In dibusb_read_eeprom_byte(), if dibusb_i2c_msg() fails, val gets assigned an value that's not properly initialized. Using kzalloc() in place of kmalloc() for the buffer fixes this issue, as the val can now be set to 0 in the event dibusb_i2c_msg() fails. Reported-by: syzbot+e27b4fd589762b0b9329@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Tested-by: syzbot+e27b4fd589762b0b9329@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Anant Thazhemadam <anant.thazhemadam@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/dibusb-common.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/dibusb-common.c b/drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/dibusb-common.c index 02b51d1a1b67..aff60c10cb0b 100644 --- a/drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/dibusb-common.c +++ b/drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/dibusb-common.c @@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ int dibusb_read_eeprom_byte(struct dvb_usb_device *d, u8 offs, u8 *val) u8 *buf; int rc; - buf = kmalloc(2, GFP_KERNEL); + buf = kzalloc(2, GFP_KERNEL); if (!buf) return -ENOMEM; -- 2.25.1
