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, 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] rds: tcp: fix uninit-value in __inet_bind
Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2026 12:39:50 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260215070951.213341-1-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.
The structure is not zero-initialized, leaving random data in its fields.
When the networking stack later tries to bind the socket using these dirty values, KMSAN flags the uninitialized access.
Fix this by using kmem_cache_zalloc() instead of kmem_cache_alloc() to ensure the structure is zeroed out 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: 70041088e3b9 ("RDS: Add TCP transport to RDS")
Signed-off-by: Tabrez Ahmed <tabreztalks@gmail.com>
---
This is my first patch. Any feedback is appreciated!
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:[~2026-02-15 7:10 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-02-15 7:09 Tabrez Ahmed [this message]
2026-02-15 17:41 ` [PATCH net] rds: tcp: fix uninit-value in __inet_bind Charalampos Mitrodimas
2026-02-16 20:49 ` Allison Henderson
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