int ret;
 
        ret = -ENOMEM;
-       payload = kmalloc(prep->datalen, GFP_KERNEL);
+       payload = kmemdup(prep->data, prep->datalen, GFP_KERNEL);
        if (!payload)
                goto error;
 
        /* attach the data */
-       memcpy(payload, prep->data, prep->datalen);
        key->payload.data = payload;
        ret = 0;
 
 
                key->datalen = prep->datalen;
                return 0;
        }
-       payload = kmalloc(prep->datalen, GFP_KERNEL);
+       payload = kmemdup(prep->data, prep->datalen, GFP_KERNEL);
        if (!payload)
                return -ENOMEM;
 
-       memcpy(payload, prep->data, prep->datalen);
        key->payload.data = payload;
        key->datalen = prep->datalen;
        return 0;
 
                        rc = -EINVAL;
                        *pbuflen = 0;
                } else {
-                       *acl_inf = kmalloc(*pbuflen, GFP_KERNEL);
+                       *acl_inf = kmemdup(pdata, *pbuflen, GFP_KERNEL);
                        if (*acl_inf == NULL) {
                                *pbuflen = 0;
                                rc = -ENOMEM;
                        }
-                       memcpy(*acl_inf, pdata, *pbuflen);
                }
        }
 qsec_out:
 
                return -EINVAL;
        }
        if (tilen) {
-               ses->auth_key.response = kmalloc(tilen, GFP_KERNEL);
+               ses->auth_key.response = kmemdup(bcc_ptr + tioffset, tilen,
+                                                GFP_KERNEL);
                if (!ses->auth_key.response) {
                        cERROR(1, "Challenge target info allocation failure");
                        return -ENOMEM;
                }
-               memcpy(ses->auth_key.response, bcc_ptr + tioffset, tilen);
                ses->auth_key.len = tilen;
        }
 
                        goto ssetup_exit;
                }
 
-               ses->auth_key.response = kmalloc(msg->sesskey_len, GFP_KERNEL);
+               ses->auth_key.response = kmemdup(msg->data, msg->sesskey_len,
+                                                GFP_KERNEL);
                if (!ses->auth_key.response) {
                        cERROR(1, "Kerberos can't allocate (%u bytes) memory",
                                        msg->sesskey_len);
                        rc = -ENOMEM;
                        goto ssetup_exit;
                }
-               memcpy(ses->auth_key.response, msg->data, msg->sesskey_len);
                ses->auth_key.len = msg->sesskey_len;
 
                pSMB->req.hdr.Flags2 |= SMBFLG2_EXT_SEC;