From: Lutz Jänicke <jaenicke@openssl.org>
Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2007 17:44:55 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Do not use uninitialized memory to seed the PRNG as it may confuse
X-Git-Tag: FIPS_098_TEST_1~55^2~8
X-Git-Url: https://git.librecmc.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=c5ac2aa62c415ed0ba2f97ab1792a42ed0963425;p=oweals%2Fopenssl.git

Do not use uninitialized memory to seed the PRNG as it may confuse
code checking tools.
PR: 1499
---

diff --git a/crypto/rand/randfile.c b/crypto/rand/randfile.c
index d69bdf8b8a..cec5880a8f 100644
--- a/crypto/rand/randfile.c
+++ b/crypto/rand/randfile.c
@@ -102,10 +102,8 @@ int RAND_load_file(const char *file, long bytes)
 
 	if (file == NULL) return(0);
 
-	i=stat(file,&sb);
-	/* If the state fails, put some crap in anyway */
+	if (stat(file,&sb) < 0) return(0);
 	RAND_add(&sb,sizeof(sb),0.0);
-	if (i < 0) return(0);
 	if (bytes == 0) return(ret);
 
 	in=fopen(file,"rb");