[PATCH] power: reset: reboot-mode: fix -Wformat-security warning
From: Arnd Bergmann
Date: Fri Mar 06 2026 - 10:12:54 EST
From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
The device_create() function expects a format string to construct a device
name, so passing a variable here introduces a possible vulnerability in
case the string can contain '%' characters:
drivers/power/reset/reboot-mode.c:148:22: error: format string is not a string literal (potentially insecure) [-Werror,-Wformat-security]
drivers/power/reset/reboot-mode.c:148:22: note: treat the string as an argument to avoid this
148 | (void *)priv, reboot->dev->driver->name);
Use an trivial "%s" format instead and pass the name as the string to be
included here.
Fixes: cfaf0a90789a ("power: reset: reboot-mode: Expose sysfs for registered reboot_modes")
Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/power/reset/reboot-mode.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/power/reset/reboot-mode.c b/drivers/power/reset/reboot-mode.c
index ad239e96774b..d20e44db0532 100644
--- a/drivers/power/reset/reboot-mode.c
+++ b/drivers/power/reset/reboot-mode.c
@@ -145,7 +145,8 @@ static int reboot_mode_create_device(struct reboot_mode_driver *reboot)
}
priv->reboot_mode_device = device_create(&reboot_mode_class, NULL, 0,
- (void *)priv, reboot->dev->driver->name);
+ (void *)priv, "%s",
+ reboot->dev->driver->name);
if (IS_ERR(priv->reboot_mode_device)) {
ret = PTR_ERR(priv->reboot_mode_device);
goto error;
--
2.39.5