linux-kernel - [syzbot] [overlayfs?] KMSAN: uninit-value in ovl_fill

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Message-ID: <69722188.a70a0220.111c58.0043.GAE@google.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2026 05:09:28 -0800
From: syzbot <syzbot+d130f98b2c265fae5297@...kaller.appspotmail.com>
To: amir73il@...il.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 
	linux-unionfs@...r.kernel.org, miklos@...redi.hu, 
	syzkaller-bugs@...glegroups.com
Subject: [syzbot] [overlayfs?] KMSAN: uninit-value in ovl_fill_real

Hello,

syzbot found the following issue on:

HEAD commit:    d12453c7e281 Merge tag 'arm64-fixes' of git://git.kernel.o..
git tree:       upstream
console output: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/log.txt?x=11ca6b9a580000
kernel config:  https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/.config?x=46b5f80a6e7aaa5c
dashboard link: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=d130f98b2c265fae5297
compiler:       Debian clang version 20.1.8 (++20250708063551+0c9f909b7976-1~exp1~20250708183702.136), Debian LLD 20.1.8
userspace arch: i386

Unfortunately, I don't have any reproducer for this issue yet.

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kernel image: https://storage.googleapis.com/syzbot-assets/3c272ecc6877/bzImage-d12453c7.xz

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Reported-by: syzbot+d130f98b2c265fae5297@...kaller.appspotmail.com

EXT4-fs: Quota format mount options ignored when QUOTA feature is enabled
EXT4-fs (loop1): Test dummy encryption mode enabled
EXT4-fs (loop1): mounted filesystem 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000 r/w without journal. Quota mode: writeback.
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BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in ovl_fill_real+0x1df/0x920 fs/overlayfs/readdir.c:758
 ovl_fill_real+0x1df/0x920 fs/overlayfs/readdir.c:758
 dir_emit include/linux/fs.h:3527 [inline]
 ext4_readdir+0x320e/0x6f30 fs/ext4/dir.c:304
 iterate_dir+0x452/0x620 fs/readdir.c:108
 ovl_iterate_real fs/overlayfs/readdir.c:829 [inline]
 ovl_iterate+0x1e84/0x47d0 fs/overlayfs/readdir.c:909
 wrap_directory_iterator+0xda/0x180 fs/readdir.c:65
 shared_ovl_iterate+0x3d/0x50 fs/overlayfs/readdir.c:1065
 iterate_dir+0x452/0x620 fs/readdir.c:108
 __do_sys_getdents64 fs/readdir.c:410 [inline]
 __se_sys_getdents64+0x17e/0x550 fs/readdir.c:396
 __ia32_sys_getdents64+0x96/0xe0 fs/readdir.c:396
 ia32_sys_call+0x353e/0x4340 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_32.h:221
 do_syscall_32_irqs_on arch/x86/entry/syscall_32.c:83 [inline]
 __do_fast_syscall_32+0x154/0x320 arch/x86/entry/syscall_32.c:307
 do_fast_syscall_32+0x38/0x80 arch/x86/entry/syscall_32.c:332
 do_SYSENTER_32+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/syscall_32.c:370
 entry_SYSENTER_compat_after_hwframe+0x84/0x8e

Uninit was created at:
 slab_post_alloc_hook mm/slub.c:4960 [inline]
 slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:5263 [inline]
 __do_kmalloc_node mm/slub.c:5656 [inline]
 __kmalloc_noprof+0xaf2/0x1c20 mm/slub.c:5669
 kmalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:961 [inline]
 fscrypt_fname_alloc_buffer+0x52/0x110 fs/crypto/fname.c:223
 ext4_readdir+0xaf6/0x6f30 fs/ext4/dir.c:169
 iterate_dir+0x452/0x620 fs/readdir.c:108
 ovl_iterate_real fs/overlayfs/readdir.c:829 [inline]
 ovl_iterate+0x1e84/0x47d0 fs/overlayfs/readdir.c:909
 wrap_directory_iterator+0xda/0x180 fs/readdir.c:65
 shared_ovl_iterate+0x3d/0x50 fs/overlayfs/readdir.c:1065
 iterate_dir+0x452/0x620 fs/readdir.c:108
 __do_sys_getdents64 fs/readdir.c:410 [inline]
 __se_sys_getdents64+0x17e/0x550 fs/readdir.c:396
 __ia32_sys_getdents64+0x96/0xe0 fs/readdir.c:396
 ia32_sys_call+0x353e/0x4340 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_32.h:221
 do_syscall_32_irqs_on arch/x86/entry/syscall_32.c:83 [inline]
 __do_fast_syscall_32+0x154/0x320 arch/x86/entry/syscall_32.c:307
 do_fast_syscall_32+0x38/0x80 arch/x86/entry/syscall_32.c:332
 do_SYSENTER_32+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/syscall_32.c:370
 entry_SYSENTER_compat_after_hwframe+0x84/0x8e

CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 30053 Comm: syz.1.3910 Tainted: G             L      syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(none) 
Tainted: [L]=SOFTLOCKUP
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 10/25/2025
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