Re: [PATCH] bus: fsl-mc: refactor deprecated strncpy

From: Kees Cook
Date: Fri Sep 29 2023 - 14:43:13 EST


On Tue, 12 Sep 2023 22:52:04 +0000, Justin Stitt wrote:
> `strncpy` is deprecated for use on NUL-terminated destination strings [1].
>
> We need to prefer more robust and less ambiguous string interfaces.
>
> `obj_desc->(type|label)` are expected to be NUL-terminated strings as
> per "include/linux/fsl/mc.h +143"
> | ...
> | * struct fsl_mc_obj_desc - Object descriptor
> | * @type: Type of object: NULL terminated string
> | ...
>
> [...]

Applied to for-next/hardening, thanks!

[1/1] bus: fsl-mc: refactor deprecated strncpy
https://git.kernel.org/kees/c/fafafc55eb30

Take care,

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Kees Cook