drivers: avoid format string in dev_set_name
Calling dev_set_name with a single paramter 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, including wrappers like device_create*() and bdi_register(). 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>
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@@ -2208,7 +2208,7 @@ int qib_cdev_init(int minor, const char *name,
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goto err_cdev;
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}
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device = device_create(qib_class, NULL, dev, NULL, name);
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device = device_create(qib_class, NULL, dev, NULL, "%s", name);
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if (!IS_ERR(device))
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goto done;
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ret = PTR_ERR(device);
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