ax88179_178a 1-1:0.239 (unnamed net_device) (uninitialized): Failed to write reg index 0x000e: -71 ax88179_178a 1-1:0.239 (unnamed net_device) (uninitialized): Failed to write reg index 0x000d: -71 ax88179_178a 1-1:0.239 (unnamed net_device) (uninitialized): Failed to write reg index 0x000e: -71 ax88179_178a 1-1:0.239 (unnamed net_device) (uninitialized): Failed to read reg index 0x0000: -71 ================================================================== BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in mii_nway_restart+0x141/0x260 drivers/net/mii.c:467 CPU: 0 PID: 2902 Comm: kworker/0:2 Not tainted 5.3.0-rc3+ #17 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+0x162/0x2d0 mm/kmsan/kmsan_report.c:109 __msan_warning+0x75/0xe0 mm/kmsan/kmsan_instr.c:294 mii_nway_restart+0x141/0x260 drivers/net/mii.c:467 ax88179_bind+0xee3/0x1a10 drivers/net/usb/ax88179_178a.c:1317 usbnet_probe+0x10ae/0x3960 drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c:1722 usb_probe_interface+0xd19/0x1310 drivers/usb/core/driver.c:361 really_probe+0x1373/0x1dc0 drivers/base/dd.c:552 driver_probe_device+0x1ba/0x510 drivers/base/dd.c:709 __device_attach_driver+0x5b8/0x790 drivers/base/dd.c:816 bus_for_each_drv+0x28e/0x3b0 drivers/base/bus.c:454 __device_attach+0x489/0x750 drivers/base/dd.c:882 device_initial_probe+0x4a/0x60 drivers/base/dd.c:929 bus_probe_device+0x131/0x390 drivers/base/bus.c:514 device_add+0x25b5/0x2df0 drivers/base/core.c:2114 usb_set_configuration+0x309f/0x3710 drivers/usb/core/message.c:2027 generic_probe+0xe7/0x280 drivers/usb/core/generic.c:210 usb_probe_device+0x146/0x200 drivers/usb/core/driver.c:266 really_probe+0x1373/0x1dc0 drivers/base/dd.c:552 driver_probe_device+0x1ba/0x510 drivers/base/dd.c:709 __device_attach_driver+0x5b8/0x790 drivers/base/dd.c:816 bus_for_each_drv+0x28e/0x3b0 drivers/base/bus.c:454 __device_attach+0x489/0x750 drivers/base/dd.c:882 device_initial_probe+0x4a/0x60 drivers/base/dd.c:929 bus_probe_device+0x131/0x390 drivers/base/bus.c:514 device_add+0x25b5/0x2df0 drivers/base/core.c:2114 usb_new_device+0x23e5/0x2fb0 drivers/usb/core/hub.c:2536 hub_port_connect drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5098 [inline] hub_port_connect_change drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5213 [inline] port_event drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5359 [inline] hub_event+0x581d/0x72f0 drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5441 process_one_work+0x1572/0x1ef0 kernel/workqueue.c:2269 process_scheduled_works kernel/workqueue.c:2331 [inline] worker_thread+0x189c/0x2460 kernel/workqueue.c:2417 kthread+0x4b5/0x4f0 kernel/kthread.c:256 ret_from_fork+0x35/0x40 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:355 Local variable description: ----buf.i@ax88179_mdio_read Variable was created at: __ax88179_read_cmd include/linux/netdevice.h:2180 [inline] ax88179_read_cmd drivers/net/usb/ax88179_178a.c:299 [inline] ax88179_mdio_read+0x7b/0x240 drivers/net/usb/ax88179_178a.c:357 mii_nway_restart+0xcf/0x260 drivers/net/mii.c:465 ==================================================================