bpf: fix uninitialized variable in bpf tools
authorJohn Fastabend <john.fastabend@gmail.com>
Wed, 25 Apr 2018 22:08:53 +0000 (15:08 -0700)
committerDaniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>
Thu, 26 Apr 2018 20:23:02 +0000 (22:23 +0200)
Here the variable cont is used as the saved_pointer for a call to
strtok_r(). It is safe to use the value uninitialized in this
context however and the later reference is only ever used if
the strtok_r is successful. But, 'gcc-5' at least doesn't have all
this knowledge so initialize cont to NULL. Additionally, do the
natural NULL check before accessing just for completness.

The warning is the following:

./bpf/tools/bpf/bpf_dbg.c: In function ‘cmd_load’:
./bpf/tools/bpf/bpf_dbg.c:1077:13: warning: ‘cont’ may be used uninitialized in this function [-Wmaybe-uninitialized]
  } else if (matches(subcmd, "pcap") == 0) {

Fixes: fd981e3c321a "filter: bpf_dbg: add minimal bpf debugger"
Signed-off-by: John Fastabend <john.fastabend@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>
tools/bpf/bpf_dbg.c

index 4f254bcc442347ffb529925fed70d7e299d50773..61b9aa5d641529666c2f7695fc6c1804e86899ce 100644 (file)
@@ -1063,7 +1063,7 @@ static int cmd_load_pcap(char *file)
 
 static int cmd_load(char *arg)
 {
-       char *subcmd, *cont, *tmp = strdup(arg);
+       char *subcmd, *cont = NULL, *tmp = strdup(arg);
        int ret = CMD_OK;
 
        subcmd = strtok_r(tmp, " ", &cont);
@@ -1073,7 +1073,10 @@ static int cmd_load(char *arg)
                bpf_reset();
                bpf_reset_breakpoints();
 
-               ret = cmd_load_bpf(cont);
+               if (!cont)
+                       ret = CMD_ERR;
+               else
+                       ret = cmd_load_bpf(cont);
        } else if (matches(subcmd, "pcap") == 0) {
                ret = cmd_load_pcap(cont);
        } else {