From a9677bc024dcaafcf36c1cc4b0706b87be26ee5f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kees Cook Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2013 21:39:11 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] xen-netback: fix possible format string flaw This makes sure a format string cannot accidentally leak into the kthread_run() call. Signed-off-by: Kees Cook Acked-by: Ian Campbell Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- drivers/net/xen-netback/interface.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/xen-netback/interface.c b/drivers/net/xen-netback/interface.c index 625c6f49cfba..77fee1d51fb2 100644 --- a/drivers/net/xen-netback/interface.c +++ b/drivers/net/xen-netback/interface.c @@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ int xenvif_connect(struct xenvif *vif, unsigned long tx_ring_ref, init_waitqueue_head(&vif->wq); vif->task = kthread_create(xenvif_kthread, - (void *)vif, vif->dev->name); + (void *)vif, "%s", vif->dev->name); if (IS_ERR(vif->task)) { pr_warn("Could not allocate kthread for %s\n", vif->dev->name); err = PTR_ERR(vif->task); -- 2.20.1