linux-kernel - [PATCH] netfilter: Initialize local variables to NULL, to prevent using them when uninitialized.

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Date:	Sat,  5 Dec 2015 02:08:43 -0800
From:	Tomer Barletz <barletz@...il.com>
To:	pablo@...filter.org, kaber@...sh.net, kadlec@...ckhole.kfki.hu,
	davem@...emloft.net
Cc:	netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org, coreteam@...filter.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Tomer Barletz <barletz@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH] netfilter: Initialize local variables to NULL, to prevent using them when uninitialized.

Signed-off-by: Tomer Barletz <barletz@...il.com>
---
 net/netfilter/nfnetlink_queue.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_queue.c b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_queue.c
index 7d81d28..e8be660 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_queue.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_queue.c
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ nfqnl_build_packet_message(struct net *net, struct nfqnl_instance *queue,
 	struct net_device *outdev;
 	struct nf_conn *ct = NULL;
 	enum ip_conntrack_info uninitialized_var(ctinfo);
-	struct nfnl_ct_hook *nfnl_ct;
+	struct nfnl_ct_hook *nfnl_ct = NULL;
 	bool csum_verify;
 	char *secdata = NULL;
 	u32 seclen = 0;
@@ -1041,7 +1041,7 @@ nfqnl_recv_verdict(struct sock *ctnl, struct sk_buff *skb,
 	unsigned int verdict;
 	struct nf_queue_entry *entry;
 	enum ip_conntrack_info uninitialized_var(ctinfo);
-	struct nfnl_ct_hook *nfnl_ct;
+	struct nfnl_ct_hook *nfnl_ct = NULL;
 	struct nf_conn *ct = NULL;
 
 	struct net *net = sock_net(ctnl);
-- 
2.5.0

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