syzbot is reporting that sec->length is not initialized. Since security_inode_init_security() returns 0 when initxattrs is provided but call_int_hook(inode_init_security) returned -EOPNOTSUPP, control will reach to "if (sec->length && ...) {" without initializing sec->length. Reported-by: syzbot <syzbot+00a3779539a23cbee38c@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=00a3779539a23cbee38c Signed-off-by: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Fixes: 52ca4b6435a4 ("reiserfs: Switch to security_inode_init_security()") --- fs/reiserfs/xattr_security.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/xattr_security.c b/fs/reiserfs/xattr_security.c index 6e0a099dd788..078dd8cc312f 100644 --- a/fs/reiserfs/xattr_security.c +++ b/fs/reiserfs/xattr_security.c @@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ int reiserfs_security_init(struct inode *dir, struct inode *inode, sec->name = NULL; sec->value = NULL; + sec->length = 0; /* Don't add selinux attributes on xattrs - they'll never get used */ if (IS_PRIVATE(dir)) -- 2.18.4