Re: [PATCH] crypto: ccp: Fix dereferencing uninitialized error pointer

[Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@amd.com>]

On 5/28/25 15:20, Ashish Kalra wrote:
> From: Ashish Kalra <ashish.kalra@amd.com>
> 
> Fix below smatch warnings:
> drivers/crypto/ccp/sev-dev.c:1312 __sev_platform_init_locked()
> error: we previously assumed 'error' could be null
> 
> Fixes: 9770b428b1a2 ("crypto: ccp - Move dev_info/err messages for SEV/SNP init and shutdown")
> Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@linaro.org>
> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/r/202505071746.eWOx5QgC-lkp@intel.com/
> Signed-off-by: Ashish Kalra <ashish.kalra@amd.com>

Reviewed-by: Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@amd.com>

> ---
>  drivers/crypto/ccp/sev-dev.c | 8 +++++---
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/crypto/ccp/sev-dev.c b/drivers/crypto/ccp/sev-dev.c
> index 3451bada884e..8fb94c5f006a 100644
> --- a/drivers/crypto/ccp/sev-dev.c
> +++ b/drivers/crypto/ccp/sev-dev.c
> @@ -1276,9 +1276,11 @@ static int __sev_platform_init_handle_init_ex_path(struct sev_device *sev)
>  
>  static int __sev_platform_init_locked(int *error)
>  {
> -	int rc, psp_ret = SEV_RET_NO_FW_CALL;
> +	int rc, psp_ret, dfflush_error;
>  	struct sev_device *sev;
>  
> +	psp_ret = dfflush_error = SEV_RET_NO_FW_CALL;
> +
>  	if (!psp_master || !psp_master->sev_data)
>  		return -ENODEV;
>  
> @@ -1320,10 +1322,10 @@ static int __sev_platform_init_locked(int *error)
>  
>  	/* Prepare for first SEV guest launch after INIT */
>  	wbinvd_on_all_cpus();
> -	rc = __sev_do_cmd_locked(SEV_CMD_DF_FLUSH, NULL, error);
> +	rc = __sev_do_cmd_locked(SEV_CMD_DF_FLUSH, NULL, &dfflush_error);
>  	if (rc) {
>  		dev_err(sev->dev, "SEV: DF_FLUSH failed %#x, rc %d\n",
> -			*error, rc);
> +			dfflush_error, rc);
>  		return rc;
>  	}
>