From: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@xxxxxxxxxx> commit d0ac1a26ed5943127cb0156148735f5f52a07075 upstream. As reported on: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-media/20190627222020.45909-1-willemdebruijn.kernel@xxxxxxxxx/ if gp8psk_usb_in_op() returns an error, the status var is not initialized. Yet, this var is used later on, in order to identify: - if the device was already started; - if firmware has loaded; - if the LNBf was powered on. Using status = 0 seems to ensure that everything will be properly powered up. So, instead of the proposed solution, let's just set status = 0. Reported-by: syzbot <syzkaller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Reported-by: Willem de Bruijn <willemb@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/gp8psk.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/gp8psk.c +++ b/drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/gp8psk.c @@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ out_rel_fw: static int gp8psk_power_ctrl(struct dvb_usb_device *d, int onoff) { - u8 status, buf; + u8 status = 0, buf; int gp_product_id = le16_to_cpu(d->udev->descriptor.idProduct); if (onoff) {