linux-hardening - Re: [PATCH v2] RISC-V: cpu: refactor deprecated strncpy

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Date:   Wed, 2 Aug 2023 13:36:03 -0700
From:   Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To:     Justin Stitt <justinstitt@...gle.com>
Cc:     Paul Walmsley <paul.walmsley@...ive.com>,
        Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@...belt.com>,
        Albert Ou <aou@...s.berkeley.edu>,
        linux-riscv@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>,
        linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] RISC-V: cpu: refactor deprecated strncpy

On Wed, Aug 02, 2023 at 12:21:58AM +0000, Justin Stitt wrote:
> `strncpy` is deprecated for use on NUL-terminated destination strings [1].
> 
> Favor not copying strings onto stack and instead use strings directly.
> This avoids hard-coding sizes and buffer lengths all together.
> 
> Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/90
> Cc: linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org
> Suggested-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
> Signed-off-by: Justin Stitt <justinstitt@...gle.com>

I like it! ;)

Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>

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Kees Cook