strlcpy() reads the entire source buffer first.
This read may exceed the destination size limit.
This is both inefficient and can lead to linear read
overflows if a source string is not NUL-terminated [1].
In an effort to remove strlcpy() completely [2], replace
strlcpy() here with strscpy().
No return values were used, so direct replacement is safe.
[1] https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/deprecated.html#strlcpy
[2] https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/89
Signed-off-by: Azeem Shaikh <[email protected]>
---
drivers/dma-buf/sw_sync.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/dma-buf/sw_sync.c b/drivers/dma-buf/sw_sync.c
index 348b3a9170fa..63f0aeb66db6 100644
--- a/drivers/dma-buf/sw_sync.c
+++ b/drivers/dma-buf/sw_sync.c
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ static struct sync_timeline *sync_timeline_create(const char *name)
kref_init(&obj->kref);
obj->context = dma_fence_context_alloc(1);
- strlcpy(obj->name, name, sizeof(obj->name));
+ strscpy(obj->name, name, sizeof(obj->name));
obj->pt_tree = RB_ROOT;
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&obj->pt_list);
On Tue, May 23, 2023 at 02:19:43AM +0000, Azeem Shaikh wrote:
> strlcpy() reads the entire source buffer first.
> This read may exceed the destination size limit.
> This is both inefficient and can lead to linear read
> overflows if a source string is not NUL-terminated [1].
> In an effort to remove strlcpy() completely [2], replace
> strlcpy() here with strscpy().
> No return values were used, so direct replacement is safe.
>
> [1] https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/deprecated.html#strlcpy
> [2] https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/89
>
> Signed-off-by: Azeem Shaikh <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <[email protected]>
--
Kees Cook
Hello Azeem,
On Tue, 23 May 2023 at 22:52, Kees Cook <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> On Tue, May 23, 2023 at 02:19:43AM +0000, Azeem Shaikh wrote:
> > strlcpy() reads the entire source buffer first.
> > This read may exceed the destination size limit.
> > This is both inefficient and can lead to linear read
> > overflows if a source string is not NUL-terminated [1].
> > In an effort to remove strlcpy() completely [2], replace
> > strlcpy() here with strscpy().
> > No return values were used, so direct replacement is safe.
> >
> > [1] https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/deprecated.html#strlcpy
> > [2] https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/89
Thank you for the patch; I'll queue it up.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Azeem Shaikh <[email protected]>
>
> Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <[email protected]>
>
> --
> Kees Cook
Best,
Sumit.
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Thanks and regards,
Sumit Semwal (he / him)
Tech Lead - LCG, Vertical Technologies
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