linux-kernel - Forwarded: [PATCH] jfs: fix KMSAN warning in txLock

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Message-ID: <697307a7.050a0220.1ad174.0330.GAE@google.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2026 21:31:19 -0800
From: syzbot <syzbot+d3a57c32b9112d7b01ec@...kaller.appspotmail.com>
To: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, syzkaller-bugs@...glegroups.com
Subject: Forwarded: [PATCH] jfs: fix KMSAN warning in txLock

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Subject: [PATCH] jfs: fix KMSAN warning in txLock
Author: kartikey406@...il.com

#syz test: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git maste

Syzbot reported a KMSAN uninit-value warning in txLock when accessing
the global TxLock array:

  BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in txLock+0x13a2/0x2900 fs/jfs/jfs_txnmgr.c:659

The issue occurs because txInit() allocates the TxLock array using
vmalloc(), which does not zero the allocated memory. When txLock()
traverses the transaction lock list by accessing elements in this array
(via lid_to_tlock()), it reads uninitialized 'next' pointers, triggering
the KMSAN warning.

The uninitialized memory originates from:
  vmalloc_noprof+0xce/0x140 mm/vmalloc.c:4146
  txInit+0xb5c/0xfa0 fs/jfs/jfs_txnmgr.c:297

Fix this by using vzalloc() instead of vmalloc() to ensure the TxLock
array is zero-initialized. This guarantees that all tlock structures
start with valid initial values, particularly the 'next' field which is
used for list traversal.

Reported-by: syzbot+d3a57c32b9112d7b01ec@...kaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=d3a57c32b9112d7b01ec
Signed-off-by: Deepanshu Kartikey <kartikey406@...il.com>
---
 fs/jfs/jfs_txnmgr.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/jfs/jfs_txnmgr.c b/fs/jfs/jfs_txnmgr.c
index c16578af3a77..4c72103a0b46 100644
--- a/fs/jfs/jfs_txnmgr.c
+++ b/fs/jfs/jfs_txnmgr.c
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ int txInit(void)
 	 * tlock id = 0 is reserved.
 	 */
 	size = sizeof(struct tlock) * nTxLock;
-	TxLock = vmalloc(size);
+	TxLock = vzalloc(size);
 	if (TxLock == NULL) {
 		vfree(TxBlock);
 		return -ENOMEM;
-- 
2.43.0