From: Colin Ian King Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2015 16:51:29 +0000 (-0500) Subject: crypto: mv_cesa - ensure backlog is initialised X-Git-Tag: v4.14-rc1~5235^2~292 X-Git-Url: http://review.tizen.org/git/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=1a92b2ba339221a4afee43adf125fcc9a41353f7;p=platform%2Fkernel%2Flinux-rpi.git crypto: mv_cesa - ensure backlog is initialised backlog is not initialised so in the case where cpg->eng_st != ENGINE_IDLE it is never initialised and hence which could lead to an illegal memory dereference in the statement: backlog->complete(backlog, -EINPROGRESS); Discovered with cppcheck static analsys: [drivers/crypto/mv_cesa.c:616]: (error) Uninitialized variable: backlog Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu --- diff --git a/drivers/crypto/mv_cesa.c b/drivers/crypto/mv_cesa.c index f91f15d..e63efbd 100644 --- a/drivers/crypto/mv_cesa.c +++ b/drivers/crypto/mv_cesa.c @@ -595,7 +595,7 @@ static int queue_manag(void *data) cpg->eng_st = ENGINE_IDLE; do { struct crypto_async_request *async_req = NULL; - struct crypto_async_request *backlog; + struct crypto_async_request *backlog = NULL; __set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);