From: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>,
Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>, Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>,
Rasmus Villemoes <linux@rasmusvillemoes.dk>,
Sergey Senozhatsky <senozhatsky@chromium.org>,
Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>,
Tycho Andersen <tycho@tycho.pizza>,
Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH v3 2/2] kallsyms: Don't leak pointers for unresolved symbols
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2026 18:06:49 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261015-vsprintf_kallsym-v3-2-c175c27f38b7@linutronix.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261015-vsprintf_kallsym-v3-0-c175c27f38b7@linutronix.de>
__sprint_symbol() is supposed to resolve the passed address to a symbol
name. If the symbol can not be resolved it will print the actual pointer
that was passed. The pointer policy is to not reveal actual pointer
values.
For post-mortem analysis the pointer in the backtrace shouldn't be
relevant. In BUG(), WARN() and panic() related backtraces the PC
register will contain the actual value.
Add snprintf_default_pointer() as a wrapper around default_pointer() and
use it __sprint_symbol() if the pointer has not been resolved.
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
---
include/linux/sprintf.h | 1 +
kernel/kallsyms.c | 3 ++-
lib/vsprintf.c | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
3 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/sprintf.h b/include/linux/sprintf.h
index f06f7b7850911..596c73a57371e 100644
--- a/include/linux/sprintf.h
+++ b/include/linux/sprintf.h
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ __scanf(2, 0) int vsscanf(const char *, const char *, va_list);
/* These are for specific cases, do not use without real need */
extern bool no_hash_pointers;
void hash_pointers_finalize(bool slub_debug);
+int snprintf_default_pointer(char *buf, unsigned int len, const void *ptr);
/* Used for Rust formatting ('%pA') */
char *rust_fmt_argument(char *buf, char *end, const void *ptr);
diff --git a/kernel/kallsyms.c b/kernel/kallsyms.c
index aec2f06858afd..5d51c825c1e71 100644
--- a/kernel/kallsyms.c
+++ b/kernel/kallsyms.c
@@ -483,7 +483,8 @@ static int __sprint_symbol(char *buffer, unsigned long address,
len = kallsyms_lookup_buildid(address, &size, &offset, &modname, &buildid,
buffer);
if (!len)
- return sprintf(buffer, "0x%lx", address - symbol_offset);
+ return snprintf_default_pointer(buffer, KSYM_SYMBOL_LEN,
+ (void *)(address - symbol_offset));
offset -= symbol_offset;
diff --git a/lib/vsprintf.c b/lib/vsprintf.c
index a3db25cc1e567..0ed7134ad2f41 100644
--- a/lib/vsprintf.c
+++ b/lib/vsprintf.c
@@ -849,6 +849,31 @@ static char *default_pointer(char *buf, char *end, const void *ptr,
return ptr_to_id(buf, end, ptr, spec);
}
+/**
+ * snprintf_default_pointer - Format a pointer and place it in a buffer
+ * @buf: The buffer to place the result into
+ * @size: The size of the buffer, including the trailing null space
+ * @ptr: The pointer to format
+ *
+ * Formats the passed pointer the same way as the %p modifier. Does not write
+ * more than len bytes to buf including the NULL terminator.
+ *
+ * Returns the number of written bytes.
+ */
+int snprintf_default_pointer(char *buf, unsigned int len, const void *ptr)
+{
+ struct printf_spec spec = {
+ .base = 10,
+ .precision = -1,
+ .field_width = -1,
+ };
+ char *endp;
+
+ endp = default_pointer(buf, buf + len, ptr, spec);
+ *endp = '\0';
+ return endp - buf;
+}
+
int kptr_restrict __read_mostly;
EXPORT_SYMBOL_FOR_MODULES(kptr_restrict, "printf_kunit");
--
2.55.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-10-15 16:06 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-15 16:06 [PATCH v3 0/2] vsprintf: Don't leak pointers Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
2026-10-15 16:06 ` [PATCH v3 1/2] vsprintf: Don't leak pointers for %ps without KALLSYMS enabled Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
2026-10-16 3:28 ` kernel test robot
2026-10-15 16:06 ` Sebastian Andrzej Siewior [this message]
2026-10-16 4:54 ` [PATCH v3 2/2] kallsyms: Don't leak pointers for unresolved symbols kernel test robot
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