On Sun, Aug 21, 2016 at 09:43:22PM +0200, SF Markus Elfring wrote:
> From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2016 21:02:06 +0200
>
> Reuse existing functionality from memdup_user() instead of keeping
> duplicate source code.
>
> This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software.
It usually helps to have Coccinelle script in changelog.
But nevertheless
Acked-by: Vinod Koul <vinod.koul@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> sound/core/compress_offload.c | 10 +++-------
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/sound/core/compress_offload.c b/sound/core/compress_offload.c
> index 2c49848..583d407 100644
> --- a/sound/core/compress_offload.c
> +++ b/sound/core/compress_offload.c
> @@ -553,13 +553,9 @@ snd_compr_set_params(struct snd_compr_stream *stream, unsigned long arg)
> * we should allow parameter change only when stream has been
> * opened not in other cases
> */
> - params = kmalloc(sizeof(*params), GFP_KERNEL);
> - if (!params)
> - return -ENOMEM;
> - if (copy_from_user(params, (void __user *)arg, sizeof(*params))) {
> - retval = -EFAULT;
> - goto out;
> - }
> + params = memdup_user((void __user *)arg, sizeof(*params));
> + if (IS_ERR(params))
> + return PTR_ERR(params);
>
> retval = snd_compress_check_input(params);
> if (retval)
> --
> 2.9.3
>
--
~Vinod
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