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>
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rsi/rsi_common.h b/drivers/net/wireless/rsi/rsi_common.h
index f2f7078..d3fbe33 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rsi/rsi_common.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rsi/rsi_common.h
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
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);