From: Sean Young <sean@xxxxxxxx> commit 51d0c99b391f0cac61ad7b827c26f549ee55672c upstream. If usb_bulk_msg() fails, actual_length can be uninitialized. Reported-by: syzbot+9d42b7773d2fecd983ab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Sean Young <sean@xxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/af9005.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/af9005.c +++ b/drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/af9005.c @@ -554,7 +554,7 @@ static int af9005_boot_packet(struct usb u8 *buf, int size) { u16 checksum; - int act_len, i, ret; + int act_len = 0, i, ret; memset(buf, 0, size); buf[0] = (u8) (FW_BULKOUT_SIZE & 0xff);