Re: [PATCH net-next v1] xfrm6: fix uninitialized saddr in xfrm6_get_saddr()

[Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@secunet.com>]

On Tue, Jan 27, 2026 at 07:38:44PM +0800, Jiayuan Chen wrote:
> From: Jiayuan Chen <jiayuan.chen@shopee.com>
> 
> xfrm6_get_saddr() does not check the return value of
> ipv6_dev_get_saddr(). When ipv6_dev_get_saddr() fails to find a suitable
> source address (returns -EADDRNOTAVAIL), saddr->in6 is left
> uninitialized, but xfrm6_get_saddr() still returns 0 (success).
> 
> This causes the caller xfrm_tmpl_resolve_one() to use the uninitialized
> address in xfrm_state_find(), triggering KMSAN warning:
> 
> =====================================================
> BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in xfrm_state_find+0x2424/0xa940
>  xfrm_state_find+0x2424/0xa940
>  xfrm_resolve_and_create_bundle+0x906/0x5a20
>  xfrm_lookup_with_ifid+0xcc0/0x3770
>  xfrm_lookup_route+0x63/0x2b0
>  ip_route_output_flow+0x1ce/0x270
>  udp_sendmsg+0x2ce1/0x3400
>  inet_sendmsg+0x1ef/0x2a0
>  __sock_sendmsg+0x278/0x3d0
>  __sys_sendto+0x593/0x720
>  __x64_sys_sendto+0x130/0x200
>  x64_sys_call+0x332b/0x3e70
>  do_syscall_64+0xd3/0xf80
>  entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
> 
> Local variable tmp.i.i created at:
>  xfrm_resolve_and_create_bundle+0x3e3/0x5a20
>  xfrm_lookup_with_ifid+0xcc0/0x3770
> =====================================================
> 
> Fix by checking the return value of ipv6_dev_get_saddr() and propagating
> the error.
> 
> Fixes: a1e59abf8249 ("[XFRM]: Fix wildcard as tunnel source")
> Reported-by: syzbot+e136d86d34b42399a8b1@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/68bf1024.a70a0220.7a912.02c2.GAE@google.com/T/
> Signed-off-by: Jiayuan Chen <jiayuan.chen@shopee.com>
> Signed-off-by: Jiayuan Chen <jiayuan.chen@linux.dev>

Applied, thanks a lot!