1 files changed, 3 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/mtd/mtdchar.c b/drivers/mtd/mtdchar.c
index 8bb5e4a66328..8b223c0343ee 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/mtdchar.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/mtdchar.c
@@ -404,14 +404,9 @@ static int mtd_do_writeoob(struct file *file, struct mtd_info *mtd,
         if (ops.ooboffs && ops.ooblen > (mtd->oobsize - ops.ooboffs))
                 return -EINVAL;
 
-        ops.oobbuf = kmalloc(length, GFP_KERNEL);
-        if (!ops.oobbuf)
-                return -ENOMEM;
-
-        if (copy_from_user(ops.oobbuf, ptr, length)) {
-                kfree(ops.oobbuf);
-                return -EFAULT;
-        }
+        ops.oobbuf = memdup_user(ptr, length);
+        if (IS_ERR(ops.oobbuf))
+                return PTR_ERR(ops.oobbuf);
 
         start &= ~((uint64_t)mtd->oobsize - 1);
         ret = mtd->write_oob(mtd, start, &ops);