Re: [PATCH] ubifs: ensure zero err is returned on successful return

From: Richard Weinberger
Date: Fri Dec 16 2016 - 08:38:43 EST


On 16.12.2016 14:32, Colin King wrote:
> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> err is no longer being set on a successful return path, causing
> a garbage value being returned. Fix this by setting err to zero
> for the successful return path.
>
> Found with static analysis by CoverityScan, CID 1389473
>
> Fixes: 7799953b34d18 ("ubifs: Implement encrypt/decrypt for all IO")
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> fs/ubifs/journal.c | 1 +
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>
> diff --git a/fs/ubifs/journal.c b/fs/ubifs/journal.c
> index a459211..b75f1a6 100644
> --- a/fs/ubifs/journal.c
> +++ b/fs/ubifs/journal.c
> @@ -1319,6 +1319,7 @@ static int truncate_data_node(const struct ubifs_info *c, const struct inode *in
> dn->compr_type = cpu_to_le16(compr_type);
> dn->size = cpu_to_le32(*new_len);
> *new_len = UBIFS_DATA_NODE_SZ + out_len;
> + err = 0;
> out:
> kfree(buf);
> return err;
>

Good catch!

Thanks,
//richard