linux-hardening - Re: [PATCH] net: cpmac: replace deprecated strncpy with strscpy

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Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2023 16:13:53 -0700
From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To: Justin Stitt <justinstitt@...gle.com>
Cc: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>, "David S. Miller"
 <davem@...emloft.net>, Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>, Paolo Abeni
 <pabeni@...hat.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: cpmac: replace deprecated strncpy with strscpy

On Thu, 12 Oct 2023 20:53:30 +0000 Justin Stitt wrote:
> strncpy() is deprecated for use on NUL-terminated destination strings
> [1] and as such we should prefer more robust and less ambiguous string
> interfaces.

This driver no longer exists. Praise be.
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