Syzbot reported uninit-value in asix_mdio_read(). The problem was in missing error handling. asix_read_cmd() should initialize passed stack variable smsr, but it can fail in some cases. Then while condidition checks possibly uninit smsr variable. Since smsr is uninitialized stack variable, driver can misbehave, because smsr will be random in case of asix_read_cmd() failure. Fix it by adding error cheking and just continue the loop instead of checking uninit value. Fixes: 8a46f665833a ("net: asix: Avoid looping when the device is disconnected") Reported-and-tested-by: syzbot+a631ec9e717fb0423053@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Pavel Skripkin <paskripkin@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/usb/asix_common.c | 8 +++++++- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/asix_common.c b/drivers/net/usb/asix_common.c index ac92bc52a85e..572ca3077f8f 100644 --- a/drivers/net/usb/asix_common.c +++ b/drivers/net/usb/asix_common.c @@ -479,7 +479,13 @@ int asix_mdio_read(struct net_device *netdev, int phy_id, int loc) usleep_range(1000, 1100); ret = asix_read_cmd(dev, AX_CMD_STATMNGSTS_REG, 0, 0, 1, &smsr, 0); - } while (!(smsr & AX_HOST_EN) && (i++ < 30) && (ret != -ENODEV)); + if (ret == -ENODEV) { + break; + } else if (ret < 0) { + ++i; + continue; + } + } while (!(smsr & AX_HOST_EN) && (i++ < 30)); if (ret == -ENODEV || ret == -ETIMEDOUT) { mutex_unlock(&dev->phy_mutex); return ret; -- 2.32.0