Since the rcutorture thread creation interface does not include format string arguments, make sure the name can never be accidentally processed as a format string.
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <[email protected]> --- kernel/torture.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/kernel/torture.c b/kernel/torture.c index acc9afc2f26e..9dad2ffaf995 100644 --- a/kernel/torture.c +++ b/kernel/torture.c @@ -694,7 +694,7 @@ int _torture_create_kthread(int (*fn)(void *arg), void *arg, char *s, char *m, int ret = 0; VERBOSE_TOROUT_STRING(m); - *tp = kthread_run(fn, arg, s); + *tp = kthread_run(fn, arg, "%s", s); if (IS_ERR(*tp)) { ret = PTR_ERR(*tp); VERBOSE_TOROUT_ERRSTRING(f); -- 1.7.9.5 -- Kees Cook Chrome OS Security -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
