Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | Date | Thu, 5 Oct 2023 16:16:07 -0700 | From | Kees Cook <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] net: liquidio: replace deprecated strncpy with strscpy_pad |
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On Thu, Oct 05, 2023 at 09:41:01PM +0000, Justin Stitt 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 know `fw_type` must be NUL-terminated based on use here: > | static bool fw_type_is_auto(void) > | { > | return strncmp(fw_type, LIO_FW_NAME_TYPE_AUTO, > | sizeof(LIO_FW_NAME_TYPE_AUTO)) == 0; > | } > ...and here > | module_param_string(fw_type, fw_type, sizeof(fw_type), 0444); > > Let's opt to NUL-pad the destination buffer as well so that we maintain > the same exact behavior that `strncpy` provided here. > > A suitable replacement is `strscpy_pad` due to the fact that it > guarantees both NUL-termination and NUL-padding on the destination > buffer. > > Link: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/deprecated.html#strncpy-on-nul-terminated-strings [1] > Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/90 > Cc: linux-hardening@vger.kernel.org > Signed-off-by: Justin Stitt <justinstitt@google.com>
Looks like a safe replacement with strscpy_pad().
Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
> --- > Note: build-tested only. > --- > drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_main.c | 2 +- > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_main.c > index 100daadbea2a..34f02a8ec2ca 100644 > --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_main.c > +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_main.c > @@ -1689,7 +1689,7 @@ static int load_firmware(struct octeon_device *oct) > > if (fw_type_is_auto()) { > tmp_fw_type = LIO_FW_NAME_TYPE_NIC; > - strncpy(fw_type, tmp_fw_type, sizeof(fw_type)); > + strscpy_pad(fw_type, tmp_fw_type, sizeof(fw_type)); > } else { > tmp_fw_type = fw_type; > } > > --- > base-commit: cbf3a2cb156a2c911d8f38d8247814b4c07f49a2 > change-id: 20231005-strncpy-drivers-net-ethernet-cavium-liquidio-lio_main-c-b05f78661635 > > Best regards, > -- > Justin Stitt <justinstitt@google.com> > >
-- Kees Cook
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