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authorKees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>2013-07-03 15:04:58 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2013-07-03 16:07:41 -0700
commitf170168b9a0b61ea1e647b082b38f605f1d3de3e (patch)
tree4381c129ee9af108e368e6c8255df53cbe233257 /drivers/scsi/aacraid/commctrl.c
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 'drivers/scsi/aacraid/commctrl.c')
-rw-r--r--drivers/scsi/aacraid/commctrl.c3
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/aacraid/commctrl.c b/drivers/scsi/aacraid/commctrl.c
index 1ef041bc60c8..d85ac1a9d2c0 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/aacraid/commctrl.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/aacraid/commctrl.c
@@ -318,7 +318,8 @@ return_fib:
kthread_stop(dev->thread);
ssleep(1);
dev->aif_thread = 0;
- dev->thread = kthread_run(aac_command_thread, dev, dev->name);
+ dev->thread = kthread_run(aac_command_thread, dev,
+ "%s", dev->name);
ssleep(1);
}
if (f.wait) {