linux-kernel - [PATCH 3.2 026/104] staging/wlan-ng: Fix 'Branch condition evaluates to a garbage value' in p80211netdev.c

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Date:   Mon, 12 Mar 2018 03:03:34 +0000
From:   Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
CC:     akpm@...ux-foundation.org, "Peter Huewe" <peterhuewe@....de>,
        "Greg Kroah-Hartman" <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Subject: [PATCH 3.2 026/104] staging/wlan-ng: Fix 'Branch condition
 evaluates to a garbage value' in p80211netdev.c

3.2.101-rc1 review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

------------------

From: Peter Huewe <peterhuewe@....de>

commit fae7e4d39373305cf505d1f0871a4491897d56f9 upstream.

clang/scan-build complains that:
p80211netdev.c:451:6: warning: Branch condition evaluates to a garbage
value
        if ((p80211_wep.data) && (p80211_wep.data != skb->data))
	            ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

This can happen in p80211knetdev_hard_start_xmit if
- if (wlandev->state != WLAN_DEVICE_OPEN) evaluates to true.
the execution flow then continues at the 'failed' label where
p80211_wep.data is used without being initialized first.

-> Initialize the data field to NULL to fix this issue.

Signed-off-by: Peter Huewe <peterhuewe@....de>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
---
 drivers/staging/wlan-ng/p80211netdev.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

--- a/drivers/staging/wlan-ng/p80211netdev.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/wlan-ng/p80211netdev.c
@@ -354,6 +354,8 @@ static int p80211knetdev_hard_start_xmit
 	union p80211_hdr p80211_hdr;
 	struct p80211_metawep p80211_wep;
 
+	p80211_wep.data = NULL;
+
 	if (skb == NULL)
 		return NETDEV_TX_OK;