This function has two callers and neither are able to handle a NULL return. Really, -EINVAL is the correct thing return here anyway. This fixes some static checker warnings like: security/keys/encrypted-keys/encrypted.c:709 encrypted_key_decrypt() error: uninitialized symbol 'master_key'. Fixes: 7e70cb497850 ("keys: add new key-type encrypted") Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/security/keys/encrypted-keys/encrypted.c b/security/keys/encrypted-keys/encrypted.c index 17a06105ccb6..d7a4969b2dd3 100644 --- a/security/keys/encrypted-keys/encrypted.c +++ b/security/keys/encrypted-keys/encrypted.c @@ -437,7 +437,7 @@ static struct skcipher_request *init_skcipher_req(const u8 *key, static struct key *request_master_key(struct encrypted_key_payload *epayload, const u8 **master_key, size_t *master_keylen) { - struct key *mkey = NULL; + struct key *mkey = ERR_PTR(-EINVAL); if (!strncmp(epayload->master_desc, KEY_TRUSTED_PREFIX, KEY_TRUSTED_PREFIX_LEN)) { -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kernel-janitors" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html