5.15-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Jaroslav Kysela <perex@xxxxxxxx> commit 92a9c0ad86d47ff4cce899012e355c400f02cfb8 upstream. The subs function argument may be NULL, so do not use it before the NULL check. Fixes: 291e9da91403 ("ALSA: usb-audio: Always initialize fixed_rate in snd_usb_find_implicit_fb_sync_format()") Reported-by: coverity-bot <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/alsa-devel/202301121424.4A79A485@keescook/ Signed-off-by: Jaroslav Kysela <perex@xxxxxxxx> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230113085311.623325-1-perex@xxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Harshvardhan Jha <harshvardhan.j.jha@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- sound/usb/pcm.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/sound/usb/pcm.c +++ b/sound/usb/pcm.c @@ -160,11 +160,12 @@ find_substream_format(struct snd_usb_sub bool snd_usb_pcm_has_fixed_rate(struct snd_usb_substream *subs) { const struct audioformat *fp; - struct snd_usb_audio *chip = subs->stream->chip; + struct snd_usb_audio *chip; int rate = -1; if (!subs) return false; + chip = subs->stream->chip; if (!(chip->quirk_flags & QUIRK_FLAG_FIXED_RATE)) return false; list_for_each_entry(fp, &subs->fmt_list, list) {