linux-kernel - [PATCH 5.16 27/43] net/mlx5: E-Switch, Fix uninitialized variable modact

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Message-Id: <20220204091918.050742976@linuxfoundation.org>
Date:   Fri,  4 Feb 2022 10:22:34 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org, Maor Dickman <maord@...dia.com>,
        Roi Dayan <roid@...dia.com>, Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...dia.com>
Subject: [PATCH 5.16 27/43] net/mlx5: E-Switch, Fix uninitialized variable modact

From: Maor Dickman <maord@...dia.com>

commit d8e5883d694bb053b19c4142a2d1f43a34f6fe2c upstream.

The variable modact is not initialized before used in command
modify header allocation which can cause command to fail.

Fix by initializing modact with zeros.

Addresses-Coverity: ("Uninitialized scalar variable")
Fixes: 8f1e0b97cc70 ("net/mlx5: E-Switch, Mark miss packets with new chain id mapping")
Signed-off-by: Maor Dickman <maord@...dia.com>
Reviewed-by: Roi Dayan <roid@...dia.com>
Signed-off-by: Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...dia.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/lib/fs_chains.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/lib/fs_chains.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/lib/fs_chains.c
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ static int
 create_chain_restore(struct fs_chain *chain)
 {
 	struct mlx5_eswitch *esw = chain->chains->dev->priv.eswitch;
-	char modact[MLX5_UN_SZ_BYTES(set_add_copy_action_in_auto)];
+	u8 modact[MLX5_UN_SZ_BYTES(set_add_copy_action_in_auto)] = {};
 	struct mlx5_fs_chains *chains = chain->chains;
 	enum mlx5e_tc_attr_to_reg chain_to_reg;
 	struct mlx5_modify_hdr *mod_hdr;