From: Bill Wendling <isanbard@xxxxxxxxx> When compiling with -Wformat, clang emits the following warnings: net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_helper.c:168:18: error: format string is not a string literal (potentially insecure) [-Werror,-Wformat-security] request_module(mod_name); ^~~~~~~~ Use a string literal for the format string. Link: https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/linux/issues/378 Signed-off-by: Bill Wendling <isanbard@xxxxxxxxx> --- net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_helper.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_helper.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_helper.c index c12a87ebc3ee..1e0424d37abc 100644 --- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_helper.c +++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_helper.c @@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ nf_nat_helper_try_module_get(const char *name, u16 l3num, u8 protonum) if (!nat) { snprintf(mod_name, sizeof(mod_name), "%s", h->nat_mod_name); rcu_read_unlock(); - request_module(mod_name); + request_module("%s", mod_name); rcu_read_lock(); nat = nf_conntrack_nat_helper_find(mod_name); -- 2.36.1.255.ge46751e96f-goog