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SubjectRe: [PATCH] s390/ipl: refactor deprecated strncpy
On Fri, Aug 11, 2023 at 09:56:15PM +0000, Justin Stitt wrote:
> `strncpy` is deprecated for use on NUL-terminated destination strings [1].
>
> Use `strscpy_pad` which has the same behavior as `strncpy` here with the
> extra safeguard of guaranteeing NUL-termination of destination strings.
> In it's current form, this may result in silent truncation if the src
> string has the same size as the destination string.
>
> Link: 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>
> ---
> arch/s390/kernel/ipl.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/ipl.c b/arch/s390/kernel/ipl.c
> index 85a00d97a314..a6dcf6f28197 100644
> --- a/arch/s390/kernel/ipl.c
> +++ b/arch/s390/kernel/ipl.c
> @@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ static ssize_t sys_##_prefix##_##_name##_store(struct kobject *kobj, \
> struct kobj_attribute *attr, \
> const char *buf, size_t len) \
> { \
> - strncpy(_value, buf, sizeof(_value) - 1); \
> + strscpy_pad(_value, buf, sizeof(_value)); \

Padding isn't needed here -- the string are consumed by __cpcmd(), which
explicitly uses strlen() and a memcpy to pass them off.

> strim(_value); \

This existing code line is buggy, though -- it will not trim leading
whitespace in the buffer. (It _returns_ a string that has been
forward-adjusted.)

I think this is an API mistake -- strim() should either do in-place
changes for both ends or be defined with __much_check so the return
value doesn't get lost. (But this is a separate issue.)

-Kees

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Kees Cook
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