[patch 42/47] CPUFREQ: Fix format string bug.

From: Greg KH
Date: Fri Jun 13 2008 - 20:26:44 EST


-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know.

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From: Chris Wright <chrisw@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

commit 326f6a5c9c9e1a62aec37bdc0c3f8d53adabe77b upstream

Format string bug. Not exploitable, as this is only writable by root,
but worth fixing all the same.

From: Chris Wright <chrisw@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Spotted-by: Ilja van Sprundel <ilja@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Dave Jones <davej@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxx>

---
drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
@@ -410,7 +410,7 @@ static int cpufreq_parse_governor (char
int ret;

mutex_unlock(&cpufreq_governor_mutex);
- ret = request_module(name);
+ ret = request_module("%s", name);
mutex_lock(&cpufreq_governor_mutex);

if (ret == 0)

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