This issue was reported by coccicheck using the semantic patch at scripts/coccinelle/api/memdup.cocci Signed-off-by: Benoit Taine <benoit.taine@xxxxxxx> --- Tested by compilation without errors. drivers/message/fusion/mptbase.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/message/fusion/mptbase.c b/drivers/message/fusion/mptbase.c index 570b18a..6417a3f 100644 --- a/drivers/message/fusion/mptbase.c +++ b/drivers/message/fusion/mptbase.c @@ -6004,13 +6004,12 @@ mpt_findImVolumes(MPT_ADAPTER *ioc) if (mpt_config(ioc, &cfg) != 0) goto out; - mem = kmalloc(iocpage2sz, GFP_KERNEL); + mem = kmemdup((u8 *)pIoc2, iocpage2sz, GFP_KERNEL); if (!mem) { rc = -ENOMEM; goto out; } - memcpy(mem, (u8 *)pIoc2, iocpage2sz); ioc->raid_data.pIocPg2 = (IOCPage2_t *) mem; mpt_read_ioc_pg_3(ioc); -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kernel-janitors" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html