[PATCH] netfs: Fix a KMSAN uninit-value error in netfs_clear_buffer

From: Chang Yu
Date: Fri Sep 20 2024 - 21:13:17 EST


Use kzalloc instead of kmalloc in netfs_buffer_append_folio to fix
a KMSAN uninit-value error in netfs_clear_buffer

Signed-off-by: Chang Yu <marcus.yu.56@xxxxxxxxx>
Reported-by: syzbot+921873345a95f4dae7e9@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=921873345a95f4dae7e9
Fixes: cd0277ed0c18 ("netfs: Use new folio_queue data type and iterator instead of xarray iter")
---
fs/netfs/misc.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/netfs/misc.c b/fs/netfs/misc.c
index 0ad0982ce0e2..6f967b6d30b6 100644
--- a/fs/netfs/misc.c
+++ b/fs/netfs/misc.c
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ int netfs_buffer_append_folio(struct netfs_io_request *rreq, struct folio *folio
return -EIO;

if (!tail || folioq_full(tail)) {
- tail = kmalloc(sizeof(*tail), GFP_NOFS);
+ tail = kzalloc(sizeof(*tail), GFP_NOFS);
if (!tail)
return -ENOMEM;
netfs_stat(&netfs_n_folioq);
--
2.46.0