brcmfmac: uninitialized variable in brcmf_fw_get_firmwares()
PATCH 1/1 brcmfmac: uninitialized variable in brcmf_fw_get_firmwares()
The "ret" variable is used without being initialized when "alt_path" is false.
Fixes 5ff013914c62 ("brcmfmac: firmware: Allow per-board firmware binaries")
Signed-off-by Dan Carpenter <[email protected]>
--- drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/firmware.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/firmware.c +1 -1
@@ -680,7 +680,7 @@ int brcmf_fw_get_firmwares(struct device *dev, struct brcmf_fw_request *req,struct brcmf_fw_item *first = &req->items[0 ];struct brcmf_fw *fwctx;char *alt_path; -int ret; +int ret =0 ;brcmf_dbg (TRACE ,"enter: dev=%s\n" ,dev_name (dev));if (!fw_cb)
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2.20.1
Quoted 5 lines · Dan Carpenter
The "ret" variable is used without being initialized when "
alt_path" is false.Fixes 5ff013914c62 ("brcmfmac: firmware: Allow per-board firmware binaries")Signed-off-by Dan Carpenter <[email protected]>
Thanks Dan!
But yesterday I sent another patch which incidentally fixes this too:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-wireless/[email protected]/T/#u
As you can see in the last hunk of that patch ret is now unconditionally assigned on both forks of the if/else-clause.
Yours,
Linus Walleij