Use kcalloc instead of kzalloc to check for an overflow before multiplication. Done using the following semantic patch by coccinelle. http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/rules/kzalloc.cocci Signed-off-by: Srishti Sharma <srishtishar@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/staging/media/atomisp/pci/atomisp2/css2400/sh_css_firmware.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/atomisp/pci/atomisp2/css2400/sh_css_firmware.c b/drivers/staging/media/atomisp/pci/atomisp2/css2400/sh_css_firmware.c index 6358216..2f4b71a 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/media/atomisp/pci/atomisp2/css2400/sh_css_firmware.c +++ b/drivers/staging/media/atomisp/pci/atomisp2/css2400/sh_css_firmware.c @@ -235,7 +235,9 @@ sh_css_load_firmware(const char *fw_data, sh_css_blob_info = NULL; } - fw_minibuffer = kzalloc(sh_css_num_binaries * sizeof(struct fw_param), GFP_KERNEL); + fw_minibuffer = kcalloc(sh_css_num_binaries, sizeof(struct fw_param), + GFP_KERNEL); + if (fw_minibuffer == NULL) return IA_CSS_ERR_CANNOT_ALLOCATE_MEMORY; -- 2.7.4