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

From: David Howells
Date: Mon Sep 23 2024 - 03:12:42 EST

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Chang Yu <marcus.yu.56@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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

Btw, is this a theoretical error or are you actually seeing an uninitialised
pointer being dereferenced?

David

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