From f170168b9a0b61ea1e647b082b38f605f1d3de3e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kees Cook Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2013 15:04:58 -0700 Subject: 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 Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- drivers/spi/spi.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'drivers/spi') diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi.c b/drivers/spi/spi.c index 32b7bb111eb6..085db8b2f2bc 100644 --- a/drivers/spi/spi.c +++ b/drivers/spi/spi.c @@ -601,7 +601,7 @@ static int spi_init_queue(struct spi_master *master) init_kthread_worker(&master->kworker); master->kworker_task = kthread_run(kthread_worker_fn, - &master->kworker, + &master->kworker, "%s", dev_name(&master->dev)); if (IS_ERR(master->kworker_task)) { dev_err(&master->dev, "failed to create message pump task\n"); -- cgit v1.2.1