2 files changed, 3 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/ieee80211/ieee80211_softmac.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/ieee80211/ieee80211_softmac.c
index 215542a00ef..46b6e8c900e 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/ieee80211/ieee80211_softmac.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/ieee80211/ieee80211_softmac.c
@@ -3255,11 +3255,11 @@ static int ieee80211_wpa_set_wpa_ie(struct ieee80211_device *ieee,
                 return -EINVAL;
 
         if (param->u.wpa_ie.len) {
-                buf = kmalloc(param->u.wpa_ie.len, GFP_KERNEL);
+                buf = kmemdup(param->u.wpa_ie.data, param->u.wpa_ie.len,
+                              GFP_KERNEL);
                 if (buf == NULL)
                         return -ENOMEM;
 
-                memcpy(buf, param->u.wpa_ie.data, param->u.wpa_ie.len);
                 kfree(ieee->wpa_ie);
                 ieee->wpa_ie = buf;
                 ieee->wpa_ie_len = param->u.wpa_ie.len;
diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/ieee80211/ieee80211_wx.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/ieee80211/ieee80211_wx.c
index fcabaf3c88d..4971b1c8e7d 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/ieee80211/ieee80211_wx.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/ieee80211/ieee80211_wx.c
@@ -979,10 +979,9 @@ int ieee80211_wx_set_gen_ie(struct ieee80211_device *ieee, u8 *ie, size_t len)
                         printk("len:%zu, ie:%d\n", len, ie[1]);
                         return -EINVAL;
                 }
-                buf = kmalloc(len, GFP_KERNEL);
+                buf = kmemdup(ie, len, GFP_KERNEL);
                 if (buf == NULL)
                         return -ENOMEM;
-                memcpy(buf, ie, len);
                 kfree(ieee->wpa_ie);
                 ieee->wpa_ie = buf;
                 ieee->wpa_ie_len = len;