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| -rw-r--r-- | lib/vsprintf.c | 11 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/lib/vsprintf.c b/lib/vsprintf.c index 7b0a6140bfad..2f003cfe340e 100644 --- a/lib/vsprintf.c +++ b/lib/vsprintf.c @@ -628,19 +628,16 @@ static char *error_string(char *buf, char *end, const char *s, } /* - * This is not a fool-proof test. 99% of the time that this will fault is - * due to a bad pointer, not one that crosses into bad memory. Just test - * the address to make sure it doesn't fault due to a poorly added printk - * during debugging. + * Do not call any complex external code here. Nested printk()/vsprintf() + * might cause infinite loops. Failures might break printk() and would + * be hard to debug. */ static const char *check_pointer_msg(const void *ptr) { - char byte; - if (!ptr) return "(null)"; - if (probe_kernel_address(ptr, byte)) + if ((unsigned long)ptr < PAGE_SIZE || IS_ERR_VALUE(ptr)) return "(efault)"; return NULL; |