Messages in this thread | | | From | Kees Cook <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] hwmon: (asus_wmi_sensors) refactor deprecated strncpy | Date | Fri, 29 Sep 2023 11:56:46 -0700 |
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On Thu, 14 Sep 2023 23:10:34 +0000, Justin Stitt wrote: > `strncpy` is deprecated for use on NUL-terminated destination strings [1]. > > We should prefer more robust and less ambiguous string interfaces. > > A suitable replacement is `strscpy` [2] due to the fact that it > guarantees NUL-termination on the destination buffer without > unnecessarily NUL-padding. If, for any reason, NUL-padding is needed > let's opt for `strscpy_pad`. > > [...]
Applied to for-next/hardening, thanks! (Subject updated...)
Take care,
-- Kees Cook
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