linux-kernel - [PATCH] kdb: address -Wformat-security warnings

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Date: Tue, 28 May 2024 14:11:48 +0200
From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...nel.org>
To: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@...driver.com>,
	Daniel Thompson <daniel.thompson@...aro.org>
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
	Douglas Anderson <dianders@...omium.org>,
	Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>,
	Sergey Senozhatsky <senozhatsky@...omium.org>,
	Justin Stitt <justinstitt@...gle.com>,
	John Ogness <john.ogness@...utronix.de>,
	kgdb-bugreport@...ts.sourceforge.net,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] kdb: address -Wformat-security warnings

From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>

When -Wformat-security is not disabled, using a string pointer
as a format causes a warning:

kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_io.c: In function 'kdb_read':
kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_io.c:365:36: error: format not a string literal and no format arguments [-Werror=format-security]
  365 |                         kdb_printf(kdb_prompt_str);
      |                                    ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~
kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_io.c: In function 'kdb_getstr':
kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_io.c:456:20: error: format not a string literal and no format arguments [-Werror=format-security]
  456 |         kdb_printf(kdb_prompt_str);
      |                    ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Use an explcit "%s" format instead.

Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
---
 kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_io.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_io.c b/kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_io.c
index 3131334d7a81..7da3fa7beffd 100644
--- a/kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_io.c
+++ b/kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_io.c
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ static char *kdb_read(char *buffer, size_t bufsize)
 			if (i >= dtab_count)
 				kdb_printf("...");
 			kdb_printf("\n");
-			kdb_printf(kdb_prompt_str);
+			kdb_printf("%s",  kdb_prompt_str);
 			kdb_printf("%s", buffer);
 			if (cp != lastchar)
 				kdb_position_cursor(kdb_prompt_str, buffer, cp);
@@ -453,7 +453,7 @@ char *kdb_getstr(char *buffer, size_t bufsize, const char *prompt)
 {
 	if (prompt && kdb_prompt_str != prompt)
 		strscpy(kdb_prompt_str, prompt, CMD_BUFLEN);
-	kdb_printf(kdb_prompt_str);
+	kdb_printf("%s", kdb_prompt_str);
 	kdb_nextline = 1;	/* Prompt and input resets line number */
 	return kdb_read(buffer, bufsize);
 }
-- 
2.39.2