On Tue, Oct 10, 2023 at 09:22:49AM +0200, Peter Korsgaard wrote: > >>>>> "Greg" == Greg KH <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > On Tue, Oct 10, 2023 at 08:19:48AM +0200, Peter Korsgaard wrote: > >> >>>>> "Greg" == Greg KH <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > >> > >> > On Tue, Oct 10, 2023 at 12:26:14AM +0200, Javier Carrasco wrote: > >> >> syzbot has found an uninit-value bug triggered by the dm9601 driver [1]. > >> >> > >> >> This error happens because the variable res is not updated if the call > >> >> to dm_read_shared_word returns an error. In this particular case -EPROTO > >> >> was returned and res stayed uninitialized. > >> >> > >> >> This can be avoided by checking the return value of dm_read_shared_word > >> >> and propagating the error if the read operation failed. > >> >> > >> >> [1] https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=1f53a30781af65d2c955 > >> >> > >> >> Signed-off-by: Javier Carrasco <javier.carrasco.cruz@xxxxxxxxx> > >> >> Reported-and-tested-by: syzbot+1f53a30781af65d2c955@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > >> >> --- > >> >> Changes in v2: > >> >> - Remove unnecessary 'err == 0' case > >> >> - Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231009-topic-dm9601_uninit_mdio_read-v1-1-d4d775e24e3b@xxxxxxxxx > >> >> --- > >> >> drivers/net/usb/dm9601.c | 7 ++++++- > >> >> 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > >> > >> > What commit id does this fix? > >> > >> It has been there since the beginning, so: > >> > >> Fixes: d0374f4f9c35cdfbee0 ("USB: Davicom DM9601 usbnet driver") > >> > >> Acked-by: Peter Korsgaard <peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > Great, can someone add a cc: stable@ tag for this too please? > > Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <formletter> This is not the correct way to submit patches for inclusion in the stable kernel tree. Please read: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/stable-kernel-rules.html for how to do this properly. </formletter>
