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

Thorsten Blum thorsten.blum at linux.dev
Wed Mar 18 00:08:00 UTC 2026


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>
---
 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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