On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 11:51:04AM -0700, Kees Cook wrote: > 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]>
Reviewed-by: Josh Triplett <[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/
