dir_entry.name is currently allocated via a separate kstrdup(). Change it to a flexible array member and allocate it along with struct dir_entry. Signed-off-by: David Disseldorp <ddiss@xxxxxxx> --- init/initramfs.c | 10 ++++++---- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/init/initramfs.c b/init/initramfs.c index 2f79b3ec0b40..656d2d71349f 100644 --- a/init/initramfs.c +++ b/init/initramfs.c @@ -130,17 +130,20 @@ static long __init do_utime(char *filename, time64_t mtime) static __initdata LIST_HEAD(dir_list); struct dir_entry { struct list_head list; - char *name; time64_t mtime; + char name[]; }; static void __init dir_add(const char *name, time64_t mtime) { - struct dir_entry *de = kmalloc(sizeof(struct dir_entry), GFP_KERNEL); + size_t nlen = strlen(name) + 1; + struct dir_entry *de; + + de = kmalloc(sizeof(struct dir_entry) + nlen, GFP_KERNEL); if (!de) panic_show_mem("can't allocate dir_entry buffer"); INIT_LIST_HEAD(&de->list); - de->name = kstrdup(name, GFP_KERNEL); + strscpy(de->name, name, nlen); de->mtime = mtime; list_add(&de->list, &dir_list); } @@ -151,7 +154,6 @@ static void __init dir_utime(void) list_for_each_entry_safe(de, tmp, &dir_list, list) { list_del(&de->list); do_utime(de->name, de->mtime); - kfree(de->name); kfree(de); } } -- 2.31.1