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-rw-r--r--kernel/fail_function.c13
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/fail_function.c b/kernel/fail_function.c
index 60dc825ecc2b..03643e33e4c3 100644
--- a/kernel/fail_function.c
+++ b/kernel/fail_function.c
@@ -247,15 +247,11 @@ static ssize_t fei_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buffer,
/* cut off if it is too long */
if (count > KSYM_NAME_LEN)
count = KSYM_NAME_LEN;
- buf = kmalloc(count + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
- if (!buf)
- return -ENOMEM;
- if (copy_from_user(buf, buffer, count)) {
- ret = -EFAULT;
- goto out_free;
- }
- buf[count] = '\0';
+ buf = memdup_user_nul(buffer, count);
+ if (IS_ERR(buf))
+ return PTR_ERR(buf);
+
sym = strstrip(buf);
mutex_lock(&fei_lock);
@@ -308,7 +304,6 @@ static ssize_t fei_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buffer,
}
out:
mutex_unlock(&fei_lock);
-out_free:
kfree(buf);
return ret;
}