On Mar 16 2016 or thereabouts, Dmitry Torokhov wrote: > Instead of open-coding memory allocation and copying form user memory > sequence let's use memdup_user(). > > Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@xxxxxxxxx> > --- Works for me: Reviewed-by: Benjamin Tissoires <benjamin.tissoires@xxxxxxxxxx> Cheers, Benjamin > drivers/hid/hidraw.c | 13 ++++--------- > 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/hid/hidraw.c b/drivers/hid/hidraw.c > index 9c2d7c2..b9a76e3 100644 > --- a/drivers/hid/hidraw.c > +++ b/drivers/hid/hidraw.c > @@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ > #include <linux/hid.h> > #include <linux/mutex.h> > #include <linux/sched.h> > +#include <linux/string.h> > > #include <linux/hidraw.h> > > @@ -123,7 +124,6 @@ static ssize_t hidraw_send_report(struct file *file, const char __user *buffer, > > dev = hidraw_table[minor]->hid; > > - > if (count > HID_MAX_BUFFER_SIZE) { > hid_warn(dev, "pid %d passed too large report\n", > task_pid_nr(current)); > @@ -138,17 +138,12 @@ static ssize_t hidraw_send_report(struct file *file, const char __user *buffer, > goto out; > } > > - buf = kmalloc(count * sizeof(__u8), GFP_KERNEL); > - if (!buf) { > - ret = -ENOMEM; > + buf = memdup_user(buffer, count); > + if (IS_ERR(buf)) { > + ret = PTR_ERR(buf); > goto out; > } > > - if (copy_from_user(buf, buffer, count)) { > - ret = -EFAULT; > - goto out_free; > - } > - > if ((report_type == HID_OUTPUT_REPORT) && > !(dev->quirks & HID_QUIRK_NO_OUTPUT_REPORTS_ON_INTR_EP)) { > ret = hid_hw_output_report(dev, buf, count); > -- > 2.7.0.rc3.207.g0ac5344 > > > -- > Dmitry -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-input" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html