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Subject: Re: [PATCH] ath5k: replace deprecated strncpy with strscpy
From:   Kalle Valo <kvalo@kernel.org>
In-Reply-To: <20231013-strncpy-drivers-net-wireless-ath-ath5k-led-c-v1-1-3acb0b5a21f2@google.com>
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To:     Justin Stitt <justinstitt@google.com>
Cc:     Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@kernel.org>,
        Nick Kossifidis <mickflemm@gmail.com>,
        Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org>,
        linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
        linux-hardening@vger.kernel.org,
        Justin Stitt <justinstitt@google.com>
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Date:   Wed, 18 Oct 2023 08:31:53 +0000 (UTC)
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Justin Stitt <justinstitt@google.com> 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 led->name to be NUL-terminated based on the presence of a
> manual NUL-byte assignment.
> 
> This NUL-byte assignment was added in Commit daf9669bea30aa22 ("ath5k:
> ensure led name is null terminated"). If strscpy() had existed and had
> been used back when this code was written then potential bugs and the
> need to manually NUL-terminate could have been avoided. Since we now
> have the technology, let's use it :)
> 
> 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. If NUL-padding is required let's opt
> for strscpy_pad().
> 
> 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: linux-hardening@vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Justin Stitt <justinstitt@google.com>
> Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <quic_kvalo@quicinc.com>

Patch applied to ath-next branch of ath.git, thanks.

24709752bfe8 wifi: ath5k: replace deprecated strncpy with strscpy

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