What we need is only "pack_id", so do not create a heap object or copy the whole object in. The fix efficiently copies "pack_id" only. Signed-off-by: Kangjie Lu <kjlu@xxxxxxx> --- drivers/scsi/sg.c | 12 ++---------- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/scsi/sg.c b/drivers/scsi/sg.c index c6ad00703c5b..4dacbfffd113 100644 --- a/drivers/scsi/sg.c +++ b/drivers/scsi/sg.c @@ -446,16 +446,8 @@ sg_read(struct file *filp, char __user *buf, size_t count, loff_t * ppos) } if (old_hdr->reply_len < 0) { if (count >= SZ_SG_IO_HDR) { - sg_io_hdr_t *new_hdr; - new_hdr = kmalloc(SZ_SG_IO_HDR, GFP_KERNEL); - if (!new_hdr) { - retval = -ENOMEM; - goto free_old_hdr; - } - retval =__copy_from_user - (new_hdr, buf, SZ_SG_IO_HDR); - req_pack_id = new_hdr->pack_id; - kfree(new_hdr); + retval = get_user(req_pack_id, + &((sg_io_hdr_t *)buf->pack_id)); if (retval) { retval = -EFAULT; goto free_old_hdr; -- 2.17.2 (Apple Git-113)