Re: [PATCH V2] efi: efibc: Guard against allocation failure
From: Ard Biesheuvel
Date: Tue Sep 20 2022 - 12:45:04 EST
On Sun, 11 Sept 2022 at 16:36, Guilherme G. Piccoli <gpiccoli@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On 10/09/2022 01:56, Christophe JAILLET wrote:
> > [...]
> >> wdata = kmalloc(MAX_DATA_LEN * sizeof(efi_char16_t), GFP_KERNEL);
> > Hi,
> >
> > even if mostly useless in this case, kmalloc_array()?
> >
> > Or certainly maybe even better, kstrndup()?
> >
> > CJ
> >
>
> Thanks! It's up to Ard, I could rework with this change if makes sense.
> Cheers,
>
kstrndup() does not work on wide strings so I think the code is fine as is.
I've queued it as a fix - thanks.