[PATCH] iommu: avoid format string leaks into iommu_device_create

From: Kees Cook
Date: Fri Jul 24 2015 - 19:28:38 EST


This makes sure it won't be possible to accidentally leak format
strings into iommu device names. Current name allocations are safe,
but this makes the "%s" explicit.

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/iommu/dmar.c | 2 +-
drivers/iommu/intel-iommu.c | 2 +-
2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/iommu/dmar.c b/drivers/iommu/dmar.c
index c9db04d4ef39..8757f8dfc4e5 100644
--- a/drivers/iommu/dmar.c
+++ b/drivers/iommu/dmar.c
@@ -1068,7 +1068,7 @@ static int alloc_iommu(struct dmar_drhd_unit *drhd)
if (intel_iommu_enabled)
iommu->iommu_dev = iommu_device_create(NULL, iommu,
intel_iommu_groups,
- iommu->name);
+ "%s", iommu->name);

return 0;

diff --git a/drivers/iommu/intel-iommu.c b/drivers/iommu/intel-iommu.c
index 0649b94f5958..0be23c589d3b 100644
--- a/drivers/iommu/intel-iommu.c
+++ b/drivers/iommu/intel-iommu.c
@@ -4533,7 +4533,7 @@ int __init intel_iommu_init(void)
for_each_active_iommu(iommu, drhd)
iommu->iommu_dev = iommu_device_create(NULL, iommu,
intel_iommu_groups,
- iommu->name);
+ "%s", iommu->name);

bus_set_iommu(&pci_bus_type, &intel_iommu_ops);
bus_register_notifier(&pci_bus_type, &device_nb);
--
1.9.1


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Kees Cook
Chrome OS Security
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