[PATCH] image: Fix potentially uninitialized data variable

Tom Rini trini at konsulko.com
Fri Mar 31 16:16:09 CEST 2023


On Mon, Feb 27, 2023 at 08:56:31PM +0100, Marek Vasut wrote:

> In case fitImage support is disabled, and image_locate_script() is
> passed a fitImage, then the 'data' variable is used uninitialized.
> Drop into the default: branch of the switch-case statement and do
> not return the uninitialized data, and do not modify the return
> pointer either, just print an error message.
> 
> Reported by clang build:
> "
> $ make HOSTCC=clang CC=clang KCFLAGS=-Werror sandbox64_defconfig && make HOSTCC=clang CC=clang KCFLAGS=-Werror
> ...
> boot/image-board.c:1006:7: error: variable 'data' is used uninitialized whenever switch case is taken [-Werror,-Wsometimes-uninitialized]
>         case IMAGE_FORMAT_LEGACY:
>              ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> include/image.h:608:29: note: expanded from macro 'IMAGE_FORMAT_LEGACY'
>                                 ^~~~
> boot/image-board.c:1128:19: note: uninitialized use occurs here
>         *datap = (char *)data;
>                          ^~~~
> boot/image-board.c:1001:11: note: initialize the variable 'data' to silence this warning
>         u32 *data;
>                  ^
>                   = NULL
> "
> 
> Signed-off-by: Marek Vasut <marek.vasut+renesas at mailbox.org>
> Reviewed-by: Tom Rini <trini at konsulko.com>
> Reviewed-by: Simon Glass <sjg at chromium.org>

Applied to u-boot/next, thanks!

-- 
Tom
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