[merged] crypto-sanitize-argument-for-format-string.patch removed from -mm tree

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Subject: [merged] crypto-sanitize-argument-for-format-string.patch removed from -mm tree
To: keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx,davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,mm-commits@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
From: akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Mon, 08 Jul 2013 12:23:47 -0700


The patch titled
     Subject: crypto: sanitize argument for format string
has been removed from the -mm tree.  Its filename was
     crypto-sanitize-argument-for-format-string.patch

This patch was dropped because it was merged into mainline or a subsystem tree

------------------------------------------------------
From: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: crypto: sanitize argument for format string

The template lookup interface does not provide a way to use format
strings, so make sure that the interface cannot be abused accidentally.

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Herbert Xu <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---

 crypto/algapi.c |    3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff -puN crypto/algapi.c~crypto-sanitize-argument-for-format-string crypto/algapi.c
--- a/crypto/algapi.c~crypto-sanitize-argument-for-format-string
+++ a/crypto/algapi.c
@@ -495,7 +495,8 @@ static struct crypto_template *__crypto_
 
 struct crypto_template *crypto_lookup_template(const char *name)
 {
-	return try_then_request_module(__crypto_lookup_template(name), name);
+	return try_then_request_module(__crypto_lookup_template(name), "%s",
+				       name);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(crypto_lookup_template);
 
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx are

origin.patch
linux-next.patch
drivers-mtd-chips-gen_probec-refactor-call-to-request_module.patch
isdn-clean-up-debug-format-string-usage.patch
binfmt_elfc-use-get_random_int-to-fix-entropy-depleting.patch

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