Hi Hans Thanks for your patch On Thu, 23 Dec 2021 at 16:42, Hans Petter Selasky <hps@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi, > > USB control requests may return less data than we ask for. > Found using valgrind and webcamd on FreeBSD. If the usb control request returns less data, then the checks for ret!=size will trigger. Am I missing something obvious? Best regards > > ==15522== Conditional jump or move depends on uninitialised value(s) > ==15522== at 0x662EF4: uvc_fixup_video_ctrl (uvc_video.c:135) > ==15522== by 0x662EF4: uvc_get_video_ctrl (uvc_video.c:297) > ==15522== by 0x6640B0: uvc_video_init (uvc_video.c:2078) > ==15522== by 0x65E79D: uvc_register_video (uvc_driver.c:2258) > ==15522== by 0x65E79D: uvc_register_terms (uvc_driver.c:2300) > ==15522== by 0x65E79D: uvc_register_chains (uvc_driver.c:2321) > ==15522== by 0x65E79D: uvc_probe (uvc_driver.c:2463) > ==15522== by 0x3C8F46: usb_linux_probe_p (linux_usb.c:449) > ==15522== by 0x75B4B2: main (webcamd.c:1021) > ==15522== Uninitialised value was created by a heap allocation > ==15522== at 0x4853844: malloc (in > /usr/local/libexec/valgrind/vgpreload_memcheck-amd64-freebsd.so) > ==15522== by 0x3BC8A4: kmalloc (linux_func.c:1807) > ==15522== by 0x662C8C: uvc_get_video_ctrl (uvc_video.c:229) > ==15522== by 0x6640B0: uvc_video_init (uvc_video.c:2078) > ==15522== by 0x65E79D: uvc_register_video (uvc_driver.c:2258) > ==15522== by 0x65E79D: uvc_register_terms (uvc_driver.c:2300) > ==15522== by 0x65E79D: uvc_register_chains (uvc_driver.c:2321) > ==15522== by 0x65E79D: uvc_probe (uvc_driver.c:2463) > ==15522== by 0x3C8F46: usb_linux_probe_p (linux_usb.c:449) > ==15522== by 0x75B4B2: main (webcamd.c:1021) > > Signed-off-by: Hans Petter Selasky <hps@xxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_video.c | 6 +++++- > 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_video.c > b/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_video.c > index 9f37eaf28ce7..6233703f9a50 100644 > --- a/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_video.c > +++ b/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_video.c > @@ -258,7 +258,11 @@ static int uvc_get_video_ctrl(struct uvc_streaming > *stream, > query == UVC_GET_DEF) > return -EIO; > > - data = kmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL); > + /* > + * Make sure we parse really received data > + * by allocating a zeroed buffer. > + */ > + data = kzalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL); > if (data == NULL) > return -ENOMEM; > > -- > 2.34.1 -- Ricardo Ribalda