From: Maor Dickman <maord@xxxxxxxxxx> commit d8e5883d694bb053b19c4142a2d1f43a34f6fe2c upstream. The variable modact is not initialized before used in command modify header allocation which can cause command to fail. Fix by initializing modact with zeros. Addresses-Coverity: ("Uninitialized scalar variable") Fixes: 8f1e0b97cc70 ("net/mlx5: E-Switch, Mark miss packets with new chain id mapping") Signed-off-by: Maor Dickman <maord@xxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Roi Dayan <roid@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/lib/fs_chains.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/lib/fs_chains.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/lib/fs_chains.c @@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ static int create_chain_restore(struct fs_chain *chain) { struct mlx5_eswitch *esw = chain->chains->dev->priv.eswitch; - char modact[MLX5_UN_SZ_BYTES(set_add_copy_action_in_auto)]; + u8 modact[MLX5_UN_SZ_BYTES(set_add_copy_action_in_auto)] = {}; struct mlx5_fs_chains *chains = chain->chains; enum mlx5e_tc_attr_to_reg chain_to_reg; struct mlx5_modify_hdr *mod_hdr;