It's safer to using kmalloc_array() and size_add() because it can prevent possible overflow problem. Signed-off-by: Su Hui <suhui@xxxxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/damon/sysfs-schemes.c | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/mm/damon/sysfs-schemes.c b/mm/damon/sysfs-schemes.c index 23b562df0839..79220aba436f 100644 --- a/mm/damon/sysfs-schemes.c +++ b/mm/damon/sysfs-schemes.c @@ -465,7 +465,8 @@ static ssize_t memcg_path_store(struct kobject *kobj, { struct damon_sysfs_scheme_filter *filter = container_of(kobj, struct damon_sysfs_scheme_filter, kobj); - char *path = kmalloc(sizeof(*path) * (count + 1), GFP_KERNEL); + char *path = kmalloc_array(size_add(count, 1), sizeof(*path), + GFP_KERNEL); if (!path) return -ENOMEM; @@ -2035,7 +2036,7 @@ static int damon_sysfs_memcg_path_to_id(char *memcg_path, unsigned short *id) if (!memcg_path) return -EINVAL; - path = kmalloc(sizeof(*path) * PATH_MAX, GFP_KERNEL); + path = kmalloc_array(PATH_MAX, sizeof(*path), GFP_KERNEL); if (!path) return -ENOMEM; -- 2.30.2