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-rw-r--r--lib/vsprintf.c20
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/lib/vsprintf.c b/lib/vsprintf.c
index 48586ac3a62e..10909c571494 100644
--- a/lib/vsprintf.c
+++ b/lib/vsprintf.c
@@ -1712,18 +1712,16 @@ int vsnprintf(char *buf, size_t size, const char *fmt, va_list args)
break;
case FORMAT_TYPE_NRCHARS: {
- u8 qualifier = spec.qualifier;
+ /*
+ * Since %n poses a greater security risk than
+ * utility, ignore %n and skip its argument.
+ */
+ void *skip_arg;
- if (qualifier == 'l') {
- long *ip = va_arg(args, long *);
- *ip = (str - buf);
- } else if (_tolower(qualifier) == 'z') {
- size_t *ip = va_arg(args, size_t *);
- *ip = (str - buf);
- } else {
- int *ip = va_arg(args, int *);
- *ip = (str - buf);
- }
+ WARN_ONCE(1, "Please remove ignored %%n in '%s'\n",
+ old_fmt);
+
+ skip_arg = va_arg(args, void *);
break;
}