This thread has been dormant for over a year and a half. Let's revive it and try to close out the issue. Alan Stern #syz test: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/ v6.5-rc3 Index: usb-devel/drivers/usb/storage/alauda.c =================================================================== --- usb-devel.orig/drivers/usb/storage/alauda.c +++ usb-devel/drivers/usb/storage/alauda.c @@ -318,7 +318,8 @@ static int alauda_get_media_status(struc rc = usb_stor_ctrl_transfer(us, us->recv_ctrl_pipe, command, 0xc0, 0, 1, data, 2); - usb_stor_dbg(us, "Media status %02X %02X\n", data[0], data[1]); + if (rc == USB_STOR_XFER_GOOD) + usb_stor_dbg(us, "Media status %02X %02X\n", data[0], data[1]); return rc; } @@ -454,9 +455,14 @@ static int alauda_init_media(struct us_d static int alauda_check_media(struct us_data *us) { struct alauda_info *info = (struct alauda_info *) us->extra; - unsigned char status[2]; + unsigned char *status = us->iobuf; + int rc; - alauda_get_media_status(us, status); + rc = alauda_get_media_status(us, status); + if (rc != USB_STOR_XFER_GOOD) { + status[0] = 0xF0; /* Pretend there's no media */ + status[1] = 0; + } /* Check for no media or door open */ if ((status[0] & 0x80) || ((status[0] & 0x1F) == 0x10)