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To: gregkh@linuxfoundation.org, jirislaby@kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-serial@vger.kernel.org,
syzkaller-bugs@googlegroups.com
Subject: [syzbot] [serial?] KMSAN: uninit-value in gsmld_receive_buf (2)
Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2026 21:31:34 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <6976fc36.a00a0220.33ccc7.0031.GAE@google.com> (raw)
Hello,
syzbot found the following issue on:
HEAD commit: cf38b2340c0e Merge tag 'soc-fixes-6.19-2' of git://git.ker..
git tree: upstream
console output: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/log.txt?x=15e05d22580000
kernel config: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/.config?x=8bf02b9e495b9fcd
dashboard link: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=60e074cc0d3b54a82cf1
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.
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kernel image: https://storage.googleapis.com/syzbot-assets/d9e3619531e9/bzImage-cf38b234.xz
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Reported-by: syzbot+60e074cc0d3b54a82cf1@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
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BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in gsmld_receive_buf+0x558/0x5d0 drivers/tty/n_gsm.c:3617
gsmld_receive_buf+0x558/0x5d0 drivers/tty/n_gsm.c:3617
tty_ldisc_receive_buf+0x1f7/0x2c0 drivers/tty/tty_buffer.c:391
tty_port_default_receive_buf+0xd7/0x1a0 drivers/tty/tty_port.c:37
receive_buf drivers/tty/tty_buffer.c:445 [inline]
flush_to_ldisc+0x43e/0xe40 drivers/tty/tty_buffer.c:495
process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3257 [inline]
process_scheduled_works+0xb03/0x1da0 kernel/workqueue.c:3340
worker_thread+0xede/0x1590 kernel/workqueue.c:3421
kthread+0xd5a/0xf00 kernel/kthread.c:463
ret_from_fork+0x207/0x6f0 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158
ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:246
Uninit was created at:
slab_post_alloc_hook mm/slub.c:4960 [inline]
slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:5263 [inline]
__do_kmalloc_node mm/slub.c:5656 [inline]
__kmalloc_noprof+0xae9/0x1c00 mm/slub.c:5669
kmalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:961 [inline]
tty_buffer_alloc drivers/tty/tty_buffer.c:180 [inline]
__tty_buffer_request_room+0x3d4/0x7a0 drivers/tty/tty_buffer.c:273
__tty_insert_flip_string_flags+0x157/0x6f0 drivers/tty/tty_buffer.c:309
tty_insert_flip_char include/linux/tty_flip.h:77 [inline]
uart_insert_char+0x368/0x930 drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c:3423
serial8250_read_char+0x1ba/0x670 drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c:1641
serial8250_rx_chars drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c:1658 [inline]
serial8250_handle_irq+0x930/0x1110 drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c:1822
serial8250_default_handle_irq+0x116/0x370 drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c:1846
serial8250_interrupt+0xcb/0x420 drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_core.c:86
__handle_irq_event_percpu+0x118/0xec0 kernel/irq/handle.c:211
handle_irq_event_percpu kernel/irq/handle.c:248 [inline]
handle_irq_event+0xe0/0x2a0 kernel/irq/handle.c:265
handle_edge_irq+0x2a9/0xb50 kernel/irq/chip.c:855
generic_handle_irq_desc include/linux/irqdesc.h:172 [inline]
handle_irq arch/x86/kernel/irq.c:255 [inline]
call_irq_handler arch/x86/kernel/irq.c:-1 [inline]
__common_interrupt+0x9d/0x180 arch/x86/kernel/irq.c:326
common_interrupt+0x94/0xb0 arch/x86/kernel/irq.c:319
asm_common_interrupt+0x2b/0x40 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:688
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 6065 Comm: kworker/u8:16 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(voluntary)
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 10/25/2025
Workqueue: events_unbound flush_to_ldisc
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