On Mon, Aug 10, 2020 at 11:00:07AM +0200, Dmitry Vyukov wrote: > On Mon, Aug 10, 2020 at 9:46 AM Greg KH <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > On Sun, Aug 09, 2020 at 09:27:18AM -0700, syzbot wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > > > syzbot found the following issue on: > > > > > > HEAD commit: ce8056d1 wip: changed copy_from_user where instrumented > > > git tree: https://github.com/google/kmsan.git master > > > console output: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/log.txt?x=141eb8b2900000 > > > kernel config: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/.config?x=3afe005fb99591f > > > dashboard link: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=a7e220df5a81d1ab400e > > > compiler: clang version 10.0.0 (https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/ c2443155a0fb245c8f17f2c1c72b6ea391e86e81) > > > userspace arch: i386 > > > > > > Unfortunately, I don't have any reproducer for this issue yet. > > > > The irony of a kernel module written for syzbot testing, causing syzbot > > reports.... > > The raw gadget and KCOV are also kernel code and subject to all the > same rules as any other kernel code from syzkaller point of view. > > But I think the root cause of this bug is the origin of the uninitialized-ness: > > Local variable ----buf.i@asix_get_phy_addr created at: > asix_read_cmd drivers/net/usb/asix_common.c:312 [inline] > asix_read_phy_addr drivers/net/usb/asix_common.c:295 [inline] > asix_get_phy_addr+0x4d/0x290 drivers/net/usb/asix_common.c:314 > asix_read_cmd drivers/net/usb/asix_common.c:312 [inline] > asix_read_phy_addr drivers/net/usb/asix_common.c:295 [inline] > asix_get_phy_addr+0x4d/0x290 drivers/net/usb/asix_common.c:314 read buffers sent to USB hardware are ment to be filled in by the hardware with the data received from it, we do not zero-out those buffers before passing the pointer there. Perhaps with testing frameworks like the raw usb controller, that might cause a number of false-positives to happen? thanks, greg k-h
