[PATCH] x86/mem_sharing: fix uninitialized 'preempted' variable

Tamas K Lengyel posted 1 patch 3 years, 10 months ago
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xen/arch/x86/mm/mem_sharing.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
[PATCH] x86/mem_sharing: fix uninitialized 'preempted' variable
Posted by Tamas K Lengyel 3 years, 10 months ago
UBSAN catches an uninitialized use of the 'preempted' variable in
fork_hap_allocation when there is no preemption.

Signed-off-by: Tamas K Lengyel <tamas@tklengyel.com>
---
 xen/arch/x86/mm/mem_sharing.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/xen/arch/x86/mm/mem_sharing.c b/xen/arch/x86/mm/mem_sharing.c
index c8a6d11b90..adaeab4612 100644
--- a/xen/arch/x86/mm/mem_sharing.c
+++ b/xen/arch/x86/mm/mem_sharing.c
@@ -1644,7 +1644,7 @@ static int copy_vcpu_settings(struct domain *cd, const struct domain *d)
 static int fork_hap_allocation(struct domain *cd, struct domain *d)
 {
     int rc;
-    bool preempted;
+    bool preempted = false;
     unsigned long mb = hap_get_allocation(d);
 
     if ( mb == hap_get_allocation(cd) )
-- 
2.25.1


Re: [PATCH] x86/mem_sharing: fix uninitialized 'preempted' variable
Posted by Andrew Cooper 3 years, 10 months ago
On 18/01/2021 17:23, Tamas K Lengyel wrote:
> UBSAN catches an uninitialized use of the 'preempted' variable in
> fork_hap_allocation when there is no preemption.

Fixes: 41548c5472a ("mem_sharing: VM forking")

> Signed-off-by: Tamas K Lengyel <tamas@tklengyel.com>

Acked-by: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@citrix.com>