[for-next][PATCH 1/3] tracing/user_events: Dont use %pK through printk

From: Steven Rostedt
Date: Thu Mar 06 2025 - 19:45:38 EST


From: =?UTF-8?q?Thomas=20Wei=C3=9Fschuh?= <thomas.weissschuh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Restricted pointers ("%pK") are not meant to be used through printk().
It can unintentionally expose security sensitive, raw pointer values.

Use regular pointer formatting instead.

Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20250217-restricted-pointers-trace-v1-1-bbe9ea279848@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20250113171731-dc10e3c1-da64-4af0-b767-7c7070468023@xxxxxxxxxxxxx/
Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh <thomas.weissschuh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/trace/trace_events_user.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events_user.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events_user.c
index 97325fbd6283..3effc6fce20e 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_events_user.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events_user.c
@@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ static void user_event_enabler_fault_fixup(struct work_struct *work)
if (ret && ret != -ENOENT) {
struct user_event *user = enabler->event;

- pr_warn("user_events: Fault for mm: 0x%pK @ 0x%llx event: %s\n",
+ pr_warn("user_events: Fault for mm: 0x%p @ 0x%llx event: %s\n",
mm->mm, (unsigned long long)uaddr, EVENT_NAME(user));
}

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