From: syzbot <syzbot@syzkaller.appspotmail.com>
To: dharanitharan725@gmail.com
Cc: davem@davemloft.net, dharanitharan725@gmail.com,
edumazet@google.com, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org,
kuba@kernel.org, linux-usb@vger.kernel.org,
netdev@vger.kernel.org, pabeni@redhat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [PATCH] usb: rtl8150: Initialize buffers to fix KMSAN uninit-value in rtl8150_open
Date: Tue, 04 Nov 2025 08:27:52 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <690a2988.050a0220.98a6.00b3.GAE@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20251104162717.17785-1-dharanitharan725@gmail.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
>
I see the command but can't find the corresponding bug.
The email is sent to syzbot+HASH@syzkaller.appspotmail.com address
but the HASH does not correspond to any known bug.
Please double check the address.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-11-04 16:27 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-11-04 16:27 [PATCH] [PATCH] usb: rtl8150: Initialize buffers to fix KMSAN uninit-value in rtl8150_open Dharanitharan R
2025-11-04 16:27 ` syzbot [this message]
2025-11-04 17:52 ` Andrew Lunn
2025-11-04 17:52 ` syzbot
[not found] <202508272322.b4d5d8faea6996fd@syzkaller.appspotmail.com>
2025-11-04 16:48 ` Dharanitharan R
2025-11-04 22:19 ` Greg KH
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