WARNING in kcov_remote_start (6)

Status: upstream: reported on 2024/11/04 21:25
Subsystems: kernel
Labels: prio:low
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Reported-by: syzbot+3f51ad7ac3ae57a6fdcc@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Fix commit: kcov: fix data corruption and race conditions on PREEMPT_RT by moving saved remote state to task_struct
Patched on: [ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce], missing on: [ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto ci-qemu-native-arm64-kvm ci-qemu-upstream ci-qemu-upstream-386 ci-qemu2-arm32 ci-qemu2-arm64 ci-qemu2-arm64-compat ci-qemu2-arm64-mte ci-qemu2-riscv64 ci-snapshot-upstream-root ci-upstream-bpf-kasan-gce ci-upstream-bpf-next-kasan-gce ci-upstream-gce-arm64 ci-upstream-gce-leak ci-upstream-kasan-badwrites-root ci-upstream-kasan-gce ci-upstream-kasan-gce-386 ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-386-root ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-root ci-upstream-net-kasan-gce ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce ci2-upstream-fs ci2-upstream-kcsan-gce ci2-upstream-usb]
First crash: 633d, last: 46m
✨ AI Jobs (1)
ID Workflow Result Correct Bug Created Started Finished Revision Error
7c1201c5 assessment-security DenialOfService: ❌ Exploitable: ❌ FilesystemTrigger: ❌ NetworkTrigger: ❌ PeripheralTrigger: ❌ RemoteTrigger: ❌ Unprivileged: ❌ UserNamespace: ❌ VMGuestTrigger: ❌ VMHostTrigger: ❌ WARNING in kcov_remote_start (6) 2026/05/24 13:26 2026/05/24 13:26 2026/05/24 14:13 c69befb3

			
		
Discussions (14)
Title Replies (including bot) Last reply
[PATCH v6] kcov: fix data corruption and race conditions on PREEMPT_RT by moving saved remote state to task_struct 5 (5) 2026/07/16 09:12
Re: [PATCH v5] kcov: fix data corruption and race conditions on PREEMPT_RT by moving saved remote state to task_struct 2 (2) 2026/07/10 10:43
Re: Policy regarding linux-next only changes 2 (2) 2026/07/02 14:11
[PATCH] kcov: fix potential kcov_mode corruption under CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT 5 (5) 2026/05/21 08:38
[syzbot] [wireless?] WARNING in kcov_remote_start (6) 0 (2) 2026/05/07 11:10
[PATCH (draft)] kcov: fix potential kcov_mode corruption under CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT 2 (2) 2026/05/04 15:39
[syzbot] Monthly wireless report (May 2026) 0 (1) 2026/05/02 12:32
[syzbot] Monthly wireless report (Apr 2026) 0 (1) 2026/04/01 07:42
[syzbot] Monthly wireless report (Mar 2026) 0 (1) 2026/03/01 06:22
[syzbot] Monthly wireless report (Jan 2026) 0 (1) 2026/01/28 22:39
[syzbot] Monthly usb report (Dec 2025) 0 (1) 2025/12/29 08:12
[syzbot] Monthly wireless report (Dec 2025) 0 (1) 2025/12/29 08:12
[syzbot] Monthly wireless report (Nov 2025) 0 (1) 2025/11/27 07:44
[syzbot] Monthly wireless report (Oct 2025) 0 (1) 2025/10/27 08:42
Similar bugs (10)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
linux-5.15 WARNING in kcov_remote_start (2) -1 1 151d 151d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2026/06/06 04:25
linux-5.15 WARNING in kcov_remote_start -1 4 563d 663d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/04/19 19:40
linux-5.15 WARNING in kcov_remote_start (3) -1 1 16d 16d 0/3 upstream: reported on 2026/07/10 20:40
linux-6.6 WARNING in kcov_remote_start -1 1 66d 66d 0/2 upstream: reported on 2026/05/22 01:58
upstream WARNING in kcov_remote_start (4) usb -1 107983 747d 778d 26/29 fixed on 2024/07/10 08:24
upstream WARNING in kcov_remote_start (2) usb -1 C 1153 2518d 2518d 0/29 closed as invalid on 2019/09/04 14:27
upstream WARNING in kcov_remote_start (5) wireless -1 4243 643d 743d 28/29 fixed on 2024/10/22 14:56
upstream WARNING in kcov_remote_start (3) usb -1 265513 782d 851d 25/29 fixed on 2024/06/05 13:52
upstream WARNING in kcov_remote_start usb -1 C 655 2519d 2519d 0/29 closed as invalid on 2019/09/03 16:37
linux-6.1 WARNING in kcov_remote_start -1 13 37d 394d 0/3 upstream: reported on 2025/06/28 15:34

Sample crash report:
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in_task() && kcov_mode_enabled(mode)
WARNING: kernel/kcov.c:894 at kcov_remote_start+0x5bb/0x6f0 kernel/kcov.c:894, CPU#1: kworker/u8:2/42
Modules linked in:
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 42 Comm: kworker/u8:2 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT_{RT,(full)} 
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/16/2026
Workqueue: events_unbound cfg80211_wiphy_work
RIP: 0010:kcov_remote_start+0x5bb/0x6f0 kernel/kcov.c:894
Code: 03 00 00 00 5b 41 5c 41 5d 41 5e 41 5f 5d e9 cc 2c fd 02 90 0f 0b 90 eb d1 90 0f 0b 90 0f b7 83 c0 04 00 00 e9 b7 fa ff ff 90 <0f> 0b 90 eb 04 90 0f 0b 90 e8 d7 f6 7d 09 89 c0 48 c7 c7 c0 82 9e
RSP: 0018:ffffc90000b379f8 EFLAGS: 00010202
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff88801fa93e00 RCX: 0000000080000001
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffffff8bca7760 RDI: ffffffff8bca7720
RBP: ffff88802f2c9780 R08: ffffffff8b4609a0 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: ffffffff8e1c3000 R12: dffffc0000000000
R13: ffff88803bb75ef8 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: ffff888063261180
FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff888125d41000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007f574ecc3fa8 CR3: 000000005fc94000 CR4: 00000000003526f0
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 kcov_remote_start_common include/linux/kcov.h:48 [inline]
 ieee80211_iface_work+0x20c/0x1010 net/mac80211/iface.c:1818
 cfg80211_wiphy_work+0x29e/0x420 net/wireless/core.c:538
 process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3322 [inline]
 process_scheduled_works+0xa8e/0x14e0 kernel/workqueue.c:3405
 worker_thread+0xa47/0xfb0 kernel/workqueue.c:3486
 kthread+0x388/0x470 kernel/kthread.c:436
 ret_from_fork+0x514/0xb70 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158
 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245
 </TASK>

Crashes (40314):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/07/27 16:06 upstream f5098b6bae76 4cb2b096 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root WARNING in kcov_remote_start
2026/07/27 15:00 upstream f5098b6bae76 4cb2b096 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root WARNING in kcov_remote_start
2026/07/27 13:59 upstream f5098b6bae76 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root WARNING in kcov_remote_start
2026/07/27 12:01 upstream f5098b6bae76 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root WARNING in kcov_remote_start
2026/07/27 11:23 upstream f5098b6bae76 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root WARNING in kcov_remote_start
2026/07/27 09:59 upstream 4235cb24ec1e 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root WARNING in kcov_remote_start
2026/07/27 08:52 upstream 4235cb24ec1e 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root WARNING in kcov_remote_start
2026/07/27 07:48 upstream 4235cb24ec1e 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root WARNING in kcov_remote_start
2026/07/27 06:26 upstream 4235cb24ec1e 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root WARNING in kcov_remote_start
2026/07/27 06:20 upstream 4235cb24ec1e 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root WARNING in kcov_remote_start
2026/07/27 04:40 upstream 4235cb24ec1e 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root WARNING in kcov_remote_start
2026/07/27 03:39 upstream 4235cb24ec1e 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root WARNING in kcov_remote_start
2026/07/27 02:33 upstream 4235cb24ec1e 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root WARNING in kcov_remote_start
2026/07/27 02:16 upstream 4235cb24ec1e 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root WARNING in kcov_remote_start
2026/07/27 00:16 upstream 4235cb24ec1e 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root WARNING in kcov_remote_start
2026/07/26 22:32 upstream 4235cb24ec1e 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root WARNING in kcov_remote_start
2026/07/26 21:52 upstream 4235cb24ec1e 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root WARNING in kcov_remote_start
2026/07/26 20:49 upstream 3dab139d4795 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root WARNING in kcov_remote_start
2026/07/26 19:47 upstream 3dab139d4795 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root WARNING in kcov_remote_start
2026/07/26 19:15 upstream 3dab139d4795 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root WARNING in kcov_remote_start
2026/07/26 18:14 upstream 3dab139d4795 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root WARNING in kcov_remote_start
2026/07/26 16:56 upstream 3dab139d4795 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root WARNING in kcov_remote_start
2026/07/26 16:15 upstream 3dab139d4795 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root WARNING in kcov_remote_start
2026/07/26 15:15 upstream 3dab139d4795 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root WARNING in kcov_remote_start
2026/07/26 14:13 upstream 3dab139d4795 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root WARNING in kcov_remote_start
2026/07/26 12:12 upstream 3dab139d4795 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root WARNING in kcov_remote_start
2026/07/26 10:49 upstream 3dab139d4795 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root WARNING in kcov_remote_start
2026/07/26 09:24 upstream 3dab139d4795 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root WARNING in kcov_remote_start
2026/07/26 08:11 upstream 3dab139d4795 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root WARNING in kcov_remote_start
2026/07/26 07:07 upstream 3dab139d4795 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root WARNING in kcov_remote_start
2026/07/26 06:12 upstream 3dab139d4795 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root WARNING in kcov_remote_start
2026/07/26 05:01 upstream 3dab139d4795 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root WARNING in kcov_remote_start
2026/07/26 03:54 upstream 3dab139d4795 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root WARNING in kcov_remote_start
2026/07/26 03:49 upstream 3dab139d4795 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root WARNING in kcov_remote_start
2026/07/26 02:49 upstream 3dab139d4795 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root WARNING in kcov_remote_start
2026/07/26 01:26 upstream 3dab139d4795 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root WARNING in kcov_remote_start
2026/07/25 23:22 upstream 0ce37745d4bf 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root WARNING in kcov_remote_start
2026/07/25 22:33 upstream 0ce37745d4bf 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root WARNING in kcov_remote_start
2026/07/25 21:27 upstream 0ce37745d4bf 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root WARNING in kcov_remote_start
2026/07/25 20:21 upstream 0ce37745d4bf 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root WARNING in kcov_remote_start
2026/07/25 19:00 upstream 0ce37745d4bf 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root WARNING in kcov_remote_start
2026/07/25 18:47 upstream 0ce37745d4bf 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root WARNING in kcov_remote_start
2026/07/25 17:41 upstream 0ce37745d4bf 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root WARNING in kcov_remote_start
2026/07/25 16:27 upstream 0ce37745d4bf 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root WARNING in kcov_remote_start
2026/07/25 15:24 upstream 0ce37745d4bf 492bab15 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root WARNING in kcov_remote_start
2026/05/24 12:17 upstream 4cbfe4502e3d c69befb3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root WARNING in kcov_remote_start
2026/04/03 00:19 upstream 5619b098e2fb 8b15d4ae .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-root WARNING in kcov_remote_start
2026/03/10 13:57 upstream 1f318b96cc84 4683d576 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root WARNING in kcov_remote_start
2026/03/06 16:42 upstream 5ee8dbf54602 41d8037d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce WARNING in kcov_remote_start
2026/03/01 08:48 upstream 42eb01783091 43249bac .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-selinux-root WARNING in kcov_remote_start
2026/01/29 08:52 upstream 8dfce8991b95 b78a7341 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-badwrites-root WARNING in kcov_remote_start
2025/08/30 22:55 upstream 11e7861d680c 807a3b61 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-gce-upstream-auto WARNING in kcov_remote_start
2024/11/03 07:56 upstream 3e5e6c9900c3 f00eed24 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-smack-root WARNING in kcov_remote_start
2026/02/24 08:18 upstream 7dff99b35460 41d2fa6a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kasan-gce-386 WARNING in kcov_remote_start
2026/01/18 12:58 upstream d12453c7e281 d1b870e1 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream WARNING in kcov_remote_start
2025/09/02 13:14 upstream b320789d6883 96a211bc .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root WARNING in kcov_remote_start
2025/12/28 12:00 upstream d26143bb38e2 d1b870e1 .config console log report info [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-qemu-upstream-386 WARNING in kcov_remote_start
2026/07/20 12:14 bpf 94515f3a7d42 de6a700d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-bpf-kasan-gce WARNING in kcov_remote_start
2025/10/12 09:27 net f3426ac54c42 ff1712fe .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce WARNING in kcov_remote_start
2026/05/07 17:37 bpf-next 2ca6723a5f7b e358bca5 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-bpf-next-kasan-gce WARNING in kcov_remote_start
2025/08/18 08:17 net-next bab3ce404553 1804e95e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-kasan-gce WARNING in kcov_remote_start
2026/07/08 14:17 linux-next 5c73cd9f0819 ab40da58 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-rust-kasan-gce WARNING in kcov_remote_start
2026/07/08 11:07 linux-next 5c73cd9f0819 ab40da58 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root WARNING in kcov_remote_start
2024/10/31 21:14 linux-next f9f24ca362a4 96eb609f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-linux-next-kasan-gce-root WARNING in kcov_remote_start
2025/04/28 17:47 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux.git for-kernelci c72692105976 c6b4fb39 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-gce-arm64 WARNING in kcov_remote_start
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.