The function performs a check on its input parameters, however, the hdev parameter is used before the check. Initialize the stack variables after checking the input parameters to avoid a possible NULL pointer dereference. Fixes: 9614219e9310e ("HID: uclogic: Extract tablet parameter discovery into a module") Addresses-Coverity-ID: 1443831 ("Null pointer dereference") Signed-off-by: José Expósito <jose.exposito89@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/hid/hid-uclogic-params.c | 13 +++++++++---- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-uclogic-params.c b/drivers/hid/hid-uclogic-params.c index adff1bd68d9f..3c10b858cf74 100644 --- a/drivers/hid/hid-uclogic-params.c +++ b/drivers/hid/hid-uclogic-params.c @@ -834,10 +834,10 @@ int uclogic_params_init(struct uclogic_params *params, struct hid_device *hdev) { int rc; - struct usb_device *udev = hid_to_usb_dev(hdev); - __u8 bNumInterfaces = udev->config->desc.bNumInterfaces; - struct usb_interface *iface = to_usb_interface(hdev->dev.parent); - __u8 bInterfaceNumber = iface->cur_altsetting->desc.bInterfaceNumber; + struct usb_device *udev; + __u8 bNumInterfaces; + struct usb_interface *iface; + __u8 bInterfaceNumber; bool found; /* The resulting parameters (noop) */ struct uclogic_params p = {0, }; @@ -848,6 +848,11 @@ int uclogic_params_init(struct uclogic_params *params, goto cleanup; } + udev = hid_to_usb_dev(hdev); + bNumInterfaces = udev->config->desc.bNumInterfaces; + iface = to_usb_interface(hdev->dev.parent); + bInterfaceNumber = iface->cur_altsetting->desc.bInterfaceNumber; + /* * Set replacement report descriptor if the original matches the * specified size. Otherwise keep interface unchanged. -- 2.25.1