[PATCH] compal-laptop: Variable "value" in function ec_read_u8() could be uninitialized

From: Yizhuo
Date: Mon Sep 02 2019 - 15:52:20 EST


In function ec_read_u8(), variable "value" could be uninitialized
if ec_read() fails. However, "value" is returned directly and used
in its callers. This is potentially unsafe.

Signed-off-by: Yizhuo <yzhai003@xxxxxxx>
---
drivers/platform/x86/compal-laptop.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/compal-laptop.c b/drivers/platform/x86/compal-laptop.c
index 09dfa6f48a1a..ab610376fdad 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/compal-laptop.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/compal-laptop.c
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ static const unsigned char pwm_lookup_table[256] = {
/* General access */
static u8 ec_read_u8(u8 addr)
{
- u8 value;
+ u8 value = 0;
ec_read(addr, &value);
return value;
}
--
2.17.1