From: Sergey Shtylyov <s.shtylyov@xxxxxx> [ Upstream commit bf476fe22aa1851bab4728e0c49025a6a0bea307 ] In an unlikely (and probably wrong?) case that the 'ppi' parameter of ata_host_alloc_pinfo() points to an array starting with a NULL pointer, there's going to be a kernel oops as the 'pi' local variable won't get reassigned from the initial value of NULL. Initialize 'pi' instead to '&ata_dummy_port_info' to fix the possible kernel oops for good... Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with the SVACE static analysis tool. Signed-off-by: Sergey Shtylyov <s.shtylyov@xxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Damien Le Moal <damien.lemoal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/ata/libata-core.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-core.c b/drivers/ata/libata-core.c index 35db918a1de5..42f0a592b5ab 100644 --- a/drivers/ata/libata-core.c +++ b/drivers/ata/libata-core.c @@ -6051,7 +6051,7 @@ struct ata_host *ata_host_alloc_pinfo(struct device *dev, const struct ata_port_info * const * ppi, int n_ports) { - const struct ata_port_info *pi; + const struct ata_port_info *pi = &ata_dummy_port_info; struct ata_host *host; int i, j; @@ -6059,7 +6059,7 @@ struct ata_host *ata_host_alloc_pinfo(struct device *dev, if (!host) return NULL; - for (i = 0, j = 0, pi = NULL; i < host->n_ports; i++) { + for (i = 0, j = 0; i < host->n_ports; i++) { struct ata_port *ap = host->ports[i]; if (ppi[j]) -- 2.35.1