linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] nfx: llcp: fix possible use of uninitialized variable in nfc_llcp_send

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Date:   Sun, 14 May 2023 10:29:12 +0200
From:   Simon Horman <simon.horman@...igine.com>
To:     Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@...aro.org>
Cc:     "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        Samuel Ortiz <sameo@...ux.intel.com>,
        Thierry Escande <thierry.escande@...labora.com>,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] nfx: llcp: fix possible use of uninitialized variable in
 nfc_llcp_send_connect()

On Sat, May 13, 2023 at 01:51:12PM +0200, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> On 13/05/2023 13:49, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> > If sock->service_name is NULL, the local variable
> > service_name_tlv_length will not be assigned by nfc_llcp_build_tlv(),
> > later leading to using value frmo the stack.  Smatch warning:
> > 
> >   net/nfc/llcp_commands.c:442 nfc_llcp_send_connect() error: uninitialized symbol 'service_name_tlv_length'.
> 
> Eh, typo in subject prefix. V2 in shortly...

Also, s/frmo/from/

And please consider moving local variables towards reverse xmas tree -
longest line to shortest - order for networking code.