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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: 92d, last: 8d15h
✨ AI Jobs (1)
ID Workflow Result Correct Bug Created Started Finished Revision Error
0857e5f0-ea91-4515-abe4-cbbfff5e51ea assessment-kcsan Benign: ✅  Confident: ✅  KCSAN: data-race in dont_mount / path_lookupat 2026/01/15 00:33 2026/01/15 00:33 2026/01/15 00:38 a9d6a79219801d2130df3b1a792c57f0e5428e9f

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

read-write to 0xffff8881083ba480 of 4 bytes by task 22854 on cpu 0:
 dont_mount+0x2a/0x40 include/linux/dcache.h:382
 vfs_unlink+0x206/0x490 fs/namei.c:5472
 filename_unlinkat+0x1e2/0x410 fs/namei.c:5540
 __do_sys_unlink fs/namei.c:5575 [inline]
 __se_sys_unlink+0x2b/0xe0 fs/namei.c:5572
 __x64_sys_unlink+0x1f/0x30 fs/namei.c:5572
 x64_sys_call+0x2eb6/0x3020 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:88
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x12c/0x370 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

read to 0xffff8881083ba480 of 4 bytes by task 2999 on cpu 1:
 d_managed include/linux/dcache.h:403 [inline]
 step_into fs/namei.c:2136 [inline]
 walk_component fs/namei.c:2285 [inline]
 lookup_last fs/namei.c:2780 [inline]
 path_lookupat+0x1d8/0x500 fs/namei.c:2804
 filename_lookup+0x190/0x390 fs/namei.c:2833
 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+0x12c/0x370 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: 2999 Comm: udevd Tainted: G        W           syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) 
Tainted: [W]=WARN
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 02/12/2026
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Crashes (11):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/02/24 13:59 upstream 7dff99b35460 96b1aa46 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in dont_mount / path_lookupat
2026/02/20 13:23 upstream 8bf22c33e7a1 17d780d6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in dont_mount / path_lookupat
2026/02/13 07:29 upstream 37a93dd5c49b 6a673c50 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in dont_mount / path_lookupat
2026/01/25 14:36 upstream d91a46d6805a 40acda8a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in dont_mount / path_lookupat
2026/01/21 12:15 upstream 6c790212c588 6f1aa2f9 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in dont_mount / path_lookupat
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.