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/scsi/aacraid/commctrl.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'drivers/scsi/aacraid/commctrl.c') 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) { -- cgit v1.2.3