We accidentally allocate sizeof(void *) bytes instead of 112 bytes. It results in memory corruption. Fixes: 23b028c871e1 ("staging: bcm2835-audio: initial staging submission") Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/drivers/staging/bcm2835-audio/bcm2835-vchiq.c b/drivers/staging/bcm2835-audio/bcm2835-vchiq.c index d11f2cdd1014..f5c6a83569f3 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/bcm2835-audio/bcm2835-vchiq.c +++ b/drivers/staging/bcm2835-audio/bcm2835-vchiq.c @@ -134,8 +134,9 @@ int bcm2835_audio_start(struct bcm2835_alsa_stream *alsa_stream) int ret = -1; LOG_DBG(" .. IN\n"); if (alsa_stream->my_wq) { - struct bcm2835_audio_work *work = - kmalloc(sizeof(struct bcm2835_audio_work *), GFP_ATOMIC); + struct bcm2835_audio_work *work; + + work = kmalloc(sizeof(*work), GFP_ATOMIC); /*--- Queue some work (item 1) ---*/ if (work) { INIT_WORK(&work->my_work, my_wq_function); @@ -155,8 +156,9 @@ int bcm2835_audio_stop(struct bcm2835_alsa_stream *alsa_stream) int ret = -1; LOG_DBG(" .. IN\n"); if (alsa_stream->my_wq) { - struct bcm2835_audio_work *work = - kmalloc(sizeof(struct bcm2835_audio_work *), GFP_ATOMIC); + struct bcm2835_audio_work *work; + + work = kmalloc(sizeof(*work), GFP_ATOMIC); /*--- Queue some work (item 1) ---*/ if (work) { INIT_WORK(&work->my_work, my_wq_function); @@ -177,8 +179,9 @@ int bcm2835_audio_write(struct bcm2835_alsa_stream *alsa_stream, int ret = -1; LOG_DBG(" .. IN\n"); if (alsa_stream->my_wq) { - struct bcm2835_audio_work *work = - kmalloc(sizeof(struct bcm2835_audio_work *), GFP_ATOMIC); + struct bcm2835_audio_work *work; + + work = kmalloc(sizeof(*work), GFP_ATOMIC); /*--- Queue some work (item 1) ---*/ if (work) { INIT_WORK(&work->my_work, my_wq_function); -- 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