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/net/wireless/ath/wcn36xx/smd.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wcn36xx/smd.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wcn36xx/smd.c index 7bf0ef8..6398693 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wcn36xx/smd.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wcn36xx/smd.c @@ -2068,7 +2068,7 @@ static void wcn36xx_smd_rsp_process(struct wcn36xx *wcn, void *buf, size_t len) if (!msg_ind) goto nomem; msg_ind->msg_len = len; - msg_ind->msg = kmalloc(len, GFP_KERNEL); + msg_ind->msg = kmemdup(buf, len, GFP_KERNEL); if (!msg_ind->msg) { kfree(msg_ind); nomem: @@ -2080,7 +2080,6 @@ nomem: msg_header->msg_type); break; } - memcpy(msg_ind->msg, buf, len); mutex_lock(&wcn->hal_ind_mutex); list_add_tail(&msg_ind->list, &wcn->hal_ind_queue); queue_work(wcn->hal_ind_wq, &wcn->hal_ind_work); -- 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