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 <shiwh@cn.fujitsu.com>
Cc: Andrew G. Morgan <morgan@kernel.org>
Acked-by: "Serge E. Hallyn" <serue@us.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
diff --git a/kernel/sys.c b/kernel/sys.c
index 895d2d4..14e9728 100644
--- a/kernel/sys.c
+++ b/kernel/sys.c
@@ -1652,7 +1652,7 @@
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 @@
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;