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KMSAN: uninit-value in __run_timer_base (2)

Status: upstream: reported on 2025/09/10 12:35
Subsystems: mm
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Reported-by: syzbot+7d660d9b8bd5efc7ee6e@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 4d09h, last: 4d09h
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[syzbot] [mm?] KMSAN: uninit-value in __run_timer_base (2) 0 (1) 2025/09/10 12:35
Similar bugs (1)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
upstream BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in __run_timer_base batman bcachefs 8 syz 1 222d 217d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/05/11 22:23

Sample crash report:
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BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in __hlist_del include/linux/list.h:980 [inline]
BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in detach_timer kernel/time/timer.c:891 [inline]
BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in expire_timers kernel/time/timer.c:1781 [inline]
BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in __run_timers kernel/time/timer.c:2372 [inline]
BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in __run_timer_base+0x690/0xd90 kernel/time/timer.c:2384
 __hlist_del include/linux/list.h:980 [inline]
 detach_timer kernel/time/timer.c:891 [inline]
 expire_timers kernel/time/timer.c:1781 [inline]
 __run_timers kernel/time/timer.c:2372 [inline]
 __run_timer_base+0x690/0xd90 kernel/time/timer.c:2384
 run_timer_base kernel/time/timer.c:2393 [inline]
 run_timer_softirq+0x3a/0x80 kernel/time/timer.c:2403
 handle_softirqs+0x166/0x6e0 kernel/softirq.c:579
 __do_softirq kernel/softirq.c:613 [inline]
 invoke_softirq kernel/softirq.c:453 [inline]
 __irq_exit_rcu+0x66/0x180 kernel/softirq.c:680
 irq_exit_rcu+0x12/0x20 kernel/softirq.c:696
 instr_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1050 [inline]
 sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x84/0x90 arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1050
 asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:702
 kmsan_metadata_is_contiguous+0x10b/0x1e0 mm/kmsan/core.c:-1
 kmsan_get_shadow_origin_ptr+0x27/0xb0 mm/kmsan/shadow.c:96
 get_shadow_origin_ptr mm/kmsan/instrumentation.c:38 [inline]
 __msan_metadata_ptr_for_load_8+0x24/0x40 mm/kmsan/instrumentation.c:94
 is_last_frame arch/x86/kernel/unwind_frame.c:87 [inline]
 is_last_task_frame+0x2e/0x370 arch/x86/kernel/unwind_frame.c:156
 unwind_next_frame+0x60/0x350 arch/x86/kernel/unwind_frame.c:276
 arch_stack_walk+0x1b1/0x280 arch/x86/kernel/stacktrace.c:25
 stack_trace_save+0xc3/0x100 kernel/stacktrace.c:122
 kmsan_save_stack_with_flags mm/kmsan/core.c:73 [inline]
 kmsan_internal_poison_memory+0x4a/0xa0 mm/kmsan/core.c:57
 kmsan_free_page+0xd5/0x160 mm/kmsan/shadow.c:210
 free_pages_prepare mm/page_alloc.c:1317 [inline]
 free_unref_folios+0x270/0x2a20 mm/page_alloc.c:2952
 folios_put_refs+0xaac/0xb10 mm/swap.c:997
 folios_put include/linux/mm.h:1419 [inline]
 __folio_batch_release+0xe1/0x100 mm/swap.c:1057
 folio_batch_release include/linux/pagevec.h:101 [inline]
 shmem_undo_range+0x926/0x2100 mm/shmem.c:1157
 shmem_truncate_range mm/shmem.c:1269 [inline]
 shmem_evict_inode+0x232/0xed0 mm/shmem.c:1397
 evict+0x6fd/0xd00 fs/inode.c:810
 iput_final fs/inode.c:1897 [inline]
 iput+0x996/0xdd0 fs/inode.c:1923
 dentry_unlink_inode+0x5ce/0x6d0 fs/dcache.c:466
 __dentry_kill+0x340/0xbf0 fs/dcache.c:669
 dput+0xdd/0x240 fs/dcache.c:911
 __fput+0xb0a/0x1040 fs/file_table.c:476
 ____fput+0x25/0x30 fs/file_table.c:496
 task_work_run+0x206/0x2b0 kernel/task_work.c:227
 resume_user_mode_work include/linux/resume_user_mode.h:50 [inline]
 exit_to_user_mode_loop+0x2a6/0x330 kernel/entry/common.c:43
 exit_to_user_mode_prepare include/linux/irq-entry-common.h:225 [inline]
 syscall_exit_to_user_mode_work include/linux/entry-common.h:175 [inline]
 syscall_exit_to_user_mode include/linux/entry-common.h:210 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x1e3/0x210 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:100
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

Uninit was created at:
 slab_post_alloc_hook mm/slub.c:4197 [inline]
 slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:4240 [inline]
 __kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x7f7/0xed0 mm/slub.c:4402
 kmalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:905 [inline]
 rose_add_node net/rose/rose_route.c:85 [inline]
 rose_rt_ioctl+0x1fc7/0x3b30 net/rose/rose_route.c:748
 rose_ioctl+0x4f8/0xc60 net/rose/af_rose.c:1381
 sock_do_ioctl+0x9f/0x480 net/socket.c:1238
 sock_ioctl+0x70b/0xd60 net/socket.c:1359
 vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline]
 __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:598 [inline]
 __se_sys_ioctl+0x239/0x400 fs/ioctl.c:584
 __x64_sys_ioctl+0x97/0xe0 fs/ioctl.c:584
 x64_sys_call+0x1cbc/0x3e20 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:17
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0xd9/0x210 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 30968 Comm: syz-executor Tainted: G        W           syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(none) 
Tainted: [W]=WARN
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/12/2025
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Crashes (1):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2025/09/06 12:25 upstream d1d10cea0895 d291dd2d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-root KMSAN: uninit-value in __run_timer_base
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.