[PATCH] crypto: af_alg - use sock_kmemdup in alg_setkey_by_key_serial

From: Thorsten Blum

Date: Sun Apr 05 2026 - 15:51:10 EST


Replace sock_kmalloc() followed by memcpy() with sock_kmemdup() to
simplify alg_setkey_by_key_serial().

Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@xxxxxxxxx>
---
crypto/af_alg.c | 4 +---
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/crypto/af_alg.c b/crypto/af_alg.c
index 8e0199394984..25d2bfae31dc 100644
--- a/crypto/af_alg.c
+++ b/crypto/af_alg.c
@@ -324,15 +324,13 @@ static int alg_setkey_by_key_serial(struct alg_sock *ask, sockptr_t optval,
return PTR_ERR(ret);
}

- key_data = sock_kmalloc(&ask->sk, key_datalen, GFP_KERNEL);
+ key_data = sock_kmemdup(&ask->sk, ret, key_datalen, GFP_KERNEL);
if (!key_data) {
up_read(&key->sem);
key_put(key);
return -ENOMEM;
}

- memcpy(key_data, ret, key_datalen);
-
up_read(&key->sem);
key_put(key);