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KCSAN: data-race in copy_process / free_pid (14)

Status: moderation: reported on 2025/01/04 00:52
Subsystems: kernel
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Reported-by: syzbot+fab52e3459fa2f95df57@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 420d, last: 1d18h
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2c5f0b53-66e5-4c7d-9e63-d19b3a87991b assessment-kcsan Benign: ✅  Confident: ✅  KCSAN: data-race in copy_process / free_pid (14) 2026/01/15 10:44 2026/01/15 10:44 2026/01/15 11:06 a9d6a79219801d2130df3b1a792c57f0e5428e9f
Discussions (2)
Title Replies (including bot) Last reply
[PATCH v2] pid: annotate data-races around pid_ns->pid_allocated 4 (4) 2025/04/28 08:30
[PATCH v1] pid: annotate data-races around pid_ns->pid_allocated 7 (7) 2025/04/25 05:37
Similar bugs (13)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
upstream KCSAN: data-race in copy_process / free_pid (8) kernel 6 1 1177d 1177d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/01/17 03:08
upstream KCSAN: data-race in copy_process / free_pid (11) kernel 6 1 643d 643d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/06/30 01:30
upstream KCSAN: data-race in copy_process / free_pid mm 6 1 2269d 2269d 0/29 auto-closed as invalid on 2020/02/20 19:37
upstream KCSAN: data-race in copy_process / free_pid (10) kernel 6 23 682d 811d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/05/21 14:09
upstream KCSAN: data-race in copy_process / free_pid (9) kernel 6 12 925d 1011d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/09/21 05:02
upstream KCSAN: data-race in copy_process / free_pid (6) kernel 6 2 1367d 1371d 0/29 auto-closed as invalid on 2022/07/06 07:38
upstream KCSAN: data-race in copy_process / free_pid (4) kernel 6 1 1672d 1672d 0/29 auto-closed as invalid on 2021/09/04 11:26
upstream KCSAN: data-race in copy_process / free_pid (5) kernel 6 32 1508d 1627d 0/29 auto-closed as invalid on 2022/02/15 18:33
upstream KCSAN: data-race in copy_process / free_pid (2) kasan 6 1 2184d 2184d 0/29 auto-closed as invalid on 2020/05/15 22:36
upstream KCSAN: data-race in copy_process / free_pid (7) kernel 6 4 1267d 1319d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2022/10/14 18:22
upstream KCSAN: data-race in copy_process / free_pid (13) kernel 6 6 498d 532d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/11/22 02:42
upstream KCSAN: data-race in copy_process / free_pid (3) kernel 6 1 1862d 1862d 0/29 auto-closed as invalid on 2021/02/26 04:07
upstream KCSAN: data-race in copy_process / free_pid (12) kernel 6 1 600d 600d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/08/11 08:23

Sample crash report:
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BUG: KCSAN: data-race in copy_process / free_pid

read-write to 0xffffffff86c61f68 of 4 bytes by task 8645 on cpu 0:
 free_pid+0xbc/0x1e0 kernel/pid.c:124
 free_pids+0x7a/0xb0 kernel/pid.c:157
 release_task+0x9a7/0xb60 kernel/exit.c:295
 exit_notify kernel/exit.c:777 [inline]
 do_exit+0xd5c/0x15a0 kernel/exit.c:983
 call_usermodehelper_exec_async+0x246/0x250 kernel/umh.c:122
 ret_from_fork+0x150/0x360 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158
 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245

read to 0xffffffff86c61f68 of 4 bytes by task 12 on cpu 1:
 copy_process+0x1895/0x20d0 kernel/fork.c:2396
 kernel_clone+0x16b/0x5d0 kernel/fork.c:2654
 user_mode_thread+0x9c/0xd0 kernel/fork.c:2730
 call_usermodehelper_exec_work+0x41/0x160 kernel/umh.c:171
 process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3275 [inline]
 process_scheduled_works+0x4de/0x9e0 kernel/workqueue.c:3358
 worker_thread+0x581/0x770 kernel/workqueue.c:3439
 kthread+0x22a/0x280 kernel/kthread.c:467
 ret_from_fork+0x150/0x360 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158
 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245

value changed: 0x8000010a -> 0x80000109

Reported by Kernel Concurrency Sanitizer on:
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 12 Comm: kworker/u8:0 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) 
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 02/12/2026
Workqueue: events_unbound call_usermodehelper_exec_work
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Crashes (237):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/02/26 08:31 upstream d9d32e5bd5a4 e0f78d93 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in copy_process / free_pid
2026/02/20 17:04 upstream 8bf22c33e7a1 17d780d6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in copy_process / free_pid
2026/02/17 19:09 upstream d295082ea672 06ec4f7b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in copy_process / free_pid
2026/02/17 09:48 upstream 970296997869 e439b951 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in copy_process / free_pid
2026/02/15 03:30 upstream 3e48a11675c5 1e62d198 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in copy_process / free_pid
2026/02/13 19:34 upstream cee73b1e840c 1e62d198 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in copy_process / free_pid
2026/02/13 09:41 upstream 37a93dd5c49b 6a673c50 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in copy_process / free_pid
2026/02/12 23:45 upstream 37a93dd5c49b 504cb1bf .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in copy_process / free_pid
2026/02/12 04:35 upstream c22e26bd0906 76a109e2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in copy_process / free_pid
2026/02/11 01:09 upstream dc855b77719f 441e25b7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in copy_process / free_pid
2026/02/10 04:52 upstream 8a5203c630c6 4ab09a02 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in copy_process / free_pid
2026/02/07 21:00 upstream e7aa57247700 4c131dc4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in copy_process / free_pid
2026/02/06 22:27 upstream b7ff7151e653 97745f52 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in copy_process / free_pid
2026/02/06 00:04 upstream 8fdb05de0e2d f03c4191 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in copy_process / free_pid
2026/02/05 18:50 upstream 8fdb05de0e2d 4936e85c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in copy_process / free_pid
2026/02/05 05:22 upstream f14faaf3a1fb ea10c935 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in copy_process / free_pid
2026/02/03 10:28 upstream 6bd9ed02871f 6df4c87a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in copy_process / free_pid
2026/01/28 19:02 upstream 8dfce8991b95 004c195c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in copy_process / free_pid
2026/01/27 13:10 upstream fcb70a56f4d8 9a514c2f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in copy_process / free_pid
2026/01/26 17:14 upstream 63804fed149a a4c52dd6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in copy_process / free_pid
2026/01/24 01:56 upstream 5bde837031a3 4f25b9b4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in copy_process / free_pid
2026/01/23 05:21 upstream c072629f05d7 82c9c083 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in copy_process / free_pid
2026/01/22 09:55 upstream a66191c590b3 a16aed1d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in copy_process / free_pid
2026/01/21 19:05 upstream 6c790212c588 8fc37797 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in copy_process / free_pid
2026/01/19 13:20 upstream 24d479d26b25 a9fc5226 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in copy_process / free_pid
2026/01/11 04:35 upstream 97313d6113ab d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in copy_process / free_pid
2026/01/10 09:08 upstream b6151c4e60e5 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in copy_process / free_pid
2026/01/10 04:16 upstream 372800cb95a3 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in copy_process / free_pid
2026/01/09 09:46 upstream 623fb9912f6a d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in copy_process / free_pid
2026/01/08 22:55 upstream 79b95d74470d d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in copy_process / free_pid
2026/01/08 01:02 upstream f0b9d8eb98df d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in copy_process / free_pid
2026/01/06 13:53 upstream 7f98ab9da046 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in copy_process / free_pid
2026/01/05 12:58 upstream 3609fa95fb0f d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in copy_process / free_pid
2026/01/01 17:33 upstream b69053dd3ffb d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in copy_process / free_pid
2025/12/31 21:06 upstream 349bd28a86f2 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in copy_process / free_pid
2025/12/30 00:22 upstream 8640b74557fc d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in copy_process / free_pid
2025/12/29 02:25 upstream c875a6c32467 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in copy_process / free_pid
2025/12/28 15:52 upstream d26143bb38e2 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in copy_process / free_pid
2025/12/27 18:35 upstream c53f467229a7 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in copy_process / free_pid
2025/12/27 09:12 upstream 3f0e9c8cefa9 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in copy_process / free_pid
2025/12/26 10:13 upstream ccd1cdca5cd4 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in copy_process / free_pid
2025/12/23 06:57 upstream b927546677c8 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in copy_process / free_pid
2025/12/22 23:49 upstream 9448598b22c5 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in copy_process / free_pid
2025/12/22 11:35 upstream 765b233a9b94 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in copy_process / free_pid
2025/12/21 12:03 upstream 9094662f6707 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in copy_process / free_pid
2025/12/17 15:09 upstream ea1013c15392 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in copy_process / free_pid
2025/12/14 10:38 upstream 8f0b4cce4481 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in copy_process / free_pid
2025/12/10 22:40 upstream 0048fbb4011e d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in copy_process / free_pid
2025/12/10 09:28 upstream c9b47175e913 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in copy_process / free_pid
2025/01/04 00:51 upstream 63676eefb7a0 f3558dbf .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in copy_process / free_pid
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.