linux-hardening - RE: [PATCH] drm/radeon: Replace all non-returning strlcpy with strscpy

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Date:   Mon, 22 May 2023 20:34:54 +0000
From:   "Deucher, Alexander" <Alexander.Deucher@....com>
To:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Azeem Shaikh <azeemshaikh38@...il.com>
CC:     "Koenig, Christian" <Christian.Koenig@....com>,
        "Pan, Xinhui" <Xinhui.Pan@....com>,
        "linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org" <linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org>,
        "amd-gfx@...ts.freedesktop.org" <amd-gfx@...ts.freedesktop.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        David Airlie <airlied@...il.com>,
        Daniel Vetter <daniel@...ll.ch>,
        "dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org" <dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH] drm/radeon: Replace all non-returning strlcpy with
 strscpy

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
> Sent: Monday, May 22, 2023 4:15 PM
> To: Azeem Shaikh <azeemshaikh38@...il.com>
> Cc: Deucher, Alexander <Alexander.Deucher@....com>; Koenig, Christian
> <Christian.Koenig@....com>; Pan, Xinhui <Xinhui.Pan@....com>; linux-
> hardening@...r.kernel.org; amd-gfx@...ts.freedesktop.org; linux-
> kernel@...r.kernel.org; David Airlie <airlied@...il.com>; Daniel Vetter
> <daniel@...ll.ch>; dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org
> Subject: Re: [PATCH] drm/radeon: Replace all non-returning strlcpy with
> strscpy
> 
> On Mon, May 22, 2023 at 03:50:32PM +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().
> > No return values were used, so direct replacement is safe.
> >
> > [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@...il.com>
> 
> Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
> 

Acked-by: Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher@....com>

Ack to take this through whatever tree makes sense if you are trying to batch all of these up.  Otherwise, I can pick them up.

Alex