Re: [PATCH] ath11k: ensure ts.flags is initialized before bit-wise or'ing in values

From: Kalle Valo
Date: Sun Jan 26 2020 - 05:45:52 EST


Colin King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Currently the structure ts is not inititalized and ts.flags contains
> garbage values from the stack. This is being passed into function
> ath11k_dp_tx_status_parse that bit-wise or'ing in settings into the
> ts.flags field. To avoid flags (and other fields) from containing
> garbage, initialize the structure to zero before use.
>
> Addresses-Coverity: ("Uninitialized scalar variable)"
> Fixes: d5c65159f289 ("ath11k: driver for Qualcomm IEEE 802.11ax devices")
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Patch applied to ath-next branch of ath.git, thanks.

eefca584140b ath11k: ensure ts.flags is initialized before bit-wise or'ing in values

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