[PATCH] KEYS: use memdup_user

From: Geliang Tang
Date: Fri May 12 2017 - 23:16:28 EST


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

Signed-off-by: Geliang Tang <geliangtang@xxxxxxxxx>
---
security/keys/keyctl.c | 11 ++++-------
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/security/keys/keyctl.c b/security/keys/keyctl.c
index dd0da25..ce1574a 100644
--- a/security/keys/keyctl.c
+++ b/security/keys/keyctl.c
@@ -326,14 +326,11 @@ long keyctl_update_key(key_serial_t id,
/* pull the payload in if one was supplied */
payload = NULL;
if (_payload) {
- ret = -ENOMEM;
- payload = kmalloc(plen, GFP_KERNEL);
- if (!payload)
+ payload = memdup_user(_payload, plen);
+ if (IS_ERR(payload)) {
+ ret = PTR_ERR(payload);
goto error;
-
- ret = -EFAULT;
- if (copy_from_user(payload, _payload, plen) != 0)
- goto error2;
+ }
}

/* find the target key (which must be writable) */
--
2.9.3