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(-) 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 _______________________________________________ Selinux mailing list Selinux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe, send email to Selinux-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxx. To get help, send an email containing "help" to Selinux-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.