Re: [PATCH v2] drm/etnaviv: refactor deprecated strncpy

From: Kees Cook
Date: Sat Sep 23 2023 - 22:54:01 EST


On Mon, Sep 18, 2023 at 01:34:08PM +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_pad` due to the fact that it
> guarantees NUL-termination on the destination buffer whilst maintaining
> the NUL-padding behavior that strncpy provides.
>
> Link: https://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@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: Bo YU <tsu.yubo@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Justin Stitt <justinstitt@xxxxxxxxxx>

Looks good to me now. Thanks!

Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

(Though again if you need a v3, making the Subject more specific would
be nice, "...: Replace strncpy with strscpy_pad"

-Kees

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Kees Cook