From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 20 Aug 2016 18:19:43 +0200
Reuse existing functionality from memdup_user() instead of keeping
duplicate source code.
This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software.
Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
.../net/wireless/intersil/hostap/hostap_ioctl.c | 22 ++++++----------------
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/intersil/hostap/hostap_ioctl.c b/drivers/net/wireless/intersil/hostap/hostap_ioctl.c
index 3e5fa78..4e271f9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/intersil/hostap/hostap_ioctl.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/intersil/hostap/hostap_ioctl.c
@@ -3041,14 +3041,9 @@ static int prism2_ioctl_priv_download(local_info_t *local, struct iw_point *p)
p->length > 1024 || !p->pointer)
return -EINVAL;
- param = kmalloc(p->length, GFP_KERNEL);
- if (param == NULL)
- return -ENOMEM;
-
- if (copy_from_user(param, p->pointer, p->length)) {
- ret = -EFAULT;
- goto out;
- }
+ param = memdup_user(p->pointer, p->length);
+ if (IS_ERR(param))
+ return PTR_ERR(param);
if (p->length < sizeof(struct prism2_download_param) +
param->num_areas * sizeof(struct prism2_download_area)) {
@@ -3803,14 +3798,9 @@ static int prism2_ioctl_priv_hostapd(local_info_t *local, struct iw_point *p)
p->length > PRISM2_HOSTAPD_MAX_BUF_SIZE || !p->pointer)
return -EINVAL;
- param = kmalloc(p->length, GFP_KERNEL);
- if (param == NULL)
- return -ENOMEM;
-
- if (copy_from_user(param, p->pointer, p->length)) {
- ret = -EFAULT;
- goto out;
- }
+ param = memdup_user(p->pointer, p->length);
+ if (IS_ERR(param))
+ return PTR_ERR(param);
switch (param->cmd) {
case PRISM2_SET_ENCRYPTION:
--
2.9.3
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