linux-kernel - [PATCH net V2 03/11] net/mlx5: HWS, Fix uninitialized variables in mlx5hws_pat_calc

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Message-ID: <20250825143435.598584-4-mbloch@nvidia.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2025 17:34:26 +0300
From: Mark Bloch <mbloch@...dia.com>
To: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>, Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
	Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@...n.ch>, "David
 S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
CC: Tariq Toukan <tariqt@...dia.com>, Leon Romanovsky <leon@...nel.org>,
	"Saeed Mahameed" <saeedm@...dia.com>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Gal Pressman <gal@...dia.com>,
	<linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org>, Lama Kayal <lkayal@...dia.com>, Mark Bloch
	<mbloch@...dia.com>, Yevgeny Kliteynik <kliteyn@...dia.com>, Vlad Dogaru
	<vdogaru@...dia.com>
Subject: [PATCH net V2 03/11] net/mlx5: HWS, Fix uninitialized variables in mlx5hws_pat_calc_nop error flow

From: Lama Kayal <lkayal@...dia.com>

In mlx5hws_pat_calc_nop(), src_field and dst_field are passed to
hws_action_modify_get_target_fields() which should set their values.
However, if an invalid action type is encountered, these variables
remain uninitialized and are later used to update prev_src_field
and prev_dst_field.

Initialize both variables to INVALID_FIELD to ensure they have
defined values in all code paths.

Fixes: 01e035fd0380 ("net/mlx5: HWS, handle modify header actions dependency")
Signed-off-by: Lama Kayal <lkayal@...dia.com>
Reviewed-by: Tariq Toukan <tariqt@...dia.com>
Signed-off-by: Mark Bloch <mbloch@...dia.com>
---
 .../net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/steering/hws/pat_arg.c    | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/steering/hws/pat_arg.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/steering/hws/pat_arg.c
index 51e4c551e0ef..622fd579f140 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/steering/hws/pat_arg.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/steering/hws/pat_arg.c
@@ -527,7 +527,6 @@ int mlx5hws_pat_calc_nop(__be64 *pattern, size_t num_actions,
 			 u32 *nop_locations, __be64 *new_pat)
 {
 	u16 prev_src_field = INVALID_FIELD, prev_dst_field = INVALID_FIELD;
-	u16 src_field, dst_field;
 	u8 action_type;
 	bool dependent;
 	size_t i, j;
@@ -539,6 +538,9 @@ int mlx5hws_pat_calc_nop(__be64 *pattern, size_t num_actions,
 		return 0;
 
 	for (i = 0, j = 0; i < num_actions; i++, j++) {
+		u16 src_field = INVALID_FIELD;
+		u16 dst_field = INVALID_FIELD;
+
 		if (j >= max_actions)
 			return -EINVAL;
 
-- 
2.34.1