[apparmor] [PATCH RESEND] apparmor: Use sysfs_emit in param_get_{audit, mode}

John Johansen john.johansen at canonical.com
Wed Mar 18 06:31:49 UTC 2026


On 3/17/26 17:08, Thorsten Blum wrote:
> Replace sprintf() with sysfs_emit() in param_get_audit() and
> param_get_mode(). sysfs_emit() is preferred for formatting sysfs output
> because it provides safer bounds checking.  Add terminating newlines as
> suggested by checkpatch.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum at linux.dev>

this has now been pulled into my tree


> ---
>   security/apparmor/lsm.c | 6 +++---
>   1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/security/apparmor/lsm.c b/security/apparmor/lsm.c
> index c1d42fc72fdb..cdf19a5e7626 100644
> --- a/security/apparmor/lsm.c
> +++ b/security/apparmor/lsm.c
> @@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
>   #include <linux/ptrace.h>
>   #include <linux/ctype.h>
>   #include <linux/sysctl.h>
> +#include <linux/sysfs.h>
>   #include <linux/audit.h>
>   #include <linux/user_namespace.h>
>   #include <linux/netfilter_ipv4.h>
> @@ -2073,7 +2074,7 @@ static int param_get_audit(char *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp)
>   		return -EINVAL;
>   	if (apparmor_initialized && !aa_current_policy_view_capable(NULL))
>   		return -EPERM;
> -	return sprintf(buffer, "%s", audit_mode_names[aa_g_audit]);
> +	return sysfs_emit(buffer, "%s\n", audit_mode_names[aa_g_audit]);
>   }
>   
>   static int param_set_audit(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp)
> @@ -2101,8 +2102,7 @@ static int param_get_mode(char *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp)
>   		return -EINVAL;
>   	if (apparmor_initialized && !aa_current_policy_view_capable(NULL))
>   		return -EPERM;
> -
> -	return sprintf(buffer, "%s", aa_profile_mode_names[aa_g_profile_mode]);
> +	return sysfs_emit(buffer, "%s\n", aa_profile_mode_names[aa_g_profile_mode]);
>   }
>   
>   static int param_set_mode(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp)




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