KMSAN: uninit-value in usbnet_probe

KMSAN: uninit-value in usbnet_probe

Status: fixed on 2020/01/08 01:06
Subsystems: usb
[Documentation on labels]
Fix commit: 78226f6eaac8 net: usb: asix: init MAC address buffers
First crash: 2212d, last: 2212d

▶ ▼ Similar bugs (2)

Kernel	Title	Repro	Cause bisect	Fix bisect	Count	Last	Reported	Patched	Status
upstream	KMSAN: uninit-value in usbnet_probe (3) usb	C			159	29d	46d	28/29	upstream: reported C repro on 2025/05/10 11:00
upstream	KMSAN: uninit-value in usbnet_probe (2) usb	syz			6	1267d	1283d	0/29	auto-closed as invalid on 2022/09/27 01:28

Sample crash report:

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BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in usbnet_probe+0x2aba/0x3940 drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c:1776
CPU: 1 PID: 12114 Comm: kworker/1:2 Not tainted 5.1.0+ #1
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 01/01/2011
Workqueue: usb_hub_wq hub_event
Call Trace:
 __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:77 [inline]
 dump_stack+0x191/0x1f0 lib/dump_stack.c:113
 kmsan_report+0x130/0x2a0 mm/kmsan/kmsan.c:622
 __msan_warning+0x75/0xe0 mm/kmsan/kmsan_instr.c:310
 usbnet_probe+0x2aba/0x3940 drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c:1776
 usb_probe_interface+0xd66/0x1320 drivers/usb/core/driver.c:361
 really_probe+0xdae/0x1d80 drivers/base/dd.c:513
 driver_probe_device+0x1b3/0x4f0 drivers/base/dd.c:671
 __device_attach_driver+0x5b8/0x790 drivers/base/dd.c:778
 bus_for_each_drv+0x28e/0x3b0 drivers/base/bus.c:454
 __device_attach+0x454/0x730 drivers/base/dd.c:844
 device_initial_probe+0x4a/0x60 drivers/base/dd.c:891
 bus_probe_device+0x137/0x390 drivers/base/bus.c:514
 device_add+0x288d/0x30e0 drivers/base/core.c:2106
 usb_set_configuration+0x30dc/0x3750 drivers/usb/core/message.c:2027
 generic_probe+0xe7/0x280 drivers/usb/core/generic.c:210
 usb_probe_device+0x14c/0x200 drivers/usb/core/driver.c:266
 really_probe+0xdae/0x1d80 drivers/base/dd.c:513
 driver_probe_device+0x1b3/0x4f0 drivers/base/dd.c:671
 __device_attach_driver+0x5b8/0x790 drivers/base/dd.c:778
 bus_for_each_drv+0x28e/0x3b0 drivers/base/bus.c:454
 __device_attach+0x454/0x730 drivers/base/dd.c:844
 device_initial_probe+0x4a/0x60 drivers/base/dd.c:891
 bus_probe_device+0x137/0x390 drivers/base/bus.c:514
 device_add+0x288d/0x30e0 drivers/base/core.c:2106
 usb_new_device+0x23e5/0x2ff0 drivers/usb/core/hub.c:2534
 hub_port_connect drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5089 [inline]
 hub_port_connect_change drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5204 [inline]
 port_event drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5350 [inline]
 hub_event+0x48d1/0x7290 drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5432
 process_one_work+0x1572/0x1f00 kernel/workqueue.c:2269
 worker_thread+0x111b/0x2460 kernel/workqueue.c:2415
 kthread+0x4b5/0x4f0 kernel/kthread.c:254
 ret_from_fork+0x35/0x40 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:355

Uninit was stored to memory at:
 kmsan_save_stack_with_flags mm/kmsan/kmsan.c:208 [inline]
 kmsan_save_stack mm/kmsan/kmsan.c:223 [inline]
 kmsan_internal_chain_origin+0x133/0x230 mm/kmsan/kmsan.c:429
 kmsan_memcpy_memmove_metadata+0x969/0xd40 mm/kmsan/kmsan.c:307
 kmsan_memcpy_metadata+0xb/0x10 mm/kmsan/kmsan.c:327
 __msan_memcpy+0x56/0x70 mm/kmsan/kmsan_instr.c:139
 asix_set_netdev_dev_addr drivers/net/usb/asix_devices.c:74 [inline]
 ax88178_bind+0x241/0xad0 drivers/net/usb/asix_devices.c:1087
 usbnet_probe+0x10f5/0x3940 drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c:1728
 usb_probe_interface+0xd66/0x1320 drivers/usb/core/driver.c:361
 really_probe+0xdae/0x1d80 drivers/base/dd.c:513
 driver_probe_device+0x1b3/0x4f0 drivers/base/dd.c:671
 __device_attach_driver+0x5b8/0x790 drivers/base/dd.c:778
 bus_for_each_drv+0x28e/0x3b0 drivers/base/bus.c:454
 __device_attach+0x454/0x730 drivers/base/dd.c:844
 device_initial_probe+0x4a/0x60 drivers/base/dd.c:891
 bus_probe_device+0x137/0x390 drivers/base/bus.c:514
 device_add+0x288d/0x30e0 drivers/base/core.c:2106
 usb_set_configuration+0x30dc/0x3750 drivers/usb/core/message.c:2027
 generic_probe+0xe7/0x280 drivers/usb/core/generic.c:210
 usb_probe_device+0x14c/0x200 drivers/usb/core/driver.c:266
 really_probe+0xdae/0x1d80 drivers/base/dd.c:513
 driver_probe_device+0x1b3/0x4f0 drivers/base/dd.c:671
 __device_attach_driver+0x5b8/0x790 drivers/base/dd.c:778
 bus_for_each_drv+0x28e/0x3b0 drivers/base/bus.c:454
 __device_attach+0x454/0x730 drivers/base/dd.c:844
 device_initial_probe+0x4a/0x60 drivers/base/dd.c:891
 bus_probe_device+0x137/0x390 drivers/base/bus.c:514
 device_add+0x288d/0x30e0 drivers/base/core.c:2106
 usb_new_device+0x23e5/0x2ff0 drivers/usb/core/hub.c:2534
 hub_port_connect drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5089 [inline]
 hub_port_connect_change drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5204 [inline]
 port_event drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5350 [inline]
 hub_event+0x48d1/0x7290 drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5432
 process_one_work+0x1572/0x1f00 kernel/workqueue.c:2269
 worker_thread+0x111b/0x2460 kernel/workqueue.c:2415
 kthread+0x4b5/0x4f0 kernel/kthread.c:254
 ret_from_fork+0x35/0x40 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:355

Local variable description: ----buf@ax88178_bind
Variable was created at:
 ax88178_bind+0x60/0xad0 drivers/net/usb/asix_devices.c:1076

Crashes (1):
Time	Kernel	Commit	Syzkaller	Config	Log	Report	Syz repro	C repro	VM info	Assets (help?)	Manager	Title
2019/06/05 17:02	https://github.com/google/kmsan.git master	f75e4cfea97f	bfb4a51e	.config	console log	report	syz	C			ci-upstream-kmsan-gce

* ~~Struck through~~ repros no longer work on HEAD.