From: Hao Zhang <zhanghao1@xxxxxxxxxx> The variable "compact_result" is not initialized in function __alloc_pages_direct_compact if order is zero. If order is zero, initialize "compact_result" to COMPACT_SKIPPED. BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in __alloc_pages_slowpath+0xee8/0x16c0 mm/page_alloc.c:4416 __alloc_pages_slowpath+0xee8/0x16c0 mm/page_alloc.c:4416 __alloc_frozen_pages_noprof+0xa4c/0xe00 mm/page_alloc.c:4752 alloc_pages_mpol+0x4cd/0x890 mm/mempolicy.c:2270 alloc_frozen_pages_noprof mm/mempolicy.c:2341 [inline] alloc_pages_noprof mm/mempolicy.c:2361 [inline] folio_alloc_noprof+0x1dc/0x350 mm/mempolicy.c:2371 filemap_alloc_folio_noprof+0xa6/0x440 mm/filemap.c:1019 __filemap_get_folio+0xb9a/0x1840 mm/filemap.c:1970 grow_dev_folio fs/buffer.c:1039 [inline] grow_buffers fs/buffer.c:1105 [inline] __getblk_slow fs/buffer.c:1131 [inline] bdev_getblk+0x2c9/0xab0 fs/buffer.c:1431 getblk_unmovable include/linux/buffer_head.h:369 [inline] ext4_getblk+0x3b7/0xe50 fs/ext4/inode.c:864 ext4_bread_batch+0x9f/0x7d0 fs/ext4/inode.c:933 __ext4_find_entry+0x1ebb/0x36c0 fs/ext4/namei.c:1627 ext4_lookup_entry fs/ext4/namei.c:1729 [inline] ext4_lookup+0x189/0xb40 fs/ext4/namei.c:1797 __lookup_slow+0x538/0x710 fs/namei.c:1793 lookup_slow+0x6a/0xd0 fs/namei.c:1810 walk_component fs/namei.c:2114 [inline] link_path_walk+0xf29/0x1420 fs/namei.c:2479 path_openat+0x30f/0x6250 fs/namei.c:3985 do_filp_open+0x268/0x600 fs/namei.c:4016 do_sys_openat2+0x1bf/0x2f0 fs/open.c:1428 do_sys_open fs/open.c:1443 [inline] __do_sys_openat fs/open.c:1459 [inline] __se_sys_openat fs/open.c:1454 [inline] __x64_sys_openat+0x2a1/0x310 fs/open.c:1454 x64_sys_call+0x36f5/0x3c30 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:258 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 [inline] do_syscall_64+0xcd/0x1e0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f Local variable compact_result created at: __alloc_pages_slowpath+0x66/0x16c0 mm/page_alloc.c:4218 __alloc_frozen_pages_noprof+0xa4c/0xe00 mm/page_alloc.c:4752 Reported-by: syzbot+0cfd5e38e96a5596f2b6@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=0cfd5e38e96a5596f2b6 Signed-off-by: Hao Zhang <zhanghao1@xxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/page_alloc.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c index 579789600a3c..7f0136a404b5 100644 --- a/mm/page_alloc.c +++ b/mm/page_alloc.c @@ -3675,8 +3675,10 @@ __alloc_pages_direct_compact(gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order, unsigned long pflags; unsigned int noreclaim_flag; - if (!order) + if (!order) { + *compact_result = COMPACT_SKIPPED; return NULL; + } psi_memstall_enter(&pflags); delayacct_compact_start(); base-commit: d082ecbc71e9e0bf49883ee4afd435a77a5101b6 -- 2.25.1