This patch checks the function parameter 'bytes' before doing the subtraction to prevent memory corruption. Signed-off-by: Christian Gromm <christian.gromm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> --- v2: change if condition to avoid difference of subtraction becomes negative. drivers/staging/most/sound/sound.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/staging/most/sound/sound.c b/drivers/staging/most/sound/sound.c index 3a1a590..45befb8 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/most/sound/sound.c +++ b/drivers/staging/most/sound/sound.c @@ -86,6 +86,8 @@ static void swap_copy24(u8 *dest, const u8 *source, unsigned int bytes) { unsigned int i = 0; + if (bytes < 2) + return; while (i < bytes - 2) { dest[i] = source[i + 2]; dest[i + 1] = source[i + 1]; -- 2.7.4 _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel