[PATCH] crypto: ensure backlog is initialised

From: Colin King
Date: Tue Apr 14 2015 - 12:53:31 EST


From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

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 <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/crypto/mv_cesa.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

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);

--
2.1.4

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