From: Kees Cook Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2013 22:01:15 +0000 (-0700) Subject: crypto: sanitize argument for format string X-Git-Tag: v3.0.86~4 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=ef68389b70f111c1be62eb084071ed2770bde981;p=thirdparty%2Fkernel%2Fstable.git crypto: sanitize argument for format string commit 1c8fca1d92e14859159a82b8a380d220139b7344 upstream. The template lookup interface does not provide a way to use format strings, so make sure that the interface cannot be abused accidentally. Signed-off-by: Kees Cook Cc: Herbert Xu Cc: "David S. Miller" Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- diff --git a/crypto/algapi.c b/crypto/algapi.c index c3cf1a69a47a8..d44b1564b7fe1 100644 --- a/crypto/algapi.c +++ b/crypto/algapi.c @@ -478,7 +478,8 @@ static struct crypto_template *__crypto_lookup_template(const char *name) struct crypto_template *crypto_lookup_template(const char *name) { - return try_then_request_module(__crypto_lookup_template(name), name); + return try_then_request_module(__crypto_lookup_template(name), "%s", + name); } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(crypto_lookup_template);