We're essentially just doing an open-coded kstrndup(). The only
differences are with what happens after the first '\0' character, but
request_firmware() doesn't care about that.
Suggested-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Brian Norris <computersforpeace@xxxxxxxxx>
---
New in v2
lib/test_firmware.c | 3 +--
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/lib/test_firmware.c b/lib/test_firmware.c
index 841191061816..690b9c35a274 100644
--- a/lib/test_firmware.c
+++ b/lib/test_firmware.c
@@ -54,10 +54,9 @@ static ssize_t trigger_request_store(struct device *dev,
int rc;
char *name;
- name = kzalloc(count + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
+ name = kstrndup(buf, count, GFP_KERNEL);
if (!name)
return -ENOSPC;
- memcpy(name, buf, count);
pr_info("loading '%s'\n", name);
--
2.6.0.rc2.230.g3dd15c0
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