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Re: [PATCH for-4.21 5/6] tools/xl: fix possible uninitialized usage in printf_info()


  • To: Roger Pau Monne <roger.pau@xxxxxxxxxx>, <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • From: Jason Andryuk <jason.andryuk@xxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2025 14:53:15 -0400
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On 2025-10-15 09:40, Roger Pau Monne wrote:
printf_info_one_json() won't initialize the passed jso_r parameter on
error, and hence the usage in printf_info() needs prior initialization,
otherwise an uninitialized pointer is passed to json_object_put() on
failure.

Reported by the internal XenServer Coverity instance.

Fixes: f6c6f2679d49 ("libxl: Convert libxl__object_to_json() to json-c")
Signed-off-by: Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@xxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Jason Andryuk <jason.andryuk@xxxxxxx>



 


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