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KMSAN: uninit-value in n_tty_receive_buf_standard

Status: upstream: reported C repro on 2024/01/01 13:38
Subsystems: serial
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Reported-by: syzbot+559c7fe4b8bac56d38c2@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 1033d, last: 9d01h
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ID Workflow Result Correct Bug Created Started Finished Revision Error
ceba68f0-c113-44ed-899a-6b420c8176ad assessment-security 💥 KMSAN: uninit-value in n_tty_receive_buf_standard 2026/06/18 03:19 2026/06/18 03:19 2026/06/18 03:37 b62b3ded1759f79b37600c5ffe2b0a81b919b0b0
failed to run ["make" "KERNELVERSION=syzkaller" "KERNELRELEASE=syzkaller" "LOCALVERSION=-syzkaller" "-j" "32" "ARCH=x86_64" "CC=ccache clang" "LD=ld.lld" "O=/app/workdir/cache/build/e916b89f9b7ee80efe...
truncated to first 200 bytes; open job for full error
69bb5a02-04bd-4e37-896c-4d72a6568156 patching 💥 KMSAN: uninit-value in n_tty_receive_buf_standard 2026/06/15 15:47 2026/06/15 15:47 2026/06/15 16:28 50bb0618cd2f9cd819534368fff82367c1681dab
reproducer did not crash
7332336a-73f0-43a4-b2d6-ada32ab465ac assessment-security 💥 KMSAN: uninit-value in n_tty_receive_buf_standard 2026/06/09 23:21 2026/06/09 23:21 2026/06/09 23:46 c36c07f6c1f2230a36374cbd22235f635e8f9284
failed to run ["make" "KERNELVERSION=syzkaller" "KERNELRELEASE=syzkaller" "LOCALVERSION=-syzkaller" "-j" "32" "ARCH=x86_64" "CC=ccache clang" "LD=ld.lld" "O=/app/workdir/cache/build/e916b89f9b7ee80efe...
truncated to first 200 bytes; open job for full error
eeabac7e-f05c-4a82-80d6-282e927f8a31 assessment-security 💥 KMSAN: uninit-value in n_tty_receive_buf_standard 2026/06/01 12:44 2026/06/01 12:44 2026/06/01 13:09 6b4a844333e83556da95d61d7f207e7ef5cd4bc6
failed to run ["make" "KERNELVERSION=syzkaller" "KERNELRELEASE=syzkaller" "LOCALVERSION=-syzkaller" "-j" "32" "ARCH=x86_64" "CC=ccache clang" "LD=ld.lld" "O=/app/workdir/cache/build/e916b89f9b7ee80efe...
truncated to first 200 bytes; open job for full error
7b49264a-4ada-4d30-ab47-c7cef233ecee assessment-security 💥 KMSAN: uninit-value in n_tty_receive_buf_standard 2026/05/15 14:11 2026/05/15 14:11 2026/05/15 14:27 efdaf0f9b8bfc56ea6d17bea15a64f4591cc712d
failed to run ["make" "KERNELVERSION=syzkaller" "KERNELRELEASE=syzkaller" "LOCALVERSION=-syzkaller" "-j" "32" "ARCH=x86_64" "CC=ccache clang" "LD=ld.lld" "O=/app/workdir/cache/build/e916b89f9b7ee80efe...
truncated to first 200 bytes; open job for full error
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[syzbot] [serial?] KMSAN: uninit-value in n_tty_receive_buf_standard 0 (1) 2024/01/01 13:38
Last patch testing requests (3)
Created Duration User Patch Repo Result
2026/04/30 12:06 1h06m retest repro upstream report log
2024/01/14 07:09 22m retest repro upstream OK log
2024/01/14 07:09 29m retest repro upstream OK log

Sample crash report:
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BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in variable_test_bit arch/x86/include/asm/bitops.h:227 [inline]
BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in arch_test_bit arch/x86/include/asm/bitops.h:239 [inline]
BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in _test_bit include/asm-generic/bitops/instrumented-non-atomic.h:142 [inline]
BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in n_tty_receive_buf_standard+0xc58/0x9220 drivers/tty/n_tty.c:1603
 variable_test_bit arch/x86/include/asm/bitops.h:227 [inline]
 arch_test_bit arch/x86/include/asm/bitops.h:239 [inline]
 _test_bit include/asm-generic/bitops/instrumented-non-atomic.h:142 [inline]
 n_tty_receive_buf_standard+0xc58/0x9220 drivers/tty/n_tty.c:1603
 __receive_buf drivers/tty/n_tty.c:1640 [inline]
 n_tty_receive_buf_common+0x18d8/0x2490 drivers/tty/n_tty.c:1739
 n_tty_receive_buf2+0x4c/0x60 drivers/tty/n_tty.c:1785
 tty_ldisc_receive_buf+0xd0/0x290 drivers/tty/tty_buffer.c:387
 tty_port_default_receive_buf+0xdf/0x190 drivers/tty/tty_port.c:37
 receive_buf drivers/tty/tty_buffer.c:445 [inline]
 flush_to_ldisc+0x473/0xdb0 drivers/tty/tty_buffer.c:495
 process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3229 [inline]
 process_scheduled_works+0xae0/0x1c40 kernel/workqueue.c:3310
 worker_thread+0xea7/0x14f0 kernel/workqueue.c:3391
 kthread+0x3e2/0x540 kernel/kthread.c:389
 ret_from_fork+0x6d/0x90 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:147
 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:244

Uninit was created at:
 slab_post_alloc_hook mm/slub.c:4110 [inline]
 slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:4153 [inline]
 __do_kmalloc_node mm/slub.c:4282 [inline]
 __kmalloc_noprof+0x923/0x1230 mm/slub.c:4295
 kmalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:905 [inline]
 tty_buffer_alloc drivers/tty/tty_buffer.c:180 [inline]
 __tty_buffer_request_room+0x36e/0x6d0 drivers/tty/tty_buffer.c:273
 __tty_insert_flip_string_flags+0x140/0x570 drivers/tty/tty_buffer.c:309
 tty_insert_flip_char include/linux/tty_flip.h:77 [inline]
 uart_insert_char+0x39e/0xa10 drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c:3550
 serial8250_read_char+0x1a7/0x5d0 drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c:1762
 serial8250_rx_chars drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c:1779 [inline]
 serial8250_handle_irq+0x970/0x1130 drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c:1943
 serial8250_default_handle_irq+0x120/0x2b0 drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c:1968
 serial8250_interrupt+0xc5/0x360 drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_core.c:86
 __handle_irq_event_percpu+0x118/0xca0 kernel/irq/handle.c:158
 handle_irq_event_percpu kernel/irq/handle.c:193 [inline]
 handle_irq_event+0xef/0x2c0 kernel/irq/handle.c:210
 handle_edge_irq+0x340/0xfb0 kernel/irq/chip.c:831
 generic_handle_irq_desc include/linux/irqdesc.h:173 [inline]
 handle_irq arch/x86/kernel/irq.c:247 [inline]
 call_irq_handler arch/x86/kernel/irq.c:259 [inline]
 __common_interrupt+0x97/0x1f0 arch/x86/kernel/irq.c:285
 common_interrupt+0x92/0xb0 arch/x86/kernel/irq.c:278
 asm_common_interrupt+0x2b/0x40 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:693

CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 59 Comm: kworker/u8:4 Not tainted 6.13.0-rc1-syzkaller-00337-g7503345ac5f5 #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 09/13/2024
Workqueue: events_unbound flush_to_ldisc
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Crashes (3801):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2024/12/08 15:53 upstream 7503345ac5f5 9ac0fdc6 .config strace log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-root KMSAN: uninit-value in n_tty_receive_buf_standard
2023/12/02 02:22 upstream 994d5c58e50e f819d6f7 .config strace log report syz C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce KMSAN: uninit-value in n_tty_receive_buf_standard
2023/09/23 13:02 upstream d90b0276af8f 0b6a67ac .config strace log report syz C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce KMSAN: uninit-value in n_tty_receive_buf_standard
2026/06/22 13:28 upstream 9ecfb2f7287a 43bfcdb0 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-root KMSAN: uninit-value in n_tty_receive_buf_standard
2026/06/17 20:57 upstream 2b414a95b8f7 62cc6db3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-root KMSAN: uninit-value in n_tty_receive_buf_standard
2026/06/17 16:17 upstream 2b414a95b8f7 62cc6db3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-root KMSAN: uninit-value in n_tty_receive_buf_standard
2026/06/16 20:40 upstream 2b414a95b8f7 0e4b3e40 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-root KMSAN: uninit-value in n_tty_receive_buf_standard
2026/06/16 13:28 upstream 2b414a95b8f7 50bb0618 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-root KMSAN: uninit-value in n_tty_receive_buf_standard
2026/06/15 12:01 upstream 2b414a95b8f7 1d2f3589 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-root KMSAN: uninit-value in n_tty_receive_buf_standard
2026/06/14 16:33 upstream 2b414a95b8f7 1d2f3589 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-root KMSAN: uninit-value in n_tty_receive_buf_standard
2026/06/14 13:18 upstream 2b414a95b8f7 1d2f3589 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-root KMSAN: uninit-value in n_tty_receive_buf_standard
2026/06/14 09:40 upstream 2b414a95b8f7 1d2f3589 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-root KMSAN: uninit-value in n_tty_receive_buf_standard
2026/06/14 07:14 upstream 2b414a95b8f7 1d2f3589 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-root KMSAN: uninit-value in n_tty_receive_buf_standard
2026/06/13 19:47 upstream 2b414a95b8f7 1d2f3589 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-root KMSAN: uninit-value in n_tty_receive_buf_standard
2026/06/13 00:52 upstream 2b414a95b8f7 1d2f3589 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-root KMSAN: uninit-value in n_tty_receive_buf_standard
2026/06/12 14:49 upstream 2b414a95b8f7 1d2f3589 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-root KMSAN: uninit-value in n_tty_receive_buf_standard
2026/06/12 10:05 upstream 2b414a95b8f7 e93da63e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-root KMSAN: uninit-value in n_tty_receive_buf_standard
2026/06/12 02:33 upstream 2b414a95b8f7 e93da63e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-root KMSAN: uninit-value in n_tty_receive_buf_standard
2026/06/12 00:12 upstream 2b414a95b8f7 d93a6ab6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-root KMSAN: uninit-value in n_tty_receive_buf_standard
2026/06/11 14:26 upstream 9716c086c8e8 d93a6ab6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-root KMSAN: uninit-value in n_tty_receive_buf_standard
2026/06/10 16:23 upstream acb7500801e9 f79bac11 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-root KMSAN: uninit-value in n_tty_receive_buf_standard
2026/06/10 04:07 upstream 685441a6d3f1 34dab4be .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-root KMSAN: uninit-value in n_tty_receive_buf_standard
2026/06/10 00:51 upstream 2d3090a8aeb5 34dab4be .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-root KMSAN: uninit-value in n_tty_receive_buf_standard
2026/06/09 21:06 upstream 2d3090a8aeb5 c36c07f6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-root KMSAN: uninit-value in n_tty_receive_buf_standard
2026/06/09 15:22 upstream 2d3090a8aeb5 c36c07f6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-root KMSAN: uninit-value in n_tty_receive_buf_standard
2026/06/09 13:37 upstream 2d3090a8aeb5 c36c07f6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-root KMSAN: uninit-value in n_tty_receive_buf_standard
2026/06/08 15:55 upstream 4549871118cf 656e94c6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-root KMSAN: uninit-value in n_tty_receive_buf_standard
2026/06/08 13:32 upstream 4549871118cf cc095639 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-root KMSAN: uninit-value in n_tty_receive_buf_standard
2026/06/08 03:26 upstream c68691dc1dca cc095639 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-root KMSAN: uninit-value in n_tty_receive_buf_standard
2026/06/08 01:02 upstream c68691dc1dca cc095639 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-root KMSAN: uninit-value in n_tty_receive_buf_standard
2026/06/07 11:52 upstream 979c294509f9 cc095639 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-root KMSAN: uninit-value in n_tty_receive_buf_standard
2026/06/07 09:51 upstream 979c294509f9 cc095639 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-root KMSAN: uninit-value in n_tty_receive_buf_standard
2023/12/23 17:22 upstream 5254c0cbc92d fb427a07 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-root KMSAN: uninit-value in n_tty_receive_buf_standard
2023/12/19 23:12 upstream 55cb5f43689d 3ad490ea .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce KMSAN: uninit-value in n_tty_receive_buf_standard
2023/12/16 02:15 upstream 3bd7d7488169 3222d10c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce KMSAN: uninit-value in n_tty_receive_buf_standard
2026/06/18 06:44 upstream 2b414a95b8f7 b62b3ded .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-386-root KMSAN: uninit-value in n_tty_receive_buf_standard
2026/06/17 13:33 upstream 2b414a95b8f7 62cc6db3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-386-root KMSAN: uninit-value in n_tty_receive_buf_standard
2026/06/17 09:54 upstream 2b414a95b8f7 62cc6db3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-386-root KMSAN: uninit-value in n_tty_receive_buf_standard
2026/06/16 09:34 upstream 2b414a95b8f7 50bb0618 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-386-root KMSAN: uninit-value in n_tty_receive_buf_standard
2026/06/15 21:55 upstream 2b414a95b8f7 50bb0618 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-386-root KMSAN: uninit-value in n_tty_receive_buf_standard
2026/06/15 03:37 upstream 2b414a95b8f7 1d2f3589 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-386-root KMSAN: uninit-value in n_tty_receive_buf_standard
2026/06/13 11:31 upstream 2b414a95b8f7 1d2f3589 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-386-root KMSAN: uninit-value in n_tty_receive_buf_standard
2026/06/11 04:27 upstream 9716c086c8e8 b754d2d8 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-386-root KMSAN: uninit-value in n_tty_receive_buf_standard
2026/06/10 09:18 upstream acb7500801e9 34dab4be .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-386-root KMSAN: uninit-value in n_tty_receive_buf_standard
2026/06/10 07:29 upstream acb7500801e9 34dab4be .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-386-root KMSAN: uninit-value in n_tty_receive_buf_standard
2026/06/09 18:09 upstream 2d3090a8aeb5 c36c07f6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-386-root KMSAN: uninit-value in n_tty_receive_buf_standard
2026/06/09 16:38 upstream 2d3090a8aeb5 c36c07f6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-386-root KMSAN: uninit-value in n_tty_receive_buf_standard
2026/06/08 22:58 upstream 2d3090a8aeb5 656e94c6 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-386-root KMSAN: uninit-value in n_tty_receive_buf_standard
2026/06/08 09:22 upstream 4549871118cf cc095639 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-386-root KMSAN: uninit-value in n_tty_receive_buf_standard
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.