into_slowpath+0x2d5/0x4c0 fs/namei.c:2104
 step_into fs/namei.c:2152 [inline]
 walk_component fs/namei.c:2288 [inline]
 lookup_last fs/namei.c:2789 [inline]
 path_lookupat+0x2eb/0x4c0 fs/namei.c:2813
 filename_lookup+0x18f/0x390 fs/namei.c:2842
 do_readlinkat+0x74/0x2f0 fs/stat.c:571
 __do_sys_readlink fs/stat.c:605 [inline]
 __se_sys_readlink fs/stat.c:602 [inline]
 __x64_sys_readlink+0x47/0x60 fs/stat.c:602
 x64_sys_call+0x2b51/0x3020 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:90
 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: 0x000004e7 -> 0x000004e8

Reported by Kernel Concurrency Sanitizer on:
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 6626 Comm: syz.2.11084 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 (27):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/07/31 15:23 upstream 8ba098e6b6ff 7664cf44 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in autofs_wait / autofs_wait
2026/07/27 14:48 upstream f5098b6bae76 aae9036b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in autofs_wait / autofs_wait
2026/07/18 13:04 upstream 94515f3a7d42 72524a66 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in autofs_wait / autofs_wait
2026/07/18 13:04 upstream 94515f3a7d42 72524a66 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in autofs_wait / autofs_wait
2026/07/17 07:50 upstream fce2dfa773ce 7f27c57a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in autofs_wait / autofs_wait
2026/07/16 03:03 upstream 58717b2a1365 27a8bd60 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in autofs_wait / autofs_wait
2026/07/16 03:02 upstream 58717b2a1365 27a8bd60 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in autofs_wait / autofs_wait
2026/07/11 01:23 upstream d96fcfe1b7f9 99e64375 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in autofs_wait / autofs_wait
2026/07/02 13:42 upstream 4a50a141f05a 27192279 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in autofs_wait / autofs_wait
2026/06/26 23:47 upstream 51cb1aa1250c fb92f11c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in autofs_wait / autofs_wait
2026/06/25 10:12 upstream ab9de95c9cf9 cfa969bf .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in autofs_wait / autofs_wait
2026/06/21 00:57 upstream 1a3746ccbb0a 43bfcdb0 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in autofs_wait / autofs_wait
2026/06/21 00:56 upstream 1a3746ccbb0a 43bfcdb0 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in autofs_wait / autofs_wait
2026/06/21 00:56 upstream 1a3746ccbb0a 43bfcdb0 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in autofs_wait / autofs_wait
2026/06/07 01:34 upstream 8e65320d91cd cc095639 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in autofs_wait / autofs_wait
2026/05/21 02:18 upstream 8bc67e4db64a 41b8c833 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in autofs_wait / autofs_wait
2026/05/21 02:18 upstream 8bc67e4db64a 41b8c833 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in autofs_wait / autofs_wait
2026/05/21 02:18 upstream 8bc67e4db64a 41b8c833 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in autofs_wait / autofs_wait
2026/05/21 02:17 upstream 8bc67e4db64a 41b8c833 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in autofs_wait / autofs_wait
2026/05/18 15:57 upstream 5200f5f493f7 55156e84 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in autofs_wait / autofs_wait
2026/05/18 15:56 upstream 5200f5f493f7 55156e84 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in autofs_wait / autofs_wait
2026/05/18 03:47 upstream e5d505e3664b de5aae85 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in autofs_wait / autofs_wait
2026/05/18 03:44 upstream e5d505e3664b de5aae85 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in autofs_wait / autofs_wait
2026/05/02 22:41 upstream 66edb901bf87 a0d91488 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in autofs_wait / autofs_wait
2026/05/02 22:40 upstream 66edb901bf87 a0d91488 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in autofs_wait / autofs_wait
2026/05/01 10:15 upstream 26fd6bff2c05 753c55b9 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in autofs_wait / autofs_wait
2026/04/27 07:54 upstream 20b64cf8705a 9c2d0995 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in autofs_wait / autofs_wait
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.