--- linux-2.6.29.2/fs/binfmt_elf.c 2009-04-27 19:37:11.000000000 +0200 +++ linux-2.6.29.2.new/fs/binfmt_elf.c 2009-05-06 16:05:32.000000000 +0200 @@ -1211,7 +1211,7 @@ if (FILTER(ELF_HEADERS) && vma->vm_pgoff == 0 && (vma->vm_flags & VM_READ)) { u32 __user *header = (u32 __user *) vma->vm_start; - u32 word; + u32 word = 0; mm_segment_t fs = get_fs(); /* * Doing it this way gets the constant folded by GCC.