KCSAN: data-race in __set_task_comm / strlen (2)

Status: moderation: reported on 2026/08/04 08:46
Subsystems: fs mm
Labels: race:benign prio:low
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Reported-by: syzbot+98baf51f5cc36dcbe2f7@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 53d, last: 13h07m
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736576bd assessment-security DenialOfService: ❌ Exploitable: ❌ FilesystemTrigger: ❌ NetworkTrigger: ❌ PeripheralTrigger: ❌ RemoteTrigger: ❌ Unprivileged: ✅ UserNamespace: ❌ VMGuestTrigger: ❌ VMHostTrigger: ❌ ❓ KCSAN: data-race in __set_task_comm / strlen (2) 2026/08/09 11:33 2026/08/09 11:33 2026/08/09 12:12 5d63f80b
9011fcab assessment-kcsan Benign: ✅ ❓ KCSAN: data-race in __set_task_comm / strlen (2) 2026/08/04 08:45 2026/08/04 08:45 2026/08/04 09:18 9451e17e
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Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
upstream KCSAN: data-race in __set_task_comm / strlen fs mm 6 9 212d 381d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2026/04/23 17:03

Sample crash report:
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BUG: KCSAN: data-race in __set_task_comm / strlen

write to 0xffff888103d25e1b of 13 bytes by task 30630 on cpu 0:
 __set_task_comm+0x92/0x180 fs/exec.c:1103
 begin_new_exec+0xee8/0x12b0 fs/exec.c:1296
 load_elf_binary+0x5e2/0x18f0 fs/binfmt_elf.c:1010
 search_binary_handler fs/exec.c:1778 [inline]
 exec_binprm fs/exec.c:1810 [inline]
 bprm_execve+0x46b/0xa50 fs/exec.c:1866
 do_execveat_common+0x7a4/0x8a0 fs/exec.c:1964
 __do_sys_execve fs/exec.c:2037 [inline]
 __se_sys_execve fs/exec.c:2031 [inline]
 __x64_sys_execve+0x5f/0x80 fs/exec.c:2031
 x64_sys_call+0x1cd2/0x2550 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:60
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:61 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x112/0x360 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:84
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

read to 0xffff888103d25e21 of 1 bytes by task 30623 on cpu 1:
 strlen+0x19/0x40 lib/string.c:402
 __fortify_strlen include/linux/fortify-string.h:218 [inline]
 trace_event_get_offsets_sched_stat_runtime include/trace/events/sched.h:560 [inline]
 do_trace_event_raw_event_sched_stat_runtime include/trace/events/sched.h:553 [inline]
 trace_event_raw_event_sched_stat_runtime+0x5a/0x150 include/trace/events/sched.h:553
 __do_trace_sched_stat_runtime include/trace/events/sched.h:576 [inline]
 trace_sched_stat_runtime include/trace/events/sched.h:576 [inline]
 update_se+0x14f/0x450 kernel/sched/fair.c:1425
 update_curr+0x1e/0x210 kernel/sched/fair.c:2048
 update_curr_eevdf kernel/sched/fair.c:7980 [inline]
 enqueue_task_fair+0x77/0x850 kernel/sched/fair.c:8010
 enqueue_task kernel/sched/core.c:2194 [inline]
 activate_task kernel/sched/core.c:2234 [inline]
 ttwu_do_activate+0xa7/0x230 kernel/sched/core.c:3847
 ttwu_queue kernel/sched/core.c:4100 [inline]
 try_to_wake_up+0x44f/0x6d0 kernel/sched/core.c:4438
 __mutex_unlock_slowpath+0x217/0x370 kernel/locking/mutex.c:1077
 mutex_unlock+0x81/0x90 kernel/locking/mutex.c:582
 synchronize_rcu_expedited+0x6ba/0x770 kernel/rcu/tree_exp.h:-1
 synchronize_rcu+0x35/0x2e0 kernel/rcu/tree.c:3411
 tcx_entry_sync include/net/tcx.h:53 [inline]
 tcx_link_release+0x20f/0x3b0 kernel/bpf/tcx.c:191
 tcx_link_detach+0x15/0x20 kernel/bpf/tcx.c:285
 link_detach+0x123/0x170 kernel/bpf/syscall.c:6001
 __sys_bpf+0x96c/0xc30 kernel/bpf/syscall.c:6464
 __do_sys_bpf kernel/bpf/syscall.c:6489 [inline]
 __se_sys_bpf kernel/bpf/syscall.c:6486 [inline]
 __x64_sys_bpf+0x69/0x80 kernel/bpf/syscall.c:6486
 x64_sys_call+0xf26/0x2550 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:322
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:61 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x112/0x360 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:84
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

value changed: 0x6e -> 0x00

Reported by Kernel Concurrency Sanitizer on:
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 30623 Comm: syz.0.7073 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(lazy) 
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/24/2026
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Crashes (82):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/09/26 05:33 upstream 6812ce4e4379 a3c7249d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __set_task_comm / strlen
2026/09/25 05:47 upstream f49a343b305c f281d9d2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __set_task_comm / strlen
2026/09/24 21:59 upstream f49a343b305c 3c3cdf19 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __set_task_comm / strlen
2026/09/24 05:04 upstream 62f4c998b297 0281b448 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __set_task_comm / strlen
2026/09/23 12:18 upstream fe2ec83746e5 abce1216 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __set_task_comm / strlen
2026/09/23 01:19 upstream c4e9f74da438 5207b90e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __set_task_comm / strlen
2026/09/22 14:35 upstream f0100363d8c3 e12281bd .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __set_task_comm / strlen
2026/09/21 19:41 upstream f0100363d8c3 853b104b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __set_task_comm / strlen
2026/09/21 10:30 upstream 93f51579e7df 853b104b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __set_task_comm / strlen
2026/09/19 12:41 upstream 40288c9206c1 853b104b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __set_task_comm / strlen
2026/09/19 01:45 upstream 17e7b8eacf4c 853b104b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __set_task_comm / strlen
2026/09/18 14:12 upstream 5dd1818b15d9 853b104b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __set_task_comm / strlen
2026/09/17 21:58 upstream 4982d3552a3b 8d7d05f1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __set_task_comm / strlen
2026/09/17 07:50 upstream 238650ef6c7c 95928915 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __set_task_comm / strlen
2026/09/16 22:06 upstream 238650ef6c7c 12a0a44a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __set_task_comm / strlen
2026/09/16 07:20 upstream 9b87fdc9af2f 12a0a44a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __set_task_comm / strlen
2026/09/15 18:36 upstream f6e7b42bf05b 2daa4bb5 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __set_task_comm / strlen
2026/09/15 12:34 upstream 587858367581 81a27d1a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __set_task_comm / strlen
2026/09/14 17:21 upstream 704340f1cd0d 81a27d1a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __set_task_comm / strlen
2026/09/13 19:27 upstream d681d7ef617e 70a60e12 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __set_task_comm / strlen
2026/09/13 13:08 upstream 2f0c1cf72f46 70a60e12 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __set_task_comm / strlen
2026/09/12 16:56 upstream 5225b8eec4c9 70a60e12 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __set_task_comm / strlen
2026/09/12 05:58 upstream 3026c6e4f223 70a60e12 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __set_task_comm / strlen
2026/09/11 16:59 upstream 08df884136f1 b6a5eeb7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __set_task_comm / strlen
2026/09/11 00:23 upstream 08df884136f1 1fe56c0a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __set_task_comm / strlen
2026/09/10 13:09 upstream 50d05c7c76c9 1fe56c0a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __set_task_comm / strlen
2026/09/09 20:10 upstream 50d05c7c76c9 4e8b1cc6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __set_task_comm / strlen
2026/09/08 01:41 upstream 28924df2a08f 680aa3e1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __set_task_comm / strlen
2026/09/07 14:48 upstream df2908090cda 680aa3e1 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __set_task_comm / strlen
2026/09/06 23:19 upstream 88405f0ad1d5 4f7b22a0 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __set_task_comm / strlen
2026/09/06 08:38 upstream 1fc5a74b108f 4f7b22a0 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __set_task_comm / strlen
2026/09/04 02:19 upstream 8ab1afb2eb24 801f0966 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __set_task_comm / strlen
2026/09/03 14:27 upstream 940de590b839 6a988719 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __set_task_comm / strlen
2026/09/03 02:20 upstream 940de590b839 85995287 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __set_task_comm / strlen
2026/09/02 20:41 upstream 89a312991dc6 85995287 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __set_task_comm / strlen
2026/09/02 07:58 upstream 89a312991dc6 587f6b29 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __set_task_comm / strlen
2026/09/01 20:21 upstream 786262be6048 587f6b29 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __set_task_comm / strlen
2026/08/31 23:15 upstream bf1079577a11 316d9396 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __set_task_comm / strlen
2026/08/31 16:38 upstream cee9395acd80 316d9396 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __set_task_comm / strlen
2026/08/31 10:11 upstream cee9395acd80 2f52988a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __set_task_comm / strlen
2026/08/29 23:47 upstream 08dbfad3f504 2f52988a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __set_task_comm / strlen
2026/08/29 00:38 upstream c20313e98b04 2f52988a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __set_task_comm / strlen
2026/08/28 02:06 upstream 1b78070aaef6 69a01293 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __set_task_comm / strlen
2026/08/15 02:20 upstream dac3e89a2c90 746171ee .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __set_task_comm / strlen
2026/08/14 22:27 upstream ad8d485e6658 6f9b3e89 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __set_task_comm / strlen
2026/08/14 22:10 upstream ad8d485e6658 6f9b3e89 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __set_task_comm / strlen
2026/08/14 00:54 upstream 3aa1dcaa4f6f b13552fe .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __set_task_comm / strlen
2026/08/12 21:46 upstream 3d6d817622b0 359b2492 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __set_task_comm / strlen
2026/08/11 12:13 upstream d58772d8520c 508909ea .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __set_task_comm / strlen
2026/08/09 08:58 upstream 06cf61899d64 5d63f80b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __set_task_comm / strlen
2026/08/08 20:32 upstream a7c7074b58d2 5d63f80b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __set_task_comm / strlen
2026/08/08 10:15 upstream bcc44b6785f2 5d63f80b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __set_task_comm / strlen
2026/08/08 03:09 upstream bcc44b6785f2 e4ef95d6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __set_task_comm / strlen
2026/08/08 03:06 upstream bcc44b6785f2 e4ef95d6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __set_task_comm / strlen
2026/08/06 23:46 upstream fcaeecb8b0cd c38879ea .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __set_task_comm / strlen
2026/08/06 06:17 upstream 0d8395707651 cd5b1963 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __set_task_comm / strlen
2026/08/05 10:07 upstream c21bb4193868 52aa2820 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __set_task_comm / strlen
2026/08/04 08:45 upstream 848acc8ffe1b 9451e17e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce KCSAN: data-race in __set_task_comm / strlen
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.