* The maximum supported length is 64 bytes of the input. Consider
* to use print_hex_dump() for the larger input.
* - 'a' For a phys_addr_t type and its derivative types (passed by reference)
+ * - 'd[234]' For a dentry name (optionally 2-4 last components)
+ * - 'D[234]' Same as 'd' but for a struct file
*
* Note: The difference between 'S' and 'F' is that on ia64 and ppc64
* function pointers are really function descriptors, which contain a
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;
}