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authorGuenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>2014-02-28 18:37:55 (GMT)
committerMatthew Weigel <Matthew.Weigel@freescale.com>2014-12-11 18:36:10 (GMT)
commit4606e1f5e8101e0c99b1fc4cedc41dfe77117420 (patch)
tree629ebe54d967ac94fca84d2aef285aa95e573c1d /drivers/hwmon
parent4e9f0c4a3adf7800f06f3493cc6cd44ac7bef414 (diff)
downloadlinux-fsl-qoriq-4606e1f5e8101e0c99b1fc4cedc41dfe77117420.tar.xz
hwmon: Do not accept invalid name attributes
hwmon name attributes must not include '-', as specified in Documentation/hwmon/sysfs-interface. Also filter out spaces, tabs, wildcards, and newline characters. Tested-by: Jean Delvare <jdelvare@suse.de> Reviewed-by: Jean Delvare <jdelvare@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> (cherry picked from commit 648cd48c9e566f53c5df30d79857e0937ae13b09) Change-Id: Ib723f0a5304212bede9017bf63326aa2a59b6bc5 Reviewed-on: http://git.am.freescale.net:8181/19633 Tested-by: Review Code-CDREVIEW <CDREVIEW@freescale.com> Reviewed-by: Zhengxiong Jin <Jason.Jin@freescale.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/hwmon')
-rw-r--r--drivers/hwmon/hwmon.c5
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/hwmon.c b/drivers/hwmon/hwmon.c
index e176a43..a26c385 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/hwmon.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/hwmon.c
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
#include <linux/gfp.h>
#include <linux/spinlock.h>
#include <linux/pci.h>
+#include <linux/string.h>
#define HWMON_ID_PREFIX "hwmon"
#define HWMON_ID_FORMAT HWMON_ID_PREFIX "%d"
@@ -99,6 +100,10 @@ hwmon_device_register_with_groups(struct device *dev, const char *name,
struct hwmon_device *hwdev;
int err, id;
+ /* Do not accept invalid characters in hwmon name attribute */
+ if (name && (!strlen(name) || strpbrk(name, "-* \t\n")))
+ return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+
id = ida_simple_get(&hwmon_ida, 0, 0, GFP_KERNEL);
if (id < 0)
return ERR_PTR(id);