Messages in this thread | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | From | Kees Cook <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v2] hwmon: (ibmpowernv) refactor deprecated strncpy | Date | Fri, 29 Sep 2023 11:55:45 -0700 |
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On Tue, 19 Sep 2023 05:22:51 +0000, Justin Stitt wrote: > `strncpy` is deprecated for use on NUL-terminated destination strings [1]. > > A suitable replacement is `memcpy` as we've already precisely calculated > the number of bytes to copy while `buf` has been explicitly > zero-initialized: > | char buf[8] = { 0 }; > > [...]
Applied to for-next/hardening, thanks! (I've updated the Subject here and with the older "refactor" subjects...)
Take care,
-- Kees Cook
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