netdev - [PATCH net-next 06/29] can: etas_es58x: es58x_fd_rx_event_msg(): initialize rx_event_msg before calling es58x_check_msg

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Date:   Thu, 10 Mar 2022 15:28:40 +0100
From:   Marc Kleine-Budde <mkl@...gutronix.de>
To:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, kuba@...nel.org, linux-can@...r.kernel.org,
        kernel@...gutronix.de,
        Vincent Mailhol <mailhol.vincent@...adoo.fr>,
        Marc Kleine-Budde <mkl@...gutronix.de>
Subject: [PATCH net-next 06/29] can: etas_es58x: es58x_fd_rx_event_msg(): initialize rx_event_msg before calling es58x_check_msg_len()

From: Vincent Mailhol <mailhol.vincent@...adoo.fr>

Function es58x_fd_rx_event() invokes the es58x_check_msg_len() macro:

| 	ret = es58x_check_msg_len(es58x_dev->dev, *rx_event_msg, msg_len);

While doing so, it dereferences an uninitialized
variable: *rx_event_msg.

This is actually harmless because es58x_check_msg_len() only uses
preprocessor macros (sizeof() and __stringify()) on
*rx_event_msg. c.f. [1].

Nonetheless, this pattern is confusing so the lines are reordered to
make sure that rx_event_msg is correctly initialized.

This patch also fixes a false positive warning reported by cppcheck:

| cppcheck possible warnings: (new ones prefixed by >>, may not be real problems)
|
|    In file included from drivers/net/can/usb/etas_es58x/es58x_fd.c:
| >> drivers/net/can/usb/etas_es58x/es58x_fd.c:174:8: warning: Uninitialized variable: rx_event_msg [uninitvar]
|     ret = es58x_check_msg_len(es58x_dev->dev, *rx_event_msg, msg_len);
|           ^

[1] https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v5.16/source/drivers/net/can/usb/etas_es58x/es58x_core.h#L467

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20220306101302.708783-1-mailhol.vincent@wanadoo.fr
Signed-off-by: Vincent Mailhol <mailhol.vincent@...adoo.fr>
Signed-off-by: Marc Kleine-Budde <mkl@...gutronix.de>
---
 drivers/net/can/usb/etas_es58x/es58x_fd.c | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/can/usb/etas_es58x/es58x_fd.c b/drivers/net/can/usb/etas_es58x/es58x_fd.c
index 88d2540abbbe..c97ffa71fd75 100644
--- a/drivers/net/can/usb/etas_es58x/es58x_fd.c
+++ b/drivers/net/can/usb/etas_es58x/es58x_fd.c
@@ -173,12 +173,11 @@ static int es58x_fd_rx_event_msg(struct net_device *netdev,
 	const struct es58x_fd_rx_event_msg *rx_event_msg;
 	int ret;
 
+	rx_event_msg = &es58x_fd_urb_cmd->rx_event_msg;
 	ret = es58x_check_msg_len(es58x_dev->dev, *rx_event_msg, msg_len);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
-	rx_event_msg = &es58x_fd_urb_cmd->rx_event_msg;
-
 	return es58x_rx_err_msg(netdev, rx_event_msg->error_code,
 				rx_event_msg->event_code,
 				get_unaligned_le64(&rx_event_msg->timestamp));
-- 
2.35.1