On Sun, Jan 15, 2017 at 10:01 AM, SF Markus Elfring
<elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2017 12:06:13 +0100
>
> A multiplication for the size determination of a memory allocation
> indicated that an array data structure should be processed.
> Thus use the corresponding function "kmalloc_array".
>
> This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software.
>
> Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> security/selinux/ss/hashtab.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
Merged, thanks.
> diff --git a/security/selinux/ss/hashtab.c b/security/selinux/ss/hashtab.c
> index 2cc496149842..dc99fff64ecb 100644
> --- a/security/selinux/ss/hashtab.c
> +++ b/security/selinux/ss/hashtab.c
> @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ struct hashtab *hashtab_create(u32 (*hash_value)(struct hashtab *h, const void *
> p->nel = 0;
> p->hash_value = hash_value;
> p->keycmp = keycmp;
> - p->htable = kmalloc(sizeof(*(p->htable)) * size, GFP_KERNEL);
> + p->htable = kmalloc_array(size, sizeof(*p->htable), GFP_KERNEL);
> if (p->htable == NULL) {
> kfree(p);
> return NULL;
> --
> 2.11.0
>
--
paul moore
www.paul-moore.com
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