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-rw-r--r--lib/vsprintf.c11
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/lib/vsprintf.c b/lib/vsprintf.c
index 7b0a6140bfad..2f003cfe340e 100644
--- a/lib/vsprintf.c
+++ b/lib/vsprintf.c
@@ -628,19 +628,16 @@ static char *error_string(char *buf, char *end, const char *s,
}
/*
- * This is not a fool-proof test. 99% of the time that this will fault is
- * due to a bad pointer, not one that crosses into bad memory. Just test
- * the address to make sure it doesn't fault due to a poorly added printk
- * during debugging.
+ * Do not call any complex external code here. Nested printk()/vsprintf()
+ * might cause infinite loops. Failures might break printk() and would
+ * be hard to debug.
*/
static const char *check_pointer_msg(const void *ptr)
{
- char byte;
-
if (!ptr)
return "(null)";
- if (probe_kernel_address(ptr, byte))
+ if ((unsigned long)ptr < PAGE_SIZE || IS_ERR_VALUE(ptr))
return "(efault)";
return NULL;