[syzbot] [kernel?] KMSAN: uninit-value in irqentry_exit_to_kernel_mode_preempt

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2026-04-19T15:01:27Z

Hello,

syzbot found the following issue on:

HEAD commit: faeab166167f Merge tag 'pinctrl-v7.1-1' of git://git.kerne..
git tree: upstream
console output: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/log.txt?x=13728836580000
kernel config: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/.config?x=916f2f67e70d1263
dashboard link: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=23d7fcd204e3837866ff
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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vmlinux: https://storage.googleapis.com/syzbot-assets/aef0d8ac5a5a/vmlinux-faeab166.xz
kernel image: https://storage.googleapis.com/syzbot-assets/35d09c9dfe78/bzImage-faeab166.xz

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Reported-by: syzbot+23d7fcd204e3837866ff@syzkaller.appspotmail.com

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BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in irqentry_exit_to_kernel_mode_preempt+0xb0/0xc0 include/linux/irq-entry-common.h:472
irqentry_exit_to_kernel_mode_preempt+0xb0/0xc0 include/linux/irq-entry-common.h:472
irqentry_exit_to_kernel_mode include/linux/irq-entry-common.h:547 [inline]
irqentry_exit+0x7b/0x760 kernel/entry/common.c:164
sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x52/0x90 arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1061
asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:697
write_comp_data kernel/kcov.c:270 [inline]
__sanitizer_cov_trace_cmp4+0x86/0x90 kernel/kcov.c:288
do_csum lib/checksum.c:68 [inline]
ip_fast_csum+0x24b/0x3f0 lib/checksum.c:99
nsim_dev_trap_skb_build drivers/net/netdevsim/dev.c:842 [inline]
nsim_dev_trap_report drivers/net/netdevsim/dev.c:876 [inline]
nsim_dev_trap_report_work+0x8c0/0x1430 drivers/net/netdevsim/dev.c:922
process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3302 [inline]
process_scheduled_works+0xb65/0x1e40 kernel/workqueue.c:3385
worker_thread+0xee4/0x1590 kernel/workqueue.c:3466
kthread+0x53f/0x600 kernel/kthread.c:436
ret_from_fork+0x20f/0x8d0 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158
ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245

Uninit was created at:
slab_post_alloc_hook mm/slub.c:4576 [inline]
slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:4898 [inline]
__do_kmalloc_node mm/slub.c:5294 [inline]
__kmalloc_node_track_caller_noprof+0x4f6/0x1750 mm/slub.c:5403
kmalloc_reserve net/core/skbuff.c:635 [inline]
__alloc_skb+0x90d/0x1190 net/core/skbuff.c:713
alloc_skb include/linux/skbuff.h:1383 [inline]
nsim_dev_trap_skb_build drivers/net/netdevsim/dev.c:819 [inline]
nsim_dev_trap_report drivers/net/netdevsim/dev.c:876 [inline]
nsim_dev_trap_report_work+0x3f2/0x1430 drivers/net/netdevsim/dev.c:922
process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3302 [inline]
process_scheduled_works+0xb65/0x1e40 kernel/workqueue.c:3385
worker_thread+0xee4/0x1590 kernel/workqueue.c:3466
kthread+0x53f/0x600 kernel/kthread.c:436
ret_from_fork+0x20f/0x8d0 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158
ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245

CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 55 Comm: kworker/u8:3 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full)
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 03/18/2026
Workqueue: events_unbound nsim_dev_trap_report_work
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