Re: [syzbot] [hfs?] KMSAN: uninit-value in hfs_cat_keycmp (2)

From: Edward Adam Davis
Date: Sat Mar 02 2024 - 22:14:28 EST


please test uninit-value in hfs_cat_keycmp

#syz test https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git master

diff --git a/fs/hfs/bfind.c b/fs/hfs/bfind.c
index ef9498a6e88a..c74d864bc29e 100644
--- a/fs/hfs/bfind.c
+++ b/fs/hfs/bfind.c
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ int hfs_find_init(struct hfs_btree *tree, struct hfs_find_data *fd)

fd->tree = tree;
fd->bnode = NULL;
- ptr = kmalloc(tree->max_key_len * 2 + 4, GFP_KERNEL);
+ ptr = kzalloc(tree->max_key_len * 2 + 4, GFP_KERNEL);
if (!ptr)
return -ENOMEM;
fd->search_key = ptr;