From c82462f124df06a0a34793f1a1dafe5c146a2a6f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Gustavo A. R. Silva" Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2021 21:46:24 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] staging: r8188eu: Use zeroing allocator in wpa_set_encryption() Use zeroing allocator rather than allocator followed by memset with 0. This issue was detected with the help of Coccinelle. Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20211012024624.GA1062447@embeddedor Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- drivers/staging/r8188eu/os_dep/ioctl_linux.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/r8188eu/os_dep/ioctl_linux.c b/drivers/staging/r8188eu/os_dep/ioctl_linux.c index 0201f6fb..51f4669 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/r8188eu/os_dep/ioctl_linux.c +++ b/drivers/staging/r8188eu/os_dep/ioctl_linux.c @@ -419,11 +419,10 @@ static int wpa_set_encryption(struct net_device *dev, struct ieee_param *param, if (wep_key_len > 0) { wep_key_len = wep_key_len <= 5 ? 5 : 13; wep_total_len = wep_key_len + FIELD_OFFSET(struct ndis_802_11_wep, KeyMaterial); - pwep = kmalloc(wep_total_len, GFP_KERNEL); + pwep = kzalloc(wep_total_len, GFP_KERNEL); if (!pwep) goto exit; - memset(pwep, 0, wep_total_len); pwep->KeyLength = wep_key_len; pwep->Length = wep_total_len; if (wep_key_len == 13) { -- 2.7.4