[PATCH] mtd: jedec_probe: use struct_size() helper for cfiq allocation
From: Rahul Kumar
Date: Mon Sep 22 2025 - 03:12:00 EST
Documentation/process/deprecated.rst recommends against performing
dynamic size calculations in the arguments of memory allocator
functions due to the risk of overflow. Such calculations can wrap
around and result in a smaller allocation than expected.
Replace the size calculation in cfiq allocation with struct_size()
helper to make the code clearer and handle overflows correctly.
Signed-off-by: Rahul Kumar <rk0006818@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/mtd/chips/jedec_probe.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/chips/jedec_probe.c b/drivers/mtd/chips/jedec_probe.c
index 23c32fe584b7..a5d1137ca5ab 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/chips/jedec_probe.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/chips/jedec_probe.c
@@ -1985,7 +1985,7 @@ static int cfi_jedec_setup(struct map_info *map, struct cfi_private *cfi, int in
num_erase_regions = jedec_table[index].nr_regions;
- cfi->cfiq = kmalloc(sizeof(struct cfi_ident) + num_erase_regions * 4, GFP_KERNEL);
+ cfi->cfiq = kmalloc(struct_size(cfi->cfiq, EraseRegionInfo, num_erase_regions), GFP_KERNEL);
if (!cfi->cfiq) {
//xx printk(KERN_WARNING "%s: kmalloc failed for CFI ident structure\n", map->name);
return 0;
--
2.43.0