linux-kernel - Re: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH] igc: Do not use link uninitialized in igc_check_for_copper

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:   Thu, 16 Jul 2020 19:29:03 +0300
From:   "Neftin, Sasha" <sasha.neftin@...el.com>
To:     Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@...il.com>,
        Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        clang-built-linux@...glegroups.com,
        intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org, Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        "Lifshits, Vitaly" <vitaly.lifshits@...el.com>,
        "Neftin, Sasha" <sasha.neftin@...el.com>,
        "Nguyen, Anthony L" <anthony.l.nguyen@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH] igc: Do not use link uninitialized in
 igc_check_for_copper_link

On 7/16/2020 07:49, Nathan Chancellor wrote:
> Clang warns:
> 
Hello Nathan,
Thanks for tracking our code.Please, look at 
https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/intel-wired-lan/patch/20200709073416.14126-1-sasha.neftin@intel.com/ 
- I hope this patch already address this Clang warns - please, let me know.
> drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_mac.c:374:6: warning: variable 'link'
> is used uninitialized whenever 'if' condition is true
> [-Wsometimes-uninitialized]
>          if (!mac->get_link_status) {
>              ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_mac.c:424:33: note: uninitialized use
> occurs here
>          ret_val = igc_set_ltr_i225(hw, link);
>                                         ^~~~
> drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_mac.c:374:2: note: remove the 'if' if
> its condition is always false
>          if (!mac->get_link_status) {
>          ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_mac.c:367:11: note: initialize the
> variable 'link' to silence this warning
>          bool link;
>                   ^
>                    = 0
> 1 warning generated.
> 
> It is not wrong, link is only uninitialized after this through
> igc_phy_has_link. Presumably, if we skip the majority of this function
> when get_link_status is false, we should skip calling igc_set_ltr_i225
> as well. Just directly return 0 in this case, rather than bothering with
> adding another label or initializing link in the if statement.
> 
> Fixes: 707abf069548 ("igc: Add initial LTR support")
> Link: https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/linux/issues/1095
> Signed-off-by: Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@...il.com>
> ---
>   drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_mac.c | 6 ++----
>   1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_mac.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_mac.c
> index b47e7b0a6398..26e3c56a4a8b 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_mac.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_mac.c
> @@ -371,10 +371,8 @@ s32 igc_check_for_copper_link(struct igc_hw *hw)
>   	 * get_link_status flag is set upon receiving a Link Status
>   	 * Change or Rx Sequence Error interrupt.
>   	 */
> -	if (!mac->get_link_status) {
> -		ret_val = 0;
> -		goto out;
> -	}
> +	if (!mac->get_link_status)
> +		return 0;
>   
>   	/* First we want to see if the MII Status Register reports
>   	 * link.  If so, then we want to get the current speed/duplex
> 
> base-commit: ca0e494af5edb59002665bf12871e94b4163a257
> 
Thanks,
Sasha