linux-hardening - Re: [PATCH] net: Replace strlcpy with strscpy

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Message-Id: <168849662186.30545.14650541055140387280.git-patchwork-notify@kernel.org>
Date:   Tue, 04 Jul 2023 18:50:21 +0000
From:   patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@...nel.org
To:     Azeem Shaikh <azeemshaikh38@...il.com>
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-trace-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        dsahern@...nel.org, rostedt@...dmis.org, keescook@...omium.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: Replace strlcpy with strscpy

Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net.git (main)
by David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>:

On Mon,  3 Jul 2023 17:58:40 +0000 you 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.
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - net: Replace strlcpy with strscpy
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net/c/ba7bdec3cbec

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