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KCSAN: data-race in dont_mount / path_lookupat

Status: moderation: reported on 2025/12/02 12:53
Subsystems: fs
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Reported-by: syzbot+ef0f46eb7046ddc2f764@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 47d, last: 5d09h

Sample crash report:
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BUG: KCSAN: data-race in dont_mount / path_lookupat

read-write to 0xffff88811a952d80 of 4 bytes by task 4317 on cpu 0:
 dont_mount+0x2a/0x40 include/linux/dcache.h:382
 vfs_unlink+0x2ae/0x440 fs/namei.c:5380
 do_unlinkat+0x1cd/0x4b0 fs/namei.c:5448
 __do_sys_unlink fs/namei.c:5483 [inline]
 __se_sys_unlink fs/namei.c:5481 [inline]
 __x64_sys_unlink+0x2e/0x40 fs/namei.c:5481
 x64_sys_call+0x2f48/0x3000 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:88
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0xca/0x2b0 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

read to 0xffff88811a952d80 of 4 bytes by task 3010 on cpu 1:
 d_managed include/linux/dcache.h:403 [inline]
 step_into fs/namei.c:2086 [inline]
 walk_component fs/namei.c:2235 [inline]
 lookup_last fs/namei.c:2730 [inline]
 path_lookupat+0x1d8/0x500 fs/namei.c:2754
 filename_lookup+0x147/0x340 fs/namei.c:2783
 do_readlinkat+0x7d/0x320 fs/stat.c:576
 __do_sys_readlink fs/stat.c:613 [inline]
 __se_sys_readlink fs/stat.c:610 [inline]
 __x64_sys_readlink+0x47/0x60 fs/stat.c:610
 x64_sys_call+0x2af1/0x3000 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:90
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0xca/0x2b0 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

value changed: 0x00300080 -> 0x00004080

Reported by Kernel Concurrency Sanitizer on:
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 3010 Comm: udevd Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(voluntary) 
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 10/25/2025
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Crashes (6):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/01/13 05:17 upstream b71e635feefc d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in dont_mount / path_lookupat
2025/12/05 20:22 upstream d1d36025a617 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in dont_mount / path_lookupat
2025/12/05 06:55 upstream 2061f18ad76e d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in dont_mount / path_lookupat
2025/12/04 04:05 upstream 8f7aa3d3c732 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in dont_mount / path_lookupat
2025/12/03 14:49 upstream 3f9f0252130e d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in dont_mount / path_lookupat
2025/12/02 12:52 upstream 4a26e7032d7d d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in dont_mount / path_lookupat
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.