lkml.org 
[lkml]   [2020]   [Jan]   [14]   [last100]   RSS Feed
Views: [wrap][no wrap]   [headers]  [forward] 
 
Messages in this thread
/
Date
From
SubjectRe: [PATCH] x86/microcode/amd: fix uninitalized structure cp
On Tue, Jan 14, 2020 at 11:15:05AM +0000, Colin King wrote:
> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@canonical.com>
>
> In the case where cp is not assigned to the return from
> the call to find_microcode_in_initrd

Where does this happen? I don't see it.

> cp is uninitialized when
> it is assigned to *ret. Functions that call __load_ucode_amd
> such as load_ucode_amd_bsp can therefore end up checking bogus
> values cp.data and cp.size. Fix this by ensuring cp is
> initialized as all zero and remove the redundant initialization
> of cp in load_ucode_amd_bsp.
>
> Addresses-Coverity: ("Uninitialized scalar variable")

I already asked about those: either document what those tags mean or
remove them.

--
Regards/Gruss,
Boris.

https://people.kernel.org/tglx/notes-about-netiquette

\
 
 \ /
  Last update: 2020-01-14 12:39    [W:0.103 / U:0.168 seconds]
©2003-2020 Jasper Spaans|hosted at Digital Ocean and TransIP|Read the blog|Advertise on this site