linux-kernel - [PATCH] tracing/user_events: Don't use %pK through printk

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Message-Id: <20250217-restricted-pointers-trace-v1-1-bbe9ea279848@linutronix.de>
Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2025 14:16:12 +0100
From: Thomas Weißschuh <thomas.weissschuh@...utronix.de>
To: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>, 
 Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>, 
 Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-trace-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 
 Thomas Weißschuh <thomas.weissschuh@...utronix.de>
Subject: [PATCH] tracing/user_events: Don't use %pK through printk

Restricted pointers ("%pK") are not meant to be used through printk().
It can unintentionally expose security sensitive, raw pointer values.

Use regular pointer formatting instead.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20250113171731-dc10e3c1-da64-4af0-b767-7c7070468023@linutronix.de/
Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh <thomas.weissschuh@...utronix.de>
---
 kernel/trace/trace_events_user.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events_user.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events_user.c
index 97325fbd62836f4fb477c4a2b2936eff544291ec..3effc6fce20e65a8077de5221eb69db04fb1a775 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_events_user.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events_user.c
@@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ static void user_event_enabler_fault_fixup(struct work_struct *work)
 	if (ret && ret != -ENOENT) {
 		struct user_event *user = enabler->event;
 
-		pr_warn("user_events: Fault for mm: 0x%pK @ 0x%llx event: %s\n",
+		pr_warn("user_events: Fault for mm: 0x%p @ 0x%llx event: %s\n",
 			mm->mm, (unsigned long long)uaddr, EVENT_NAME(user));
 	}
 

---
base-commit: 0ad2507d5d93f39619fc42372c347d6006b64319
change-id: 20250217-restricted-pointers-trace-a0fb12707ac6

Best regards,
-- 
Thomas Weißschuh <thomas.weissschuh@...utronix.de>