From: Hoang Le <hoang.h.le@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> [ Upstream commit 7f36f798f89bf32c0164049cb0e3fd1af613d0bb ] syzbot reported uninit-value: ===================================================== BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in string_nocheck lib/vsprintf.c:644 [inline] BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in string+0x4f9/0x6f0 lib/vsprintf.c:725 string_nocheck lib/vsprintf.c:644 [inline] string+0x4f9/0x6f0 lib/vsprintf.c:725 vsnprintf+0x2222/0x3650 lib/vsprintf.c:2806 vprintk_store+0x537/0x2150 kernel/printk/printk.c:2158 vprintk_emit+0x28b/0xab0 kernel/printk/printk.c:2256 vprintk_default+0x86/0xa0 kernel/printk/printk.c:2283 vprintk+0x15f/0x180 kernel/printk/printk_safe.c:50 _printk+0x18d/0x1cf kernel/printk/printk.c:2293 tipc_enable_bearer net/tipc/bearer.c:371 [inline] __tipc_nl_bearer_enable+0x2022/0x22a0 net/tipc/bearer.c:1033 tipc_nl_bearer_enable+0x6c/0xb0 net/tipc/bearer.c:1042 genl_family_rcv_msg_doit net/netlink/genetlink.c:731 [inline] - Do sanity check the attribute length for TIPC_NLA_BEARER_NAME. - Do not use 'illegal name' in printing message. Reported-by: syzbot+e820fdc8ce362f2dea51@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fixes: cb30a63384bc ("tipc: refactor function tipc_enable_bearer()") Acked-by: Jon Maloy <jmaloy@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Hoang Le <hoang.h.le@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220602063053.5892-1-hoang.h.le@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx> --- net/tipc/bearer.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/net/tipc/bearer.c b/net/tipc/bearer.c index 6911f1cab206..72c31ef985eb 100644 --- a/net/tipc/bearer.c +++ b/net/tipc/bearer.c @@ -249,9 +249,8 @@ static int tipc_enable_bearer(struct net *net, const char *name, u32 i; if (!bearer_name_validate(name, &b_names)) { - errstr = "illegal name"; NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack, "Illegal name"); - goto rejected; + return res; } if (prio > TIPC_MAX_LINK_PRI && prio != TIPC_MEDIA_LINK_PRI) { -- 2.35.1