kobject_init_and_add() takes expects format string for a name, so we better provide it in order to avoid infoleaks if modules craft their mod->name in a special way. Reported-by: Fengguang Wu <fengguang.wu@xxxxxxxxx> Reported-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@xxxxxxx> --- v1 -> v2: Kees correctly pointed out a second instance of this bug in klp_init_patch() kernel/livepatch/core.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/livepatch/core.c b/kernel/livepatch/core.c index ff7f47d..69bf3aa 100644 --- a/kernel/livepatch/core.c +++ b/kernel/livepatch/core.c @@ -731,7 +731,7 @@ static int klp_init_func(struct klp_object *obj, struct klp_func *func) func->state = KLP_DISABLED; return kobject_init_and_add(&func->kobj, &klp_ktype_func, - obj->kobj, func->old_name); + obj->kobj, "%s", func->old_name); } /* parts of the initialization that is done only when the object is loaded */ @@ -807,7 +807,7 @@ static int klp_init_patch(struct klp_patch *patch) patch->state = KLP_DISABLED; ret = kobject_init_and_add(&patch->kobj, &klp_ktype_patch, - klp_root_kobj, patch->mod->name); + klp_root_kobj, "%s", patch->mod->name); if (ret) goto unlock; -- Jiri Kosina SUSE Labs -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe live-patching" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html