In lm80_probe(), if lm80_read_value() fails, it returns a negative error number which is stored to data->fan[f_min] and will be further used. We should avoid using the data if the read fails. The fix checks if lm80_read_value() fails, and if so, returns with the error number. Signed-off-by: Kangjie Lu <kjlu@xxxxxxx> --- drivers/hwmon/lm80.c | 11 +++++++++-- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/lm80.c b/drivers/hwmon/lm80.c index d91333557f04..85f797501aaf 100644 --- a/drivers/hwmon/lm80.c +++ b/drivers/hwmon/lm80.c @@ -627,6 +627,7 @@ static int lm80_probe(struct i2c_client *client, struct device *dev = &client->dev; struct device *hwmon_dev; struct lm80_data *data; + int rv; data = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(struct lm80_data), GFP_KERNEL); if (!data) @@ -639,8 +640,14 @@ static int lm80_probe(struct i2c_client *client, lm80_init_client(client); /* A few vars need to be filled upon startup */ - data->fan[f_min][0] = lm80_read_value(client, LM80_REG_FAN_MIN(1)); - data->fan[f_min][1] = lm80_read_value(client, LM80_REG_FAN_MIN(2)); + rv = lm80_read_value(client, LM80_REG_FAN_MIN(1)); + if (rv < 0) + return rv; + data->fan[f_min][0] = rv; + rv = lm80_read_value(client, LM80_REG_FAN_MIN(2)); + if (rv < 0) + return rv; + data->fan[f_min][1] = rv; hwmon_dev = devm_hwmon_device_register_with_groups(dev, client->name, data, lm80_groups); -- 2.17.1
