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-rw-r--r--drivers/char/selection.c2
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/char/selection.c b/drivers/char/selection.c
index f29fbe9b8ed..cb8ca569896 100644
--- a/drivers/char/selection.c
+++ b/drivers/char/selection.c
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ int set_selection(const struct tiocl_selection __user *sel, struct tty_struct *t
/* Allocate a new buffer before freeing the old one ... */
multiplier = use_unicode ? 3 : 1; /* chars can take up to 3 bytes */
- bp = kmalloc((sel_end-sel_start)/2*multiplier+1, GFP_KERNEL);
+ bp = kmalloc(((sel_end-sel_start)/2+1)*multiplier, GFP_KERNEL);
if (!bp) {
printk(KERN_WARNING "selection: kmalloc() failed\n");
clear_selection();