1 files changed, 2 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/fs/proc/kcore.c b/fs/proc/kcore.c
index 6a984f64edd7..3ceff3857272 100644
--- a/fs/proc/kcore.c
+++ b/fs/proc/kcore.c
@@ -279,12 +279,11 @@ read_kcore(struct file *file, char __user *buffer, size_t buflen, loff_t *fpos)
                 tsz = elf_buflen - *fpos;
                 if (buflen < tsz)
                         tsz = buflen;
-                elf_buf = kmalloc(elf_buflen, GFP_ATOMIC);
+                elf_buf = kzalloc(elf_buflen, GFP_ATOMIC);
                 if (!elf_buf) {
                         read_unlock(&kclist_lock);
                         return -ENOMEM;
                 }
-                memset(elf_buf, 0, elf_buflen);
                 elf_kcore_store_hdr(elf_buf, nphdr, elf_buflen);
                 read_unlock(&kclist_lock);
                 if (copy_to_user(buffer, elf_buf + *fpos, tsz)) {
@@ -330,10 +329,9 @@ read_kcore(struct file *file, char __user *buffer, size_t buflen, loff_t *fpos)
                         unsigned long curstart = start;
                         unsigned long cursize = tsz;
 
-                        elf_buf = kmalloc(tsz, GFP_KERNEL);
+                        elf_buf = kzalloc(tsz, GFP_KERNEL);
                         if (!elf_buf)
                                 return -ENOMEM;
-                        memset(elf_buf, 0, tsz);
 
                         read_lock(&vmlist_lock);
                         for (m=vmlist; m && cursize; m=m->next) {