linux-hardening - [PATCH] powerpc/ps3: refactor strncpy usage

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Date:   Wed, 16 Aug 2023 21:39:24 +0000
From:   Justin Stitt <justinstitt@...gle.com>
To:     Geoff Levand <geoff@...radead.org>,
        Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
        Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@...il.com>,
        Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@...roup.eu>
Cc:     linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org,
        Justin Stitt <justinstitt@...gle.com>
Subject: [PATCH] powerpc/ps3: refactor strncpy usage

`strncpy` is deprecated for use on NUL-terminated destination strings [1].

`make_first_field()` should use similar implementation to `make_field()`
due to memcpy having more obvious behavior here. The end result yields
the same behavior as the previous `strncpy`-based implementation
including the NUL-padding.

Link: 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@...r.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Justin Stitt <justinstitt@...gle.com>
---
Note:
This follows up on a previous RFC which can be found here:
https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230811-strncpy-arch-powerpc-platforms-ps3-v1-0-301052a5663e@google.com/
---
 arch/powerpc/platforms/ps3/repository.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/ps3/repository.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/ps3/repository.c
index 205763061a2d..1abe33fbe529 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/ps3/repository.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/ps3/repository.c
@@ -73,9 +73,9 @@ static void _dump_node(unsigned int lpar_id, u64 n1, u64 n2, u64 n3, u64 n4,
 
 static u64 make_first_field(const char *text, u64 index)
 {
-	u64 n;
+	u64 n = 0;
 
-	strncpy((char *)&n, text, 8);
+	memcpy((char *)&n, text, strnlen(text, sizeof(n)));
 	return PS3_VENDOR_ID_NONE + (n >> 32) + index;
 }
 

---
base-commit: 2ccdd1b13c591d306f0401d98dedc4bdcd02b421
change-id: 20230816-strncpy-arch-powerpc-platforms-ps3-repository-85a1c867ed23

Best regards,
--
Justin Stitt <justinstitt@...gle.com>