Patch "rtlwifi: always initialize variables given to RT_TRACE()" has been added to the 4.14-stable tree

This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled

rtlwifi: always initialize variables given to RT_TRACE()

to the 4.14-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary

The filename of the patch is:
rtlwifi-always-initialize-variables-given-to-rt_trace.patch
and it can be found in the queue-4.14 subdirectory.

If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <[email protected]> know about it.

From: Nicolas Iooss <[email protected]>
Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2017 20:51:59 +0100
Subject: rtlwifi: always initialize variables given to RT_TRACE()

From: Nicolas Iooss <[email protected]>

[ Upstream commit e4779162f7377baa9fb9a044555ecaae22c3f125 ]

In rtl_rx_ampdu_apply(), when rtlpriv->cfg->ops->get_btc_status() returns false, RT_TRACE() is called with the values of variables reject_agg and agg_size, which have not been initialized.

Always initialize these variables in order to prevent using uninitialized values.

This issue has been found with clang. The compiler reported:

    drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/base.c:1665:6: error: variable
    'agg_size' is used uninitialized whenever 'if' condition is false
    [-Werror,-Wsometimes-uninitialized]
            if (rtlpriv->cfg->ops->get_btc_status())
                ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/base.c:1671:31: note:
    uninitialized use occurs here
                     reject_agg, ctrl_agg_size, agg_size);
                                                ^~~~~~~~

    drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/base.c:1665:6: error: variable
    'reject_agg' is used uninitialized whenever 'if' condition
          is false [-Werror,-Wsometimes-uninitialized]
            if (rtlpriv->cfg->ops->get_btc_status())
                ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/base.c:1671:4: note:
    uninitialized use occurs here
                     reject_agg, ctrl_agg_size, agg_size);
                     ^~~~~~~~~~

---
 drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/base.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

@@ -1664,7 +1664,7 @@ int rtl_tx_agg_oper(struct ieee80211_hw
 void rtl_rx_ampdu_apply(struct rtl_priv *rtlpriv)
 {
 	struct rtl_btc_ops *btc_ops = rtlpriv->btcoexist.btc_ops;
-	u8 reject_agg, ctrl_agg_size = 0, agg_size;
+	u8 reject_agg = 0, ctrl_agg_size = 0, agg_size = 0;
 
 	if (rtlpriv->cfg->ops->get_btc_status())
 		btc_ops->btc_get_ampdu_cfg(rtlpriv, &reject_agg,

Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from [email protected] are

queue-4.14/rtlwifi-always-initialize-variables-given-to-rt_trace.patch