struct dev_whitelist_item *wh, *tmp, *new;
 
        list_for_each_entry(wh, orig, list) {
-               new = kmalloc(sizeof(*wh), GFP_KERNEL);
+               new = kmemdup(wh, sizeof(*wh), GFP_KERNEL);
                if (!new)
                        goto free_and_exit;
-               new->major = wh->major;
-               new->minor = wh->minor;
-               new->type = wh->type;
-               new->access = wh->access;
                list_add_tail(&new->list, dest);
        }
 
 {
        struct dev_whitelist_item *whcopy, *walk;
 
-       whcopy = kmalloc(sizeof(*whcopy), GFP_KERNEL);
+       whcopy = kmemdup(wh, sizeof(*wh), GFP_KERNEL);
        if (!whcopy)
                return -ENOMEM;
 
-       memcpy(whcopy, wh, sizeof(*whcopy));
        spin_lock(&dev_cgroup->lock);
        list_for_each_entry(walk, &dev_cgroup->whitelist, list) {
                if (walk->type != wh->type)