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fs: init flags_valid before calling vfs_fileattr_get
authorEdward Adam Davis <eadavis@qq.com>
Fri, 6 Feb 2026 06:20:28 +0000 (14:20 +0800)
committerChristian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
Sat, 14 Feb 2026 12:17:43 +0000 (13:17 +0100)
commitcb184dd19154fc486fa3d9e02afe70a97e54e055
tree437e2bd890537ed7750e9a56340232170ebc25e4
parent770aaedb461a055f79b971d538678942b6607894
fs: init flags_valid before calling vfs_fileattr_get

syzbot reported a uninit-value bug in [1].

Similar to the "*get" context where the kernel's internal file_kattr
structure is initialized before calling vfs_fileattr_get(), we should
use the same mechanism when using fa.

[1]
BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in fuse_fileattr_get+0xeb4/0x1450 fs/fuse/ioctl.c:517
 fuse_fileattr_get+0xeb4/0x1450 fs/fuse/ioctl.c:517
 vfs_fileattr_get fs/file_attr.c:94 [inline]
 __do_sys_file_getattr fs/file_attr.c:416 [inline]

Local variable fa.i created at:
 __do_sys_file_getattr fs/file_attr.c:380 [inline]
 __se_sys_file_getattr+0x8c/0xbd0 fs/file_attr.c:372

Reported-by: syzbot+7c31755f2cea07838b0c@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=7c31755f2cea07838b0c
Tested-by: syzbot+7c31755f2cea07838b0c@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Signed-off-by: Edward Adam Davis <eadavis@qq.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/tencent_B6C4583771D76766D71362A368696EC3B605@qq.com
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
fs/file_attr.c