linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] vsprintf: introduce %pf

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Date:	Tue, 14 Apr 2009 17:09:56 -0700
From:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	Zhaolei <zhaolei@...fujitsu.com>,
	Tom Zanussi <tzanussi@...il.com>,
	Li Zefan <lizf@...fujitsu.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] vsprintf: introduce %pf

On Wed, 2009-04-15 at 02:00 +0200, Frederic Weisbecker wrote:
> diff --git a/lib/vsprintf.c b/lib/vsprintf.c
> index b56f6d0..15c9094 100644
> --- a/lib/vsprintf.c
> +++ b/lib/vsprintf.c
> @@ -575,12 +575,15 @@ static char *string(char *buf, char *end, char *s, struct printf_spec spec)
>  }
>  
>  static char *symbol_string(char *buf, char *end, void *ptr,
> -				struct printf_spec spec)
> +				struct printf_spec spec, char ext)
>  {
>  	unsigned long value = (unsigned long) ptr;
>  #ifdef CONFIG_KALLSYMS
>  	char sym[KSYM_SYMBOL_LEN];
> -	sprint_symbol(sym, value);
> +	if (ext != 'f')
> +		sprint_symbol(sym, value);
> +	else
> +		kallsyms_lookup(value, NULL, NULL, NULL, sym);

buffer overflow waiting to happen yes?


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