1 files changed, 4 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/sound/core/timer.c b/sound/core/timer.c
index 3f0050d0b71..8f8b17ac074 100644
--- a/sound/core/timer.c
+++ b/sound/core/timer.c
@@ -1395,13 +1395,10 @@ static int snd_timer_user_ginfo(struct file *file,
         struct list_head *p;
         int err = 0;
 
-        ginfo = kmalloc(sizeof(*ginfo), GFP_KERNEL);
-        if (! ginfo)
-                return -ENOMEM;
-        if (copy_from_user(ginfo, _ginfo, sizeof(*ginfo))) {
-                kfree(ginfo);
-                return -EFAULT;
-        }
+        ginfo = memdup_user(_ginfo, sizeof(*ginfo));
+        if (IS_ERR(ginfo))
+                return PTR_ERR(ginfo);
+
         tid = ginfo->tid;
         memset(ginfo, 0, sizeof(*ginfo));
         ginfo->tid = tid;