The problem is that sizeof() is unsigned long so negative error codes are type promoted to high positive values and the condition becomes false. Fixes: 1d427be4a39d ("USB: legousbtower: fix slab info leak at probe") Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/usb/misc/legousbtower.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/usb/misc/legousbtower.c b/drivers/usb/misc/legousbtower.c index 9d4c52a7ebe0..835908fe1e65 100644 --- a/drivers/usb/misc/legousbtower.c +++ b/drivers/usb/misc/legousbtower.c @@ -881,7 +881,7 @@ static int tower_probe (struct usb_interface *interface, const struct usb_device get_version_reply, sizeof(*get_version_reply), 1000); - if (result < sizeof(*get_version_reply)) { + if (result < 0 || result < sizeof(*get_version_reply)) { if (result >= 0) result = -EIO; dev_err(idev, "get version request failed: %d\n", result); -- 2.20.1