This makes sure the cfg->name can never accidentally be processed as a format string in the worker thread name.
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keesc...@chromium.org> --- drivers/staging/rtl8821ae/base.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8821ae/base.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8821ae/base.c index a4c9cc437bc6..49ee311ddcd9 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8821ae/base.c +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8821ae/base.c @@ -404,7 +404,8 @@ static int _rtl_init_deferred_work(struct ieee80211_hw *hw) /*<delete in kernel start>*/ #if (LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(2, 6, 37)) /*<delete in kernel end>*/ - rtlpriv->works.rtl_wq = alloc_workqueue(rtlpriv->cfg->name, 0, 0); + rtlpriv->works.rtl_wq = alloc_workqueue("%s", 0, 0, + rtlpriv->cfg->name); /*<delete in kernel start>*/ #else rtlpriv->works.rtl_wq = create_workqueue(rtlpriv->cfg->name); -- 1.7.9.5 -- Kees Cook Chrome OS Security _______________________________________________ devel mailing list de...@linuxdriverproject.org http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel