From 7b26655f6208fdefa9ab0adc016116324f8d4ba8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Shi Weihua Date: Fri, 23 May 2008 13:04:59 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] sys_prctl(): fix return of uninitialized value If none of the switch cases match, the PR_SET_PDEATHSIG and PR_SET_DUMPABLE cases of the switch statement will never write to local variable `error'. Signed-off-by: Shi Weihua Cc: Andrew G. Morgan Acked-by: "Serge E. Hallyn" Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- kernel/sys.c | 6 ++---- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/sys.c b/kernel/sys.c index 895d2d4c94..14e97282eb 100644 --- a/kernel/sys.c +++ b/kernel/sys.c @@ -1652,7 +1652,7 @@ asmlinkage long sys_umask(int mask) asmlinkage long sys_prctl(int option, unsigned long arg2, unsigned long arg3, unsigned long arg4, unsigned long arg5) { - long uninitialized_var(error); + long error = 0; if (security_task_prctl(option, arg2, arg3, arg4, arg5, &error)) return error; @@ -1701,9 +1701,7 @@ asmlinkage long sys_prctl(int option, unsigned long arg2, unsigned long arg3, error = PR_TIMING_STATISTICAL; break; case PR_SET_TIMING: - if (arg2 == PR_TIMING_STATISTICAL) - error = 0; - else + if (arg2 != PR_TIMING_STATISTICAL) error = -EINVAL; break; -- 2.39.5