Subject: + crypto-sanitize-argument-for-format-string.patch added to -mm tree
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Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2013 13:11:51 -0700
The patch titled
Subject: crypto: sanitize argument for format string
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
crypto-sanitize-argument-for-format-string.patch
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From: Kees Cook <[email protected]>
Subject: crypto: sanitize argument for format string
The template lookup interface does not provide a way to use format
strings, so make sure that the interface cannot be abused accidentally.
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <[email protected]>
Cc: Herbert Xu <[email protected]>
Cc: "David S. Miller" <[email protected]>
Cc: <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[email protected]>
---
crypto/algapi.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff -puN crypto/algapi.c~crypto-sanitize-argument-for-format-string
crypto/algapi.c
--- a/crypto/algapi.c~crypto-sanitize-argument-for-format-string
+++ a/crypto/algapi.c
@@ -495,7 +495,8 @@ static struct crypto_template *__crypto_
struct crypto_template *crypto_lookup_template(const char *name)
{
- return try_then_request_module(__crypto_lookup_template(name), name);
+ return try_then_request_module(__crypto_lookup_template(name), "%s",
+ name);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(crypto_lookup_template);
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from [email protected] are
linux-next.patch
kmsg-honor-dmesg_restrict-sysctl-on-dev-kmsg.patch
kmsg-honor-dmesg_restrict-sysctl-on-dev-kmsg-fix.patch
drivers-mtd-chips-gen_probec-refactor-call-to-request_module.patch
clean-up-scary-strncpydst-src-strlensrc-uses.patch
clean-up-scary-strncpydst-src-strlensrc-uses-fix.patch
binfmt_elfc-use-get_random_int-to-fix-entropy-depleting.patch
documentation-accounting-getdelaysc-avoid-strncpy-in-accounting-tool.patch
documentation-accounting-getdelaysc-avoid-strncpy-in-accounting-tool-fix.patch
block-do-not-pass-disk-names-as-format-strings.patch
crypto-sanitize-argument-for-format-string.patch
drivers-avoid-format-string-in-dev_set_name.patch
drivers-avoid-format-strings-in-names-passed-to-alloc_workqueue.patch
drivers-avoid-parsing-names-as-kthread_run-format-strings.patch
isdn-clean-up-debug-format-string-usage.patch
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