Re: Unitialized Variable and Null Pointer Dereference bug in gb_bootrom_get_firmware

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On 21-06-22, 16:40, Johan Hovold wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 21, 2022 at 10:36:04PM +0800, Dongliang Mu wrote:
> > Hi maintainers,
> > 
> > I would like to send one bug report.
> > 
> > In gb_bootrom_get_firmware, if the first branch is satisfied, it will
> > go to queue_work, leading to the dereference of uninitialized const
> > variable "fw". If the second branch is satisfied, it will go to unlock
> > with fw as NULL pointer, leading to a NULL Pointer Dereference.
> 
> This sounds like the false positive that checkers keep tripping over.
> 
> Please double check your analysis and search the archives first.

And everytime I get this report, I wonder if I should change the code to be a
bit simpler :)

-- 
viresh




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