From: Tabrez Ahmed <tabreztalks@gmail.com>
To: allison.henderson@oracle.com
Cc: davem@davemloft.net, edumazet@google.com, kuba@kernel.org,
pabeni@redhat.com, horms@kernel.org, gerd.rausch@oracle.com,
charmitro@posteo.net, linux-rdma@vger.kernel.org,
netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Tabrez Ahmed <tabreztalks@gmail.com>,
syzbot+aae646f09192f72a68dc@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Subject: [PATCH net v2] rds: tcp: fix uninit-value in __inet_bind
Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2026 19:23:49 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260217135350.33641-1-tabreztalks@gmail.com> (raw)
KMSAN reported an uninit-value access in __inet_bind() when binding
an RDS TCP socket.
The uninitialized memory originates from rds_tcp_conn_alloc(),
which uses kmem_cache_alloc() to allocate the rds_tcp_connection structure.
Specifically, the field 't_client_port_group' is incremented in
rds_tcp_conn_path_connect() without being initialized first:
if (++tc->t_client_port_group >= port_groups)
Since kmem_cache_alloc() does not zero the memory, this field contains
garbage, leading to the KMSAN report.
Fix this by using kmem_cache_zalloc() to ensure the structure is
zero-initialized upon allocation.
Reported-by: syzbot+aae646f09192f72a68dc@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=aae646f09192f72a68dc
Tested-by: syzbot+aae646f09192f72a68dc@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Fixes: a20a6992558f ("net/rds: Encode cp_index in TCP source port")
Signed-off-by: Tabrez Ahmed <tabreztalks@gmail.com>
---
v2:
- Updated Fixes tag to point to commit a20a6992558f as requested by
Charalampos Mitrodimas and Allison Henderson.
- Explicitly mentioned 't_client_port_group' in the commit message.
- Fixed line wrapping to be under 75 characters.
net/rds/tcp.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/net/rds/tcp.c b/net/rds/tcp.c
index 45484a93d75f..04f310255692 100644
--- a/net/rds/tcp.c
+++ b/net/rds/tcp.c
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ static int rds_tcp_conn_alloc(struct rds_connection *conn, gfp_t gfp)
int ret = 0;
for (i = 0; i < RDS_MPATH_WORKERS; i++) {
- tc = kmem_cache_alloc(rds_tcp_conn_slab, gfp);
+ tc = kmem_cache_zalloc(rds_tcp_conn_slab, gfp);
if (!tc) {
ret = -ENOMEM;
goto fail;
--
2.43.0
next reply other threads:[~2026-02-17 13:54 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-02-17 13:53 Tabrez Ahmed [this message]
2026-02-17 14:07 ` [PATCH net v2] rds: tcp: fix uninit-value in __inet_bind Charalampos Mitrodimas
2026-02-18 4:19 ` Allison Henderson
2026-02-19 15:05 ` Paolo Abeni
2026-02-19 15:10 ` patchwork-bot+netdevbpf
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