The actual size that nvmem is using internally on a specific platform with a specific devicetree may not be known in the consumer code. The maximum size may be available at the same time. Allow the use of larger buffers in nvmem_cell_read_common() by setting buffers that are too large to zero before copying into them. Signed-off-by: Markus Schneider-Pargmann <msp@xxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/nvmem/core.c | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/nvmem/core.c b/drivers/nvmem/core.c index 980123fb4dde..6fa061ede605 100644 --- a/drivers/nvmem/core.c +++ b/drivers/nvmem/core.c @@ -1806,12 +1806,14 @@ static int nvmem_cell_read_common(struct device *dev, const char *cell_id, nvmem_cell_put(cell); return PTR_ERR(buf); } - if (len != count) { + if (len > count) { kfree(buf); nvmem_cell_put(cell); return -EINVAL; + } else if (len < count) { + memset(val + len, 0, count - len); } - memcpy(val, buf, count); + memcpy(val, buf, len); kfree(buf); nvmem_cell_put(cell); -- 2.43.0