Re: [PATCH net] nbd: always initialize struct msghdr completely

From: Jens Axboe
Date: Wed Jan 17 2024 - 10:48:21 EST



On Fri, 12 Jan 2024 13:26:57 +0000, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> syzbot complains that msg->msg_get_inq value can be uninitialized [1]
>
> struct msghdr got many new fields recently, we should always make
> sure their values is zero by default.
>
> [1]
> BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in tcp_recvmsg+0x686/0xac0 net/ipv4/tcp.c:2571
> tcp_recvmsg+0x686/0xac0 net/ipv4/tcp.c:2571
> inet_recvmsg+0x131/0x580 net/ipv4/af_inet.c:879
> sock_recvmsg_nosec net/socket.c:1044 [inline]
> sock_recvmsg+0x12b/0x1e0 net/socket.c:1066
> __sock_xmit+0x236/0x5c0 drivers/block/nbd.c:538
> nbd_read_reply drivers/block/nbd.c:732 [inline]
> recv_work+0x262/0x3100 drivers/block/nbd.c:863
> process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:2627 [inline]
> process_scheduled_works+0x104e/0x1e70 kernel/workqueue.c:2700
> worker_thread+0xf45/0x1490 kernel/workqueue.c:2781
> kthread+0x3ed/0x540 kernel/kthread.c:388
> ret_from_fork+0x66/0x80 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:147
> ret_from_fork_asm+0x11/0x20 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:242
>
> [...]

Applied, thanks!

[1/1] nbd: always initialize struct msghdr completely
commit: 78fbb92af27d0982634116c7a31065f24d092826

Best regards,
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Jens Axboe