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KMSAN: kernel-infoleak in i2cdev_ioctl_smbus

Status: upstream: reported C repro on 2025/05/02 18:58
Subsystems: usb i2c
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Reported-by: syzbot+08b819a87faa6def6dfb@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 323d, last: 2d14h
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[syzbot] [i2c?] KMSAN: kernel-infoleak in i2cdev_ioctl_smbus 0 (2) 2025/05/05 01:42
Last patch testing requests (2)
Created Duration User Patch Repo Result
2025/06/09 20:51 30m retest repro upstream report log
2025/05/05 01:42 1h06m praveen.balakrishnan@magd.ox.ac.uk patch upstream OK log

Sample crash report:
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BUG: KMSAN: kernel-infoleak in instrument_copy_to_user include/linux/instrumented.h:114 [inline]
BUG: KMSAN: kernel-infoleak in _inline_copy_to_user include/linux/uaccess.h:196 [inline]
BUG: KMSAN: kernel-infoleak in _copy_to_user+0xcc/0x120 lib/usercopy.c:26
 instrument_copy_to_user include/linux/instrumented.h:114 [inline]
 _inline_copy_to_user include/linux/uaccess.h:196 [inline]
 _copy_to_user+0xcc/0x120 lib/usercopy.c:26
 copy_to_user include/linux/uaccess.h:225 [inline]
 i2cdev_ioctl_smbus+0x586/0x660 drivers/i2c/i2c-dev.c:394
 i2cdev_ioctl+0xa14/0xf40 drivers/i2c/i2c-dev.c:478
 vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline]
 __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:597 [inline]
 __se_sys_ioctl+0x23c/0x400 fs/ioctl.c:583
 __x64_sys_ioctl+0x97/0xe0 fs/ioctl.c:583
 x64_sys_call+0x1cbc/0x3e30 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:17
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0xd9/0xfa0 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

Uninit was stored to memory at:
 i2c_smbus_xfer_emulated drivers/i2c/i2c-core-smbus.c:-1 [inline]
 __i2c_smbus_xfer+0x2561/0x2f60 drivers/i2c/i2c-core-smbus.c:608
 i2c_smbus_xfer+0x31d/0x4d0 drivers/i2c/i2c-core-smbus.c:546
 i2cdev_ioctl_smbus+0x4a1/0x660 drivers/i2c/i2c-dev.c:389
 i2cdev_ioctl+0xa14/0xf40 drivers/i2c/i2c-dev.c:478
 vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline]
 __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:597 [inline]
 __se_sys_ioctl+0x23c/0x400 fs/ioctl.c:583
 __x64_sys_ioctl+0x97/0xe0 fs/ioctl.c:583
 x64_sys_call+0x1cbc/0x3e30 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:17
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0xd9/0xfa0 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

Local variable msgbuf1.i created at:
 i2c_smbus_xfer_emulated drivers/i2c/i2c-core-smbus.c:335 [inline]
 __i2c_smbus_xfer+0x86a/0x2f60 drivers/i2c/i2c-core-smbus.c:608
 i2c_smbus_xfer+0x31d/0x4d0 drivers/i2c/i2c-core-smbus.c:546

Byte 0 of 1 is uninitialized
Memory access of size 1 starts at ffff888049c8bcf6
Data copied to user address 0000200000000040

CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 6049 Comm: syz.0.17 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(none) 
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 10/25/2025
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Crashes (951):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2025/11/28 00:47 upstream 765e56e41a5a d6526ea3 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-root KMSAN: kernel-infoleak in i2cdev_ioctl_smbus
2025/11/28 00:39 upstream 765e56e41a5a d6526ea3 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-root KMSAN: kernel-infoleak in i2cdev_ioctl_smbus
2025/08/19 10:45 upstream be48bcf004f9 523f460e .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-root KMSAN: kernel-infoleak in i2cdev_ioctl_smbus
2025/05/02 08:57 upstream 02ddfb981de8 51b137cd .config strace log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-root KMSAN: kernel-infoleak in i2cdev_ioctl_smbus
2026/03/15 05:10 upstream 69237f8c1f69 ee8d34d6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-root KMSAN: kernel-infoleak in i2cdev_ioctl_smbus
2026/03/14 13:11 upstream 1c9982b49613 ee8d34d6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-root KMSAN: kernel-infoleak in i2cdev_ioctl_smbus
2026/03/12 21:41 upstream 80234b5ab240 4efadf07 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-root KMSAN: kernel-infoleak in i2cdev_ioctl_smbus
2026/03/12 15:27 upstream 80234b5ab240 4efadf07 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-root KMSAN: kernel-infoleak in i2cdev_ioctl_smbus
2026/03/12 15:25 upstream 80234b5ab240 4efadf07 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-root KMSAN: kernel-infoleak in i2cdev_ioctl_smbus
2026/03/11 11:57 upstream b4f0dd314b39 86914af9 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-root KMSAN: kernel-infoleak in i2cdev_ioctl_smbus
2026/03/10 19:23 upstream 1f318b96cc84 4683d576 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-root KMSAN: kernel-infoleak in i2cdev_ioctl_smbus
2026/03/10 14:28 upstream 1f318b96cc84 4683d576 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-root KMSAN: kernel-infoleak in i2cdev_ioctl_smbus
2026/03/10 11:26 upstream 1f318b96cc84 6972f302 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-root KMSAN: kernel-infoleak in i2cdev_ioctl_smbus
2026/03/09 20:12 upstream 1f318b96cc84 176bead5 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-root KMSAN: kernel-infoleak in i2cdev_ioctl_smbus
2026/03/09 03:59 upstream 014441d1e4b2 5cb44a80 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-root KMSAN: kernel-infoleak in i2cdev_ioctl_smbus
2026/03/09 02:52 upstream 014441d1e4b2 5cb44a80 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-root KMSAN: kernel-infoleak in i2cdev_ioctl_smbus
2026/03/08 16:29 upstream c23719abc330 5cb44a80 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-root KMSAN: kernel-infoleak in i2cdev_ioctl_smbus
2026/03/07 06:26 upstream 651690480a96 5cb44a80 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-root KMSAN: kernel-infoleak in i2cdev_ioctl_smbus
2026/03/06 20:07 upstream 5ee8dbf54602 41d8037d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-root KMSAN: kernel-infoleak in i2cdev_ioctl_smbus
2026/03/06 10:29 upstream 5ee8dbf54602 31e9c887 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-root KMSAN: kernel-infoleak in i2cdev_ioctl_smbus
2026/03/04 05:10 upstream 0031c06807cf 4180d919 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-root KMSAN: kernel-infoleak in i2cdev_ioctl_smbus
2026/03/03 12:57 upstream af4e9ef3d784 28b83e23 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-root KMSAN: kernel-infoleak in i2cdev_ioctl_smbus
2026/02/27 12:36 upstream a75cb869a8cc a2f13f71 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-root KMSAN: kernel-infoleak in i2cdev_ioctl_smbus
2026/02/26 11:40 upstream d9d32e5bd5a4 e0f78d93 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-root KMSAN: kernel-infoleak in i2cdev_ioctl_smbus
2026/02/25 10:35 upstream 7dff99b35460 787dfb7c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-root KMSAN: kernel-infoleak in i2cdev_ioctl_smbus
2026/02/24 20:15 upstream 7dff99b35460 96b1aa46 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-root KMSAN: kernel-infoleak in i2cdev_ioctl_smbus
2026/02/18 22:44 upstream 2961f841b025 77d4d919 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-root KMSAN: kernel-infoleak in i2cdev_ioctl_smbus
2026/02/11 09:59 upstream dc855b77719f 441e25b7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-root KMSAN: kernel-infoleak in i2cdev_ioctl_smbus
2026/02/10 21:26 upstream 72c395024dac 91d776d3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-root KMSAN: kernel-infoleak in i2cdev_ioctl_smbus
2026/02/07 18:52 upstream 2687c848e578 4c131dc4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-root KMSAN: kernel-infoleak in i2cdev_ioctl_smbus
2026/02/05 03:06 upstream 5fd0a1df5d05 ea10c935 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-root KMSAN: kernel-infoleak in i2cdev_ioctl_smbus
2026/02/04 23:25 upstream 5fd0a1df5d05 ea10c935 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-root KMSAN: kernel-infoleak in i2cdev_ioctl_smbus
2026/02/01 16:40 upstream 162b42445b58 6b8752f2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-root KMSAN: kernel-infoleak in i2cdev_ioctl_smbus
2026/03/13 09:18 upstream 0257f64bdac7 2f7f359d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-386-root KMSAN: kernel-infoleak in i2cdev_ioctl_smbus
2026/03/11 13:29 upstream b4f0dd314b39 86914af9 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-386-root KMSAN: kernel-infoleak in i2cdev_ioctl_smbus
2026/03/10 23:10 upstream 1f318b96cc84 4683d576 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-386-root KMSAN: kernel-infoleak in i2cdev_ioctl_smbus
2026/03/09 08:55 upstream 014441d1e4b2 5cb44a80 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-386-root KMSAN: kernel-infoleak in i2cdev_ioctl_smbus
2026/03/08 17:57 upstream c23719abc330 5cb44a80 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-386-root KMSAN: kernel-infoleak in i2cdev_ioctl_smbus
2026/03/08 17:56 upstream c23719abc330 5cb44a80 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-386-root KMSAN: kernel-infoleak in i2cdev_ioctl_smbus
2026/03/07 08:13 upstream 651690480a96 5cb44a80 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-386-root KMSAN: kernel-infoleak in i2cdev_ioctl_smbus
2026/03/06 11:53 upstream 5ee8dbf54602 31e9c887 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-386-root KMSAN: kernel-infoleak in i2cdev_ioctl_smbus
2026/03/03 20:27 upstream af4e9ef3d784 4180d919 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-386-root KMSAN: kernel-infoleak in i2cdev_ioctl_smbus
2026/03/03 00:08 upstream 11439c4635ed b9dd6534 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-386-root KMSAN: kernel-infoleak in i2cdev_ioctl_smbus
2026/03/03 00:08 upstream 11439c4635ed b9dd6534 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-386-root KMSAN: kernel-infoleak in i2cdev_ioctl_smbus
2026/02/25 12:16 upstream 7dff99b35460 787dfb7c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-386-root KMSAN: kernel-infoleak in i2cdev_ioctl_smbus
2026/02/24 23:37 upstream 7dff99b35460 96b1aa46 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-386-root KMSAN: kernel-infoleak in i2cdev_ioctl_smbus
2026/02/22 17:30 upstream 32a92f8c8932 6e7b5511 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-386-root KMSAN: kernel-infoleak in i2cdev_ioctl_smbus
2026/02/19 00:02 upstream 2961f841b025 77d4d919 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-386-root KMSAN: kernel-infoleak in i2cdev_ioctl_smbus
2026/02/18 22:49 upstream 2961f841b025 77d4d919 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-386-root KMSAN: kernel-infoleak in i2cdev_ioctl_smbus
2026/02/17 16:39 upstream 970296997869 e439b951 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-386-root KMSAN: kernel-infoleak in i2cdev_ioctl_smbus
2026/02/05 01:37 upstream 5fd0a1df5d05 ea10c935 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-386-root KMSAN: kernel-infoleak in i2cdev_ioctl_smbus
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.