leaking_addresses: check if file name contains address

Sometimes files may be created by using output from printk. As the scan traverses the directory tree we should parse each path name and check if it is leaking an address. Add check for leaking address on each path name. Suggested-by: Tycho Andersen <[email protected]> Acked-by: Tycho Andersen <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Tobin C. Harding <[email protected]>
berg · Apr 6, 2018 · c73dff5 · c73dff5
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diff --git a/scripts/leaking_addresses.pl b/scripts/leaking_addresses.pl
@@ -463,6 +463,16 @@ sub parse_file
 	close $fh;
 }
 
+# Checks if the actual path name is leaking a kernel address.
+sub check_path_for_leaks
+{
+	my ($path) = @_;
+
+	if (may_leak_address($path)) {
+		printf("Path name may contain address: $path\n");
+	}
+}
+
 # Recursively walk directory tree.
 sub walk
 {
@@ -485,6 +495,8 @@ sub walk
 
 			next if (skip($path));
 
+			check_path_for_leaks($path);
+
 			if (-d $path) {
 				push @dirs, $path;
 				next;