[PATCH] init: Fix possible format string bug.

From: Tetsuo Handa
Date: Thu Jan 09 2014 - 08:12:22 EST


>From 8c8032d179af2aa3841c37d72c18002cd0ba7448 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2014 21:57:53 +0900
Subject: [PATCH] init: Fix possible format string bug.

Use constant format string in case message changes.

Signed-off-by: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
init/initramfs.c | 2 +-
init/main.c | 7 ++++---
2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/init/initramfs.c b/init/initramfs.c
index a67ef9d..93b6139 100644
--- a/init/initramfs.c
+++ b/init/initramfs.c
@@ -583,7 +583,7 @@ static int __init populate_rootfs(void)
{
char *err = unpack_to_rootfs(__initramfs_start, __initramfs_size);
if (err)
- panic(err); /* Failed to decompress INTERNAL initramfs */
+ panic("%s", err); /* Failed to decompress INTERNAL initramfs */
if (initrd_start) {
#ifdef CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM
int fd;
diff --git a/init/main.c b/init/main.c
index 98e3537..f333385 100644
--- a/init/main.c
+++ b/init/main.c
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ static int __init unknown_bootoption(char *param, char *val, const char *unused)
unsigned int i;
for (i = 0; envp_init[i]; i++) {
if (i == MAX_INIT_ENVS) {
- panic_later = "Too many boot env vars at `%s'";
+ panic_later = "env";
panic_param = param;
}
if (!strncmp(param, envp_init[i], val - param))
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ static int __init unknown_bootoption(char *param, char *val, const char *unused)
unsigned int i;
for (i = 0; argv_init[i]; i++) {
if (i == MAX_INIT_ARGS) {
- panic_later = "Too many boot init vars at `%s'";
+ panic_later = "init";
panic_param = param;
}
}
@@ -582,7 +582,8 @@ asmlinkage void __init start_kernel(void)
*/
console_init();
if (panic_later)
- panic(panic_later, panic_param);
+ panic("Too many boot %s vars at `%s'", panic_later,
+ panic_param);

lockdep_info();

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1.7.1
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