From: Wang Qing <wangqing@xxxxxxxx> fix memdup_user.cocci warning: fs/xattr.c:563:11-19: WARNING opportunity for vmemdup_user Signed-off-by: Wang Qing <wangqing@xxxxxxxx> --- fs/xattr.c | 8 +++----- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/xattr.c b/fs/xattr.c index 5c8c517..71c301d --- a/fs/xattr.c +++ b/fs/xattr.c @@ -560,11 +560,9 @@ setxattr(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns, struct dentry *d, if (size) { if (size > XATTR_SIZE_MAX) return -E2BIG; - kvalue = kvmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL); - if (!kvalue) - return -ENOMEM; - if (copy_from_user(kvalue, value, size)) { - error = -EFAULT; + kvalue = vmemdup_user(value, size); + if (IS_ERR(kvalue)) { + error = PTR_ERR(kvalue); goto out; } if ((strcmp(kname, XATTR_NAME_POSIX_ACL_ACCESS) == 0) || -- 2.7.4