3.18-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@xxxxxxx> [ Upstream commit 2e2c177ca84aff092c3c96714b0f6a12900f3946 ] In slave_update() of vmaster code ignores the error from the slave get() callback and copies the values. It's not only about the missing error code but also that this may potentially lead to a leak of uninitialized variables when the slave get() don't clear them. This patch fixes slave_update() not to copy the potentially uninitialized values when an error is returned from the slave get() callback, and to propagate the error value properly. Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <alexander.levin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- sound/core/vmaster.c | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/sound/core/vmaster.c +++ b/sound/core/vmaster.c @@ -68,10 +68,13 @@ static int slave_update(struct link_slav return -ENOMEM; uctl->id = slave->slave.id; err = slave->slave.get(&slave->slave, uctl); + if (err < 0) + goto error; for (ch = 0; ch < slave->info.count; ch++) slave->vals[ch] = uctl->value.integer.value[ch]; + error: kfree(uctl); - return 0; + return err < 0 ? err : 0; } /* get the slave ctl info and save the initial values */