Re: tuner-core.c:fe_has_signal() can returne uninitialized value

From: Michael Krufky
Date: Sun Oct 14 2007 - 17:16:39 EST


Adrian Bunk wrote:
> Commit 1f5ef19779df2c2f75870332b37dd3004c08a515 added the following
> function to drivers/media/video/tuner-core.c:
>
> <-- snip -->
>
> static int fe_has_signal(struct tuner *t)
> {
> struct dvb_tuner_ops *fe_tuner_ops = &t->fe.ops.tuner_ops;
> u16 strength;
>
> if (fe_tuner_ops->get_rf_strength)
> fe_tuner_ops->get_rf_strength(&t->fe, &strength);
>
> return strength;
> }
>
> <-- snip -->
>
>
> If (!fe_tuner_ops->get_rf_strength) this function returns the value of
> an uninitialized variable.
>
> Spotted by the Coverity checker.
>
Thank you, Adrian. I've fixed this in my tree:

http://linuxtv.org/hg/~mkrufky/v4l-dvb/rev/101ca558a777

Mauro, please pull from:

http://linuxtv.org/hg/~mkrufky/v4l-dvb

for:

- tuner-core.c: fe_has_signal() can return uninitialized value

tuner-core.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

Please send this to Linus for 2.6.24

Regards,

Mike
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