linux-kernel - [PATCH] compal-laptop: Variable "value" in function ec_read

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Date:   Mon,  2 Sep 2019 12:52:49 -0700
From:   Yizhuo <yzhai003@....edu>
To:     unlisted-recipients:; (no To-header on input)
Cc:     csong@...ucr.edu, zhiyunq@...ucr.edu, Yizhuo <yzhai003@....edu>,
        Cezary Jackiewicz <cezary.jackiewicz@...il.com>,
        Darren Hart <dvhart@...radead.org>,
        Andy Shevchenko <andy@...radead.org>,
        platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] compal-laptop: Variable "value" in function ec_read_u8() could be uninitialized

In function ec_read_u8(), variable "value" could be uninitialized
if ec_read() fails. However, "value" is returned directly and used
in its callers. This is potentially unsafe.

Signed-off-by: Yizhuo <yzhai003@....edu>
---
 drivers/platform/x86/compal-laptop.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/compal-laptop.c b/drivers/platform/x86/compal-laptop.c
index 09dfa6f48a1a..ab610376fdad 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/compal-laptop.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/compal-laptop.c
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ static const unsigned char pwm_lookup_table[256] = {
 /* General access */
 static u8 ec_read_u8(u8 addr)
 {
-	u8 value;
+	u8 value = 0;
 	ec_read(addr, &value);
 	return value;
 }
-- 
2.17.1