linux-kernel - [PATCH] x86/hpet: Fix uninitialized use in hpet_msi

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Date:   Tue,  8 Oct 2019 13:47:44 -0700
From:   Yizhuo <yzhai003@....edu>
To:     unlisted-recipients:; (no To-header on input)
Cc:     Yizhuo <yzhai003@....edu>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, x86@...nel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] x86/hpet: Fix uninitialized use in hpet_msi_resume()

Inside function hpet_msi_resume(), variable "msg" could be
uninitialized if irq_chip_compose_msi_msg() returns -ENOSYS.
However, it is directly used in hpet_msi_write(),  which is
potentially unsafe.

Signed-off-by: Yizhuo <yzhai003@....edu>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/hpet.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/hpet.c b/arch/x86/kernel/hpet.c
index c6f791bc481e..5bc76819dd32 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/hpet.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/hpet.c
@@ -501,6 +501,7 @@ static int hpet_clkevt_msi_resume(struct clock_event_device *evt)
 	struct irq_data *data = irq_get_irq_data(hc->irq);
 	struct msi_msg msg;
 
+	memset(&msg, 0, sizeof(struct msi_msg));
 	/* Restore the MSI msg and unmask the interrupt */
 	irq_chip_compose_msi_msg(data, &msg);
 	hpet_msi_write(hc, &msg);
-- 
2.17.1