Module Name:    src
Committed By:   maxv
Date:           Sun Feb  9 14:51:13 UTC 2014

Modified Files:
        src/sys/kern: kern_sysctl.c

Log Message:
Reorder code to avoid using an uninitialized variable: if
sysctl_copyin fails, 'tmp' is not initialized. This bug is
harmless since only the return value will be different;
it does not expose kernel memory unless diagnostic is enabled.

ok agc@ martin@


To generate a diff of this commit:
cvs rdiff -u -r1.244 -r1.245 src/sys/kern/kern_sysctl.c

Please note that diffs are not public domain; they are subject to the
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Modified files:

Index: src/sys/kern/kern_sysctl.c
diff -u src/sys/kern/kern_sysctl.c:1.244 src/sys/kern/kern_sysctl.c:1.245
--- src/sys/kern/kern_sysctl.c:1.244	Fri Jan 17 02:12:48 2014
+++ src/sys/kern/kern_sysctl.c	Sun Feb  9 14:51:13 2014
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*	$NetBSD: kern_sysctl.c,v 1.244 2014/01/17 02:12:48 pooka Exp $	*/
+/*	$NetBSD: kern_sysctl.c,v 1.245 2014/02/09 14:51:13 maxv Exp $	*/
 
 /*-
  * Copyright (c) 2003, 2007, 2008 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
  */
 
 #include <sys/cdefs.h>
-__KERNEL_RCSID(0, "$NetBSD: kern_sysctl.c,v 1.244 2014/01/17 02:12:48 pooka Exp $");
+__KERNEL_RCSID(0, "$NetBSD: kern_sysctl.c,v 1.245 2014/02/09 14:51:13 maxv Exp $");
 
 #include "opt_defcorename.h"
 #include "ksyms.h"
@@ -1549,14 +1549,12 @@ sysctl_lookup(SYSCTLFN_ARGS)
 			return EINVAL;
 		}
 		error = sysctl_copyin(l, newp, &tmp, sz);
+		if (error)
+			break;
 		if (tmp != true && tmp != false) {
 			DPRINTF(("%s: tmp %d\n", __func__, tmp));
 			return EINVAL;
 		}
-		if (error) {
-			DPRINTF(("%s: copyin %d\n", __func__, error));
-			break;
-		}
 		*(bool *)d = tmp;
 		break;
 	}

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