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[PATCH] netfilter: Initialize local variables to NULL, to prevent using them when uninitialized.

Started byTomer Barletz <barletz@gmail.com>
First post2015-12-05 11:20 +0100
Last post2015-12-09 15:00 +0100
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  [PATCH] netfilter: Initialize local variables to NULL, to prevent using them when uninitialized. Tomer Barletz <barletz@gmail.com> - 2015-12-05 11:20 +0100
    Re: [PATCH] netfilter: Initialize local variables to NULL, to  prevent using them when uninitialized. Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org> - 2015-12-09 15:00 +0100

#1284516 — [PATCH] netfilter: Initialize local variables to NULL, to prevent using them when uninitialized.

FromTomer Barletz <barletz@gmail.com>
Date2015-12-05 11:20 +0100
Subject[PATCH] netfilter: Initialize local variables to NULL, to prevent using them when uninitialized.
Message-ID<qCi6C-8bX-17@gated-at.bofh.it>
Signed-off-by: Tomer Barletz <barletz@gmail.com>
---
 net/netfilter/nfnetlink_queue.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_queue.c b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_queue.c
index 7d81d28..e8be660 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_queue.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_queue.c
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ nfqnl_build_packet_message(struct net *net, struct nfqnl_instance *queue,
 	struct net_device *outdev;
 	struct nf_conn *ct = NULL;
 	enum ip_conntrack_info uninitialized_var(ctinfo);
-	struct nfnl_ct_hook *nfnl_ct;
+	struct nfnl_ct_hook *nfnl_ct = NULL;
 	bool csum_verify;
 	char *secdata = NULL;
 	u32 seclen = 0;
@@ -1041,7 +1041,7 @@ nfqnl_recv_verdict(struct sock *ctnl, struct sk_buff *skb,
 	unsigned int verdict;
 	struct nf_queue_entry *entry;
 	enum ip_conntrack_info uninitialized_var(ctinfo);
-	struct nfnl_ct_hook *nfnl_ct;
+	struct nfnl_ct_hook *nfnl_ct = NULL;
 	struct nf_conn *ct = NULL;
 
 	struct net *net = sock_net(ctnl);
-- 
2.5.0

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#1287510 — Re: [PATCH] netfilter: Initialize local variables to NULL, to prevent using them when uninitialized.

FromPablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
Date2015-12-09 15:00 +0100
SubjectRe: [PATCH] netfilter: Initialize local variables to NULL, to prevent using them when uninitialized.
Message-ID<qDNrI-EN-13@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#1284516
We already have this:

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/pablo/nf.git/commit/?id=8e662164abb4a8fde701a46e1431980f9e325742

We'll be sending this today to David to avoid this annoyance.

Thanks for you patch anyway.

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