[PATCH] kernel: initialize cpumask before parsing

From: Tetsuo Handa
Date: Thu Apr 01 2021 - 02:00:42 EST


KMSAN complains that new_value at cpumask_parse_user() from
write_irq_affinity() from irq_affinity_proc_write() is uninitialized.

[ 148.133411][ T5509] =====================================================
[ 148.135383][ T5509] BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in find_next_bit+0x325/0x340
[ 148.137819][ T5509]
[ 148.138448][ T5509] Local variable ----new_value.i@irq_affinity_proc_write created at:
[ 148.140768][ T5509] irq_affinity_proc_write+0xc3/0x3d0
[ 148.142298][ T5509] irq_affinity_proc_write+0xc3/0x3d0
[ 148.143823][ T5509] =====================================================

Since bitmap_parse() from cpumask_parse_user() calls find_next_bit(),
any alloc_cpumask_var() + cpumask_parse_user() sequence has possibility
that find_next_bit() accesses uninitialized cpu mask variable. Fix this
problem by replacing alloc_cpumask_var() with zalloc_cpumask_var().

Signed-off-by: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/irq/proc.c | 4 ++--
kernel/profile.c | 2 +-
kernel/trace/trace.c | 2 +-
3 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/irq/proc.c b/kernel/irq/proc.c
index 98138788cb04..7c5cd42df3b9 100644
--- a/kernel/irq/proc.c
+++ b/kernel/irq/proc.c
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ static ssize_t write_irq_affinity(int type, struct file *file,
if (!irq_can_set_affinity_usr(irq) || no_irq_affinity)
return -EIO;

- if (!alloc_cpumask_var(&new_value, GFP_KERNEL))
+ if (!zalloc_cpumask_var(&new_value, GFP_KERNEL))
return -ENOMEM;

if (type)
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ static ssize_t default_affinity_write(struct file *file,
cpumask_var_t new_value;
int err;

- if (!alloc_cpumask_var(&new_value, GFP_KERNEL))
+ if (!zalloc_cpumask_var(&new_value, GFP_KERNEL))
return -ENOMEM;

err = cpumask_parse_user(buffer, count, new_value);
diff --git a/kernel/profile.c b/kernel/profile.c
index 6f69a4195d56..c2ebddb5e974 100644
--- a/kernel/profile.c
+++ b/kernel/profile.c
@@ -430,7 +430,7 @@ static ssize_t prof_cpu_mask_proc_write(struct file *file,
cpumask_var_t new_value;
int err;

- if (!alloc_cpumask_var(&new_value, GFP_KERNEL))
+ if (!zalloc_cpumask_var(&new_value, GFP_KERNEL))
return -ENOMEM;

err = cpumask_parse_user(buffer, count, new_value);
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index eccb4e1187cc..7607dc8a20b2 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -4827,7 +4827,7 @@ tracing_cpumask_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *ubuf,
cpumask_var_t tracing_cpumask_new;
int err;

- if (!alloc_cpumask_var(&tracing_cpumask_new, GFP_KERNEL))
+ if (!zalloc_cpumask_var(&tracing_cpumask_new, GFP_KERNEL))
return -ENOMEM;

err = cpumask_parse_user(ubuf, count, tracing_cpumask_new);
--
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