/* uprog.len is unsigned short, so no overflow here */
        len = uprog.len * sizeof(struct sock_filter);
-       code = kmalloc(len, GFP_KERNEL);
-       if (code == NULL)
-               return -ENOMEM;
-
-       if (copy_from_user(code, uprog.filter, len)) {
-               kfree(code);
-               return -EFAULT;
-       }
+       code = memdup_user(uprog.filter, len);
+       if (IS_ERR(code))
+               return PTR_ERR(code);
 
        err = sk_chk_filter(code, uprog.len);
        if (err) {
 
                        return -EINVAL;
                }
 
-               cbuf = kmalloc(len, GFP_KERNEL);
-               if (!cbuf)
-                       return -ENOMEM;
+               cbuf = memdup_user(buf, len);
+               if (IS_ERR(cbuf))
+                       return PTR_ERR(cbuf);
 
-               if (copy_from_user(cbuf, buf, len)) {
-                       kfree(cbuf);
-                       return -EFAULT;
-               }
                memcpy_toio(dev->sh_mem, cbuf, len);
                kfree(cbuf);
                return len;
 
                pr_debug("%s: DCBIOSETSPID: ioctl received\n",
                                sc_adapter[card]->devicename);
 
-               spid = kmalloc(SCIOC_SPIDSIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
-               if(!spid) {
-                       kfree(rcvmsg);
-                       return -ENOMEM;
-               }
-
                /*
                 * Get the spid from user space
                 */
-               if (copy_from_user(spid, data->dataptr, SCIOC_SPIDSIZE)) {
+               spid = memdup_user(data->dataptr, SCIOC_SPIDSIZE);
+               if (IS_ERR(spid)) {
                        kfree(rcvmsg);
-                       kfree(spid);
-                       return -EFAULT;
+                       return PTR_ERR(spid);
                }
 
                pr_debug("%s: SCIOCSETSPID: setting channel %d spid to %s\n", 
                pr_debug("%s: SCIOSETDN: ioctl received\n",
                                sc_adapter[card]->devicename);
 
-               dn = kmalloc(SCIOC_DNSIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
-               if (!dn) {
-                       kfree(rcvmsg);
-                       return -ENOMEM;
-               }
                /*
                 * Get the spid from user space
                 */
-               if (copy_from_user(dn, data->dataptr, SCIOC_DNSIZE)) {
+               dn = memdup_user(data->dataptr, SCIOC_DNSIZE);
+               if (IS_ERR(dn)) {
                        kfree(rcvmsg);
-                       kfree(dn);
-                       return -EFAULT;
+                       return PTR_ERR(dn);
                }
 
                pr_debug("%s: SCIOCSETDN: setting channel %d dn to %s\n",