The patch below does not apply to the 5.4-stable tree. If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit id to <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>. thanks, greg k-h ------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------ >From f71e41e23e129640f620b65fc362a6da02580310 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tom Rix <trix@xxxxxxxxxx> Date: Sun, 9 Aug 2020 10:55:51 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] iio:imu:st_lsm6dsx: check st_lsm6dsx_shub_read_output return Potential error return is not checked. This can lead to use of undefined data. Detected by clang static analysis. st_lsm6dsx_shub.c:540:8: warning: Assigned value is garbage or undefined *val = (s16)le16_to_cpu(*((__le16 *)data)); ^ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Fixes: c91c1c844ebd ("iio: imu: st_lsm6dsx: add i2c embedded controller support") Signed-off-by: Tom Rix <trix@xxxxxxxxxx Cc: <Stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxx> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200809175551.6794-1-trix@xxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Jonathan Cameron <Jonathan.Cameron@xxxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/drivers/iio/imu/st_lsm6dsx/st_lsm6dsx_shub.c b/drivers/iio/imu/st_lsm6dsx/st_lsm6dsx_shub.c index ed83471dc7dd..8c8d8870ca07 100644 --- a/drivers/iio/imu/st_lsm6dsx/st_lsm6dsx_shub.c +++ b/drivers/iio/imu/st_lsm6dsx/st_lsm6dsx_shub.c @@ -313,6 +313,8 @@ st_lsm6dsx_shub_read(struct st_lsm6dsx_sensor *sensor, u8 addr, err = st_lsm6dsx_shub_read_output(hw, data, len & ST_LS6DSX_READ_OP_MASK); + if (err < 0) + return err; st_lsm6dsx_shub_master_enable(sensor, false);