Re: [PATCH resend] drivers: dma-buf: Change %p to %pK in debug messages

[Greg KH]

On Tue, Jun 05, 2018 at 04:40:41PM -0700, Daniel Rosenberg wrote:
> The format specifier %p can leak kernel addresses
> while not valuing the kptr_restrict system settings.
> Use %pK instead of %p, which also evaluates whether
> kptr_restrict is set.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Divya Ponnusamy <pdivya@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Daniel Rosenberg <drosen@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: stable <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/dma-buf/sync_debug.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/dma-buf/sync_debug.c b/drivers/dma-buf/sync_debug.c
> index c4c8ecb24aa9..d8d340542a79 100644
> --- a/drivers/dma-buf/sync_debug.c
> +++ b/drivers/dma-buf/sync_debug.c
> @@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ static void sync_print_sync_file(struct seq_file *s,
>  	char buf[128];
>  	int i;
>  
> -	seq_printf(s, "[%p] %s: %s\n", sync_file,
> +	seq_printf(s, "[%pK] %s: %s\n", sync_file,

This is a root-only file, right?  So it's not that bad of a problem.
Also, by default, all %p pointers are now hashed so what really is
leaking here?

And finally, why even print out a pointer at all?  Why not just stick
with the name and not worry about the pointer?

thanks,

greg k-h