netdev - Re: [PATCH RESEND v1] qed: Fix copy of uninitialized memory

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Date:   Thu, 09 Mar 2017 13:18:32 -0800 (PST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     robert.foss@...labora.com
Cc:     Yuval.Mintz@...ium.com, Ariel.Elior@...ium.com,
        everest-linux-l2@...ium.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH RESEND v1] qed: Fix copy of uninitialized memory

From: Robert Foss <robert.foss@...labora.com>
Date: Tue,  7 Mar 2017 11:46:25 -0500

> In qed_ll2_start_ooo() the ll2_info variable is uninitialized and then
> passed to qed_ll2_acquire_connection() where it is copied into a new
> memory space.
> 
> This shouldn't cause any issue as long as non of the copied memory is
> every read.
> But the potential for a bug being introduced by reading this memory
> is real.
> 
> Detected by CoverityScan, CID#1399632 ("Uninitialized scalar variable")
> 
> Signed-off-by: Robert Foss <robert.foss@...labora.com>

Applied.