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-rw-r--r--arch/sparc/kernel/led.c13
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/led.c b/arch/sparc/kernel/led.c
index 44a3ed93c214..e278bf52963b 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/led.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/led.c
@@ -70,16 +70,9 @@ static ssize_t led_proc_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buffer,
 	if (count > LED_MAX_LENGTH)
 		count = LED_MAX_LENGTH;
 
-	buf = kmalloc(sizeof(char) * (count + 1), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!buf)
-		return -ENOMEM;
-
-	if (copy_from_user(buf, buffer, count)) {
-		kfree(buf);
-		return -EFAULT;
-	}
-
-	buf[count] = '\0';
+	buf = memdup_user_nul(buffer, count);
+	if (IS_ERR(buf))
+		return PTR_ERR(buf);
 
 	/* work around \n when echo'ing into proc */
 	if (buf[count - 1] == '\n')