linux-kernel - [PATCH 6/8] efi/efi_test: Use memdup

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Message-Id: <20161018143318.15673-7-matt@codeblueprint.co.uk>
Date:   Tue, 18 Oct 2016 15:33:16 +0100
From:   Matt Fleming <matt@...eblueprint.co.uk>
To:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        "H . Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc:     Ivan Hu <ivan.hu@...onical.com>,
        Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-efi@...r.kernel.org,
        Matt Fleming <matt@...eblueprint.co.uk>,
        Ivan Khoronzhuk <ivan.khoronzhuk@...aro.org>
Subject: [PATCH 6/8] efi/efi_test: Use memdup_user() as a cleanup

From: Ivan Hu <ivan.hu@...onical.com>

Fix coccicheck warning which recommends to use memdup_user()

This patch fixes below coccicheck warnings:
drivers/firmware/efi/test/efi_test.c:269:8-15: WARNING opportunity for
memdup_user

Signed-off-by: Ivan Hu <ivan.hu@...onical.com>
Cc: Ivan Khoronzhuk <ivan.khoronzhuk@...aro.org>
Cc: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>
Signed-off-by: Matt Fleming <matt@...eblueprint.co.uk>
---
 drivers/firmware/efi/test/efi_test.c | 10 +++-------
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/test/efi_test.c b/drivers/firmware/efi/test/efi_test.c
index bb26e12b0cfd..8cd578f62059 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/efi/test/efi_test.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/test/efi_test.c
@@ -265,14 +265,10 @@ static long efi_runtime_set_variable(unsigned long arg)
 			return rv;
 	}
 
-	data = kmalloc(setvariable.data_size, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!data) {
+	data = memdup_user(setvariable.data, setvariable.data_size);
+	if (IS_ERR(data)) {
 		kfree(name);
-		return -ENOMEM;
-	}
-	if (copy_from_user(data, setvariable.data, setvariable.data_size)) {
-		rv = -EFAULT;
-		goto out;
+		return PTR_ERR(data);
 	}
 
 	status = efi.set_variable(name, &vendor_guid,
-- 
2.10.0