Re: [PATCH] usbip: Fix uninitialized symbol 'nents' in stub_recv_cmd_submit()

[shuah <shuah@kernel.org>]

On 11/11/19 7:10 AM, Suwan Kim wrote:
> Smatch reported that nents is not initialized and used in
> stub_recv_cmd_submit(). nents is currently initialized by sgl_alloc()
> and used to allocate multiple URBs when host controller doesn't
> support scatter-gather DMA. The use of uninitialized nents means that
> buf_len is zero and use_sg is true. But buffer length should not be
> zero when an URB uses scatter-gather DMA.
> 
> To prevent this situation, add the conditional that checks buf_len
> and use_sg. And move the use of nents right after the sgl_alloc() to
> avoid the use of uninitialized nents.
> 
> If the error occurs, it adds SDEV_EVENT_ERROR_MALLOC and stub_priv
> will be released by stub event handler and connection will be shut
> down.
> 
> Fixes: ea44d190764b ("usbip: Implement SG support to vhci-hcd and stub driver")
> Reported-by: kbuild test robot <lkp@intel.com>
> Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com>
> Signed-off-by: Suwan Kim <suwan.kim027@gmail.com>
> ---

Looks good.

Acked-by: Shuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org>

thanks,
-- Shuah