The API docs describe i2c_transfer() as taking a pointer to an array of i2c_msg containing at least 1 entry, but leaves it to the individual drivers to sanity check the msgs and num parameters. Let's do this in core code instead. Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.c | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.c b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.c index c8bfe008f208..dfc549cf0ac2 100644 --- a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.c +++ b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.c @@ -1845,6 +1845,9 @@ int __i2c_transfer(struct i2c_adapter *adap, struct i2c_msg *msgs, int num) unsigned long orig_jiffies; int ret, try; + if (!msgs || num < 1) + return -EINVAL; + if (adap->quirks && i2c_check_for_quirks(adap, msgs, num)) return -EOPNOTSUPP; -- 2.15.1