linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] net: ethernet: wiznet: avoid format string exposure

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Date:   Thu, 06 Apr 2017 13:38:34 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     keescook@...omium.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, akinobu.mita@...il.com,
        edumazet@...gle.com, tj@...nel.org, fw@...len.de,
        bhaktipriya96@...il.com, yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: ethernet: wiznet: avoid format string exposure

From: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2017 14:39:35 -0700

> While unlikely, this makes sure any format strings in the device name
> can't exposure information via the resulting workqueue name.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>

Applied.