diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/crash_dump.c b/arch/arm/kernel/crash_dump.c
index 53cb924..a27c5df 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/crash_dump.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/crash_dump.c
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  */
 ssize_t copy_oldmem_page(unsigned long pfn, char *buf,
 			 size_t csize, unsigned long offset,
-			 int userbuf)
+			 bool userbuf)
 {
 	void *vaddr;
 
@@ -40,14 +40,8 @@ ssize_t copy_oldmem_page(unsigned long pfn, char *buf,
 	if (!vaddr)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	if (userbuf) {
-		if (copy_to_user(buf, vaddr + offset, csize)) {
-			iounmap(vaddr);
-			return -EFAULT;
-		}
-	} else {
-		memcpy(buf, vaddr + offset, csize);
-	}
+	if (copy_to_user_or_kernel(buf, vaddr + offset, csize, userbuf))
+		csize = -EFAULT;
 
 	iounmap(vaddr);
 	return csize;
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/crash_dump.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/crash_dump.c
index 58303a9..d22988f 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/crash_dump.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/crash_dump.c
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
  */
 ssize_t copy_oldmem_page(unsigned long pfn, char *buf,
 			 size_t csize, unsigned long offset,
-			 int userbuf)
+			 bool userbuf)
 {
 	void *vaddr;
 
@@ -38,14 +38,8 @@ ssize_t copy_oldmem_page(unsigned long pfn, char *buf,
 	if (!vaddr)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	if (userbuf) {
-		if (copy_to_user((char __user *)buf, vaddr + offset, csize)) {
-			memunmap(vaddr);
-			return -EFAULT;
-		}
-	} else {
-		memcpy(buf, vaddr + offset, csize);
-	}
+	if (copy_to_user_or_kernel(buf, vaddr + offset, csize, userbuf))
+		csize = -EFAULT;
 
 	memunmap(vaddr);
 
diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/crash_dump.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/crash_dump.c
index 0ed3c3d..12128f8 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/crash_dump.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/crash_dump.c
@@ -33,19 +33,17 @@
  */
 ssize_t
 copy_oldmem_page(unsigned long pfn, char *buf,
-		size_t csize, unsigned long offset, int userbuf)
+		size_t csize, unsigned long offset, bool userbuf)
 {
 	void  *vaddr;
 
 	if (!csize)
 		return 0;
+
 	vaddr = __va(pfn<<PAGE_SHIFT);
-	if (userbuf) {
-		if (copy_to_user(buf, (vaddr + offset), csize)) {
-			return -EFAULT;
-		}
-	} else
-		memcpy(buf, (vaddr + offset), csize);
+	if (copy_to_user_or_kernel(buf, vaddr + offset, csize, userbuf))
+		return -EFAULT;
+
 	return csize;
 }
 
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/crash_dump.c b/arch/mips/kernel/crash_dump.c
index 2e50f551..7670915 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/crash_dump.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/crash_dump.c
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
  * in the current kernel.
  */
 ssize_t copy_oldmem_page(unsigned long pfn, char *buf,
-			 size_t csize, unsigned long offset, int userbuf)
+			 size_t csize, unsigned long offset, bool userbuf)
 {
 	void  *vaddr;
 
@@ -24,13 +24,8 @@ ssize_t copy_oldmem_page(unsigned long pfn, char *buf,
 		return 0;
 
 	vaddr = kmap_local_pfn(pfn);
-
-	if (!userbuf) {
-		memcpy(buf, vaddr + offset, csize);
-	} else {
-		if (copy_to_user(buf, vaddr + offset, csize))
-			csize = -EFAULT;
-	}
+	if (copy_to_user_or_kernel(buf, vaddr + offset, csize, userbuf))
+		csize = -EFAULT;
 
 	kunmap_local(vaddr);
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/crash_dump.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/crash_dump.c
index 5693e1c67..e2e9612 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/crash_dump.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/crash_dump.c
@@ -69,13 +69,10 @@ void __init setup_kdump_trampoline(void)
 #endif /* CONFIG_NONSTATIC_KERNEL */
 
 static size_t copy_oldmem_vaddr(void *vaddr, char *buf, size_t csize,
-                               unsigned long offset, int userbuf)
+				unsigned long offset, bool userbuf)
 {
-	if (userbuf) {
-		if (copy_to_user((char __user *)buf, (vaddr + offset), csize))
-			return -EFAULT;
-	} else
-		memcpy(buf, (vaddr + offset), csize);
+	if (copy_to_user_or_kernel(buf, vaddr + offset, csize, userbuf))
+		return -EFAULT;
 
 	return csize;
 }
@@ -94,7 +91,7 @@ static size_t copy_oldmem_vaddr(void *vaddr, char *buf, size_t csize,
  * in the current kernel. We stitch up a pte, similar to kmap_atomic.
  */
 ssize_t copy_oldmem_page(unsigned long pfn, char *buf,
-			size_t csize, unsigned long offset, int userbuf)
+			size_t csize, unsigned long offset, bool userbuf)
 {
 	void  *vaddr;
 	phys_addr_t paddr;
diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/crash_dump.c b/arch/riscv/kernel/crash_dump.c
index 86cc0ad..4167437 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kernel/crash_dump.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/crash_dump.c
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
  */
 ssize_t copy_oldmem_page(unsigned long pfn, char *buf,
 			 size_t csize, unsigned long offset,
-			 int userbuf)
+			 bool userbuf)
 {
 	void *vaddr;
 
@@ -33,13 +33,8 @@ ssize_t copy_oldmem_page(unsigned long pfn, char *buf,
 	if (!vaddr)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	if (userbuf) {
-		if (copy_to_user((char __user *)buf, vaddr + offset, csize)) {
-			memunmap(vaddr);
-			return -EFAULT;
-		}
-	} else
-		memcpy(buf, vaddr + offset, csize);
+	if (copy_to_user_or_kernel(buf, vaddr + offset, csize, userbuf))
+		csize = -EFAULT;
 
 	memunmap(vaddr);
 	return csize;
diff --git a/arch/sh/kernel/crash_dump.c b/arch/sh/kernel/crash_dump.c
index 5b41b59..4bc071a 100644
--- a/arch/sh/kernel/crash_dump.c
+++ b/arch/sh/kernel/crash_dump.c
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
  * in the current kernel. We stitch up a pte, similar to kmap_atomic.
  */
 ssize_t copy_oldmem_page(unsigned long pfn, char *buf,
-                               size_t csize, unsigned long offset, int userbuf)
+			 size_t csize, unsigned long offset, bool userbuf)
 {
 	void  __iomem *vaddr;
 
@@ -33,13 +33,8 @@ ssize_t copy_oldmem_page(unsigned long pfn, char *buf,
 
 	vaddr = ioremap(pfn << PAGE_SHIFT, PAGE_SIZE);
 
-	if (userbuf) {
-		if (copy_to_user((void __user *)buf, (vaddr + offset), csize)) {
-			iounmap(vaddr);
-			return -EFAULT;
-		}
-	} else
-	memcpy(buf, (vaddr + offset), csize);
+	if (copy_to_user_or_kernel(buf, vaddr + offset, csize, userbuf))
+		csize = -EFAULT;
 
 	iounmap(vaddr);
 	return csize;
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/crash_dump_32.c b/arch/x86/kernel/crash_dump_32.c
index 5fcac46..3eff124 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/crash_dump_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/crash_dump_32.c
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ static inline bool is_crashed_pfn_valid(unsigned long pfn)
  * in the current kernel.
  */
 ssize_t copy_oldmem_page(unsigned long pfn, char *buf, size_t csize,
-			 unsigned long offset, int userbuf)
+			 unsigned long offset, bool userbuf)
 {
 	void  *vaddr;
 
@@ -54,13 +54,8 @@ ssize_t copy_oldmem_page(unsigned long pfn, char *buf, size_t csize,
 		return -EFAULT;
 
 	vaddr = kmap_local_pfn(pfn);
-
-	if (!userbuf) {
-		memcpy(buf, vaddr + offset, csize);
-	} else {
-		if (copy_to_user(buf, vaddr + offset, csize))
-			csize = -EFAULT;
-	}
+	if (copy_to_user_or_kernel(buf, vaddr + offset, csize, userbuf))
+		csize = -EFAULT;
 
 	kunmap_local(vaddr);
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/crash_dump_64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/crash_dump_64.c
index a7f617a..e8fffdf 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/crash_dump_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/crash_dump_64.c
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 #include <linux/cc_platform.h>
 
 static ssize_t __copy_oldmem_page(unsigned long pfn, char *buf, size_t csize,
-				  unsigned long offset, int userbuf,
+				  unsigned long offset, bool userbuf,
 				  bool encrypted)
 {
 	void  *vaddr;
@@ -29,13 +29,8 @@ static ssize_t __copy_oldmem_page(unsigned long pfn, char *buf, size_t csize,
 	if (!vaddr)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	if (userbuf) {
-		if (copy_to_user((void __user *)buf, vaddr + offset, csize)) {
-			iounmap((void __iomem *)vaddr);
-			return -EFAULT;
-		}
-	} else
-		memcpy(buf, vaddr + offset, csize);
+	if (copy_to_user_or_kernel(buf, vaddr + offset, csize, userbuf))
+		csize = -EFAULT;
 
 	set_iounmap_nonlazy();
 	iounmap((void __iomem *)vaddr);
@@ -56,7 +51,7 @@ static ssize_t __copy_oldmem_page(unsigned long pfn, char *buf, size_t csize,
  * mapped in the current kernel. We stitch up a pte, similar to kmap_atomic.
  */
 ssize_t copy_oldmem_page(unsigned long pfn, char *buf, size_t csize,
-			 unsigned long offset, int userbuf)
+			 unsigned long offset, bool userbuf)
 {
 	return __copy_oldmem_page(pfn, buf, csize, offset, userbuf, false);
 }
@@ -67,7 +62,7 @@ ssize_t copy_oldmem_page(unsigned long pfn, char *buf, size_t csize,
  * machines.
  */
 ssize_t copy_oldmem_page_encrypted(unsigned long pfn, char *buf, size_t csize,
-				   unsigned long offset, int userbuf)
+				   unsigned long offset, bool userbuf)
 {
 	return __copy_oldmem_page(pfn, buf, csize, offset, userbuf, true);
 }
diff --git a/fs/proc/vmcore.c b/fs/proc/vmcore.c
index f67fd77..bba52aa 100644
--- a/fs/proc/vmcore.c
+++ b/fs/proc/vmcore.c
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ static int open_vmcore(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 
 /* Reads a page from the oldmem device from given offset. */
 ssize_t read_from_oldmem(char *buf, size_t count,
-			 u64 *ppos, int userbuf,
+			 u64 *ppos, bool userbuf,
 			 bool encrypted)
 {
 	unsigned long pfn, offset;
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ int __weak remap_oldmem_pfn_range(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
  */
 ssize_t __weak
 copy_oldmem_page_encrypted(unsigned long pfn, char *buf, size_t csize,
-			   unsigned long offset, int userbuf)
+			   unsigned long offset, bool userbuf)
 {
 	return copy_oldmem_page(pfn, buf, csize, offset, userbuf);
 }
diff --git a/include/linux/crash_dump.h b/include/linux/crash_dump.h
index 6208215..033448b 100644
--- a/include/linux/crash_dump.h
+++ b/include/linux/crash_dump.h
@@ -25,10 +25,10 @@ extern int remap_oldmem_pfn_range(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 				  unsigned long size, pgprot_t prot);
 
 extern ssize_t copy_oldmem_page(unsigned long, char *, size_t,
-						unsigned long, int);
+						unsigned long, bool);
 extern ssize_t copy_oldmem_page_encrypted(unsigned long pfn, char *buf,
 					  size_t csize, unsigned long offset,
-					  int userbuf);
+					  bool userbuf);
 
 void vmcore_cleanup(void);
 
@@ -136,11 +136,11 @@ static inline int vmcore_add_device_dump(struct vmcoredd_data *data)
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PROC_VMCORE
 ssize_t read_from_oldmem(char *buf, size_t count,
-			 u64 *ppos, int userbuf,
+			 u64 *ppos, bool userbuf,
 			 bool encrypted);
 #else
 static inline ssize_t read_from_oldmem(char *buf, size_t count,
-				       u64 *ppos, int userbuf,
+				       u64 *ppos, bool userbuf,
 				       bool encrypted)
 {
 	return -EOPNOTSUPP;
