[PATCH] staging: unisys: avoid format string parsing

From: Kees Cook
Date: Fri Jul 24 2015 - 19:39:04 EST


This makes sure the kthread name can't be parsed as a format string.

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/staging/unisys/visornic/visornic_main.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/unisys/visornic/visornic_main.c b/drivers/staging/unisys/visornic/visornic_main.c
index 710074437737..9af4ed8d6f10 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/unisys/visornic/visornic_main.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/unisys/visornic/visornic_main.c
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ static int visor_thread_start(struct visor_thread_info *thrinfo,
{
/* used to stop the thread */
init_completion(&thrinfo->has_stopped);
- thrinfo->task = kthread_run(threadfn, thrcontext, name);
+ thrinfo->task = kthread_run(threadfn, thrcontext, "%s", name);
if (IS_ERR(thrinfo->task)) {
thrinfo->id = 0;
return -EINVAL;
--
1.9.1


--
Kees Cook
Chrome OS Security
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/