u8 *ptr = rate1, *tmp;
        u32 i, j;
 
-       tmp = kmalloc(rate1_size, GFP_KERNEL);
+       tmp = kmemdup(rate1, rate1_size, GFP_KERNEL);
        if (!tmp) {
                dev_err(priv->adapter->dev, "failed to alloc tmp buf\n");
                return -ENOMEM;
        }
 
-       memcpy(tmp, rate1, rate1_size);
        memset(rate1, 0, rate1_size);
 
        for (i = 0; rate2[i] && i < rate2_size; i++) {
 
                dev_err(priv->adapter->dev, " failed to alloc bss_desc\n");
                return -ENOMEM;
        }
-       beacon_ie = kzalloc(ie_len, GFP_KERNEL);
+
+       beacon_ie = kmemdup(ie_buf, ie_len, GFP_KERNEL);
        if (!beacon_ie) {
                dev_err(priv->adapter->dev, " failed to alloc beacon_ie\n");
                return -ENOMEM;
        }
-       memcpy(beacon_ie, ie_buf, ie_len);
 
        ret = mwifiex_fill_new_bss_desc(priv, bssid, rssi, beacon_ie,
                                        ie_len, beacon_period,
                priv->curr_bcn_size = curr_bss->beacon_buf_size;
 
                kfree(priv->curr_bcn_buf);
-               priv->curr_bcn_buf = kzalloc(curr_bss->beacon_buf_size,
+               priv->curr_bcn_buf = kmalloc(curr_bss->beacon_buf_size,
                                                GFP_KERNEL);
                if (!priv->curr_bcn_buf) {
                        dev_err(priv->adapter->dev,
 
                        dev_err(priv->adapter->dev, " failed to alloc bss_desc\n");
                        return -ENOMEM;
                }
-               beacon_ie = kzalloc(bss->len_beacon_ies, GFP_KERNEL);
+
+               beacon_ie = kmemdup(bss->information_elements,
+                                       bss->len_beacon_ies, GFP_KERNEL);
                if (!beacon_ie) {
-                       dev_err(priv->adapter->dev, " failed to alloc bss_desc\n");
+                       dev_err(priv->adapter->dev, " failed to alloc beacon_ie\n");
                        return -ENOMEM;
                }
-               memcpy(beacon_ie, bss->information_elements,
-                      bss->len_beacon_ies);
+
                ret = mwifiex_fill_new_bss_desc(priv, bss->bssid, bss->signal,
                                                beacon_ie, bss->len_beacon_ies,
                                                bss->beacon_interval,