strncpy() is deprecated for use on NUL-terminated destination strings
[1] and as such we should prefer more robust and less ambiguous string
interfaces.
We expect ifp->ndev->name to be NUL-terminated based on its use in
format strings within core.c:
via brcmf_ifname() ->
67 | char *brcmf_ifname(struct brcmf_if *ifp)
68 | {
69 | if (!ifp)
70 | return "<if_null>";
71 |
72 | if (ifp->ndev)
73 | return ifp->ndev->name;
74 |
75 | return "<if_none>";
76 | }
...
288 | static netdev_tx_t brcmf_netdev_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
289 | struct net_device *ndev) {
...
330 | brcmf_dbg(INFO, "%s: insufficient headroom (%d)\n",
331 | brcmf_ifname(ifp), head_delta);
...
336 | bphy_err(drvr, "%s: failed to expand headroom\n",
337 | brcmf_ifname(ifp));
Considering the above, a suitable replacement is `strscpy` [2] due to
the fact that it guarantees NUL-termination on the destination buffer
without unnecessarily NUL-padding.
Link: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/deprecated.html#strncpy-on-nul-terminated-strings [1]
Link: https://manpages.debian.org/testing/linux-manual-4.8/strscpy.9.en.html [2]
Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/90
Cc: [email protected]
Signed-off-by: Justin Stitt <[email protected]>
---
Note: build-tested only.
Found with: $ rg "strncpy\("
---
drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cfg80211.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cfg80211.c b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cfg80211.c
index 2a90bb24ba77..7daa418df877 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cfg80211.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cfg80211.c
@@ -866,7 +866,7 @@ struct wireless_dev *brcmf_apsta_add_vif(struct wiphy *wiphy, const char *name,
goto fail;
}
- strncpy(ifp->ndev->name, name, sizeof(ifp->ndev->name) - 1);
+ strscpy(ifp->ndev->name, name, sizeof(ifp->ndev->name));
err = brcmf_net_attach(ifp, true);
if (err) {
bphy_err(drvr, "Registering netdevice failed\n");
---
base-commit: cbf3a2cb156a2c911d8f38d8247814b4c07f49a2
change-id: 20231016-strncpy-drivers-net-wireless-broadcom-brcm80211-brcmfmac-cfg80211-c-a20108421685
Best regards,
--
Justin Stitt <[email protected]>
On Mon, Oct 16, 2023 at 1:48 PM Justin Stitt <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> strncpy() is deprecated for use on NUL-terminated destination strings
> [1] and as such we should prefer more robust and less ambiguous string
> interfaces.
>
> We expect ifp->ndev->name to be NUL-terminated based on its use in
> format strings within core.c:
> via brcmf_ifname() ->
> 67 | char *brcmf_ifname(struct brcmf_if *ifp)
> 68 | {
> 69 | if (!ifp)
> 70 | return "<if_null>";
> 71 |
> 72 | if (ifp->ndev)
> 73 | return ifp->ndev->name;
> 74 |
> 75 | return "<if_none>";
> 76 | }
> ...
> 288 | static netdev_tx_t brcmf_netdev_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
> 289 | struct net_device *ndev) {
> ...
> 330 | brcmf_dbg(INFO, "%s: insufficient headroom (%d)\n",
> 331 | brcmf_ifname(ifp), head_delta);
> ...
> 336 | bphy_err(drvr, "%s: failed to expand headroom\n",
> 337 | brcmf_ifname(ifp));
>
> Considering the above, a suitable replacement is `strscpy` [2] due to
> the fact that it guarantees NUL-termination on the destination buffer
> without unnecessarily NUL-padding.
>
> Link: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/deprecated.html#strncpy-on-nul-terminated-strings [1]
> Link: https://manpages.debian.org/testing/linux-manual-4.8/strscpy.9.en.html [2]
> Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/90
> Cc: [email protected]
> Signed-off-by: Justin Stitt <[email protected]>
> ---
> Note: build-tested only.
>
> Found with: $ rg "strncpy\("
> ---
> drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cfg80211.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cfg80211.c b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cfg80211.c
> index 2a90bb24ba77..7daa418df877 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cfg80211.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cfg80211.c
> @@ -866,7 +866,7 @@ struct wireless_dev *brcmf_apsta_add_vif(struct wiphy *wiphy, const char *name,
> goto fail;
> }
>
> - strncpy(ifp->ndev->name, name, sizeof(ifp->ndev->name) - 1);
> + strscpy(ifp->ndev->name, name, sizeof(ifp->ndev->name));
> err = brcmf_net_attach(ifp, true);
> if (err) {
> bphy_err(drvr, "Registering netdevice failed\n");
>
> ---
> base-commit: cbf3a2cb156a2c911d8f38d8247814b4c07f49a2
> change-id: 20231016-strncpy-drivers-net-wireless-broadcom-brcm80211-brcmfmac-cfg80211-c-a20108421685
>
> Best regards,
> --
> Justin Stitt <[email protected]>
>
Ignore this patch. It will be rolled into a series with others.
Just found some more strncpy uses in broadcom/brcm80211 so I will make a series
fixing them all at once.
Thanks
Justin