On 32bit systems, the "4 * max" multiply can overflow. Use kcalloc() to do the allocation to prevent this. Fixes: 44c494c8e30e ("ptp: track available ptp vclocks information") Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> --- v2: It's better to use kcalloc() instead of size_mul(). drivers/ptp/ptp_sysfs.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/ptp/ptp_sysfs.c b/drivers/ptp/ptp_sysfs.c index a15460aaa03b..6b1b8f57cd95 100644 --- a/drivers/ptp/ptp_sysfs.c +++ b/drivers/ptp/ptp_sysfs.c @@ -296,8 +296,7 @@ static ssize_t max_vclocks_store(struct device *dev, if (max < ptp->n_vclocks) goto out; - size = sizeof(int) * max; - vclock_index = kzalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL); + vclock_index = kcalloc(max, sizeof(int), GFP_KERNEL); if (!vclock_index) { err = -ENOMEM; goto out; -- 2.43.0