mac_len is of type unsigned, which can never be less than zero. mac_len = ieee802154_hdr_peek_addrs(skb, &header); if (mac_len < 0) return mac_len; Change this to type int as ieee802154_hdr_peek_addrs() can return negative integers, this is found by static analysis with smatch. Fixes: ded845a781a5 ("ieee802154: Add CA8210 IEEE 802.15.4 device driver") Signed-off-by: Harshit Mogalapalli <harshit.m.mogalapalli@xxxxxxxxxx> --- Only compile tested. --- drivers/net/ieee802154/ca8210.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/ieee802154/ca8210.c b/drivers/net/ieee802154/ca8210.c index 0b0c6c0764fe..d0b5129439ed 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ieee802154/ca8210.c +++ b/drivers/net/ieee802154/ca8210.c @@ -1902,10 +1902,9 @@ static int ca8210_skb_tx( struct ca8210_priv *priv ) { - int status; struct ieee802154_hdr header = { }; struct secspec secspec; - unsigned int mac_len; + int mac_len, status; dev_dbg(&priv->spi->dev, "%s called\n", __func__); -- 2.38.1