On Mon, 27 Feb 2017 12:54:55 -0800 Joe Perches <j...@perches.com> wrote:
> %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>. Should we also do this? --- a/lib/vsprintf.c~checkpatch-add-ability-to-find-bad-uses-of-vsprintf-%pfoo-extensions-fix +++ a/lib/vsprintf.c @@ -1477,6 +1477,9 @@ int kptr_restrict __read_mostly; * by an extra set of alphanumeric characters that are extended format * specifiers. * + * Please update scripts/checkpatch.pl when adding new conversion characters. + * (search for "check for vsprintf extension"). + * * Right now we handle: * * - 'F' For symbolic function descriptor pointers with offset _
