[PATCH 4/8] power: ensure event is not used as format string

From: Kees Cook
Date: Thu Jun 06 2013 - 16:53:35 EST


The exposed interface for cm_notify_event() could result in the event
msg string being parsed as a format string. Make sure it is only used
as a literal string.

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: Anton Vorontsov <cbou@xxxxxxx>
Cc: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/power/charger-manager.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/power/charger-manager.c b/drivers/power/charger-manager.c
index fefc39f..98de1dd 100644
--- a/drivers/power/charger-manager.c
+++ b/drivers/power/charger-manager.c
@@ -450,7 +450,7 @@ static void uevent_notify(struct charger_manager *cm, const char *event)
strncpy(env_str, event, UEVENT_BUF_SIZE);
kobject_uevent(&cm->dev->kobj, KOBJ_CHANGE);

- dev_info(cm->dev, event);
+ dev_info(cm->dev, "%s", event);
}

/**
--
1.7.9.5

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