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Both gcc-14 and clang-18 report that passing a non-string literal as the
format argument of request_module() is potentially insecure.
E.g. clang-18 says:
.../nf_bpf_link.c:46:24: warning: format string is not a string literal (potentially insecure) [-Wformat-security]
46 | err = request_module(mod);
| ^~~
.../kmod.h:25:55: note: expanded from macro 'request_module'
25 | #define request_module(mod...) __request_module(true, mod)
| ^~~
.../nf_bpf_link.c:46:24: note: treat the string as an argument to avoid this
46 | err = request_module(mod);
| ^
| "%s",
.../kmod.h:25:55: note: expanded from macro 'request_module'
25 | #define request_module(mod...) __request_module(true, mod)
| ^
It is always the case where the contents of mod is safe to pass as the
format argument. That is, in my understanding, it never contains any
format escape sequences.
But, it seems better to be safe than sorry. And, as a bonus, compiler
output becomes less verbose by addressing this issue as suggested by
clang-18.
Compile tested only.
Signed-off-by: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <toke@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
Linux kernel
============
There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the reStructuredText markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.