Re: [PATCH] security: move from strlcpy with unused retval to strscpy

From: Jarkko Sakkinen
Date: Fri Aug 26 2022 - 02:16:32 EST


On Thu, Aug 18, 2022 at 11:02:31PM +0200, Wolfram Sang wrote:
> Follow the advice of the below link and prefer 'strscpy' in this
> subsystem. Conversion is 1:1 because the return value is not used.
> Generated by a coccinelle script.
>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/CAHk-=wgfRnXz0W3D37d01q3JFkr_i_uTL=V6A6G1oUZcprmknw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
> Signed-off-by: Wolfram Sang <wsa+renesas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> security/keys/request_key_auth.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/security/keys/request_key_auth.c b/security/keys/request_key_auth.c
> index 41e9735006d0..8f33cd170e42 100644
> --- a/security/keys/request_key_auth.c
> +++ b/security/keys/request_key_auth.c
> @@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ struct key *request_key_auth_new(struct key *target, const char *op,
> if (!rka->callout_info)
> goto error_free_rka;
> rka->callout_len = callout_len;
> - strlcpy(rka->op, op, sizeof(rka->op));
> + strscpy(rka->op, op, sizeof(rka->op));
>
> /* see if the calling process is already servicing the key request of
> * another process */
> --
> 2.35.1
>


Acked-by: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@xxxxxxxxxx>

BR, Jarkko