In ec168_i2c_xfer, msg is controlled by user. When msg[i].buf is null and msg[i].len is zero, former checks on msg[i].buf would be passed. If accessing msg[i].buf[0] without sanity check, null pointer deref would happen. We add check on msg[i].len to prevent crash. Similar commit: commit 0ed554fd769a ("media: dvb-usb: az6027: fix null-ptr-deref in az6027_i2c_xfer()") Signed-off-by: Wei Chen <harperchen1110@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb-v2/ec168.c | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb-v2/ec168.c b/drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb-v2/ec168.c index 7ed0ab9e429b..0e4773fc025c 100644 --- a/drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb-v2/ec168.c +++ b/drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb-v2/ec168.c @@ -115,6 +115,10 @@ static int ec168_i2c_xfer(struct i2c_adapter *adap, struct i2c_msg msg[], while (i < num) { if (num > i + 1 && (msg[i+1].flags & I2C_M_RD)) { if (msg[i].addr == ec168_ec100_config.demod_address) { + if (msg[i].len < 1) { + i = -EOPNOTSUPP; + break; + } req.cmd = READ_DEMOD; req.value = 0; req.index = 0xff00 + msg[i].buf[0]; /* reg */ @@ -131,6 +135,10 @@ static int ec168_i2c_xfer(struct i2c_adapter *adap, struct i2c_msg msg[], } } else { if (msg[i].addr == ec168_ec100_config.demod_address) { + if (msg[i].len < 1) { + i = -EOPNOTSUPP; + break; + } req.cmd = WRITE_DEMOD; req.value = msg[i].buf[1]; /* val */ req.index = 0xff00 + msg[i].buf[0]; /* reg */ @@ -139,6 +147,10 @@ static int ec168_i2c_xfer(struct i2c_adapter *adap, struct i2c_msg msg[], ret = ec168_ctrl_msg(d, &req); i += 1; } else { + if (msg[i].len < 1) { + i = -EOPNOTSUPP; + break; + } req.cmd = WRITE_I2C; req.value = msg[i].buf[0]; /* val */ req.index = 0x0100 + msg[i].addr; /* I2C addr */ -- 2.25.1