linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] apparmor/file: Removing unnecessary initial values for variable pointers

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Date:   Thu, 28 Sep 2023 10:36:16 -0700
From:   John Johansen <john.johansen@...onical.com>
To:     Li kunyu <kunyu@...china.com>, paul@...l-moore.com,
        jmorris@...ei.org, serge@...lyn.com
Cc:     apparmor@...ts.ubuntu.com, linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] apparmor/file: Removing unnecessary initial values for
 variable pointers

On 9/18/23 18:56, Li kunyu wrote:
> These variable pointers are assigned during use and do not need to be
> initialized for assignment.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Li kunyu <kunyu@...china.com>
> ---
>   v2: Fix timestamp issues
> 
>   security/apparmor/file.c | 4 ++--
>   1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/security/apparmor/file.c b/security/apparmor/file.c
> index 698b124e649f..12eafdf18fc0 100644
> --- a/security/apparmor/file.c
> +++ b/security/apparmor/file.c
> @@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ int aa_path_perm(const char *op, struct aa_label *label,
>   {
>   	struct aa_perms perms = {};
>   	struct aa_profile *profile;
> -	char *buffer = NULL;
> +	char *buffer;

this is okay

>   	int error;
>   
>   	flags |= PATH_DELEGATE_DELETED | (S_ISDIR(cond->mode) ? PATH_IS_DIR :
> @@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ int aa_path_link(struct aa_label *label, struct dentry *old_dentry,
>   		d_backing_inode(old_dentry)->i_uid,
>   		d_backing_inode(old_dentry)->i_mode
>   	};
> -	char *buffer = NULL, *buffer2 = NULL;
> +	char *buffer, *buffer2;

this can cause an oops if buffer2 allocation fails. There are a couple of ways I can
see to fix this, do you want to take a crack at it.


>   	struct aa_profile *profile;
>   	int error;
>