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/hid/uhid.c | 5 ++--- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/hid/uhid.c b/drivers/hid/uhid.c index 0d078c3..0cb92e3 100644 --- a/drivers/hid/uhid.c +++ b/drivers/hid/uhid.c @@ -441,12 +441,11 @@ static int uhid_dev_create2(struct uhid_device *uhid, if (uhid->rd_size <= 0 || uhid->rd_size > HID_MAX_DESCRIPTOR_SIZE) return -EINVAL; - uhid->rd_data = kmalloc(uhid->rd_size, GFP_KERNEL); + uhid->rd_data = kmemdup(ev->u.create2.rd_data, uhid->rd_size, + GFP_KERNEL); if (!uhid->rd_data) return -ENOMEM; - memcpy(uhid->rd_data, ev->u.create2.rd_data, uhid->rd_size); - hid = hid_allocate_device(); if (IS_ERR(hid)) { ret = PTR_ERR(hid); -- 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