Re: [PATCH] ubifs: Use kmalloc_array()

[Kees Cook]

On Mon, Jul 2, 2018 at 2:47 PM, Richard Weinberger <richard@xxxxxx> wrote:
> Since commit 6da2ec56059c ("treewide: kmalloc() -> kmalloc_array()")
> we use kmalloc_array() for kmalloc() that computes the length with
> a multiplication.
>
> Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Suggested-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Richard Weinberger <richard@xxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks!

-Kees

> ---
>  fs/ubifs/journal.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/ubifs/journal.c b/fs/ubifs/journal.c
> index eea12d25a58b..95acc0c04bca 100644
> --- a/fs/ubifs/journal.c
> +++ b/fs/ubifs/journal.c
> @@ -1285,7 +1285,7 @@ static int truncate_data_node(const struct ubifs_info *c, const struct inode *in
>         int err, dlen, compr_type, out_len, old_dlen;
>
>         out_len = le32_to_cpu(dn->size);
> -       buf = kmalloc(out_len * WORST_COMPR_FACTOR, GFP_NOFS);
> +       buf = kmalloc_array(out_len, WORST_COMPR_FACTOR, GFP_NOFS);
>         if (!buf)
>                 return -ENOMEM;
>
> --
> 2.18.0
>



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Kees Cook
Pixel Security