linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] clk_register_clkdev: handle callers needing format string

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Date:	Fri, 31 Jul 2015 11:13:59 +0200
From:	Tomeu Vizoso <tomeu@...euvizoso.net>
To:	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Cc:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-clk@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] clk_register_clkdev: handle callers needing format string

On 25 July 2015 at 01:20, Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org> wrote:
> Many callers either use NULL or const strings for the third argument of
> clk_register_clkdev. For those that do not, this is a risk for format
> strings being accidentally processed (for example in device names). This
> adds the missing "%s" arguments to make sure format strings will not leak
> into the clkdev.
>
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
> ---

[...]

> diff --git a/drivers/clk/tegra/clk.c b/drivers/clk/tegra/clk.c
> index 41cd87c67be6..97d9fb7e89ad 100644
> --- a/drivers/clk/tegra/clk.c
> +++ b/drivers/clk/tegra/clk.c
> @@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ void __init tegra_register_devclks(struct tegra_devclk *dev_clks, int num)
>
>         for (i = 0; i < num; i++, dev_clks++)
>                 clk_register_clkdev(clks[dev_clks->dt_id], dev_clks->con_id,
> -                               dev_clks->dev_id);
> +                               "%s", dev_clks->dev_id);

This causes clocks to be registered with a dev_id string of "(null)",
which is causing lookups that used to succeed before to fail.

Regards,

Tomeu
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