sec_blob->DomainName.MaximumLength = 0;
 }
 
-/* We do not malloc the blob, it is passed in pbuffer, because its
-   maximum possible size is fixed and small, making this approach cleaner.
-   This function returns the length of the data in the blob */
-int build_ntlmssp_auth_blob(unsigned char *pbuffer,
+static int size_of_ntlmssp_blob(struct cifs_ses *ses)
+{
+       int sz = sizeof(AUTHENTICATE_MESSAGE) + ses->auth_key.len
+               - CIFS_SESS_KEY_SIZE + CIFS_CPHTXT_SIZE + 2;
+
+       if (ses->domainName)
+               sz += 2 * strnlen(ses->domainName, CIFS_MAX_DOMAINNAME_LEN);
+       else
+               sz += 2;
+
+       if (ses->user_name)
+               sz += 2 * strnlen(ses->user_name, CIFS_MAX_USERNAME_LEN);
+       else
+               sz += 2;
+
+       return sz;
+}
+
+int build_ntlmssp_auth_blob(unsigned char **pbuffer,
                                        u16 *buflen,
                                   struct cifs_ses *ses,
                                   const struct nls_table *nls_cp)
 {
        int rc;
-       AUTHENTICATE_MESSAGE *sec_blob = (AUTHENTICATE_MESSAGE *)pbuffer;
+       AUTHENTICATE_MESSAGE *sec_blob;
        __u32 flags;
        unsigned char *tmp;
 
+       rc = setup_ntlmv2_rsp(ses, nls_cp);
+       if (rc) {
+               cifs_dbg(VFS, "Error %d during NTLMSSP authentication\n", rc);
+               *buflen = 0;
+               goto setup_ntlmv2_ret;
+       }
+       *pbuffer = kmalloc(size_of_ntlmssp_blob(ses), GFP_KERNEL);
+       sec_blob = (AUTHENTICATE_MESSAGE *)*pbuffer;
+
        memcpy(sec_blob->Signature, NTLMSSP_SIGNATURE, 8);
        sec_blob->MessageType = NtLmAuthenticate;
 
                        flags |= NTLMSSP_NEGOTIATE_KEY_XCH;
        }
 
-       tmp = pbuffer + sizeof(AUTHENTICATE_MESSAGE);
+       tmp = *pbuffer + sizeof(AUTHENTICATE_MESSAGE);
        sec_blob->NegotiateFlags = cpu_to_le32(flags);
 
        sec_blob->LmChallengeResponse.BufferOffset =
        sec_blob->LmChallengeResponse.Length = 0;
        sec_blob->LmChallengeResponse.MaximumLength = 0;
 
-       sec_blob->NtChallengeResponse.BufferOffset = cpu_to_le32(tmp - pbuffer);
+       sec_blob->NtChallengeResponse.BufferOffset =
+                               cpu_to_le32(tmp - *pbuffer);
        if (ses->user_name != NULL) {
-               rc = setup_ntlmv2_rsp(ses, nls_cp);
-               if (rc) {
-                       cifs_dbg(VFS, "Error %d during NTLMSSP authentication\n", rc);
-                       goto setup_ntlmv2_ret;
-               }
                memcpy(tmp, ses->auth_key.response + CIFS_SESS_KEY_SIZE,
                                ses->auth_key.len - CIFS_SESS_KEY_SIZE);
                tmp += ses->auth_key.len - CIFS_SESS_KEY_SIZE;
        }
 
        if (ses->domainName == NULL) {
-               sec_blob->DomainName.BufferOffset = cpu_to_le32(tmp - pbuffer);
+               sec_blob->DomainName.BufferOffset = cpu_to_le32(tmp - *pbuffer);
                sec_blob->DomainName.Length = 0;
                sec_blob->DomainName.MaximumLength = 0;
                tmp += 2;
                len = cifs_strtoUTF16((__le16 *)tmp, ses->domainName,
                                      CIFS_MAX_DOMAINNAME_LEN, nls_cp);
                len *= 2; /* unicode is 2 bytes each */
-               sec_blob->DomainName.BufferOffset = cpu_to_le32(tmp - pbuffer);
+               sec_blob->DomainName.BufferOffset = cpu_to_le32(tmp - *pbuffer);
                sec_blob->DomainName.Length = cpu_to_le16(len);
                sec_blob->DomainName.MaximumLength = cpu_to_le16(len);
                tmp += len;
        }
 
        if (ses->user_name == NULL) {
-               sec_blob->UserName.BufferOffset = cpu_to_le32(tmp - pbuffer);
+               sec_blob->UserName.BufferOffset = cpu_to_le32(tmp - *pbuffer);
                sec_blob->UserName.Length = 0;
                sec_blob->UserName.MaximumLength = 0;
                tmp += 2;
                len = cifs_strtoUTF16((__le16 *)tmp, ses->user_name,
                                      CIFS_MAX_USERNAME_LEN, nls_cp);
                len *= 2; /* unicode is 2 bytes each */
-               sec_blob->UserName.BufferOffset = cpu_to_le32(tmp - pbuffer);
+               sec_blob->UserName.BufferOffset = cpu_to_le32(tmp - *pbuffer);
                sec_blob->UserName.Length = cpu_to_le16(len);
                sec_blob->UserName.MaximumLength = cpu_to_le16(len);
                tmp += len;
        }
 
-       sec_blob->WorkstationName.BufferOffset = cpu_to_le32(tmp - pbuffer);
+       sec_blob->WorkstationName.BufferOffset = cpu_to_le32(tmp - *pbuffer);
        sec_blob->WorkstationName.Length = 0;
        sec_blob->WorkstationName.MaximumLength = 0;
        tmp += 2;
                (ses->ntlmssp->server_flags & NTLMSSP_NEGOTIATE_EXTENDED_SEC))
                        && !calc_seckey(ses)) {
                memcpy(tmp, ses->ntlmssp->ciphertext, CIFS_CPHTXT_SIZE);
-               sec_blob->SessionKey.BufferOffset = cpu_to_le32(tmp - pbuffer);
+               sec_blob->SessionKey.BufferOffset = cpu_to_le32(tmp - *pbuffer);
                sec_blob->SessionKey.Length = cpu_to_le16(CIFS_CPHTXT_SIZE);
                sec_blob->SessionKey.MaximumLength =
                                cpu_to_le16(CIFS_CPHTXT_SIZE);
                tmp += CIFS_CPHTXT_SIZE;
        } else {
-               sec_blob->SessionKey.BufferOffset = cpu_to_le32(tmp - pbuffer);
+               sec_blob->SessionKey.BufferOffset = cpu_to_le32(tmp - *pbuffer);
                sec_blob->SessionKey.Length = 0;
                sec_blob->SessionKey.MaximumLength = 0;
        }
 
+       *buflen = tmp - *pbuffer;
 setup_ntlmv2_ret:
-       *buflen = tmp - pbuffer;
        return rc;
 }
 
        struct cifs_ses *ses = sess_data->ses;
        __u16 bytes_remaining;
        char *bcc_ptr;
-       char *ntlmsspblob = NULL;
+       unsigned char *ntlmsspblob = NULL;
        u16 blob_len;
 
        cifs_dbg(FYI, "rawntlmssp session setup authenticate phase\n");
        /* Build security blob before we assemble the request */
        pSMB = (SESSION_SETUP_ANDX *)sess_data->iov[0].iov_base;
        smb_buf = (struct smb_hdr *)pSMB;
-       /*
-        * 5 is an empirical value, large enough to hold
-        * authenticate message plus max 10 of av paris,
-        * domain, user, workstation names, flags, etc.
-        */
-       ntlmsspblob = kzalloc(5*sizeof(struct _AUTHENTICATE_MESSAGE),
-                               GFP_KERNEL);
-       if (!ntlmsspblob) {
-               rc = -ENOMEM;
-               goto out;
-       }
-
-       rc = build_ntlmssp_auth_blob(ntlmsspblob,
+       rc = build_ntlmssp_auth_blob(&ntlmsspblob,
                                        &blob_len, ses, sess_data->nls_cp);
        if (rc)
                goto out_free_ntlmsspblob;