From: Vitaly Mayatskikh <vmayatsk@redhat.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2008 11:30:02 +0200
Subject: [misc] cpufreq: fix format string bug
Message-id: m3ej4ah7h2.fsf@gravicappa.englab.brq.redhat.com
O-Subject: [RHEL-5.3 PATCH] BZ459460 kernel: cpufreq: fix format string bug [rhel-5.3]
Bugzilla: 459460
RH-Acked-by: Anton Arapov <aarapov@redhat.com>
RH-Acked-by: Jiri Pirko <jpirko@redhat.com>
RH-Acked-by: Pete Zaitcev <zaitcev@redhat.com>

Bugzilla: 459460

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=459460

Description:
============
Format string is omitted in call to request_module(). Not exploitable,
as this is only writable by root.

Upstream status:
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commit 326f6a5c9c9e1a62aec37bdc0c3f8d53adabe77b

Brew build: https://brewweb.devel.redhat.com/taskinfo?taskID=1439291

diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
index 0451ce0..3c90283 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ static int cpufreq_parse_governor (char *str_governor, unsigned int *policy,
 				int ret;
 
 				mutex_unlock(&cpufreq_governor_mutex);
-				ret = request_module(name);
+				ret = request_module("%s", name);
 				mutex_lock(&cpufreq_governor_mutex);
 
 				if (ret == 0)