linux-kernel - Re: [patch] PCI: acpiphp_ibm: potential uninitialized variable bug

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Date:	Fri, 15 Apr 2016 10:34:22 -0500
From:	Bjorn Helgaas <helgaas@...nel.org>
To:	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
Cc:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>,
	Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>,
	Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>,
	linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org, linux-pci@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch] PCI: acpiphp_ibm: potential uninitialized variable bug

On Fri, Apr 15, 2016 at 05:51:06PM +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> If ibm_get_table_from_acpi() fails then "table" isn't initialized.  I
> fixed this by adding a check for failure.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>

Applied to pci/hotplug for v4.7, thanks, Dan!

> diff --git a/drivers/pci/hotplug/acpiphp_ibm.c b/drivers/pci/hotplug/acpiphp_ibm.c
> index 2f6d3a1..f6221d7 100644
> --- a/drivers/pci/hotplug/acpiphp_ibm.c
> +++ b/drivers/pci/hotplug/acpiphp_ibm.c
> @@ -138,6 +138,8 @@ static union apci_descriptor *ibm_slot_from_id(int id)
>  	char *table;
>  
>  	size = ibm_get_table_from_acpi(&table);
> +	if (size < 0)
> +		return NULL;
>  	des = (union apci_descriptor *)table;
>  	if (memcmp(des->header.sig, "aPCI", 4) != 0)
>  		goto ibm_slot_done;
> --
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