The value of "group" comes from "idx" in __gdm_wimax_event_send(): if (sscanf(e->dev->name, "wm%d", &idx) == 1) Smatch marks sscanf values as user controlled. It's supposed to be a number in 0-30 range. We cap the upper bound but allow negatives. Fix this by making it type u16 instead. Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/drivers/staging/gdm72xx/netlink_k.h b/drivers/staging/gdm72xx/netlink_k.h index 1fe7198..1914347 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/gdm72xx/netlink_k.h +++ b/drivers/staging/gdm72xx/netlink_k.h @@ -20,6 +20,6 @@ struct sock *netlink_init(int unit, void (*cb)(struct net_device *dev, u16 type, void *msg, int len)); void netlink_exit(struct sock *sock); -int netlink_send(struct sock *sock, int group, u16 type, void *msg, int len); +int netlink_send(struct sock *sock, u16 group, u16 type, void *msg, int len); #endif /* __GDM72XX_NETLINK_K_H__ */ diff --git a/drivers/staging/gdm72xx/netlink_k.c b/drivers/staging/gdm72xx/netlink_k.c index 4089b17..96c9034 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/gdm72xx/netlink_k.c +++ b/drivers/staging/gdm72xx/netlink_k.c @@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ void netlink_exit(struct sock *sock) netlink_kernel_release(sock); } -int netlink_send(struct sock *sock, int group, u16 type, void *msg, int len) +int netlink_send(struct sock *sock, u16 group, u16 type, void *msg, int len) { static u32 seq; struct sk_buff *skb = NULL; -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kernel-janitors" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html