[PATCH v2] KVM: x86: fix for missing initialization of return status variable

From: Ameer Hamza
Date: Mon Dec 06 2021 - 05:24:33 EST


If undefined ioctl number is passed to the kvm_vcpu_ioctl_device_attr
function, it should return with error status.

Addresses-Coverity: 1494124 ("Uninitialized scalar variable")

Signed-off-by: Ameer Hamza <amhamza.mgc@xxxxxxxxx>

---
Added default case to return EINV for undefined ioctl number
---
arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index e0aa4dd53c7f..e6e00f997b1f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -5019,6 +5019,8 @@ static int kvm_vcpu_ioctl_device_attr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
case KVM_SET_DEVICE_ATTR:
r = kvm_arch_tsc_set_attr(vcpu, &attr);
break;
+ default:
+ r = -EINVAL;
}

return r;
--
2.25.1