The array contains only 5 elements, but the index calculated by veml6075_read_int_time_index can range from 0 to 7, which could lead to out-of-bounds access. The check prevents this issue. Coverity Issue CID 1574309: (#1 of 1): Out-of-bounds read (OVERRUN) overrun-local: Overrunning array veml6075_it_ms of 5 4-byte elements at element index 7 (byte offset 31) using index int_index (which evaluates to 7) Signed-off-by: Karan Sanghavi <karansanghvi98@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/iio/light/veml6075.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/iio/light/veml6075.c b/drivers/iio/light/veml6075.c index 05d4c0e9015d..21de193ca09d 100644 --- a/drivers/iio/light/veml6075.c +++ b/drivers/iio/light/veml6075.c @@ -210,8 +210,8 @@ static int veml6075_read_int_time_ms(struct veml6075_data *data, int *val) guard(mutex)(&data->lock); int_index = veml6075_read_int_time_index(data); - if (int_index < 0) - return int_index; + if (int_index < 0 || int_index >= ARRAY_SIZE(veml6075_it_ms)) + return -EINVAL; *val = veml6075_it_ms[int_index]; -- 2.43.0
