linux-kernel - [PATCH] sparc: use %s for unaligned panic

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Date:	Tue, 11 Mar 2014 13:24:46 -0700
From:	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, sparclinux@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] sparc: use %s for unaligned panic

Since unaligned_panic() takes a literal string, make sure it can never
accidentally be used as a format string.

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
---
 arch/sparc/kernel/unaligned_32.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/unaligned_32.c b/arch/sparc/kernel/unaligned_32.c
index c0ec89786193..892e399414e0 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/unaligned_32.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/unaligned_32.c
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ unsigned long safe_compute_effective_address(struct pt_regs *regs,
 /* This is just to make gcc think panic does return... */
 static void unaligned_panic(char *str)
 {
-	panic(str);
+	panic("%s", str);
 }
 
 /* una_asm.S */
-- 
1.7.9.5


-- 
Kees Cook
Chrome OS Security
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