> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <julia@xxxxxxx>
>
> ---
> mm/util.c | 11 +++--------
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/mm/util.c b/mm/util.c
> index f5712e8..4735ea4 100644
> --- a/mm/util.c
> +++ b/mm/util.c
> @@ -225,15 +225,10 @@ char *strndup_user(const char __user *s, long n)
> if (length > n)
> return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
>
> - p = kmalloc(length, GFP_KERNEL);
> + p = memdup_user(s, length);
memdup? Why can't we use strnlen_user() and legitimate length copy?
>
> - if (!p)
> - return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
> -
> - if (copy_from_user(p, s, length)) {
> - kfree(p);
> - return ERR_PTR(-EFAULT);
> - }
> + if (IS_ERR(p))
> + return p;
>
> p[length - 1] = '\0';
>
>
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