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-rw-r--r--fs/proc/base.c17
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/fs/proc/base.c b/fs/proc/base.c
index 55e01f88eac9..2cf5d7e37375 100644
--- a/fs/proc/base.c
+++ b/fs/proc/base.c
@@ -2365,7 +2365,7 @@ static ssize_t proc_pid_attr_write(struct file * file, const char __user * buf,
size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
{
struct inode * inode = file_inode(file);
- char *page;
+ void *page;
ssize_t length;
struct task_struct *task = get_proc_task(inode);
@@ -2380,14 +2380,11 @@ static ssize_t proc_pid_attr_write(struct file * file, const char __user * buf,
if (*ppos != 0)
goto out;
- length = -ENOMEM;
- page = (char*)__get_free_page(GFP_TEMPORARY);
- if (!page)
+ page = memdup_user(buf, count);
+ if (IS_ERR(page)) {
+ length = PTR_ERR(page);
goto out;
-
- length = -EFAULT;
- if (copy_from_user(page, buf, count))
- goto out_free;
+ }
/* Guard against adverse ptrace interaction */
length = mutex_lock_interruptible(&task->signal->cred_guard_mutex);
@@ -2396,10 +2393,10 @@ static ssize_t proc_pid_attr_write(struct file * file, const char __user * buf,
length = security_setprocattr(task,
(char*)file->f_path.dentry->d_name.name,
- (void*)page, count);
+ page, count);
mutex_unlock(&task->signal->cred_guard_mutex);
out_free:
- free_page((unsigned long) page);
+ kfree(page);
out:
put_task_struct(task);
out_no_task: