linux-hardening - Re: [PATCH] w1: sgi_w1: Replace all non-returning strlcpy with strscpy

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Date:   Thu, 1 Jun 2023 11:25:45 -0700
From:   Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To:     Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@...aro.org>
Cc:     azeemshaikh38@...il.com, linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] w1: sgi_w1: Replace all non-returning strlcpy with
 strscpy

On Thu, Jun 01, 2023 at 07:03:41PM +0200, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> On 31/05/2023 01:06, Kees Cook wrote:
> > On Tue, 23 May 2023 02:20:23 +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.
> >>
> >> [...]
> > 
> > Applied to for-next/hardening, thanks!
> > 
> > [1/1] w1: sgi_w1: Replace all non-returning strlcpy with strscpy
> >       https://git.kernel.org/kees/c/4e4424b20cc4
> 
> Please drop. This was already fixed and is in linux-next since almost a
> month:
> 
> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/krzk/linux-w1.git/commit/?h=for-next&id=5dfd3c73ff81618fee0ef682b6fd7779863f41e4

Thanks! Dropped.

-- 
Kees Cook