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/scsi/qla4xxx/ql4_os.c | 7 +++---- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla4xxx/ql4_os.c b/drivers/scsi/qla4xxx/ql4_os.c index 9eef7d4..3202063 100644 --- a/drivers/scsi/qla4xxx/ql4_os.c +++ b/drivers/scsi/qla4xxx/ql4_os.c @@ -3565,14 +3565,13 @@ static int qla4xxx_copy_from_fwddb_param(struct iscsi_bus_flash_session *sess, if (test_bit(OPT_IPV6_DEVICE, &options)) { conn->ipv6_traffic_class = fw_ddb_entry->ipv4_tos; - conn->link_local_ipv6_addr = kzalloc(IPv6_ADDR_LEN, GFP_KERNEL); + conn->link_local_ipv6_addr = kmemdup( + fw_ddb_entry->link_local_ipv6_addr, + IPv6_ADDR_LEN, GFP_KERNEL); if (!conn->link_local_ipv6_addr) { rc = -ENOMEM; goto exit_copy; } - - memcpy(conn->link_local_ipv6_addr, - fw_ddb_entry->link_local_ipv6_addr, IPv6_ADDR_LEN); } else { conn->ipv4_tos = fw_ddb_entry->ipv4_tos; } -- 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