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KCSAN: data-race in print_cpu / tick_nohz_stop_idle (7)

Status: moderation: reported on 2026/06/09 09:13
Subsystems: kernel
Labels: race:benign prio:low
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Reported-by: syzbot+dbed1aeceff803ffc284@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 3d06h, last: 3d06h
✨ AI Jobs (2)
ID Workflow Result Correct Bug Created Started Finished Revision Error
b1b2f6cb-6940-4340-a800-8d2d1408c647 assessment-security DenialOfService: ❌ Exploitable: ❌ FilesystemTrigger: ❌ NetworkTrigger: ❌ PeripheralTrigger: ❌ RemoteTrigger: ❌ Unprivileged: ❌ UserNamespace: ❌ VMGuestTrigger: ❌ VMHostTrigger: ❌ KCSAN: data-race in print_cpu / tick_nohz_stop_idle (7) 2026/06/11 00:01 2026/06/11 00:01 2026/06/11 00:07 416ea548b956322d21a679fe8e300a65581814ce
747adec2-d247-4ef3-a489-754e598fdef0 assessment-kcsan Benign: ✅ KCSAN: data-race in print_cpu / tick_nohz_stop_idle (7) 2026/06/09 12:43 2026/06/09 12:43 2026/06/09 13:13 c36c07f6c1f2230a36374cbd22235f635e8f9284
Similar bugs (6)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
upstream KCSAN: data-race in print_cpu / tick_nohz_stop_idle (4) kernel 6 3 537d 593d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/02/15 16:17
upstream KCSAN: data-race in print_cpu / tick_nohz_stop_idle (5) kernel 6 1 451d 451d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/05/13 11:24
upstream KCSAN: data-race in print_cpu / tick_nohz_stop_idle (2) kernel 6 2 1028d 1034d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/09/22 19:10
upstream KCSAN: data-race in print_cpu / tick_nohz_stop_idle (6) kernel 6 3 241d 315d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/12/09 13:11
upstream KCSAN: data-race in print_cpu / tick_nohz_stop_idle kernel 6 1 1131d 1131d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2023/06/11 20:07
upstream KCSAN: data-race in print_cpu / tick_nohz_stop_idle (3) kernel 6 9 673d 782d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/09/12 04:14

Sample crash report:
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BUG: KCSAN: data-race in print_cpu / tick_nohz_stop_idle

read-write to 0xffff888237c1be98 of 8 bytes by interrupt on cpu 0:
 tick_sched_flag_clear kernel/time/tick-sched.c:201 [inline]
 tick_nohz_stop_idle+0xde/0x130 kernel/time/tick-sched.c:770
 tick_nohz_irq_enter kernel/time/tick-sched.c:1572 [inline]
 tick_irq_enter+0x8d/0x100 kernel/time/tick-sched.c:1598
 instr_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1061 [inline]
 sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x67/0x80 arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1061
 asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x1a/0x20 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:697
 native_safe_halt arch/x86/include/asm/irqflags.h:48 [inline]
 pv_native_safe_halt+0xf/0x20 arch/x86/kernel/paravirt.c:62
 arch_safe_halt arch/x86/kernel/process.c:766 [inline]
 default_idle+0x9/0x20 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:767
 default_idle_call+0x3b/0x60 kernel/sched/idle.c:122
 cpuidle_idle_call kernel/sched/idle.c:199 [inline]
 do_idle+0x17f/0x2b0 kernel/sched/idle.c:352
 cpu_startup_entry+0x24/0x30 kernel/sched/idle.c:451
 rest_init+0xee/0xf0 init/main.c:762
 start_kernel+0x49f/0x4d0 init/main.c:1220
 x86_64_start_reservations+0x24/0x30 arch/x86/kernel/head64.c:310
 x86_64_start_kernel+0xfc/0x100 arch/x86/kernel/head64.c:291
 common_startup_64+0x13e/0x147

read to 0xffff888237c1be98 of 8 bytes by task 5840 on cpu 1:
 print_cpu+0x3df/0x670 kernel/time/timer_list.c:151
 timer_list_show+0x107/0x170 kernel/time/timer_list.c:291
 seq_read_iter+0x636/0x940 fs/seq_file.c:273
 proc_reg_read_iter+0x110/0x180 fs/proc/inode.c:299
 copy_splice_read+0x471/0x6c0 fs/splice.c:362
 do_splice_read fs/splice.c:980 [inline]
 splice_direct_to_actor+0x26e/0x670 fs/splice.c:1084
 do_splice_direct_actor fs/splice.c:1202 [inline]
 do_splice_direct+0x119/0x1a0 fs/splice.c:1228
 do_sendfile+0x382/0x650 fs/read_write.c:1372
 __do_sys_sendfile64 fs/read_write.c:1433 [inline]
 __se_sys_sendfile64 fs/read_write.c:1419 [inline]
 __x64_sys_sendfile64+0x105/0x150 fs/read_write.c:1419
 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+0x12c/0x3b0 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

value changed: 0x0000000000000035 -> 0x0000000000000030

Reported by Kernel Concurrency Sanitizer on:
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 5840 Comm: syz.5.594 Tainted: G        W           syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(lazy) 
Tainted: [W]=WARN
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 05/09/2026
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Crashes (1):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/06/09 09:12 upstream 2d3090a8aeb5 656e94c6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in print_cpu / tick_nohz_stop_idle
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.