[PATCH 3/8] crypto: sanitize argument for format string

From: Kees Cook
Date: Thu Jun 06 2013 - 16:56:00 EST


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: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: Herbert Xu <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
crypto/algapi.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/crypto/algapi.c b/crypto/algapi.c
index 6149a6e..7a1ae87 100644
--- a/crypto/algapi.c
+++ b/crypto/algapi.c
@@ -495,7 +495,8 @@ static struct crypto_template *__crypto_lookup_template(const char *name)

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);

--
1.7.9.5

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