From: Dharanitharan R <dharanitharan725@gmail.com>
To: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-usb@vger.kernel.org, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org,
davem@davemloft.net, edumazet@google.com, kuba@kernel.org,
pabeni@redhat.com,
syzbot+b4d5d8faea6996fd55e3@syzkaller.appspotmail.com,
Dharanitharan R <dharanitharan725@gmail.com>,
syzbot+b4d5d8faea6996fd@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Subject: [PATCH] [PATCH] usb: rtl8150: Initialize buffers to fix KMSAN uninit-value in rtl8150_open
Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2025 16:48:37 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20251104164838.17846-1-dharanitharan725@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <202508272322.b4d5d8faea6996fd@syzkaller.appspotmail.com>
KMSAN reported an uninitialized value use in rtl8150_open().
Initialize rx_skb->data and intr_buff before submitting URBs to
ensure memory is in a defined state.
Reported-by: syzbot+b4d5d8faea6996fd@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Signed-off-by: Dharanitharan R <dharanitharan725@gmail.com>
---
drivers/net/usb/rtl8150.c | 21 ++++++++++++++-------
1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/rtl8150.c b/drivers/net/usb/rtl8150.c
index 278e6cb6f4d9..f1a868f0032e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/rtl8150.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/rtl8150.c
@@ -719,14 +719,15 @@ static netdev_tx_t rtl8150_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
static void set_carrier(struct net_device *netdev)
{
- rtl8150_t *dev = netdev_priv(netdev);
- short tmp;
+ rtl8150_t *dev = netdev_priv(netdev);
+ short tmp;
- get_registers(dev, CSCR, 2, &tmp);
- if (tmp & CSCR_LINK_STATUS)
- netif_carrier_on(netdev);
- else
- netif_carrier_off(netdev);
+ /* Only use tmp if get_registers() succeeds */
+ if (!get_registers(dev, CSCR, 2, &tmp) &&
+ (tmp & CSCR_LINK_STATUS))
+ netif_carrier_on(netdev);
+ else
+ netif_carrier_off(netdev);
}
static int rtl8150_open(struct net_device *netdev)
@@ -741,6 +742,10 @@ static int rtl8150_open(struct net_device *netdev)
set_registers(dev, IDR, 6, netdev->dev_addr);
+ /* Fix: initialize memory before using it (KMSAN uninit-value) */
+ memset(dev->rx_skb->data, 0, RTL8150_MTU);
+ memset(dev->intr_buff, 0, INTBUFSIZE);
+
usb_fill_bulk_urb(dev->rx_urb, dev->udev, usb_rcvbulkpipe(dev->udev, 1),
dev->rx_skb->data, RTL8150_MTU, read_bulk_callback, dev);
if ((res = usb_submit_urb(dev->rx_urb, GFP_KERNEL))) {
@@ -749,6 +754,7 @@ static int rtl8150_open(struct net_device *netdev)
dev_warn(&netdev->dev, "rx_urb submit failed: %d\n", res);
return res;
}
+
usb_fill_int_urb(dev->intr_urb, dev->udev, usb_rcvintpipe(dev->udev, 3),
dev->intr_buff, INTBUFSIZE, intr_callback,
dev, dev->intr_interval);
@@ -759,6 +765,7 @@ static int rtl8150_open(struct net_device *netdev)
usb_kill_urb(dev->rx_urb);
return res;
}
+
enable_net_traffic(dev);
set_carrier(netdev);
netif_start_queue(netdev);
--
2.43.0
next parent reply other threads:[~2025-11-04 16:49 UTC|newest]
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[not found] <202508272322.b4d5d8faea6996fd@syzkaller.appspotmail.com>
2025-11-04 16:48 ` Dharanitharan R [this message]
2025-11-04 22:19 ` [PATCH] [PATCH] usb: rtl8150: Initialize buffers to fix KMSAN uninit-value in rtl8150_open Greg KH
2025-11-04 16:27 Dharanitharan R
2025-11-04 16:27 ` syzbot
2025-11-04 17:52 ` Andrew Lunn
2025-11-04 17:52 ` syzbot
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