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KMSAN: uninit-value in ppp_asynctty_receive (2)

Status: upstream: reported on 2024/12/21 02:44
Subsystems: ppp
Labels: prio:high
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Reported-by: syzbot+6aa334c974508e74bc25@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 532d, last: 7d08h
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1c060a46-cd82-4205-be38-a6b886478886 assessment-security DenialOfService: ❌ Exploitable: ❌ FilesystemTrigger: ❌ NetworkTrigger: ❌ PeripheralTrigger: ✅ RemoteTrigger: ❌ Unprivileged: ❌ UserNamespace: ❌ VMGuestTrigger: ❌ VMHostTrigger: ❌ KMSAN: uninit-value in ppp_asynctty_receive (2) 2026/05/24 05:10 2026/05/24 05:10 2026/05/24 06:07 c69befb30ac10e158cc9d1557b508ee3f0eca1de
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[syzbot] Monthly ppp report (Dec 2024) 0 (1) 2024/12/27 23:24
[syzbot] [ppp?] KMSAN: uninit-value in ppp_asynctty_receive (2) 0 (1) 2024/12/21 02:44
Similar bugs (1)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
upstream KMSAN: uninit-value in ppp_asynctty_receive ppp 7 2 952d 964d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/01/21 10:17

Sample crash report:
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BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in scan_ordinary drivers/net/ppp/ppp_async.c:751 [inline]
BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in ppp_async_input drivers/net/ppp/ppp_async.c:851 [inline]
BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in ppp_asynctty_receive+0x85c/0x2d70 drivers/net/ppp/ppp_async.c:342
 scan_ordinary drivers/net/ppp/ppp_async.c:751 [inline]
 ppp_async_input drivers/net/ppp/ppp_async.c:851 [inline]
 ppp_asynctty_receive+0x85c/0x2d70 drivers/net/ppp/ppp_async.c:342
 tty_ldisc_receive_buf+0x1f7/0x2c0 drivers/tty/tty_buffer.c:398
 tty_port_default_receive_buf+0xd7/0x1a0 drivers/tty/tty_port.c:37
 receive_buf drivers/tty/tty_buffer.c:452 [inline]
 flush_to_ldisc+0x43e/0xe40 drivers/tty/tty_buffer.c:502
 process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3302 [inline]
 process_scheduled_works+0xb65/0x1e40 kernel/workqueue.c:3385
 worker_thread+0xee4/0x1590 kernel/workqueue.c:3466
 kthread+0x53f/0x600 kernel/kthread.c:436
 ret_from_fork+0x20f/0x8d0 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158
 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245

Uninit was created at:
 slab_post_alloc_hook mm/slub.c:4576 [inline]
 slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:4898 [inline]
 __do_kmalloc_node mm/slub.c:5294 [inline]
 __kmalloc_noprof+0x482/0x1660 mm/slub.c:5307
 kmalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:954 [inline]
 tty_buffer_alloc drivers/tty/tty_buffer.c:187 [inline]
 __tty_buffer_request_room+0x3d4/0x7a0 drivers/tty/tty_buffer.c:280
 __tty_insert_flip_string_flags+0x157/0x6e0 drivers/tty/tty_buffer.c:316
 tty_insert_flip_char include/linux/tty_flip.h:77 [inline]
 uart_insert_char+0x368/0x930 drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c:3431
 serial8250_read_char+0x1ba/0x670 drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c:1643
 serial8250_rx_chars drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c:1660 [inline]
 serial8250_handle_irq_locked+0x6d4/0xa40 drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c:1820
 serial8250_handle_irq+0x189/0x710 drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c:1841
 serial8250_default_handle_irq+0x116/0x350 drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c:1855
 serial8250_interrupt+0xcb/0x3f0 drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_core.c:86
 __handle_irq_event_percpu+0x118/0xf30 kernel/irq/handle.c:209
 handle_irq_event_percpu kernel/irq/handle.c:246 [inline]
 handle_irq_event+0xe0/0x2a0 kernel/irq/handle.c:263
 handle_edge_irq+0x2a9/0xaf0 kernel/irq/chip.c:856
 generic_handle_irq_desc include/linux/irqdesc.h:186 [inline]
 handle_irq arch/x86/kernel/irq.c:262 [inline]
 call_irq_handler arch/x86/kernel/irq.c:-1 [inline]
 __common_interrupt+0x9d/0x180 arch/x86/kernel/irq.c:333
 common_interrupt+0x94/0xb0 arch/x86/kernel/irq.c:326
 asm_common_interrupt+0x2b/0x40 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:688

CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 12193 Comm: kworker/u8:21 Tainted: G             L      syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) 
Tainted: [L]=SOFTLOCKUP
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 04/18/2026
Workqueue: ttyS-serial_8250 flush_to_ldisc
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Crashes (27):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/05/12 06:10 upstream 50897c955902 d168f260 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-root KMSAN: uninit-value in ppp_asynctty_receive
2026/04/14 06:37 upstream 0f0013213293 1a086e7c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-root KMSAN: uninit-value in ppp_asynctty_receive
2026/04/09 09:29 upstream 7f87a5ea75f0 38c8e246 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-root KMSAN: uninit-value in ppp_asynctty_receive
2026/04/09 09:27 upstream 7f87a5ea75f0 38c8e246 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-root KMSAN: uninit-value in ppp_asynctty_receive
2026/02/21 23:15 upstream 3544d5ce36f4 6e7b5511 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-root KMSAN: uninit-value in ppp_asynctty_receive
2025/12/14 05:40 upstream 4a298a43f5e3 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-root KMSAN: uninit-value in ppp_asynctty_receive
2025/11/27 08:11 upstream 4941a17751c9 d6526ea3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-root KMSAN: uninit-value in ppp_asynctty_receive
2025/10/31 03:52 upstream e53642b87a4f 2c50b6a9 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-root KMSAN: uninit-value in ppp_asynctty_receive
2025/07/25 02:54 upstream 25fae0b93d1d fb8f743d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-root KMSAN: uninit-value in ppp_asynctty_receive
2025/07/14 12:18 upstream 347e9f5043c8 3cda49cf .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-root KMSAN: uninit-value in ppp_asynctty_receive
2025/05/19 03:05 upstream a5806cd506af f41472b0 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-root KMSAN: uninit-value in ppp_asynctty_receive
2025/05/19 03:05 upstream a5806cd506af f41472b0 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-root KMSAN: uninit-value in ppp_asynctty_receive
2025/04/27 09:16 upstream 02ddfb981de8 c6b4fb39 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-root KMSAN: uninit-value in ppp_asynctty_receive
2025/03/17 21:03 upstream 4701f33a1070 948c34e4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-root KMSAN: uninit-value in ppp_asynctty_receive
2024/12/17 02:34 upstream f44d154d6e3d f93b2b55 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-root KMSAN: uninit-value in ppp_asynctty_receive
2026/05/25 22:37 upstream e7ae89a0c97c c69befb3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-386-root KMSAN: uninit-value in ppp_asynctty_receive
2026/05/01 13:12 upstream 26fd6bff2c05 753c55b9 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-386-root KMSAN: uninit-value in ppp_asynctty_receive
2026/04/12 04:55 upstream e753c16cb3dd 38c8e246 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-386-root KMSAN: uninit-value in ppp_asynctty_receive
2026/04/11 07:26 upstream 7c6c4ed80b87 38c8e246 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-386-root KMSAN: uninit-value in ppp_asynctty_receive
2026/04/09 11:42 upstream 7f87a5ea75f0 38c8e246 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-386-root KMSAN: uninit-value in ppp_asynctty_receive
2026/04/09 11:41 upstream 7f87a5ea75f0 38c8e246 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-386-root KMSAN: uninit-value in ppp_asynctty_receive
2026/02/18 01:11 upstream d295082ea672 39751c21 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-386-root KMSAN: uninit-value in ppp_asynctty_receive
2025/11/11 02:29 upstream 4ea7c1717f3f 4e1406b4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-386-root KMSAN: uninit-value in ppp_asynctty_receive
2025/11/11 02:28 upstream 4ea7c1717f3f 4e1406b4 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-386-root KMSAN: uninit-value in ppp_asynctty_receive
2025/09/18 14:50 upstream 8b789f2b7602 e2beed91 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-386-root KMSAN: uninit-value in ppp_asynctty_receive
2025/08/31 12:29 upstream c8bc81a52d5a 807a3b61 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-386-root KMSAN: uninit-value in ppp_asynctty_receive
2025/07/16 12:53 upstream 155a3c003e55 c118d736 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-386-root KMSAN: uninit-value in ppp_asynctty_receive
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.