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net: usb: lan78xx: Sanitize return values of register read/write functions
authorOleksij Rempel <o.rempel@pengutronix.de>
Fri, 7 Mar 2025 10:12:23 +0000 (11:12 +0100)
committerJakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Mon, 10 Mar 2025 20:18:44 +0000 (13:18 -0700)
commitcfa693bf9d5361608e2963f5dae053b3695af8eb
tree201d20fbe3f6852533608819b3fe12f4843d5dc1
parentd0a4a1b36d7a71b45972ef33762c3fc082bec1db
net: usb: lan78xx: Sanitize return values of register read/write functions

usb_control_msg() returns the number of transferred bytes or a negative
error code. The current implementation propagates the transferred byte
count, which is unintended. This affects code paths that assume a
boolean success/failure check, such as the EEPROM detection logic.

Fix this by ensuring lan78xx_read_reg() and lan78xx_write_reg() return
only 0 on success and preserve negative error codes.

This approach is consistent with existing usage, as the transferred byte
count is not explicitly checked elsewhere.

Fixes: 8b1b2ca83b20 ("net: usb: lan78xx: Improve error handling in EEPROM and OTP operations")
Reported-by: Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/ac965de8-f320-430f-80f6-b16f4e1ba06d@sirena.org.uk
Signed-off-by: Oleksij Rempel <o.rempel@pengutronix.de>
Tested-by: Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250307101223.3025632-1-o.rempel@pengutronix.de
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
drivers/net/usb/lan78xx.c