tlmi_priv.pwd_admin->password is an array (not a pointer), so the correct way to check for the password being set is to check for tlmi_priv.pwd_admin->password[0] != 0. For the second check, replace the check with checking that auth_str is set instead. Cc: Mark Pearson <markpearson@xxxxxxxxxx> Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> Reported-by: coverity-bot <keescook+coverity-bot@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Addresses-Coverity-ID: 1505158 ("NO_EFFECT") Fixes: a7314b3b1d8a ("platform/x86: think-lmi: Add WMI interface support on Lenovo platforms") Signed-off-by: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/platform/x86/think-lmi.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/think-lmi.c b/drivers/platform/x86/think-lmi.c index c6413b906e4a..4881de4e669d 100644 --- a/drivers/platform/x86/think-lmi.c +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/think-lmi.c @@ -537,7 +537,7 @@ static ssize_t current_value_store(struct kobject *kobj, p = strchrnul(new_setting, '\n'); *p = '\0'; - if (tlmi_priv.pwd_admin->valid && tlmi_priv.pwd_admin->password) { + if (tlmi_priv.pwd_admin->valid && tlmi_priv.pwd_admin->password[0]) { auth_str = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "%s,%s,%s;", tlmi_priv.pwd_admin->password, encoding_options[tlmi_priv.pwd_admin->encoding], @@ -563,7 +563,7 @@ static ssize_t current_value_store(struct kobject *kobj, if (ret) goto out; - if (tlmi_priv.pwd_admin->valid && tlmi_priv.pwd_admin->password) + if (auth_str) ret = tlmi_save_bios_settings(auth_str); else ret = tlmi_save_bios_settings(""); -- 2.31.1