Use memdup_user_nul() helper instead of open-coding to simplify the code. v1-->v2: fixed patch title error v2-->v3: return the actual error Reported-by: Hulk Robot <hulkci@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Zou Wei <zou_wei@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/crypto/hisilicon/qm.c | 13 +++---------- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/crypto/hisilicon/qm.c b/drivers/crypto/hisilicon/qm.c index 8f7ea50..8b389c2 100644 --- a/drivers/crypto/hisilicon/qm.c +++ b/drivers/crypto/hisilicon/qm.c @@ -1571,16 +1571,9 @@ static ssize_t qm_cmd_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *buffer, if (count > QM_DBG_WRITE_LEN) return -ENOSPC; - cmd_buf = kzalloc(count + 1, GFP_KERNEL); - if (!cmd_buf) - return -ENOMEM; - - if (copy_from_user(cmd_buf, buffer, count)) { - kfree(cmd_buf); - return -EFAULT; - } - - cmd_buf[count] = '\0'; + cmd_buf = memdup_user_nul(buffer, count); + if (IS_ERR(cmd_buf)) + return PTR_ERR(cmd_buf); cmd_buf_tmp = strchr(cmd_buf, '\n'); if (cmd_buf_tmp) { -- 2.6.2