From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-9.0 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, INCLUDES_PATCH,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SIGNED_OFF_BY,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS, URIBL_BLOCKED,USER_AGENT_GIT autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8B339C282E5 for ; Tue, 28 May 2019 14:24:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 635AA20645 for ; Tue, 28 May 2019 14:24:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1727663AbfE1OYo (ORCPT ); Tue, 28 May 2019 10:24:44 -0400 Received: from laurent.telenet-ops.be ([195.130.137.89]:60154 "EHLO laurent.telenet-ops.be" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1727271AbfE1OYn (ORCPT ); Tue, 28 May 2019 10:24:43 -0400 Received: from ramsan ([84.194.111.163]) by laurent.telenet-ops.be with bizsmtp id HqQS200073XaVaC01qQSAk; Tue, 28 May 2019 16:24:41 +0200 Received: from rox.of.borg ([192.168.97.57]) by ramsan with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1hVd1e-00058G-2v; Tue, 28 May 2019 16:24:26 +0200 Received: from geert by rox.of.borg with local (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1hVd1e-00057O-1L; Tue, 28 May 2019 16:24:26 +0200 From: Geert Uytterhoeven To: Igor Konopko , David Howells , "Mohit P . Tahiliani" , Takashi Sakamoto , Eran Ben Elisha , Matias Bjorling , Jiri Pirko , "David S . Miller" , Jamal Hadi Salim , Cong Wang , Clemens Ladisch , Jaroslav Kysela , Takashi Iwai , Joe Perches , Arnd Bergmann , Dan Carpenter Cc: linux-block@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-afs@lists.infradead.org, alsa-devel@alsa-project.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Geert Uytterhoeven Subject: [PATCH 1/5] lightnvm: Fix uninitialized pointer in nvm_remove_tgt() Date: Tue, 28 May 2019 16:24:20 +0200 Message-Id: <20190528142424.19626-2-geert@linux-m68k.org> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.17.1 In-Reply-To: <20190528142424.19626-1-geert@linux-m68k.org> References: <20190528142424.19626-1-geert@linux-m68k.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: netdev@vger.kernel.org With gcc 4.1: drivers/lightnvm/core.c: In function ‘nvm_remove_tgt’: drivers/lightnvm/core.c:510: warning: ‘t’ is used uninitialized in this function Indeed, if no NVM devices have been registered, t will be an uninitialized pointer, and may be dereferenced later. A call to nvm_remove_tgt() can be triggered from userspace by issuing the NVM_DEV_REMOVE ioctl on the lightnvm control device. Fix this by preinitializing t to NULL. Fixes: 843f2edbdde085b4 ("lightnvm: do not remove instance under global lock") Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven --- drivers/lightnvm/core.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/lightnvm/core.c b/drivers/lightnvm/core.c index 0df7454832efe082..aa017f48eb8c588c 100644 --- a/drivers/lightnvm/core.c +++ b/drivers/lightnvm/core.c @@ -492,7 +492,7 @@ static void __nvm_remove_target(struct nvm_target *t, bool graceful) */ static int nvm_remove_tgt(struct nvm_ioctl_remove *remove) { - struct nvm_target *t; + struct nvm_target *t = NULL; struct nvm_dev *dev; down_read(&nvm_lock); -- 2.17.1