From: Xin Li (Intel) <xin@zytor.com>
Date: Sat, 17 May 2025 16:57:12 +0000 (-0700)
Subject: x86/xen/msr: Fix uninitialized variable 'err'
X-Git-Tag: v6.16-rc1~195^2~3
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=e95534e107d2e9e136aa4d7cbededb3827e80074;p=thirdparty%2Fkernel%2Flinux.git

x86/xen/msr: Fix uninitialized variable 'err'

xen_read_msr_safe() currently passes an uninitialized argument 'err' to
xen_do_read_msr(). But as xen_do_read_msr() may not set the argument,
xen_read_msr_safe() could return err with an unpredictable value.

To ensure correctness, initialize err to 0 (representing success)
in xen_read_msr_safe().

Do the same in xen_read_msr(), even err is not used after being passed
to xen_do_read_msr().

Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/xen-devel/aBxNI_Q0-MhtBSZG@stanley.mountain/
Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Xin Li (Intel) <xin@zytor.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250517165713.935384-1-xin@zytor.com
---

diff --git a/arch/x86/xen/enlighten_pv.c b/arch/x86/xen/enlighten_pv.c
index 7f9ded1bc707e..26bbaf4b7330b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/xen/enlighten_pv.c
+++ b/arch/x86/xen/enlighten_pv.c
@@ -1162,7 +1162,7 @@ static void xen_do_write_msr(u32 msr, u64 val, int *err)
 
 static int xen_read_msr_safe(u32 msr, u64 *val)
 {
-	int err;
+	int err = 0;
 
 	*val = xen_do_read_msr(msr, &err);
 	return err;
@@ -1179,7 +1179,7 @@ static int xen_write_msr_safe(u32 msr, u64 val)
 
 static u64 xen_read_msr(u32 msr)
 {
-	int err;
+	int err = 0;
 
 	return xen_do_read_msr(msr, xen_msr_safe ? &err : NULL);
 }