1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/fs/binfmt_elf.c b/fs/binfmt_elf.c
index c2eac2a50bd2..61c21e7dc95d 100644
--- a/fs/binfmt_elf.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_elf.c
@@ -1465,12 +1465,11 @@ static int elf_core_dump(long signr, struct pt_regs * regs, struct file * file)
                 read_lock(&tasklist_lock);
                 do_each_thread(g,p)
                         if (current->mm == p->mm && current != p) {
-                                tmp = kmalloc(sizeof(*tmp), GFP_ATOMIC);
+                                tmp = kzalloc(sizeof(*tmp), GFP_ATOMIC);
                                 if (!tmp) {
                                         read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
                                         goto cleanup;
                                 }
-                                memset(tmp, 0, sizeof(*tmp));
                                 INIT_LIST_HEAD(&tmp->list);
                                 tmp->thread = p;
                                 list_add(&tmp->list, &thread_list);