The "val" variable comes from the user so we need to ensure that it's not zero. In fact, all negative values are invalid as well. Add a check for that. Fixes: 00ef7708fa60 ("iio: adc: ti-ads1298: Add driver") Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> --- I wrote this commit message in a very confident tone of voice and I have spent a long time looking at this code so I'm reasonably sure this patch is correct. However, I'm not super familiar with this subsystem so probably you should double check. drivers/iio/adc/ti-ads1298.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/iio/adc/ti-ads1298.c b/drivers/iio/adc/ti-ads1298.c index 67637f1abdc7..1d1eaba3d6d1 100644 --- a/drivers/iio/adc/ti-ads1298.c +++ b/drivers/iio/adc/ti-ads1298.c @@ -258,6 +258,8 @@ static int ads1298_set_samp_freq(struct ads1298_private *priv, int val) rate = ADS1298_CLK_RATE_HZ; if (!rate) return -EINVAL; + if (val <= 0) + return -EINVAL; factor = (rate >> ADS1298_SHIFT_DR_HR) / val; if (factor >= BIT(ADS1298_SHIFT_DR_LP)) -- 2.43.0