Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] ath5k: replace deprecated strncpy with strscpy | From | Kalle Valo <> | 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
-- https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-wireless/patch/20231013-strncpy-drivers-net-wireless-ath-ath5k-led-c-v1-1-3acb0b5a21f2@google.com/
https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches
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