netdev - [PATCH net] ipv6: Fix may be used uninitialized warning in rt6

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Date:   Fri, 25 Aug 2017 09:05:42 +0200
From:   Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@...unet.com>
To:     "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
CC:     Wei Wang <weiwan@...gle.com>, Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        "Martin KaFai Lau" <kafai@...com>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH net] ipv6: Fix may be used uninitialized warning in rt6_check

rt_cookie might be used uninitialized, fix this by
initializing it.

Fixes: c5cff8561d2d ("ipv6: add rcu grace period before freeing fib6_node")
Signed-off-by: Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@...unet.com>
---
 net/ipv6/route.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/ipv6/route.c b/net/ipv6/route.c
index a9d3564..48c8c92 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/route.c
@@ -1289,7 +1289,7 @@ static void rt6_dst_from_metrics_check(struct rt6_info *rt)
 
 static struct dst_entry *rt6_check(struct rt6_info *rt, u32 cookie)
 {
-	u32 rt_cookie;
+	u32 rt_cookie = 0;
 
 	if (!rt6_get_cookie_safe(rt, &rt_cookie) || rt_cookie != cookie)
 		return NULL;
-- 
2.7.4