Re: [PATCH] genetlink: Fix uninitialized variable ingenl_validate_assign_mc_groups()

From: David Miller
Date: Thu Nov 28 2013 - 18:25:25 EST


From: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2013 13:01:50 +0100

> net/netlink/genetlink.c: In function ʽgenl_validate_assign_mc_groupsʼ:
> net/netlink/genetlink.c:217: warning: ʽerrʼ may be used uninitialized in this
> function
>
> Commit 2a94fe48f32ccf7321450a2cc07f2b724a444e5b ("genetlink: make multicast
> groups const, prevent abuse") split genl_register_mc_group() in multiple
> functions, but dropped the initialization of err.
>
> Initialize err to zero to fix this.
>
> Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Question: Is the for_each_net_rcu() loop in genl_validate_assign_mc_groups()
> guaranteed to loop at least once?
> If yes, this is a false positive.

Applied, but yes it's a false positive. There is always &init_net so the
loop always iterates at least once.
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