linux-kernel - Re: [syzbot] [btrfs?] KMSAN: uninit-value in btrfs_compress

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Message-ID: <20240730144454.GI17473@twin.jikos.cz>
Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2024 16:44:54 +0200
From: David Sterba <dsterba@...e.cz>
To: syzbot <syzbot+ca895d3f00092ebf1408@...kaller.appspotmail.com>
Cc: clm@...com, dsterba@...e.com, josef@...icpanda.com,
	linux-btrfs@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	syzkaller-bugs@...glegroups.com
Subject: Re: [syzbot] [btrfs?] KMSAN: uninit-value in btrfs_compress_heuristic

On Wed, May 29, 2024 at 04:37:20AM -0700, syzbot wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> syzbot found the following issue on:
> 
> HEAD commit:    614da38e2f7a Merge tag 'hid-for-linus-2024051401' of git:/..
> git tree:       upstream
> console output: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/log.txt?x=14573014980000
> kernel config:  https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/.config?x=f5d2cbf33633f507
> dashboard link: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=ca895d3f00092ebf1408
> compiler:       Debian clang version 15.0.6, GNU ld (GNU Binutils for Debian) 2.40
> 
> Unfortunately, I don't have any reproducer for this issue yet.

Most likely this was a side effect of bug fixed by commit f3a5367c679d
("btrfs: protect folio::private when attaching extent buffer folios").
The timeframe corresponds with increased number of bogus errors caused
by use-after-free of a page.

The fix is best guess.

#syz fix: btrfs: protect folio::private when attaching extent buffer folios