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authorJoe Perches <joe@perches.com>2017-05-08 15:55:36 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2017-05-08 17:15:10 -0700
commit0b523769ebb9473c60df1b0f70615aa82ebac2c9 (patch)
tree7e9d9ac957dffd3a98750d4a82ece52286692774 /scripts/objdiff
parentcd8618ab3df3ac6018cecb9dc626ff72c39eb503 (diff)
checkpatch: add ability to find bad uses of vsprintf %p<foo> extensions
%pK was at least once misused at %pk in an out-of-tree module. This lead to some security concerns. Add the ability to track single and multiple line statements for misuses of %p<foo>. [akpm@linux-foundation.org: add helpful comment into lib/vsprintf.c] [akpm@linux-foundation.org: text tweak] Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/163a690510e636a23187c0dc9caa09ddac6d4cde.1488228427.git.joe@perches.com Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Acked-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> Acked-by: William Roberts <william.c.roberts@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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