dentry_string_cmp() calls read_word_at_a_time(), which might read uninitialized bytes to optimize string comparisons. Disabling CONFIG_DCACHE_WORD_ACCESS should prohibit this optimization, as well as (probably) similar ones. Suggested-by: Andrey Konovalov <andreyknvl@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Alexander Potapenko <glider@xxxxxxxxxx> --- Link: https://linux-review.googlesource.com/id/I4c0073224ac2897cafb8c037362c49dda9cfa133 --- arch/x86/Kconfig | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig index ee5e6fd65bf1d..3209073f96415 100644 --- a/arch/x86/Kconfig +++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig @@ -128,7 +128,9 @@ config X86 select CLKEVT_I8253 select CLOCKSOURCE_VALIDATE_LAST_CYCLE select CLOCKSOURCE_WATCHDOG - select DCACHE_WORD_ACCESS + # Word-size accesses may read uninitialized data past the trailing \0 + # in strings and cause false KMSAN reports. + select DCACHE_WORD_ACCESS if !KMSAN select DYNAMIC_SIGFRAME select EDAC_ATOMIC_SCRUB select EDAC_SUPPORT -- 2.36.0.rc2.479.g8af0fa9b8e-goog
