[RFC 2/6] lib: vsprintf: whitelist stack traces

From: Greg KH
Date: Sat May 06 2017 - 00:07:47 EST


From: Dave Weinstein <olorin@xxxxxxxxxx>

Use the %pP functionality to explicitly allow kernel
pointers to be logged for stack traces

Cc: William Roberts <william.c.roberts@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Chris Fries <cfries@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Dave Weinstein <olorin@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/arm64/kernel/traps.c | 4 ++--
include/linux/kallsyms.h | 2 +-
kernel/printk/printk.c | 2 +-
3 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/traps.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/traps.c
index e52be6aa44ee..b127be39011a 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/traps.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/traps.c
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ static void dump_backtrace(struct pt_regs *regs, struct task_struct *tsk)
unsigned long irq_stack_ptr;
int skip;

- pr_debug("%s(regs = %p tsk = %p)\n", __func__, regs, tsk);
+ pr_debug("%s(regs = %pP tsk = %pP)\n", __func__, regs, tsk);

if (!tsk)
tsk = current;
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ static int __die(const char *str, int err, struct pt_regs *regs)

print_modules();
__show_regs(regs);
- pr_emerg("Process %.*s (pid: %d, stack limit = 0x%p)\n",
+ pr_emerg("Process %.*s (pid: %d, stack limit = 0x%pP)\n",
TASK_COMM_LEN, tsk->comm, task_pid_nr(tsk),
end_of_stack(tsk));

diff --git a/include/linux/kallsyms.h b/include/linux/kallsyms.h
index 6883e197acb9..e4a205debe09 100644
--- a/include/linux/kallsyms.h
+++ b/include/linux/kallsyms.h
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ static inline void print_symbol(const char *fmt, unsigned long addr)

static inline void print_ip_sym(unsigned long ip)
{
- printk("[<%p>] %pS\n", (void *) ip, (void *) ip);
+ printk("[<%pP>] %pS\n", (void *) ip, (void *) ip);
}

#endif /*_LINUX_KALLSYMS_H*/
diff --git a/kernel/printk/printk.c b/kernel/printk/printk.c
index 2984fb0f0257..d32e84e3ab6b 100644
--- a/kernel/printk/printk.c
+++ b/kernel/printk/printk.c
@@ -3110,7 +3110,7 @@ void show_regs_print_info(const char *log_lvl)
{
dump_stack_print_info(log_lvl);

- printk("%stask: %p task.stack: %p\n",
+ printk("%stask: %pP task.stack: %pP\n",
log_lvl, current, task_stack_page(current));
}

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