syzbot is reporting uninit-value in tomoyo_path_chown() [1], for chown_common() is by error passing uninitialized newattrs.ia_vfsuid to security_path_chown() via from_vfsuid() when user == -1 is passed. We must initialize newattrs.ia_vfs{u,g}id fields in order to make from_vfs{u,g}id() work. Link: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=541e21dcc32c4046cba9 [1] Reported-by: syzbot <syzbot+541e21dcc32c4046cba9@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/open.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/fs/open.c b/fs/open.c index 8a813fa5ca56..0550efb7b53a 100644 --- a/fs/open.c +++ b/fs/open.c @@ -709,6 +709,8 @@ int chown_common(const struct path *path, uid_t user, gid_t group) kuid_t uid; kgid_t gid; + newattrs.ia_vfsuid = VFSUIDT_INIT(KUIDT_INIT(-1)); + newattrs.ia_vfsgid = VFSGIDT_INIT(KGIDT_INIT(-1)); uid = make_kuid(current_user_ns(), user); gid = make_kgid(current_user_ns(), group); -- 2.34.1