FAILED: patch "[PATCH] stating: ccree: fix allocation of void sized buf" failed to apply to 4.15-stable tree

[<gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

The patch below does not apply to the 4.15-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
id to <stable@vger.kernel.org>.

thanks,

greg k-h

------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------

>From 2392b84fb2f8daf71e70dd13101ec70ff636a3d3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Gilad Ben-Yossef <gilad@benyossef.com>
Date: Sun, 7 Jan 2018 12:14:34 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] stating: ccree: fix allocation of void sized buf

We were allocating buffers using sizeof(*struct->field) where field was
type void.  Fix it by having a local variable with the real type.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Gilad Ben-Yossef <gilad@benyossef.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>

diff --git a/drivers/staging/ccree/ssi_ivgen.c b/drivers/staging/ccree/ssi_ivgen.c
index 6b926495c5d2..2ba15a5c631f 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/ccree/ssi_ivgen.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/ccree/ssi_ivgen.c
@@ -175,13 +175,10 @@ int cc_ivgen_init(struct cc_drvdata *drvdata)
 	int rc;
 
 	/* Allocate "this" context */
-	drvdata->ivgen_handle = kzalloc(sizeof(*drvdata->ivgen_handle),
-					GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!drvdata->ivgen_handle)
+	ivgen_ctx = kzalloc(sizeof(*ivgen_ctx), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!ivgen_ctx)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	ivgen_ctx = drvdata->ivgen_handle;
-
 	/* Allocate pool's header for initial enc. key/IV */
 	ivgen_ctx->pool_meta = dma_alloc_coherent(device, CC_IVPOOL_META_SIZE,
 						  &ivgen_ctx->pool_meta_dma,
@@ -200,6 +197,8 @@ int cc_ivgen_init(struct cc_drvdata *drvdata)
 		goto out;
 	}
 
+	drvdata->ivgen_handle = ivgen_ctx;
+
 	return cc_init_iv_sram(drvdata);
 
 out:
diff --git a/drivers/staging/ccree/ssi_sram_mgr.c b/drivers/staging/ccree/ssi_sram_mgr.c
index 1a2a7f4dc657..c5497aacc71d 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/ccree/ssi_sram_mgr.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/ccree/ssi_sram_mgr.c
@@ -32,13 +32,16 @@ void cc_sram_mgr_fini(struct cc_drvdata *drvdata)
  */
 int cc_sram_mgr_init(struct cc_drvdata *drvdata)
 {
+	struct cc_sram_ctx *ctx;
+
 	/* Allocate "this" context */
-	drvdata->sram_mgr_handle = kzalloc(sizeof(*drvdata->sram_mgr_handle),
-					   GFP_KERNEL);
+	ctx = kzalloc(sizeof(*ctx), GFP_KERNEL);
 
-	if (!drvdata->sram_mgr_handle)
+	if (!ctx)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
+	drvdata->sram_mgr_handle = ctx;
+
 	return 0;
 }