[PATCH] rseq: fix using an uninitialized stack variable in rseq_exit_user_update
From: Qing Wang
Date: Sun May 31 2026 - 22:14:22 EST
There is an bug which is an uninitialized stack variable use in
`rseq_exit_user_update()` reported by syzbot:
BUG: KMSAN: kernel-infoleak in rseq_set_ids_get_csaddr include/linux/rseq_entry.h:502 [inline]
The local variable:
```c
struct rseq_ids ids = {
.cpu_id = task_cpu(t),
.mm_cid = task_mm_cid(t),
.node_id = cpu_to_node(ids.cpu_id),
};
```
According to the C standard, the evaluation order of expressions in an
initializer list is indeterminately sequenced. The compiler (Clang, in this
KMSAN build) evaluates `cpu_to_node(ids.cpu_id)` *before* `ids.cpu_id` is
initialized with `task_cpu(t)`.
This is fixed by moving the assignment of ids.node_id outside the structure
initialization.
Reported-by: syzbot+185a631927096f9da2fc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=185a631927096f9da2fc
Fixes: 82f572449cfe ("rseq: Implement read only ABI enforcement for optimized RSEQ V2 mode")
Signed-off-by: Qing Wang <wangqing7171@xxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/rseq_entry.h | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/rseq_entry.h b/include/linux/rseq_entry.h
index 63bc72086e75..e05f4c18f39e 100644
--- a/include/linux/rseq_entry.h
+++ b/include/linux/rseq_entry.h
@@ -638,8 +638,8 @@ static __always_inline bool rseq_exit_user_update(struct pt_regs *regs, struct t
struct rseq_ids ids = {
.cpu_id = task_cpu(t),
.mm_cid = task_mm_cid(t),
- .node_id = cpu_to_node(ids.cpu_id),
};
+ ids.node_id = cpu_to_node(ids.cpu_id);
return rseq_update_usr(t, regs, &ids);
efault:
--
2.34.1