linux-kernel - [PATCH] xfrm: use memdup

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Date:   Sat,  6 May 2017 23:42:21 +0800
From:   Geliang Tang <geliangtang@...il.com>
To:     Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@...unet.com>,
        Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:     Geliang Tang <geliangtang@...il.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] xfrm: use memdup_user

Use memdup_user() helper instead of open-coding to simplify the code.

Signed-off-by: Geliang Tang <geliangtang@...il.com>
---
 net/xfrm/xfrm_state.c | 11 +++--------
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/xfrm/xfrm_state.c b/net/xfrm/xfrm_state.c
index fc3c5aa..5780cda 100644
--- a/net/xfrm/xfrm_state.c
+++ b/net/xfrm/xfrm_state.c
@@ -2023,13 +2023,9 @@ int xfrm_user_policy(struct sock *sk, int optname, u8 __user *optval, int optlen
 	if (optlen <= 0 || optlen > PAGE_SIZE)
 		return -EMSGSIZE;
 
-	data = kmalloc(optlen, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!data)
-		return -ENOMEM;
-
-	err = -EFAULT;
-	if (copy_from_user(data, optval, optlen))
-		goto out;
+	data = memdup_user(optval, optlen);
+	if (IS_ERR(data))
+		return PTR_ERR(data);
 
 	err = -EINVAL;
 	rcu_read_lock();
@@ -2047,7 +2043,6 @@ int xfrm_user_policy(struct sock *sk, int optname, u8 __user *optval, int optlen
 		err = 0;
 	}
 
-out:
 	kfree(data);
 	return err;
 }
-- 
2.9.3