Indeed. The same happens in synth_add, so Greg please use this instead: Check that array index is in-bounds before accessing the synths[] array. Signed-off-by: Nickolai Zeldovich <nickolai at csail.mit.edu> Signed-off-by: Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault at ens-lyon.org> --- drivers/staging/speakup/synth.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/speakup/synth.c b/drivers/staging/speakup/synth.c index df95337..b91d22b 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/speakup/synth.c +++ b/drivers/staging/speakup/synth.c @@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ int synth_init(char *synth_name) mutex_lock(&spk_mutex); /* First, check if we already have it loaded. */ - for (i = 0; synths[i] != NULL && i < MAXSYNTHS; i++) + for (i = 0; i < MAXSYNTHS && synths[i] != NULL; i++) if (strcmp(synths[i]->name, synth_name) == 0) synth = synths[i]; @@ -423,7 +423,7 @@ int synth_add(struct spk_synth *in_synth int i; int status = 0; mutex_lock(&spk_mutex); - for (i = 0; synths[i] != NULL && i < MAXSYNTHS; i++) + for (i = 0; i < MAXSYNTHS && synths[i] != NULL; i++) /* synth_remove() is responsible for rotating the array down */ if (in_synth == synths[i]) { mutex_unlock(&spk_mutex);