linux-kernel - [PATCH] staging: r8188eu: replace rtw_malloc/copy_from_user sequence with memdup

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Date:   Sun, 12 Apr 2020 20:37:16 +0300
From:   Ivan Safonov <insafonov@...il.com>
To:     Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Michael Straube <straube.linux@...il.com>,
        devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Ivan Safonov <insafonov@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH] staging: r8188eu: replace rtw_malloc/copy_from_user sequence with memdup_user

memdup_user is shorter and expressively.

Signed-off-by: Ivan Safonov <insafonov@...il.com>
---
 .../staging/rtl8188eu/os_dep/ioctl_linux.c    | 22 +++++--------------
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/os_dep/ioctl_linux.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/os_dep/ioctl_linux.c
index 0aff01bb69c3..d5968ef9f43d 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/os_dep/ioctl_linux.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/os_dep/ioctl_linux.c
@@ -2012,14 +2012,9 @@ static int wpa_supplicant_ioctl(struct net_device *dev, struct iw_point *p)
 	if (!p->pointer || p->length != sizeof(struct ieee_param))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	param = (struct ieee_param *)rtw_malloc(p->length);
-	if (!param)
-		return -ENOMEM;
-
-	if (copy_from_user(param, p->pointer, p->length)) {
-		kfree(param);
-		return -EFAULT;
-	}
+	param = memdup_user(p->pointer, p->length);
+	if (IS_ERR(param))
+		return PTR_ERR(param);
 
 	switch (param->cmd) {
 	case IEEE_CMD_SET_WPA_PARAM:
@@ -2789,14 +2784,9 @@ static int rtw_hostapd_ioctl(struct net_device *dev, struct iw_point *p)
 	if (!p->pointer || p->length != sizeof(struct ieee_param))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	param = (struct ieee_param *)rtw_malloc(p->length);
-	if (!param)
-		return -ENOMEM;
-
-	if (copy_from_user(param, p->pointer, p->length)) {
-		kfree(param);
-		return -EFAULT;
-	}
+	param = memdup_user(p->pointer, p->length);
+	if (IS_ERR(param))
+		return PTR_ERR(param);
 
 	switch (param->cmd) {
 	case RTL871X_HOSTAPD_FLUSH:
-- 
2.24.1