linux-kernel - [PATCH] staging: wlan-ng: fix uninitialized variable

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Message-Id: <20191002174103.1274-1-efremov@linux.com>
Date:   Wed,  2 Oct 2019 20:41:03 +0300
From:   Denis Efremov <efremov@...ux.com>
To:     devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Denis Efremov <efremov@...ux.com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] staging: wlan-ng: fix uninitialized variable

The result variable in prism2_connect() can be used uninitialized on path
!channel --> ... --> is_wep --> sme->key --> sme->key_idx >= NUM_WEPKEYS.
This patch initializes result with 0.

Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Denis Efremov <efremov@...ux.com>
---
 drivers/staging/wlan-ng/cfg80211.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/wlan-ng/cfg80211.c b/drivers/staging/wlan-ng/cfg80211.c
index eee1998c4b18..d426905e187e 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/wlan-ng/cfg80211.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/wlan-ng/cfg80211.c
@@ -441,7 +441,7 @@ static int prism2_connect(struct wiphy *wiphy, struct net_device *dev,
 	int chan = -1;
 	int is_wep = (sme->crypto.cipher_group == WLAN_CIPHER_SUITE_WEP40) ||
 	    (sme->crypto.cipher_group == WLAN_CIPHER_SUITE_WEP104);
-	int result;
+	int result = 0;
 	int err = 0;
 
 	/* Set the channel */
-- 
2.21.0