linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86/microcode/amd: fix uninitalized structure cp

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Date:   Tue, 14 Jan 2020 12:38:34 +0100
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:     Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>
Cc:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        "H . Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, x86@...nel.org,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86/microcode/amd: fix uninitalized structure cp

On Tue, Jan 14, 2020 at 11:15:05AM +0000, Colin King wrote:
> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> 
> In the case where cp is not assigned to the return from
> the call to find_microcode_in_initrd

Where does this happen? I don't see it.

> cp is uninitialized when
> it is assigned to *ret.   Functions that call __load_ucode_amd
> such as load_ucode_amd_bsp can therefore end up checking bogus
> values cp.data and cp.size.  Fix this by ensuring cp is
> initialized as all zero and remove the redundant initialization
> of cp in load_ucode_amd_bsp.
> 
> Addresses-Coverity: ("Uninitialized scalar variable")

I already asked about those: either document what those tags mean or
remove them.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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