A null pointer check added. And using kstrdup() instead of kmalloc() & strcpy() Signed-off-by: Samreen <samreen@xxxxxx> --- Version2: - Using kstrdup() instead of kmalloc() & strcpy() - Using ENOMEM as error code instead of EINVAL - Subject changed appropriately The link to v1 of patch is: https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/319642/ drivers/video/omap2/omapfb/omapfb-main.c | 5 +++-- 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/video/omap2/omapfb/omapfb-main.c b/drivers/video/omap2/omapfb/omapfb-main.c index 6a704f1..4fdab8e 100644 --- a/drivers/video/omap2/omapfb/omapfb-main.c +++ b/drivers/video/omap2/omapfb/omapfb-main.c @@ -2132,8 +2132,9 @@ static int omapfb_parse_def_modes(struct omapfb2_device *fbdev) char *str, *options, *this_opt; int r = 0; - str = kmalloc(strlen(def_mode) + 1, GFP_KERNEL); - strcpy(str, def_mode); + str = kstrdup(def_mode, GFP_KERNEL); + if (!str) + return -ENOMEM; options = str; while (!r && (this_opt = strsep(&options, ",")) != NULL) { -- 1.5.6.3 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-omap" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html