linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -next v2] crypto: hisilicon

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Date:   Fri, 21 May 2021 15:47:05 +0800
From:   Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:     Zou Wei <zou_wei@...wei.com>
Cc:     wangzhou1@...ilicon.com, davem@...emloft.net,
        linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH -next v2] crypto: hisilicon - switch to memdup_user_nul()

On Wed, May 12, 2021 at 03:27:19PM +0800, Zou Wei wrote:
> diff --git a/drivers/crypto/hisilicon/qm.c b/drivers/crypto/hisilicon/qm.c
> index ce439a0..83a5d30 100644
> --- a/drivers/crypto/hisilicon/qm.c
> +++ b/drivers/crypto/hisilicon/qm.c
> @@ -1570,17 +1570,10 @@ static ssize_t qm_cmd_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *buffer,
>  	if (count > QM_DBG_WRITE_LEN)
>  		return -ENOSPC;
>  
> -	cmd_buf = kzalloc(count + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
> -	if (!cmd_buf)
> +	cmd_buf = memdup_user_nul(buffer, count);
> +	if (IS_ERR(cmd_buf))
>  		return -ENOMEM;

You should return the actual error and not ENOMEM.

Thanks,
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