linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] afs: Fix uninit var in afs_alloc_anon

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Message-ID: <CAHk-=whqqAAwUwu07_FykKaiFw+WBHyc4VQpPVdzOeDFdCQVMw@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2025 16:49:19 -0800
From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To: David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
Cc: Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>, Paulo Alcantra <pc@...guebit.org>, 
	syzbot+41c68824eefb67cdf00c@...kaller.appspotmail.com, 
	Marc Dionne <marc.dionne@...istor.com>, linux-afs@...ts.infradead.org, 
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] afs: Fix uninit var in afs_alloc_anon_key()

I've applied this directly, since it seems to be a recent regression
and final 6.18 is days away.

And it seems like an obvious fix. Famous last words...

            Linus

On Fri, 28 Nov 2025 at 16:40, David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com> wrote:
>
> Fix an uninitialised variable (key) in afs_alloc_anon_key() by setting it
> to cell->anonymous_key.  Without this change, the error check may return a
> false failure with a bad error number.