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SubjectRE: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH v1 net-next 6/7] igbvf: replace deprecated strncpy with strscpy
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Intel-wired-lan <intel-wired-lan-bounces@osuosl.org> On Behalf Of Justin Stitt
> Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2023 3:57 AM
> To: Brandeburg, Jesse <jesse.brandeburg@intel.com>; Nguyen, Anthony L <anthony.l.nguyen@intel.com>; David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>; Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>; Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>; Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
> Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org; Justin Stitt <justinstitt@google.com>; intel-wired-lan@lists.osuosl.org; linux-hardening@vger.kernel.org; linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
> Subject: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH v1 net-next 6/7] igbvf: replace deprecated strncpy with strscpy
>
> `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 netdev->name to be NUL-terminated based on its usage with
> `strlen` and format strings:
> | if (strlen(netdev->name) < (IFNAMSIZ - 5)) {
> | sprintf(adapter->tx_ring->name, "%s-tx-0", netdev->name);
>
> Moreover, we do not need NUL-padding as netdev is already
> zero-allocated:
> | netdev = alloc_etherdev(sizeof(struct igbvf_adapter));
> ...
> alloc_etherdev() -> alloc_etherdev_mq() -> alloc_etherdev_mqs() ->
> alloc_netdev_mqs() ...
> | p = kvzalloc(alloc_size, GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT | __GFP_RETRY_MAYFAIL);
>
> 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: linux-hardening@vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Justin Stitt <justinstitt@google.com>
>
> ---
> Note: build-tested only.
> ---
> drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igbvf/netdev.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>

Tested-by: Pucha Himasekhar Reddy <himasekharx.reddy.pucha@intel.com> (A Contingent worker at Intel)

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