linux-kernel - [PATCH][next] staging: r8188eu: Use zeroing allocator in wpa_set

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Date:   Mon, 11 Oct 2021 21:46:24 -0500
From:   "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavoars@...nel.org>
To:     Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>,
        Phillip Potter <phil@...lpotter.co.uk>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavoars@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH][next] staging: r8188eu: Use zeroing allocator in
 wpa_set_encryption()

Use zeroing allocator rather than allocator followed by memset with 0.

This issue was detected with the help of Coccinelle.

Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavoars@...nel.org>
---
 drivers/staging/r8188eu/os_dep/ioctl_linux.c | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/r8188eu/os_dep/ioctl_linux.c b/drivers/staging/r8188eu/os_dep/ioctl_linux.c
index e8fadbfcb3a9..8a125c869c27 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/r8188eu/os_dep/ioctl_linux.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/r8188eu/os_dep/ioctl_linux.c
@@ -419,11 +419,10 @@ static int wpa_set_encryption(struct net_device *dev, struct ieee_param *param,
 		if (wep_key_len > 0) {
 			wep_key_len = wep_key_len <= 5 ? 5 : 13;
 			wep_total_len = wep_key_len + FIELD_OFFSET(struct ndis_802_11_wep, KeyMaterial);
-			pwep = kmalloc(wep_total_len, GFP_KERNEL);
+			pwep = kzalloc(wep_total_len, GFP_KERNEL);
 			if (!pwep)
 				goto exit;
 
-			memset(pwep, 0, wep_total_len);
 			pwep->KeyLength = wep_key_len;
 			pwep->Length = wep_total_len;
 			if (wep_key_len == 13) {
-- 
2.27.0