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* [PATCH] be2net: Fix Smatch error
       [not found] <YtlIZgG/wQtxpKMh@kili>
@ 2022-07-22 15:20 ` Hristo Venev
  2022-07-23  4:42   ` Jakub Kicinski
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Hristo Venev @ 2022-07-22 15:20 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Dan Carpenter, Paolo Abeni; +Cc: netdev, kernel-janitors, Hristo Venev

    drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_ethtool.c:1392 be_get_module_eeprom()
    error: uninitialized symbol 'status'.

When `eeprom->len == 0` and `eeprom->offset == PAGE_DATA_LEN`, we end
up with neither of the pages being read, so `status` is left
uninitialized.

While it appears that no caller will actually give `get_module_eeprom`
a zero length, fixing this issue is trivial.

Fixes: d7241f679a59 ("be2net: Fix buffer overflow in be_get_module_eeprom")
Signed-off-by: Hristo Venev <hristo@venev.name>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_ethtool.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_ethtool.c
index bd0df189d871..2145882d00cc 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_ethtool.c
@@ -1361,7 +1361,7 @@ static int be_get_module_eeprom(struct net_device *netdev,
 				struct ethtool_eeprom *eeprom, u8 *data)
 {
 	struct be_adapter *adapter = netdev_priv(netdev);
-	int status;
+	int status = 0;
 	u32 begin, end;
 
 	if (!check_privilege(adapter, MAX_PRIVILEGES))
-- 
2.37.1


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* Re: [PATCH] be2net: Fix Smatch error
  2022-07-22 15:20 ` [PATCH] be2net: Fix Smatch error Hristo Venev
@ 2022-07-23  4:42   ` Jakub Kicinski
  2022-07-26 16:54     ` [PATCH net v2] be2net: Fix uninitialized variable Hristo Venev
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Jakub Kicinski @ 2022-07-23  4:42 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Hristo Venev; +Cc: Dan Carpenter, Paolo Abeni, netdev, kernel-janitors

On Fri, 22 Jul 2022 18:20:52 +0300 Hristo Venev wrote:
> Subject: [PATCH] be2net: Fix Smatch error

Please describe the problem not the tool that found it, and name the
target tree in the tag ([PATCH net] in this case).

^ permalink raw reply	[flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread

* [PATCH net v2] be2net: Fix uninitialized variable
  2022-07-23  4:42   ` Jakub Kicinski
@ 2022-07-26 16:54     ` Hristo Venev
  2022-07-27 17:27       ` Jakub Kicinski
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Hristo Venev @ 2022-07-26 16:54 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Jakub Kicinski
  Cc: Dan Carpenter, Paolo Abeni, netdev, kernel-janitors, Hristo Venev

The following error is reported by Smatch:

    drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_ethtool.c:1392 be_get_module_eeprom()
    error: uninitialized symbol 'status'.

When `eeprom->len == 0` and `eeprom->begin == PAGE_DATA_LEN`, we end
up with neither of the pages being read, so `status` is left
uninitialized.

While it appears that no caller will actually give `get_module_eeprom`
a zero length, fixing this issue is trivial.

Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com>
Fixes: d7241f679a59 ("be2net: Fix buffer overflow in be_get_module_eeprom")
Signed-off-by: Hristo Venev <hristo@venev.name>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_ethtool.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_ethtool.c
index bd0df189d871..2145882d00cc 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_ethtool.c
@@ -1361,7 +1361,7 @@ static int be_get_module_eeprom(struct net_device *netdev,
 				struct ethtool_eeprom *eeprom, u8 *data)
 {
 	struct be_adapter *adapter = netdev_priv(netdev);
-	int status;
+	int status = 0;
 	u32 begin, end;
 
 	if (!check_privilege(adapter, MAX_PRIVILEGES))
-- 
2.37.1


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* Re: [PATCH net v2] be2net: Fix uninitialized variable
  2022-07-26 16:54     ` [PATCH net v2] be2net: Fix uninitialized variable Hristo Venev
@ 2022-07-27 17:27       ` Jakub Kicinski
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Jakub Kicinski @ 2022-07-27 17:27 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Hristo Venev; +Cc: Dan Carpenter, Paolo Abeni, netdev, kernel-janitors

On Tue, 26 Jul 2022 19:54:54 +0300 Hristo Venev wrote:
> The following error is reported by Smatch:
> 
>     drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_ethtool.c:1392 be_get_module_eeprom()
>     error: uninitialized symbol 'status'.
> 
> When `eeprom->len == 0` and `eeprom->begin == PAGE_DATA_LEN`, we end
> up with neither of the pages being read, so `status` is left
> uninitialized.
> 
> While it appears that no caller will actually give `get_module_eeprom`
> a zero length, fixing this issue is trivial.

If there is no caller that can trigger this - it's not a fix. Fixes are
for bugs which can be triggered. Please repost against net-next without
the Fixes tag. Please don't post the v3 in reply to v2, just add a
changelog under the --- marker and make a fresh thread.

> Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com>
> Fixes: d7241f679a59 ("be2net: Fix buffer overflow in be_get_module_eeprom")
> Signed-off-by: Hristo Venev <hristo@venev.name>
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_ethtool.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_ethtool.c
> index bd0df189d871..2145882d00cc 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_ethtool.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_ethtool.c
> @@ -1361,7 +1361,7 @@ static int be_get_module_eeprom(struct net_device *netdev,
>  				struct ethtool_eeprom *eeprom, u8 *data)
>  {
>  	struct be_adapter *adapter = netdev_priv(netdev);
> -	int status;
> +	int status = 0;
>  	u32 begin, end;
>  
>  	if (!check_privilege(adapter, MAX_PRIVILEGES))


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