netdev - Re: KMSAN: uninit-value in ath9k_htc_rx

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Message-ID: <CAG_fn=X5a=2vhDR6Lt_6wEUZCmDqhy0dTW62FphATNgpuDbqNg@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Fri, 26 Aug 2022 10:38:30 +0200
From:   Alexander Potapenko <glider@...gle.com>
To:     Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@...ove.sakura.ne.jp>
Cc:     ath9k-devel@....qualcomm.com, phil@...lpotter.co.uk,
        David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Kalle Valo <kvalo@...nel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-wireless <linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>,
        Networking <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        syzkaller-bugs <syzkaller-bugs@...glegroups.com>
Subject: Re: KMSAN: uninit-value in ath9k_htc_rx_msg

On Fri, Aug 26, 2022 at 3:35 AM Tetsuo Handa
<penguin-kernel@...ove.sakura.ne.jp> wrote:
>
> On 2022/08/26 0:09, Alexander Potapenko wrote:
> > On Thu, Aug 25, 2022 at 4:34 PM Tetsuo Handa
> > <penguin-kernel@...ove.sakura.ne.jp> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hello.
> > Hi Tetsuo,
> >
> >> I found that your patch was applied. But since the reproducer tested only 0 byte
> >> case, I think that rejecting only less than sizeof(struct htc_frame_hdr) bytes
> >> is not sufficient.
> >>
> >> More complete patch with Ack from Toke is waiting at
> >> https://lkml.kernel.org/r/7acfa1be-4b5c-b2ce-de43-95b0593fb3e5@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp .
> >
> > Thanks for letting me know! I just checked that your patch indeed
> > fixes the issue I am facing.
> > If it is more complete, I think we'd indeed better use yours.
>
> I recognized that "ath9k: fix an uninit value use in ath9k_htc_rx_msg()" is
> local to KMSAN tree.
> https://github.com/google/kmsan/commit/d891e35583bf2e81ccc7a2ea548bf7cf47329f40
I actually did a rebase of KMSAN tree to v6.0-rc2 yesterday and
dropped that patch (picked yours instead).
Thanks for the heads-up!

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