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/block/xen-blkback/xenbus.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'drivers/block/xen-blkback/xenbus.c') diff --git a/drivers/block/xen-blkback/xenbus.c b/drivers/block/xen-blkback/xenbus.c index 8bfd1bcf95e..04608a6502d 100644 --- a/drivers/block/xen-blkback/xenbus.c +++ b/drivers/block/xen-blkback/xenbus.c @@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ static void xen_update_blkif_status(struct xen_blkif *blkif) } invalidate_inode_pages2(blkif->vbd.bdev->bd_inode->i_mapping); - blkif->xenblkd = kthread_run(xen_blkif_schedule, blkif, name); + blkif->xenblkd = kthread_run(xen_blkif_schedule, blkif, "%s", name); if (IS_ERR(blkif->xenblkd)) { err = PTR_ERR(blkif->xenblkd); blkif->xenblkd = NULL; -- cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2