[syzbot] [kernel?] KASAN: global-out-of-bounds Read in uevent_store

From: Jeffin Philip

Date: Mon Aug 24 2026 - 03:09:08 EST


#syz test upstream

diff --git a/lib/kobject_uevent.c b/lib/kobject_uevent.c
index ddbc4d7482d2..b03562301bfe 100644
--- a/lib/kobject_uevent.c
+++ b/lib/kobject_uevent.c
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ static int kobject_action_type(const char *buf, size_t count,
for (action = 0; action < ARRAY_SIZE(kobject_actions); action++) {
if (strncmp(kobject_actions[action], buf, count_first) != 0)
continue;
- if (kobject_actions[action][count_first] != '\0')
+ if (strlen(kobject_actions[action]) != count_first)
continue;
if (args)
*args = args_start;