linux-hardening - Re: [PATCH] wifi: mt76: Replace strlcpy with strscpy

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Date:   Thu, 27 Jul 2023 10:01:37 -0700
From:   Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To:     Kalle Valo <kvalo@...nel.org>
Cc:     Felix Fietkau <nbd@....name>,
        Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo@...nel.org>,
        Ryder Lee <ryder.lee@...iatek.com>,
        Azeem Shaikh <azeemshaikh38@...il.com>,
        linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org,
        Shayne Chen <shayne.chen@...iatek.com>,
        Sean Wang <sean.wang@...iatek.com>,
        linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Matthias Brugger <matthias.bgg@...il.com>,
        AngeloGioacchino Del Regno 
        <angelogioacchino.delregno@...labora.com>,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-mediatek@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] wifi: mt76: Replace strlcpy with strscpy

On Thu, Jul 27, 2023 at 07:00:21PM +0300, Kalle Valo wrote:
> Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org> writes:
> 
> > On Mon, 03 Jul 2023 18:12:56 +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().
> >> 
> >> [...]
> >
> > Applied, thanks!
> >
> > [1/1] wifi: mt76: Replace strlcpy with strscpy
> >       https://git.kernel.org/kees/c/535c78cbc0c4
> 
> Why did you take this? mt76 is in active development so risk of
> conflicts is high.

There didn't seem to be any further activity for 3 weeks, and it was a
relatively mechanical change. I can drop it from my tree. What's needed
for it to be picked up through wireless?

-Kees

-- 
Kees Cook