linux-kernel - [syzbot] [exfat?] KCSAN: data-race in fat12_ent_put / fat_mirror

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Message-ID: <69858d8b.050a0220.3b3015.0031.GAE@google.com>
Date: Thu, 05 Feb 2026 22:43:23 -0800
From: syzbot <syzbot+51b4c65bb770155d058f@...kaller.appspotmail.com>
To: hirofumi@...l.parknet.co.jp, linkinjeon@...nel.org, 
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 
	sj1557.seo@...sung.com, syzkaller-bugs@...glegroups.com
Subject: [syzbot] [exfat?] KCSAN: data-race in fat12_ent_put / fat_mirror_bhs

Hello,

syzbot found the following issue on:

HEAD commit:    de0674d9bc69 Merge tag 'for-6.19-rc8-tag' of git://git.ker..
git tree:       upstream
console output: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/log.txt?x=15f240aa580000
kernel config:  https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/.config?x=8e27f4588a0f2183
dashboard link: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=51b4c65bb770155d058f
compiler:       Debian clang version 21.1.8 (++20251221033036+2078da43e25a-1~exp1~20251221153213.50), Debian LLD 21.1.8

Unfortunately, I don't have any reproducer for this issue yet.

Downloadable assets:
disk image: https://storage.googleapis.com/syzbot-assets/bfedab2f6279/disk-de0674d9.raw.xz
vmlinux: https://storage.googleapis.com/syzbot-assets/f012a4cb8d82/vmlinux-de0674d9.xz
kernel image: https://storage.googleapis.com/syzbot-assets/acb727c49110/bzImage-de0674d9.xz

IMPORTANT: if you fix the issue, please add the following tag to the commit:
Reported-by: syzbot+51b4c65bb770155d058f@...kaller.appspotmail.com

==================================================================
BUG: KCSAN: data-race in fat12_ent_put / fat_mirror_bhs

read-write to 0xffff888129151032 of 1 bytes by task 4937 on cpu 1:
 fat12_ent_put+0xc4/0x170 fs/fat/fatent.c:165
 fat_ent_write+0x6c/0xe0 fs/fat/fatent.c:417
 fat_chain_add+0x16c/0x490 fs/fat/misc.c:136
 fat_add_cluster fs/fat/inode.c:113 [inline]
 __fat_get_block fs/fat/inode.c:155 [inline]
 fat_get_block+0x46c/0x5e0 fs/fat/inode.c:190
 __block_write_begin_int+0x400/0xf90 fs/buffer.c:2145
 block_write_begin fs/buffer.c:2256 [inline]
 cont_write_begin+0x5fe/0x970 fs/buffer.c:2594
 fat_write_begin+0x4f/0xe0 fs/fat/inode.c:230
 generic_perform_write+0x183/0x490 mm/filemap.c:4314
 __generic_file_write_iter+0x9e/0x120 mm/filemap.c:4431
 generic_file_write_iter+0x8d/0x310 mm/filemap.c:4457
 new_sync_write fs/read_write.c:593 [inline]
 vfs_write+0x5a6/0x9f0 fs/read_write.c:686
 ksys_write+0xdc/0x1a0 fs/read_write.c:738
 __do_sys_write fs/read_write.c:749 [inline]
 __se_sys_write fs/read_write.c:746 [inline]
 __x64_sys_write+0x40/0x50 fs/read_write.c:746
 x64_sys_call+0x2847/0x3000 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:2
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0xc0/0x2a0 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

read to 0xffff888129151000 of 512 bytes by task 4940 on cpu 0:
 fat_mirror_bhs+0x1df/0x320 fs/fat/fatent.c:395
 fat_alloc_clusters+0xb48/0xc50 fs/fat/fatent.c:543
 fat_add_cluster fs/fat/inode.c:108 [inline]
 __fat_get_block fs/fat/inode.c:155 [inline]
 fat_get_block+0x258/0x5e0 fs/fat/inode.c:190
 __block_write_begin_int+0x400/0xf90 fs/buffer.c:2145
 block_write_begin fs/buffer.c:2256 [inline]
 cont_write_begin+0x5fe/0x970 fs/buffer.c:2594
 fat_write_begin+0x4f/0xe0 fs/fat/inode.c:230
 generic_perform_write+0x183/0x490 mm/filemap.c:4314
 __generic_file_write_iter+0x9e/0x120 mm/filemap.c:4431
 generic_file_write_iter+0x8d/0x310 mm/filemap.c:4457
 __kernel_write_iter+0x319/0x590 fs/read_write.c:619
 dump_emit_page fs/coredump.c:1298 [inline]
 dump_user_range+0xa7d/0xdb0 fs/coredump.c:1372
 elf_core_dump+0x21a2/0x2330 fs/binfmt_elf.c:2111
 coredump_write+0xacf/0xdf0 fs/coredump.c:1049
 do_coredump fs/coredump.c:1126 [inline]
 vfs_coredump+0x26bc/0x3120 fs/coredump.c:1200
 get_signal+0xd7b/0xf60 kernel/signal.c:3019
 arch_do_signal_or_restart+0x96/0x450 arch/x86/kernel/signal.c:337
 __exit_to_user_mode_loop kernel/entry/common.c:41 [inline]
 exit_to_user_mode_loop kernel/entry/common.c:75 [inline]
 __exit_to_user_mode_prepare include/linux/irq-entry-common.h:226 [inline]
 irqentry_exit_to_user_mode_prepare include/linux/irq-entry-common.h:270 [inline]
 irqentry_exit_to_user_mode include/linux/irq-entry-common.h:339 [inline]
 irqentry_exit+0xf7/0x510 kernel/entry/common.c:196
 asm_exc_page_fault+0x26/0x30 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:618

Reported by Kernel Concurrency Sanitizer on:
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 4940 Comm: syz.3.398 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(voluntary) 
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 10/25/2025
==================================================================
syz.3.398 (4940) used greatest stack depth: 8696 bytes left


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