linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] binder: replace "%p" with "%pK"

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Message-ID: <20180207225628.GC10647@kroah.com>
Date:   Wed, 7 Feb 2018 16:56:28 -0600
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Todd Kjos <tkjos@...roid.com>
Cc:     tkjos@...gle.com, arve@...roid.com, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, maco@...gle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] binder: replace "%p" with "%pK"

On Wed, Feb 07, 2018 at 01:57:37PM -0800, Todd Kjos wrote:
> The format specifier "%p" can leak kernel addresses. Use
> "%pK" instead. There were 4 remaining cases in binder.c.

Luckily this isn't an issue in mainline as we don't print %p values out
anymore as of 4.15.  That being said, this is a good fix and I'll queue
it up after 4.16-rc1 is out, thanks.

greg k-h