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SubjectRe: [PATCH] s390/crypto: initialize ret to zero to avoid returning garbage value
On Mon,  5 Sep 2016 17:21:18 +0100
Colin King <colin.king@canonical.com> wrote:

> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@canonical.com>
>
> static analysis with cppcheck detected that ret is not initialized
> and hence garbage is potentially being returned in the case where
> prng_data->ppnows.reseed_counter <= prng_reseed_limit.
>
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@canonical.com>
> ---
> arch/s390/crypto/prng.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/s390/crypto/prng.c b/arch/s390/crypto/prng.c
> index 79e3a1f..a21fdf4 100644
> --- a/arch/s390/crypto/prng.c
> +++ b/arch/s390/crypto/prng.c
> @@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ static int prng_sha512_reseed(void)
>
> static int prng_sha512_generate(u8 *buf, size_t nbytes)
> {
> - int ret;
> + int ret = 0;
>
> /* reseed needed ? */
> if (prng_data->ppnows.reseed_counter > prng_reseed_limit) {

This issue has been introduced by git commit 0177db01adf26cf9
"s390/crypto: simplify return code handling" which is only on
the features branch right now. And to set ret=0 does not fix
the problem. The correct fix is to return nbytes.

Still a good catch though.

--
blue skies,
Martin.

"Reality continues to ruin my life." - Calvin.

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