===================================================== 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 i2cdev_ioctl_rdwr+0x7c2/0xc80 drivers/i2c/i2c-dev.c:306 compat_i2cdev_ioctl+0xaa3/0xb40 drivers/i2c/i2c-dev.c:575 __do_compat_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:695 [inline] __se_compat_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:638 [inline] __ia32_compat_sys_ioctl+0x7f9/0x1270 fs/ioctl.c:638 ia32_sys_call+0x2d5f/0x4310 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_32.h:55 do_syscall_32_irqs_on arch/x86/entry/syscall_32.c:83 [inline] __do_fast_syscall_32+0xb0/0x150 arch/x86/entry/syscall_32.c:306 do_fast_syscall_32+0x38/0x80 arch/x86/entry/syscall_32.c:331 do_SYSENTER_32+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/syscall_32.c:369 entry_SYSENTER_compat_after_hwframe+0x84/0x8e Uninit was created at: slab_post_alloc_hook mm/slub.c:4981 [inline] slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:5284 [inline] __kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x8f5/0x16b0 mm/slub.c:5762 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 i2cdev_ioctl_rdwr+0x7c2/0xc80 drivers/i2c/i2c-dev.c:306 compat_i2cdev_ioctl+0xaa3/0xb40 drivers/i2c/i2c-dev.c:575 __do_compat_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:695 [inline] __se_compat_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:638 [inline] __ia32_compat_sys_ioctl+0x7f9/0x1270 fs/ioctl.c:638 ia32_sys_call+0x2d5f/0x4310 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_32.h:55 do_syscall_32_irqs_on arch/x86/entry/syscall_32.c:83 [inline] __do_fast_syscall_32+0xb0/0x150 arch/x86/entry/syscall_32.c:306 do_fast_syscall_32+0x38/0x80 arch/x86/entry/syscall_32.c:331 do_SYSENTER_32+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/syscall_32.c:369 entry_SYSENTER_compat_after_hwframe+0x84/0x8e CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 18688 Comm: syz.5.4683 Tainted: G W syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(none) Tainted: [W]=WARN Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 10/02/2025 =====================================================