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| From | David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.kernel |
| Subject | Re: [PATCH RESEND v1] qed: Fix copy of uninitialized memory |
| Date | 2017-03-09 22:20 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <tjdDz-2iO-1@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| References | <tiqtd-1LM-43@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| Organization | linux.* mail to news gateway |
From: Robert Foss <robert.foss@collabora.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2017 11:46:25 -0500
> In qed_ll2_start_ooo() the ll2_info variable is uninitialized and then
> passed to qed_ll2_acquire_connection() where it is copied into a new
> memory space.
>
> This shouldn't cause any issue as long as non of the copied memory is
> every read.
> But the potential for a bug being introduced by reading this memory
> is real.
>
> Detected by CoverityScan, CID#1399632 ("Uninitialized scalar variable")
>
> Signed-off-by: Robert Foss <robert.foss@collabora.com>
Applied.
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[PATCH RESEND v1] qed: Fix copy of uninitialized memory Robert Foss <robert.foss@collabora.com> - 2017-03-07 17:50 +0100 Re: [PATCH RESEND v1] qed: Fix copy of uninitialized memory David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> - 2017-03-09 22:20 +0100
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