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rsi: avoid format string leak to thread name 

Since the rsi_create_kthread interface does not include any format
string arguments, make sure that the resulting thread name can never
accidentally process the name as a format string.

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
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Kees Cook 2014-05-22 11:48:41 -07:00 committed by John W. Linville
parent a5eb1aeb25
commit d6755bd4fb
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drivers/net/wireless/rsi/rsi_common.h
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@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ static inline int rsi_create_kthread(struct rsi_common *common,
u8 *name)
{
init_completion(&thread->completion);
thread->task = kthread_run(func_ptr, common, name);
thread->task = kthread_run(func_ptr, common, "%s", name);
if (IS_ERR(thread->task))
return (int)PTR_ERR(thread->task);