staging/rtl8821ae: avoid format string leak to thread name

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 <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]>
AnTAVR · May 23, 2014 · 6fdb1f4 · 6fdb1f4
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diff --git 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);