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 --- fs/nfs/nfs4state.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'fs/nfs/nfs4state.c') diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4state.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4state.c index ff10b4aa534..55418811a55 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)); -- cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2