linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] net: usb: sr9800: fix uninitialized local variable

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Date:   Tue, 15 Oct 2019 21:02:49 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     vvidic@...entin-vidic.from.hr
Cc:     hslester96@...il.com, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        syzbot+f1842130bbcfb335bac1@...kaller.appspotmail.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: usb: sr9800: fix uninitialized local variable

From: Valentin Vidic <vvidic@...entin-vidic.from.hr>
Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2019 22:20:20 +0200

> Make sure res does not contain random value if the call to
> sr_read_cmd fails for some reason.
> 
> Reported-by: syzbot+f1842130bbcfb335bac1@...kaller.appspotmail.com
> Signed-off-by: Valentin Vidic <vvidic@...entin-vidic.from.hr>

Applied.

But often in situation like this a failed read can more aptly be indicated by
an all-1's value.