Re: [PATCH] mac80211: Replace strlcpy with strscpy

From: Simon Horman
Date: Wed Jun 14 2023 - 08:10:49 EST


On Tue, Jun 13, 2023 at 12:34:04AM +0000, Azeem Shaikh wrote:
> strlcpy() reads the entire source buffer first.
> This read may exceed the destination size limit.
> This is both inefficient and can lead to linear read
> overflows if a source string is not NUL-terminated [1].
> In an effort to remove strlcpy() completely [2], replace
> strlcpy() here with strscpy().
>
> Direct replacement is safe here since LOCAL_ASSIGN is only used by
> TRACE macros and the return values are ignored.
>
> [1] https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/deprecated.html#strlcpy
> [2] https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/89
>
> Signed-off-by: Azeem Shaikh <azeemshaikh38@xxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <simon.horman@xxxxxxxxxxxx>