`strncpy` is deprecated for use on NUL-terminated destination strings [1]
Let's use memcpy() as the bounds have already been checked and this
decays into a simple byte copy from one buffer to another removing any
ambiguity that strncpy has.
Link: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/deprecated.html#strncpy-on-nul-terminated-strings [1]
Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/90
Cc: [email protected]
Signed-off-by: Justin Stitt <[email protected]>
---
Note: build-tested only.
Similar to Kees' suggestion here [2]
[2]: https://lore.kernel.org/all/202309142045.7CBAE940E@keescook/
---
drivers/input/rmi4/rmi_f34.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/input/rmi4/rmi_f34.c b/drivers/input/rmi4/rmi_f34.c
index 0d9a5756e3f5..3b3ac71e53dc 100644
--- a/drivers/input/rmi4/rmi_f34.c
+++ b/drivers/input/rmi4/rmi_f34.c
@@ -471,7 +471,7 @@ static ssize_t rmi_driver_update_fw_store(struct device *dev,
if (buf[count - 1] == '\0' || buf[count - 1] == '\n')
copy_count -= 1;
- strncpy(fw_name, buf, copy_count);
+ memcpy(fw_name, buf, copy_count);
fw_name[copy_count] = '\0';
ret = request_firmware(&fw, fw_name, dev);
---
base-commit: 2cf0f715623872823a72e451243bbf555d10d032
change-id: 20230921-strncpy-drivers-input-rmi4-rmi_f34-c-4a6945316cea
Best regards,
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Justin Stitt <[email protected]>
On Thu, Sep 21, 2023 at 09:58:11AM +0000, Justin Stitt wrote:
> `strncpy` is deprecated for use on NUL-terminated destination strings [1]
>
> Let's use memcpy() as the bounds have already been checked and this
> decays into a simple byte copy from one buffer to another removing any
> ambiguity that strncpy has.
>
> Link: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/deprecated.html#strncpy-on-nul-terminated-strings [1]
> Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/90
> Cc: [email protected]
> Signed-off-by: Justin Stitt <[email protected]>
> ---
> Note: build-tested only.
>
> Similar to Kees' suggestion here [2]
>
> [2]: https://lore.kernel.org/all/202309142045.7CBAE940E@keescook/
Agreed. This is best as memcpy.
Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <[email protected]>
-Kees
> ---
> drivers/input/rmi4/rmi_f34.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/input/rmi4/rmi_f34.c b/drivers/input/rmi4/rmi_f34.c
> index 0d9a5756e3f5..3b3ac71e53dc 100644
> --- a/drivers/input/rmi4/rmi_f34.c
> +++ b/drivers/input/rmi4/rmi_f34.c
> @@ -471,7 +471,7 @@ static ssize_t rmi_driver_update_fw_store(struct device *dev,
> if (buf[count - 1] == '\0' || buf[count - 1] == '\n')
> copy_count -= 1;
>
> - strncpy(fw_name, buf, copy_count);
> + memcpy(fw_name, buf, copy_count);
> fw_name[copy_count] = '\0';
>
> ret = request_firmware(&fw, fw_name, dev);
>
> ---
> base-commit: 2cf0f715623872823a72e451243bbf555d10d032
> change-id: 20230921-strncpy-drivers-input-rmi4-rmi_f34-c-4a6945316cea
>
> Best regards,
> --
> Justin Stitt <[email protected]>
>
--
Kees Cook
On Thu, Sep 21, 2023 at 09:58:11AM +0000, Justin Stitt wrote:
> `strncpy` is deprecated for use on NUL-terminated destination strings [1]
>
> Let's use memcpy() as the bounds have already been checked and this
> decays into a simple byte copy from one buffer to another removing any
> ambiguity that strncpy has.
>
> Link: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/deprecated.html#strncpy-on-nul-terminated-strings [1]
> Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/90
> Cc: [email protected]
> Signed-off-by: Justin Stitt <[email protected]>
Applied, thank you.
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Dmitry