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

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Date:	Fri, 5 Jun 2015 12:05:58 +0530
From:	Sudip Mukherjee <sudipm.mukherjee@...il.com>
To:	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	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: Re: [PATCH] staging: unisys: drop format string in kthread_run

On Thu, Jun 04, 2015 at 11:37:01AM -0700, Kees Cook wrote:
> 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.

uislib folder has already been deleted in staging-testing tree.

regards
sudip
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