sprintf() (still used in #define MMC_DEV_ATTR()) is vulnerable to the buffer overflow. Use the new-fangled sysfs_emit() instead. Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with the SVACE static analysis tool. Signed-off-by: Sergey Shtylyov <s.shtylyov@xxxxxx> --- This patch is against the 'next' branch of Ulf Hansson's 'mmc.git' repo. drivers/mmc/core/bus.h | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) Index: mmc/drivers/mmc/core/bus.h =================================================================== --- mmc.orig/drivers/mmc/core/bus.h +++ mmc/drivers/mmc/core/bus.h @@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ #define _MMC_CORE_BUS_H #include <linux/device.h> +#include <linux/sysfs.h> struct mmc_host; struct mmc_card; @@ -17,7 +18,7 @@ struct mmc_card; static ssize_t mmc_##name##_show (struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf) \ { \ struct mmc_card *card = mmc_dev_to_card(dev); \ - return sprintf(buf, fmt, args); \ + return sysfs_emit(buf, fmt, args); \ } \ static DEVICE_ATTR(name, S_IRUGO, mmc_##name##_show, NULL)