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Message-ID: <20140701182908.GD6358@tuxdriver.com>
Date:	Tue, 1 Jul 2014 14:29:08 -0400
From:	"John W. Linville" <linville@...driver.com>
To:	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>,
	Chaoming Li <chaoming_li@...lsil.com.cn>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RESEND][PATCH] rtlwifi: btcoexist: avoid format string in printk

Please look in the git trees before reposting patches...

commit 6437f51ec36af8ef1e3e2659439b35c37e5498e2
Author: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Date:   Tue Jun 10 10:37:24 2014 -0700

    rtlwifi: btcoexist: avoid format string in printk
    
    Since CL_PRINTF only ever takes a single argument, make sure a format
    string cannot leak into printk.
    
    Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
    Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@...driver.com>

On Mon, Jun 30, 2014 at 01:38:49PM -0700, Kees Cook wrote:
> Since CL_PRINTF only ever takes a single argument, make sure a format
> string cannot leak into printk.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
> ---
>  .../net/wireless/rtlwifi/btcoexist/halbtcoutsrc.h  |    2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/btcoexist/halbtcoutsrc.h b/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/btcoexist/halbtcoutsrc.h
> index 871fc3c6d559..049f4c8d98a8 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/btcoexist/halbtcoutsrc.h
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/btcoexist/halbtcoutsrc.h
> @@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ extern u32 btc_dbg_type[];
>  
>  
>  #define	CL_SPRINTF	snprintf
> -#define	CL_PRINTF	printk
> +#define	CL_PRINTF(buf)	printk("%s", buf)
>  
>  #define	BTC_PRINT(dbgtype, dbgflag, printstr, ...)		\
>  	do {							\
> -- 
> 1.7.9.5
> 
> 
> -- 
> Kees Cook
> Chrome OS Security
> 

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