The char buffer buf, accepts user data which might be negative value and the content is left shifted to form an unsigned integer. Since left shifting a negative value is undefined behavior, thus change the char to u8 to fix this Signed-off-by: Changming Liu <liu.changm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/usb/misc/sisusbvga/sisusb.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/usb/misc/sisusbvga/sisusb.c b/drivers/usb/misc/sisusbvga/sisusb.c index fc8a5da4a07c..0734e6dd9386 100644 --- a/drivers/usb/misc/sisusbvga/sisusb.c +++ b/drivers/usb/misc/sisusbvga/sisusb.c @@ -761,7 +761,7 @@ static int sisusb_write_mem_bulk(struct sisusb_usb_data *sisusb, u32 addr, u8 swap8, fromkern = kernbuffer ? 1 : 0; u16 swap16; u32 swap32, flag = (length >> 28) & 1; - char buf[4]; + u8 buf[4]; /* if neither kernbuffer not userbuffer are given, assume * data in obuf -- 2.17.1