From: Eric Sesterhenn For len equal to 4, we never call sppp_lcp_conf_parse_options(), therefore rmagic does not get initialized. Signed-off-by: Eric Sesterhenn Acked-by: Paul Fulghum Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton --- drivers/net/wan/syncppp.c | 2 +- 1 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff -puN drivers/net/wan/syncppp.c~uninitialized-variable-in-drivers-net-wan-syncpppc drivers/net/wan/syncppp.c --- a/drivers/net/wan/syncppp.c~uninitialized-variable-in-drivers-net-wan-syncpppc +++ a/drivers/net/wan/syncppp.c @@ -469,7 +469,7 @@ static void sppp_lcp_input (struct sppp struct net_device *dev = sp->pp_if; int len = skb->len; u8 *p, opt[6]; - u32 rmagic; + u32 rmagic = 0; if (!pskb_may_pull(skb, sizeof(struct lcp_header))) { if (sp->pp_flags & PP_DEBUG) _