If BOOT_FROM_EEPROM is set, efuse_buf is not initialised before it is passed to functions that read from it. The buffer will be filled with 0x00 in this case like all local variables. However, the parsing functions expect the buffer to be filled with 0xFF if reading eeprom/efuse data failed. Fill the buffer with 0xFF before we try to read the data. Please note that this problem existed before we started using a local buffer. Adapter->eeprompriv->efuse_eeprom_data was allocated as a part of struct adapter by a vzalloc call in rtw_usb_if1_init. Signed-off-by: Martin Kaiser <martin@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/staging/r8188eu/hal/usb_halinit.c | 14 ++++++-------- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/r8188eu/hal/usb_halinit.c b/drivers/staging/r8188eu/hal/usb_halinit.c index 807d8ce8cbfc..258ab963cf8a 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/r8188eu/hal/usb_halinit.c +++ b/drivers/staging/r8188eu/hal/usb_halinit.c @@ -940,14 +940,12 @@ void ReadAdapterInfo8188EU(struct adapter *Adapter) eeprom->bautoload_fail_flag = !(eeValue & EEPROM_EN); - if (!(eeValue & BOOT_FROM_EEPROM)) { - if (eeprom->bautoload_fail_flag) { - memset(efuse_buf, 0xFF, sizeof(efuse_buf)); - } else { - rtl8188e_EfusePowerSwitch(Adapter, true); - rtl8188e_ReadEFuse(Adapter, 0, EFUSE_MAP_LEN_88E, efuse_buf); - rtl8188e_EfusePowerSwitch(Adapter, false); - } + memset(efuse_buf, 0xFF, sizeof(efuse_buf)); + + if (!(eeValue & BOOT_FROM_EEPROM) && !eeprom->bautoload_fail_flag) { + rtl8188e_EfusePowerSwitch(Adapter, true); + rtl8188e_ReadEFuse(Adapter, 0, EFUSE_MAP_LEN_88E, efuse_buf); + rtl8188e_EfusePowerSwitch(Adapter, false); } /* parse the eeprom/efuse content */ -- 2.30.2