There is a potential execution path in which variable err is returned without being properly initialized previously.
Fix this by initializing variable err to 0. Addresses-Coverity-ID: 1468964 ("Uninitialized scalar variable") Fixes: e5cd3abcb31a ("bpf: sockmap, refactor sockmap routines to work with hashmap") Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gust...@embeddedor.com> --- kernel/bpf/sockmap.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/kernel/bpf/sockmap.c b/kernel/bpf/sockmap.c index c6de139..41b41fc 100644 --- a/kernel/bpf/sockmap.c +++ b/kernel/bpf/sockmap.c @@ -1713,7 +1713,7 @@ static int __sock_map_ctx_update_elem(struct bpf_map *map, struct smap_psock_map_entry *e = NULL; struct smap_psock *psock; bool new = false; - int err; + int err = 0; /* 1. If sock map has BPF programs those will be inherited by the * sock being added. If the sock is already attached to BPF programs -- 2.7.4