linux-kernel - [PATCH] udf: Initialize newblock variable COVERITY: 1530250

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Date:   Mon, 26 Dec 2022 19:57:00 +0100
From:   Tanmay Bhushan <007047221b@...il.com>
To:     Jan Kara <jack@...e.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] udf: Initialize newblock variable COVERITY: 1530250

>From 21f30c35ba12c939da0990a8527790408276aaee Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tanmay Bhushan <007047221b@...il.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2022 18:54:13 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] udf: Initialize newblock variable COVERITY: 1530250

When getting newblock the variable returned is not initialized.
Coverity informs this as a high risk impact because variable may
contain an arbitrary value left from earlier computations. Newblock
is initialized to avoid this issue.

Signed-off-by: Tanmay Bhushan <007047221b@...il.com>
---
 fs/udf/inode.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/udf/inode.c b/fs/udf/inode.c
index 1d7c2a812fc1..71bc4de38ad2 100644
--- a/fs/udf/inode.c
+++ b/fs/udf/inode.c
@@ -684,7 +684,7 @@ static sector_t inode_getblk(struct inode *inode,
sector_t block,
 	struct kernel_lb_addr eloc, tmpeloc;
 	int c = 1;
 	loff_t lbcount = 0, b_off = 0;
-	udf_pblk_t newblocknum, newblock;
+	udf_pblk_t newblocknum, newblock = 0;
 	sector_t offset = 0;
 	int8_t etype;
 	struct udf_inode_info *iinfo = UDF_I(inode);
-- 
2.34.1