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KCSAN: data-race in __writeback_single_inode / xas_clear_mark (9)

Status: moderation: reported on 2026/05/15 10:44
Subsystems: fs mm
Labels: race:benign prio:low
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Reported-by: syzbot+cbec87ca4214e54aae08@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 46d, last: 1d04h
✨ AI Jobs (3)
ID Workflow Result Correct Bug Created Started Finished Revision Error
d2a6f35e-6fc2-4543-b9c1-3d82bb5bbccf assessment-security DenialOfService: ❌ Exploitable: ❌ FilesystemTrigger: ❌ NetworkTrigger: ❌ PeripheralTrigger: ❌ RemoteTrigger: ❌ Unprivileged: ✅ UserNamespace: ✅ VMGuestTrigger: ❌ VMHostTrigger: ❌ KCSAN: data-race in __writeback_single_inode / xas_clear_mark (9) 2026/06/01 15:02 2026/06/01 15:02 2026/06/01 15:58 386cc6dacdf7e3ebce9507beed6755d7e999554d

			
		
046fc16e-e8e3-41e2-badd-343914767a8e assessment-kcsan Benign: ✅ KCSAN: data-race in __writeback_single_inode / xas_clear_mark (9) 2026/06/01 14:42 2026/06/01 14:42 2026/06/01 15:22 386cc6dacdf7e3ebce9507beed6755d7e999554d

			
		
a0e5c1d4-dae6-4522-a290-bbfee1093b77 assessment-kcsan 💥 KCSAN: data-race in __writeback_single_inode / xas_clear_mark (9) 2026/05/15 10:43 2026/05/15 10:43 2026/05/15 10:44 9cd3beaadf14b3a22d15fd97a0bf081ee41ebe01
failed to run ["git" "-c" "core.hooksPath=/dev/null" "checkout" "70eda68668d1476b459b64e69b8f36659fa9dfa8"]: exit status 128
error: unable to write file rust/pin-init/src/lib.rs
error: unable to write...
truncated to first 200 bytes; open job for full error
Similar bugs (8)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
upstream KCSAN: data-race in __writeback_single_inode / xas_clear_mark (4) fs mm 6 1 2102d 2102d 0/29 auto-closed as invalid on 2020/11/02 04:03
upstream KCSAN: data-race in __writeback_single_inode / xas_clear_mark (6) mm fs 6 4 481d 574d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/05/01 12:25
upstream KCSAN: data-race in __writeback_single_inode / xas_clear_mark (7) mm fs 6 5 371d 402d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/08/19 20:24
upstream KCSAN: data-race in __writeback_single_inode / xas_clear_mark (2) ext4 6 5 2342d 2408d 0/29 auto-closed as invalid on 2020/04/10 19:48
upstream KCSAN: data-race in __writeback_single_inode / xas_clear_mark (5) fs mm 6 1 692d 692d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/09/12 03:14
upstream KCSAN: data-race in __writeback_single_inode / xas_clear_mark (3) mm fs 6 1 2137d 2137d 0/29 auto-closed as invalid on 2020/09/27 22:17
upstream KCSAN: data-race in __writeback_single_inode / xas_clear_mark (8) fs mm 6 8 140d 277d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2026/04/07 20:45
upstream KCSAN: data-race in __writeback_single_inode / xas_clear_mark ext4 6 3 2431d 2442d 0/29 closed as invalid on 2019/11/19 13:24

Sample crash report:
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BUG: KCSAN: data-race in __writeback_single_inode / xas_clear_mark

write to 0xffff8881052ba39c of 4 bytes by task 27136 on cpu 1:
 xa_mark_clear lib/xarray.c:77 [inline]
 xas_clear_mark+0x16b/0x180 lib/xarray.c:932
 __folio_start_writeback+0x23e/0x350 mm/page-writeback.c:3032
 ext4_bio_write_folio+0x5a2/0xa10 fs/ext4/page-io.c:603
 mpage_submit_folio fs/ext4/inode.c:2104 [inline]
 mpage_process_page_bufs+0x487/0x600 fs/ext4/inode.c:2215
 mpage_prepare_extent_to_map+0x79e/0xc00 fs/ext4/inode.c:2754
 ext4_do_writepages+0x6ec/0x2720 fs/ext4/inode.c:2895
 ext4_writepages+0x18f/0x300 fs/ext4/inode.c:3043
 do_writepages+0x1b9/0x300 mm/page-writeback.c:2571
 filemap_writeback mm/filemap.c:387 [inline]
 filemap_fdatawrite_range mm/filemap.c:412 [inline]
 file_write_and_wait_range+0x178/0x2f0 mm/filemap.c:786
 mmb_fsync_noflush+0x48/0x140 fs/buffer.c:652
 ext4_fsync_nojournal fs/ext4/fsync.c:92 [inline]
 ext4_sync_file+0x1f2/0x6d0 fs/ext4/fsync.c:160
 vfs_fsync_range+0xc5/0xe0 fs/sync.c:186
 generic_write_sync include/linux/fs.h:2661 [inline]
 ext4_buffered_write_iter+0x426/0x480 fs/ext4/file.c:322
 ext4_file_write_iter+0x38e/0xef0 fs/ext4/file.c:-1
 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 0xffff8881052ba39c of 4 bytes by task 27147 on cpu 0:
 xa_marked include/linux/xarray.h:424 [inline]
 mapping_tagged include/linux/fs.h:503 [inline]
 __writeback_single_inode+0x1fb/0x660 fs/fs-writeback.c:1836
 writeback_single_inode+0x16d/0x400 fs/fs-writeback.c:1906
 sync_inode_metadata+0x6e/0xa0 fs/fs-writeback.c:3080
 mmb_fsync_noflush+0xfa/0x140 fs/buffer.c:663
 ext4_fsync_nojournal fs/ext4/fsync.c:92 [inline]
 ext4_sync_file+0x1f2/0x6d0 fs/ext4/fsync.c:160
 vfs_fsync_range+0xc5/0xe0 fs/sync.c:186
 generic_write_sync include/linux/fs.h:2661 [inline]
 ext4_buffered_write_iter+0x426/0x480 fs/ext4/file.c:322
 ext4_file_write_iter+0x38e/0xef0 fs/ext4/file.c:-1
 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

value changed: 0x0e000021 -> 0x04000021

Reported by Kernel Concurrency Sanitizer on:
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 27147 Comm: syz.0.7571 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(lazy) 
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 05/09/2026
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Crashes (2):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/06/30 04:17 upstream dc59e4fea9d8 fff8d0a0 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __writeback_single_inode / xas_clear_mark
2026/05/15 10:43 upstream 70eda68668d1 9cd3beaa .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __writeback_single_inode / xas_clear_mark
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.