linux-kernel - [PATCH] rtnetlink: fix uninitialized variable

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Date:   Tue, 17 Jul 2018 08:43:14 -0500
From:   "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavo@...eddedor.com>
To:     Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavo@...eddedor.com>
Subject: [PATCH] rtnetlink: fix uninitialized variable

Currently, there are execution paths in which variable err is
returned without being properly initialized previously:

1417        if (rtnl_xdp_report_one(skb, dev, &prog_id, &mode, XDP_ATTACHED_SKB,
1418                                IFLA_XDP_SKB_PROG_ID, rtnl_xdp_prog_skb))
1419                goto err_cancel;
1420        if (rtnl_xdp_report_one(skb, dev, &prog_id, &mode, XDP_ATTACHED_DRV,
1421                                IFLA_XDP_DRV_PROG_ID, rtnl_xdp_prog_drv))
1422                goto err_cancel;
1423        if (rtnl_xdp_report_one(skb, dev, &prog_id, &mode, XDP_ATTACHED_HW,
1424                                IFLA_XDP_HW_PROG_ID, rtnl_xdp_prog_hw))
1425                goto err_cancel;

Fix this by initializing variable err to -EMSGSIZE.

Addresses-Coverity-ID: 1471831 ("Uninitialized scalar variable")
Fixes: a25717d2b604 ("xdp: support simultaneous driver and hw XDP attachment")
Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavo@...eddedor.com>
---
 net/core/rtnetlink.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index e03258e..648c984 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -1405,12 +1405,12 @@ static int rtnl_xdp_fill(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 {
 	struct nlattr *xdp;
 	u32 prog_id;
-	int err;
+	int err = -EMSGSIZE;
 	u8 mode;
 
 	xdp = nla_nest_start(skb, IFLA_XDP);
 	if (!xdp)
-		return -EMSGSIZE;
+		return err;
 
 	prog_id = 0;
 	mode = XDP_ATTACHED_NONE;
-- 
2.7.4