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KMSAN: uninit-value in n_tty_receive_buf_closing (3)

Status: upstream: reported C repro on 2024/08/19 13:42
Subsystems: serial
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Reported-by: syzbot+dd514b5f0cf048aec256@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 670d, last: 12h25m
✨ AI Jobs (5)
ID Workflow Result Correct Bug Created Started Finished Revision Error
e3f9aad9-4cdb-4c36-b062-ec54ac5cf4bc assessment-security 💥 KMSAN: uninit-value in n_tty_receive_buf_closing (3) 2026/06/09 22:36 2026/06/09 22:36 2026/06/09 23:03 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/e0687a6a68609ddcfd...
truncated to first 200 bytes; open job for full error
beaed419-4f63-4019-abb6-5f43108194b6 assessment-security 💥 KMSAN: uninit-value in n_tty_receive_buf_closing (3) 2026/06/03 00:08 2026/06/03 00:08 2026/06/03 00:39 62fe15281f5011cd203d8845b8767b10e7443aa5
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/e0687a6a68609ddcfd...
truncated to first 200 bytes; open job for full error
e279f6b6-62e0-48de-9c18-19632ff8c3a9 assessment-security 💥 KMSAN: uninit-value in n_tty_receive_buf_closing (3) 2026/05/31 21:45 2026/05/31 21:45 2026/05/31 22:03 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/e0687a6a68609ddcfd...
truncated to first 200 bytes; open job for full error
1aac64e4-fdb3-425c-b4d1-1b91af031cfc patching 💥 KMSAN: uninit-value in n_tty_receive_buf_closing (3) 2026/05/27 21:29 2026/05/29 17:34 2026/05/29 18:07 6b4a844333e83556da95d61d7f207e7ef5cd4bc6
reproducer did not crash
89ec8749-da4a-4d21-9016-f05e1da23cd6 assessment-security 💥 KMSAN: uninit-value in n_tty_receive_buf_closing (3) 2026/05/15 07:07 2026/05/15 07:07 2026/05/15 07:08 6ccb967e465e832a7bfd7a116ad00d52a0923a5d
failed to run ["git" "pull" "origin" "HEAD" "--depth=1" "--allow-unrelated-histories"]: exit status 128
From /app/workdir/repo/linux
 * branch                HEAD       -> FETCH_HEAD
Updating files:  ...
truncated to first 200 bytes; open job for full error
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Similar bugs (2)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
upstream KMSAN: uninit-value in n_tty_receive_buf_closing serial 7 2 995d 1007d 0/29 closed as invalid on 2023/12/22 15:49
upstream KMSAN: uninit-value in n_tty_receive_buf_closing (2) serial 7 1 894d 889d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/04/13 06:47
Last patch testing requests (4)
Created Duration User Patch Repo Result
2026/04/28 05:40 29m retest repro upstream report log
2025/09/25 08:47 1h04m xiaopei01@kylinos.cn patch upstream report log
2025/09/25 05:40 45m rampxxxx@gmail.com patch upstream report log
2025/06/07 09:12 30m retest repro upstream report log

Sample crash report:
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BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in n_tty_receive_char_closing drivers/tty/n_tty.c:1454 [inline]
BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in n_tty_receive_buf_closing+0x539/0xb40 drivers/tty/n_tty.c:1567
 n_tty_receive_char_closing drivers/tty/n_tty.c:1454 [inline]
 n_tty_receive_buf_closing+0x539/0xb40 drivers/tty/n_tty.c:1567
 __receive_buf drivers/tty/n_tty.c:1630 [inline]
 n_tty_receive_buf_common+0x196b/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:4125 [inline]
 slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:4168 [inline]
 __do_kmalloc_node mm/slub.c:4297 [inline]
 __kmalloc_noprof+0x923/0x1230 mm/slub.c:4310
 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:1763
 serial8250_rx_chars drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c:1780 [inline]
 serial8250_handle_irq+0x970/0x1130 drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c:1944
 serial8250_default_handle_irq+0x120/0x2b0 drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c:1969
 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/u8:3 Not tainted 6.13.0-rc4-syzkaller-00054-gd6ef8b40d075 #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 (369):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2024/12/27 18:43 upstream d6ef8b40d075 d3ccff63 .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_closing
2026/06/16 06:51 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_closing
2026/06/11 14:03 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_closing
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_closing
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_closing
2026/06/08 00:34 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_closing
2026/06/08 00:33 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_closing
2026/06/02 12:13 upstream 6f3ed7fec72f 62fe1528 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-root KMSAN: uninit-value in n_tty_receive_buf_closing
2026/06/02 08:53 upstream 6f3ed7fec72f 1095583b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-root KMSAN: uninit-value in n_tty_receive_buf_closing
2026/05/29 13:47 upstream 8fde5d1d47f6 6b4a8443 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-root KMSAN: uninit-value in n_tty_receive_buf_closing
2026/05/28 12:32 upstream eb3f4b7426cf 9a5a7e5e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-root KMSAN: uninit-value in n_tty_receive_buf_closing
2026/05/23 23:35 upstream 79bd2dded182 c69befb3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-root KMSAN: uninit-value in n_tty_receive_buf_closing
2026/05/22 10:06 upstream 6779b50faa56 e16cf9f3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-root KMSAN: uninit-value in n_tty_receive_buf_closing
2026/05/20 23:53 upstream df685633c3db 41b8c833 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-root KMSAN: uninit-value in n_tty_receive_buf_closing
2026/05/20 02:49 upstream 27fa82620cba 0909d65f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-root KMSAN: uninit-value in n_tty_receive_buf_closing
2026/05/16 22:18 upstream 6916d5703ddf de5aae85 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-root KMSAN: uninit-value in n_tty_receive_buf_closing
2026/05/14 23:20 upstream 66182ca873a4 6ccb967e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-root KMSAN: uninit-value in n_tty_receive_buf_closing
2026/05/12 10:04 upstream 50897c955902 d5b1a17d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-root KMSAN: uninit-value in n_tty_receive_buf_closing
2026/05/08 21:53 upstream 81d6f7807536 0c5a8d8f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-root KMSAN: uninit-value in n_tty_receive_buf_closing
2026/05/07 20:20 upstream 19cbc75c56c0 e358bca5 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-root KMSAN: uninit-value in n_tty_receive_buf_closing
2026/05/06 05:03 upstream 9207d47f966b 26da2c66 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-root KMSAN: uninit-value in n_tty_receive_buf_closing
2026/04/11 13:11 upstream e774d5f1bc27 38c8e246 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-root KMSAN: uninit-value in n_tty_receive_buf_closing
2026/04/10 07:13 upstream 9a9c8ce300cd 38c8e246 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-root KMSAN: uninit-value in n_tty_receive_buf_closing
2026/04/10 00:23 upstream 8b02520ec5f7 38c8e246 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-root KMSAN: uninit-value in n_tty_receive_buf_closing
2026/04/09 18:36 upstream 8b02520ec5f7 38c8e246 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-root KMSAN: uninit-value in n_tty_receive_buf_closing
2026/04/08 13:52 upstream 3036cd0d3328 d9b7f621 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-root KMSAN: uninit-value in n_tty_receive_buf_closing
2026/04/06 05:09 upstream 1791c390149f 4440e7c2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-root KMSAN: uninit-value in n_tty_receive_buf_closing
2026/04/03 06:08 upstream 5619b098e2fb 4440e7c2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-root KMSAN: uninit-value in n_tty_receive_buf_closing
2026/04/03 03:19 upstream 5619b098e2fb 4440e7c2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-root KMSAN: uninit-value in n_tty_receive_buf_closing
2026/04/02 15:41 upstream 9147566d8016 8b15d4ae .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-root KMSAN: uninit-value in n_tty_receive_buf_closing
2026/03/31 05:30 upstream d0c3bcd5b897 d0af506e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-root KMSAN: uninit-value in n_tty_receive_buf_closing
2026/03/28 00:29 upstream 7df48e363130 74a13a23 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-root KMSAN: uninit-value in n_tty_receive_buf_closing
2026/03/25 23:24 upstream bbeb83d3182a 4367a094 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-root KMSAN: uninit-value in n_tty_receive_buf_closing
2026/03/25 14:18 upstream bbeb83d3182a 4367a094 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-root KMSAN: uninit-value in n_tty_receive_buf_closing
2026/03/25 08:32 upstream bbeb83d3182a 35e4ff71 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-root KMSAN: uninit-value in n_tty_receive_buf_closing
2026/06/16 14:47 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_closing
2026/06/15 20:00 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_closing
2026/06/09 13:21 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_closing
2026/05/29 10:34 upstream 8fde5d1d47f6 4624854e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-386-root KMSAN: uninit-value in n_tty_receive_buf_closing
2026/05/23 15:09 upstream 79bd2dded182 c69befb3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-386-root KMSAN: uninit-value in n_tty_receive_buf_closing
2026/05/22 17:53 upstream 6779b50faa56 e16cf9f3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-386-root KMSAN: uninit-value in n_tty_receive_buf_closing
2026/05/17 23:27 upstream e5d505e3664b de5aae85 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-386-root KMSAN: uninit-value in n_tty_receive_buf_closing
2026/05/16 05:40 upstream d458a240344c 81fb92f3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-386-root KMSAN: uninit-value in n_tty_receive_buf_closing
2026/05/14 06:32 upstream e1914add2799 6ccb967e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-386-root KMSAN: uninit-value in n_tty_receive_buf_closing
2026/05/12 04:59 upstream 50897c955902 d168f260 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-386-root KMSAN: uninit-value in n_tty_receive_buf_closing
2026/05/05 14:48 upstream a293ec25d59d 06e69a27 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-386-root KMSAN: uninit-value in n_tty_receive_buf_closing
2026/05/05 02:01 upstream c7e4e4d5f7dc a898ba9c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-386-root KMSAN: uninit-value in n_tty_receive_buf_closing
2026/04/13 21:19 upstream 0f0013213293 9530ccf9 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-386-root KMSAN: uninit-value in n_tty_receive_buf_closing
2026/04/13 06:14 upstream 028ef9c96e96 38c8e246 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-386-root KMSAN: uninit-value in n_tty_receive_buf_closing
2026/04/11 01:22 upstream 7c6c4ed80b87 38c8e246 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-386-root KMSAN: uninit-value in n_tty_receive_buf_closing
2026/04/03 07:52 upstream 5619b098e2fb 4440e7c2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-386-root KMSAN: uninit-value in n_tty_receive_buf_closing
2024/08/15 13:36 upstream 1fb918967b56 e4bacdaf .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-kmsan-gce-386-root KMSAN: uninit-value in n_tty_receive_buf_closing
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.