[PATCH] staging: dgnc: fix potential format string flaw
Kees Cook
keescook at chromium.org
Wed Sep 11 04:41:16 UTC 2013
Make sure that format strings cannot leak into printk() calls from the
msgbuf string.
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook at chromium.org>
---
drivers/staging/dgnc/dgnc_driver.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/staging/dgnc/dgnc_driver.c b/drivers/staging/dgnc/dgnc_driver.c
index f8c1e22..71d2b83 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/dgnc/dgnc_driver.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/dgnc/dgnc_driver.c
@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@ static void dgnc_cleanup_board(struct board_t *brd)
DGNC_LOCK(dgnc_global_lock, flags);
brd->msgbuf = NULL;
- printk(brd->msgbuf_head);
+ printk("%s", brd->msgbuf_head);
kfree(brd->msgbuf_head);
brd->msgbuf_head = NULL;
DGNC_UNLOCK(dgnc_global_lock, flags);
@@ -710,7 +710,7 @@ static int dgnc_found_board(struct pci_dev *pdev, int id)
DPR_INIT(("dgnc_scan(%d) - printing out the msgbuf\n", i));
DGNC_LOCK(dgnc_global_lock, flags);
brd->msgbuf = NULL;
- printk(brd->msgbuf_head);
+ printk("%s", brd->msgbuf_head);
kfree(brd->msgbuf_head);
brd->msgbuf_head = NULL;
DGNC_UNLOCK(dgnc_global_lock, flags);
--
1.7.9.5
--
Kees Cook
Chrome OS Security
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