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>
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@@ -318,7 +318,8 @@ return_fib:
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kthread_stop(dev->thread);
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ssleep(1);
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dev->aif_thread = 0;
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dev->thread = kthread_run(aac_command_thread, dev, dev->name);
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dev->thread = kthread_run(aac_command_thread, dev,
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"%s", dev->name);
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ssleep(1);
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}
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if (f.wait) {
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