If fw_csr_string() returns -ENOENT, then "name" is uninitialized. So then the "strlen(model_names[i]) <= name_len" is true because strlen() is unsigned and -ENOENT is type promoted to a very high positive value. Then the "strncmp(name, model_names[i], name_len)" uses uninitialized data because "name" is uninitialized. Fixes: 92374e886c75 ("[media] firedtv: drop obsolete backend abstraction") Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/media/firewire/firedtv-fw.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/media/firewire/firedtv-fw.c b/drivers/media/firewire/firedtv-fw.c index 97144734eb052..3f1ca40b9b987 100644 --- a/drivers/media/firewire/firedtv-fw.c +++ b/drivers/media/firewire/firedtv-fw.c @@ -272,6 +272,8 @@ static int node_probe(struct fw_unit *unit, const struct ieee1394_device_id *id) name_len = fw_csr_string(unit->directory, CSR_MODEL, name, sizeof(name)); + if (name_len < 0) + return name_len; for (i = ARRAY_SIZE(model_names); --i; ) if (strlen(model_names[i]) <= name_len && strncmp(name, model_names[i], name_len) == 0) -- 2.26.2