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authorKees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>2013-07-04 00:04:58 +0200
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2013-07-04 01:07:41 +0200
commitf170168b9a0b61ea1e647b082b38f605f1d3de3e (patch)
tree4381c129ee9af108e368e6c8255df53cbe233257 /fs
parentdrivers: avoid format strings in names passed to alloc_workqueue() (diff)
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drivers: avoid parsing names as kthread_run() format strings
Calling kthread_run with a single name parameter causes it to be handled as a format string. Many callers are passing potentially dynamic string content, so use "%s" in those cases to avoid any potential accidents. Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'fs')
-rw-r--r--fs/lockd/svc.c2
-rw-r--r--fs/nfs/callback.c5
-rw-r--r--fs/nfs/nfs4state.c2
3 files changed, 4 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/fs/lockd/svc.c b/fs/lockd/svc.c
index a2aa97d45670..10d6c41aecad 100644
--- a/fs/lockd/svc.c
+++ b/fs/lockd/svc.c
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ static int lockd_start_svc(struct svc_serv *serv)
svc_sock_update_bufs(serv);
serv->sv_maxconn = nlm_max_connections;
- nlmsvc_task = kthread_run(lockd, nlmsvc_rqst, serv->sv_name);
+ nlmsvc_task = kthread_run(lockd, nlmsvc_rqst, "%s", serv->sv_name);
if (IS_ERR(nlmsvc_task)) {
error = PTR_ERR(nlmsvc_task);
printk(KERN_WARNING
diff --git a/fs/nfs/callback.c b/fs/nfs/callback.c
index cff089a412c7..da6a43d19aa3 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/callback.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/callback.c
@@ -211,7 +211,6 @@ static int nfs_callback_start_svc(int minorversion, struct rpc_xprt *xprt,
struct svc_rqst *rqstp;
int (*callback_svc)(void *vrqstp);
struct nfs_callback_data *cb_info = &nfs_callback_info[minorversion];
- char svc_name[12];
int ret;
nfs_callback_bc_serv(minorversion, xprt, serv);
@@ -235,10 +234,10 @@ static int nfs_callback_start_svc(int minorversion, struct rpc_xprt *xprt,
svc_sock_update_bufs(serv);
- sprintf(svc_name, "nfsv4.%u-svc", minorversion);
cb_info->serv = serv;
cb_info->rqst = rqstp;
- cb_info->task = kthread_run(callback_svc, cb_info->rqst, svc_name);
+ cb_info->task = kthread_run(callback_svc, cb_info->rqst,
+ "nfsv4.%u-svc", minorversion);
if (IS_ERR(cb_info->task)) {
ret = PTR_ERR(cb_info->task);
svc_exit_thread(cb_info->rqst);
diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4state.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4state.c
index ff10b4aa534c..55418811a55a 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4state.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4state.c
@@ -1194,7 +1194,7 @@ void nfs4_schedule_state_manager(struct nfs_client *clp)
snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%s-manager",
rpc_peeraddr2str(clp->cl_rpcclient, RPC_DISPLAY_ADDR));
rcu_read_unlock();
- task = kthread_run(nfs4_run_state_manager, clp, buf);
+ task = kthread_run(nfs4_run_state_manager, clp, "%s", buf);
if (IS_ERR(task)) {
printk(KERN_ERR "%s: kthread_run: %ld\n",
__func__, PTR_ERR(task));