===================================================== BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in hex_string+0x681/0x740 lib/vsprintf.c:1220 hex_string+0x681/0x740 lib/vsprintf.c:1220 pointer+0x2c7/0x1bd0 lib/vsprintf.c:2520 vsnprintf+0xf8a/0x1bd0 lib/vsprintf.c:2930 vscnprintf+0x6d/0x120 lib/vsprintf.c:2991 printk_sprint+0x53/0x5c0 kernel/printk/printk.c:2189 vprintk_store+0xbb9/0x1530 kernel/printk/printk.c:2309 vprintk_emit+0x21a/0xb60 kernel/printk/printk.c:2399 vprintk_default+0x3f/0x50 kernel/printk/printk.c:2438 vprintk+0x36/0x50 kernel/printk/printk_safe.c:82 _printk+0x17e/0x1b0 kernel/printk/printk.c:2448 pctv452e_i2c_msg+0x82a/0x8f0 drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/pctv452e.c:467 pctv452e_i2c_xfer+0x2e6/0x4c0 drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/pctv452e.c:502 __i2c_transfer+0xecd/0x3110 drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.c:-1 i2c_transfer+0x300/0x4b0 drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.c:2317 i2c_transfer_buffer_flags+0x138/0x200 drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.c:2345 i2c_master_recv include/linux/i2c.h:79 [inline] i2cdev_read+0x1b2/0x3c0 drivers/i2c/i2c-dev.c:155 vfs_read+0x27c/0xf90 fs/read_write.c:570 ksys_pread64 fs/read_write.c:763 [inline] __do_sys_pread64 fs/read_write.c:771 [inline] __se_sys_pread64 fs/read_write.c:768 [inline] __x64_sys_pread64+0x2ab/0x3b0 fs/read_write.c:768 x64_sys_call+0x3370/0x3e30 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:18 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline] do_syscall_64+0xd9/0xfa0 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f Uninit was created at: slab_post_alloc_hook mm/slub.c:4977 [inline] slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:5280 [inline] __kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x8f5/0x16b0 mm/slub.c:5758 kmalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:957 [inline] pctv452e_i2c_msg+0x98/0x8f0 drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/pctv452e.c:425 pctv452e_i2c_xfer+0x2e6/0x4c0 drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/pctv452e.c:502 __i2c_transfer+0xecd/0x3110 drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.c:-1 i2c_transfer+0x300/0x4b0 drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.c:2317 i2c_transfer_buffer_flags+0x138/0x200 drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.c:2345 i2c_master_recv include/linux/i2c.h:79 [inline] i2cdev_read+0x1b2/0x3c0 drivers/i2c/i2c-dev.c:155 vfs_read+0x27c/0xf90 fs/read_write.c:570 ksys_pread64 fs/read_write.c:763 [inline] __do_sys_pread64 fs/read_write.c:771 [inline] __se_sys_pread64 fs/read_write.c:768 [inline] __x64_sys_pread64+0x2ab/0x3b0 fs/read_write.c:768 x64_sys_call+0x3370/0x3e30 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:18 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline] do_syscall_64+0xd9/0xfa0 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 31571 Comm: syz.5.8812 Tainted: G W syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(none) Tainted: [W]=WARN Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 10/02/2025 =====================================================