Re: KMSAN: uninit-value in em_ret_far

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On Mon, Dec 25, 2023, xingwei lee wrote:
> Hello I found a bug in latest upstream 6.7-rc7 titled "KMSAN:
> uninit-value in em_ret_far” and maybe is realted with kvm.
> 
> If you fix this issue, please add the following tag to the commit:
> Reported-by: xingwei lee <xrivendell7@xxxxxxxxx>
> 
> kernel: mainline 861deac3b092f37b2c5e6871732f3e11486f7082
> kernel config: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/text?tag=KernelConfig&x=4a65fa9f077ead01
> with KMSAN enabled
> compiler: Debian clang version 15.0.6, GNU ld (GNU Binutils for Debian) 2.40
> run the repro.c for about 3minus and it crashed!
> 
> TITLE: KMSAN: uninit-value in em_ret_far
> =====================================================
> BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in emulator_recalc_and_set_mode
> arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c:797 [inline]
> BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in assign_eip_far arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c:833 [inline]
> BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in em_ret_far+0x348/0x350 arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c:2258
> emulator_recalc_and_set_mode arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c:797 [inline]
> assign_eip_far arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c:833 [inline]

This is a known issue[1].  It's effectively a false positive, even though there
is technically uninitialized data in scope.  The proposed fix[2] from Julian
should resolve this (the patch is on my radar for 6.9).

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/9362077ac7f24ec684d338543e269e83aee7c897.camel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[2] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20231009092054.556935-1-julian.stecklina@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx





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