[PATCH v1 1/1] lib/vsprintf: Check pointer before dereferencing in time_and_date()
From: Andy Shevchenko
Date: Mon Nov 10 2025 - 08:21:31 EST
The pointer may be invalid when gets to the printf(). In particular
the time_and_date() dereferencing it in some cases without checking.
Move the check from rtc_str() to time_and_date() to cover all cases.
Fixes: 7daac5b2fdf8 ("lib/vsprintf: Print time64_t in human readable format")
Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
lib/vsprintf.c | 6 +++---
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/lib/vsprintf.c b/lib/vsprintf.c
index e49f350ee549..3f99834fd788 100644
--- a/lib/vsprintf.c
+++ b/lib/vsprintf.c
@@ -1928,9 +1928,6 @@ char *rtc_str(char *buf, char *end, const struct rtc_time *tm,
bool found = true;
int count = 2;
- if (check_pointer(&buf, end, tm, spec))
- return buf;
-
switch (fmt[count]) {
case 'd':
have_t = false;
@@ -1996,6 +1993,9 @@ static noinline_for_stack
char *time_and_date(char *buf, char *end, void *ptr, struct printf_spec spec,
const char *fmt)
{
+ if (check_pointer(&buf, end, ptr, spec))
+ return buf;
+
switch (fmt[1]) {
case 'R':
return rtc_str(buf, end, (const struct rtc_time *)ptr, spec, fmt);
--
2.50.1