Since commit 1706d58763c36133d7fce6cc78b1444fd40db28c ip_frag_reasm() can return the value of an uninitialized variable:
<-- snip --> ... static int ip_frag_reasm(struct ipq *qp, struct sk_buff *prev, struct net_device *dev) { struct iphdr *iph; struct sk_buff *fp, *head = qp->q.fragments; int len; int ihlen; int err; ipq_kill(qp); /* Make the one we just received the head. */ if (prev) { head = prev->next; fp = skb_clone(head, GFP_ATOMIC); if (!fp) goto out_nomem; ... out_nomem: LIMIT_NETDEBUG(KERN_ERR "IP: queue_glue: no memory for gluing " "queue %p\n", qp); goto out_fail; ... out_fail: IP_INC_STATS_BH(IPSTATS_MIB_REASMFAILS); return err; } ... <-- snip --> Spotted by the Coverity checker. cu Adrian -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html