linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] fbdev: omap2: remove potential format string leak

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Message-ID: <557AA87D.2020504@ti.com>
Date:	Fri, 12 Jun 2015 12:38:05 +0300
From:	Tomi Valkeinen <tomi.valkeinen@...com>
To:	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
CC:	Jean-Christophe Plagniol-Villard <plagnioj@...osoft.com>,
	<linux-omap@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fbdev: omap2: remove potential format string leak



On 09/06/15 01:30, Kees Cook wrote:
> Since kobject_init_and_add takes a format string, make sure that the
> passed in name cannot be accidentally parsed.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
> ---
>  drivers/video/fbdev/omap2/dss/display-sysfs.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/omap2/dss/display-sysfs.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/omap2/dss/display-sysfs.c
> index 12186557a9d4..6ad0991f8259 100644
> --- a/drivers/video/fbdev/omap2/dss/display-sysfs.c
> +++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/omap2/dss/display-sysfs.c
> @@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ int display_init_sysfs(struct platform_device *pdev)
>  
>  	for_each_dss_dev(dssdev) {
>  		r = kobject_init_and_add(&dssdev->kobj, &display_ktype,
> -			&pdev->dev.kobj, dssdev->alias);
> +			&pdev->dev.kobj, "%s", dssdev->alias);
>  		if (r) {
>  			DSSERR("failed to create sysfs files\n");
>  			omap_dss_put_device(dssdev);
> 

Thanks, queued for 4.2.

 Tomi


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