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From: Qing Wang <wangqing7171@gmail.com>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	Uladzislau Rezki <urezki@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Qing Wang <wangqing7171@gmail.com>,
	syzbot+37b7f6cd519f7fb8d32a@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Subject: [PATCH] mm/vmalloc: fix KMSAN uninit-value warning in decay_va_pool_node()
Date: Thu,  2 Apr 2026 16:14:13 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260402081413.1896640-1-wangqing7171@gmail.com> (raw)

KMSAN reported an uninit-value warning when accessing vmap_area->list
in decay_va_pool_node():

  BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in __list_del_entry_valid include/linux/list.h:-1 [inline]
  BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in __list_del_entry include/linux/list.h:223 [inline]
  BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in list_del_init include/linux/list.h:295 [inline]
  BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in decay_va_pool_node+0xf78/0x1dd0 mm/vmalloc.c:2255

  Uninit was created at:
   kmem_cache_alloc_node_noprof+0x3cd/0x12d0 mm/slub.c:4918
   alloc_vmap_area+0x327/0x2e30 mm/vmalloc.c:2065

The root cause is that if node_alloc() fail and the va is allocated via
kmem_cache_alloc_node() by alloc_vmap_area(), va->list will be uninitialized.

Fix this by explicitly initializing va->list after allocation.

Reported-by: syzbot+37b7f6cd519f7fb8d32a@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=37b7f6cd519f7fb8d32a
Signed-off-by: Qing Wang <wangqing7171@gmail.com>
---
 mm/vmalloc.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/mm/vmalloc.c b/mm/vmalloc.c
index 61caa55a4402..8aebbb51e178 100644
--- a/mm/vmalloc.c
+++ b/mm/vmalloc.c
@@ -2071,6 +2071,7 @@ static struct vmap_area *alloc_vmap_area(unsigned long size,
 		 * to avoid false negatives.
 		 */
 		kmemleak_scan_area(&va->rb_node, SIZE_MAX, gfp_mask);
+		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&va->list);
 	}
 
 retry:
-- 
2.34.1



             reply	other threads:[~2026-04-02  8:14 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-04-02  8:14 Qing Wang [this message]
2026-04-02 10:31 ` [PATCH] mm/vmalloc: fix KMSAN uninit-value warning in decay_va_pool_node() Uladzislau Rezki
2026-04-02 15:45 ` Uladzislau Rezki
2026-04-03  2:56   ` Qing Wang
2026-04-03  3:30     ` Morduan Zang
2026-04-03  3:50       ` Qing Wang
2026-04-03  3:14   ` Qing Wang
2026-04-03  7:52 ` [PATCH] mm/vmalloc: fix KMSAN uninit in decay_va_pool_node list handling chenyichong
2026-04-03 10:55   ` Uladzislau Rezki
2026-04-03 17:22     ` Uladzislau Rezki

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