[PATCH] ipmi: ssif_bmc: Uninitialized return in ssif_bmc_write()

Dan Carpenter
2021-07-30T15:08:30Z

I accidentally introduced a bug in my previous patch. The "ret"
variable needs to be initialized to prevent returning uninitialized
data.

Fixes: f9714eb04364 ("ipmi: ssif_bmc: Return -EFAULT if copy_from_user() fails")
Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com>
---
Sorry!

drivers/char/ipmi/ssif_bmc.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ssif_bmc.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ssif_bmc.c
index ce8cd8364a3f..acdb1d9cb5c0 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ssif_bmc.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ssif_bmc.c
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ static ssize_t ssif_bmc_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf, size_t
struct ssif_bmc_ctx *ssif_bmc = to_ssif_bmc(file);
struct ssif_msg msg;
unsigned long flags;
- ssize_t ret;
+ ssize_t ret = 0;

if (count > sizeof(struct ssif_msg))
return -EINVAL;
--
2.20.1