linux-kernel - [PATCH] staging: unisys: drop format string in kthread

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Date:	Thu, 4 Jun 2015 11:37:01 -0700
From:	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Benjamin Romer <benjamin.romer@...sys.com>,
	David Kershner <david.kershner@...sys.com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Devendra Naga <devendra.aaru@...il.com>,
	Bryan Thompson <bryan.thompson@...sys.com>,
	Michel von Czettritz <michel.von.czettritz@...il.com>,
	sparmaintainer@...sys.com, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org
Subject: [PATCH] staging: unisys: drop format string in kthread_run

Calling kthread_run with a single name parameter causes it to be handled
as a format string. Since the uisthread interface lacks format parameters,
use "%s" to avoid any potential accidents from callers passing in dynamic
string content.

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
---
 drivers/staging/unisys/uislib/uisthread.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/unisys/uislib/uisthread.c b/drivers/staging/unisys/uislib/uisthread.c
index d3c973b617ee..4c53eaff3c37 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/unisys/uislib/uisthread.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/unisys/uislib/uisthread.c
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ uisthread_start(struct uisthread_info *thrinfo,
 {
 	/* used to stop the thread */
 	init_completion(&thrinfo->has_stopped);
-	thrinfo->task = kthread_run(threadfn, thrcontext, name);
+	thrinfo->task = kthread_run(threadfn, thrcontext, "%s", name);
 	if (IS_ERR(thrinfo->task)) {
 		thrinfo->id = 0;
 		return 0;	/* failure */
-- 
1.9.1


-- 
Kees Cook
Chrome OS Security
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