linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] sd: fix uninitialized variable access in error handling

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Date:   Fri, 21 Oct 2016 15:48:12 -0500
From:   Shaun Tancheff <shaun.tancheff@...gate.com>
To:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc:     "James E.J. Bottomley" <jejb@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>,
        Hannes Reinecke <hare@...e.de>, Jens Axboe <axboe@...com>,
        Damien Le Moal <damien.lemoal@...t.com>,
        linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] sd: fix uninitialized variable access in error handling

On Fri, Oct 21, 2016 at 10:32 AM, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de> wrote:
> If sd_zbc_report_zones fails, the check for 'zone_blocks == 0'
> later in the function accesses uninitialized data:
>
> drivers/scsi/sd_zbc.c: In function ‘sd_zbc_read_zones’:
> drivers/scsi/sd_zbc.c:520:7: error: ‘zone_blocks’ may be used uninitialized in this function [-Werror=maybe-uninitialized]
>
> This sets it to zero, which has the desired effect of leaving
> the sd_zbc_read_zones successfully with sdkp->zone_blocks = 0.
>
> Fixes: 89d947561077 ("sd: Implement support for ZBC devices")
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
> ---
>  drivers/scsi/sd_zbc.c | 4 +++-
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/scsi/sd_zbc.c b/drivers/scsi/sd_zbc.c
> index 16d3fa62d8ac..d5b3bd915d9e 100644
> --- a/drivers/scsi/sd_zbc.c
> +++ b/drivers/scsi/sd_zbc.c
> @@ -455,8 +455,10 @@ static int sd_zbc_check_zone_size(struct scsi_disk *sdkp)
>
>         /* Do a report zone to get the same field */
>         ret = sd_zbc_report_zones(sdkp, buf, SD_ZBC_BUF_SIZE, 0);
> -       if (ret)
> +       if (ret) {
> +               zone_blocks = 0;
>                 goto out;
> +       }
>
>         same = buf[4] & 0x0f;
>         if (same > 0) {
> --
> 2.9.0
>

Reviewed-by: Shaun Tancheff <shaun.tancheff@...gate.com>
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Shaun Tancheff