Re: [PATCH v3] tee: qcomtee: fix uninitialized pointers with free attribute

[Sumit Garg <sumit.garg@kernel.org>]

On Tue, Nov 11, 2025 at 01:26:42PM +0530, Ally Heev wrote:
> Uninitialized pointers with `__free` attribute can cause undefined
> behavior as the memory assigned randomly to the pointer is freed
> automatically when the pointer goes out of scope.
> 
> qcomtee doesn't have any bugs related to this as of now, but
> it is better to initialize and assign pointers with `__free`
> attribute in one statement to ensure proper scope-based cleanup
> 
> Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@linaro.org>
> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/aPiG_F5EBQUjZqsl@stanley.mountain/
> Signed-off-by: Ally Heev <allyheev@gmail.com>
> ---
> Changes in v3:
> - fixed commit message and description
> - Link to v2: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20251110-aheev-uninitialized-free-attr-tee-v2-1-023ffba9ea0f@gmail.com
> 
> Changes in v2:
> - initializing variables to NULL at the declaration
> - Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20251105-aheev-uninitialized-free-attr-tee-v1-1-2e1ee8483bc5@gmail.com
> ---
>  drivers/tee/qcomtee/call.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

Reviewed-by: Sumit Garg <sumit.garg@oss.qualcomm.com>

-Sumit

> 
> diff --git a/drivers/tee/qcomtee/call.c b/drivers/tee/qcomtee/call.c
> index ac134452cc9cfd384c28d41547545f2c5748d86c..65f9140d4e1f8909d072004fd24730543e320d74 100644
> --- a/drivers/tee/qcomtee/call.c
> +++ b/drivers/tee/qcomtee/call.c
> @@ -645,7 +645,7 @@ static void qcomtee_get_version(struct tee_device *teedev,
>  static void qcomtee_get_qtee_feature_list(struct tee_context *ctx, u32 id,
>  					  u32 *version)
>  {
> -	struct qcomtee_object_invoke_ctx *oic __free(kfree);
> +	struct qcomtee_object_invoke_ctx *oic __free(kfree) = NULL;
>  	struct qcomtee_object *client_env, *service;
>  	struct qcomtee_arg u[3] = { 0 };
>  	int result;
> 
> ---
> base-commit: c9cfc122f03711a5124b4aafab3211cf4d35a2ac
> change-id: 20251105-aheev-uninitialized-free-attr-tee-0221e45ec5a2
> 
> Best regards,
> -- 
> Ally Heev <allyheev@gmail.com>
>