# Re: \[PATCH v3\] lockdown: Initialize array before use

- From: Paul Moore \<paul@paul-moore.com\>
- Date: 2025-01-05 17:48:43 
- List: linux-security-module
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-security-module/2025/01/2877405
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-security-module/2025/01/2877164/t.md

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On Jan  5, 2025 Tanya Agarwal [ref] wrote:
> 
> The static code analysis tool "Coverity Scan" pointed the following
> details out for further development considerations:
> CID 1486102: Uninitialized scalar variable (UNINIT)
> uninit_use_in_call: Using uninitialized value *temp when calling
> strlen.
> 
> Conclusion:
> Initialize array before use in lockdown_read() to satisfy the static
> analyzer.
> 
> Fixes: 000d388ed3bb ("security: Add a static lockdown policy LSM")
> Signed-off-by: Tanya Agarwal <redacted>

I removed the 'Fixes:' tag as the code isn't actually broken as we
discussed in previous iterations of this patch.  I also edited the
subject line and commit description a bit, but otherwise this is
fine.  Merged into lsm/dev.

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