linux-hardening - [PATCH v2] arm64/sysreg: refactor deprecated strncpy

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Message-ID: <20230811-strncpy-arch-arm64-v2-1-ba84eabffadb@google.com>
Date:   Fri, 11 Aug 2023 16:33:51 +0000
From:   Justin Stitt <justinstitt@...gle.com>
To:     Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
        Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>
Cc:     linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org,
        Justin Stitt <justinstitt@...gle.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2] arm64/sysreg: refactor deprecated strncpy

`strncpy` is deprecated for use on NUL-terminated destination strings
[1]. Which seems to be the case here due to the forceful setting of `buf`'s
tail to 0.

A suitable replacement is `strscpy` [2] due to the fact that it
guarantees NUL-termination on its destination buffer argument which is
_not_ the case for `strncpy`!

In this case, we can simplify the logic and also check for any silent
truncation by using `strscpy`'s return value.

This should have no functional change and yet uses a more robust and
less ambiguous interface whilst reducing code complexity.

Link: www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/deprecated.html#strncpy-on-nul-terminated-strings[1]
Link: https://manpages.debian.org/testing/linux-manual-4.8/strscpy.9.en.html [2]
Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/90
Suggested-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Cc: linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Justin Stitt <justinstitt@...gle.com>
---
Changes in v2:
- Utilize return value from strscpy and check for truncation (thanks Kees)
- Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230810-strncpy-arch-arm64-v1-1-f67f3685cd64@google.com
---
For reference, see a part of `strscpy`'s implementation here:

|	/* Hit buffer length without finding a NUL; force NUL-termination. */
|	if (res)
|		dest[res-1] = '\0';

Note: compile tested
---
 arch/arm64/kernel/idreg-override.c | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/idreg-override.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/idreg-override.c
index 2fe2491b692c..aee12c75b738 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/idreg-override.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/idreg-override.c
@@ -262,9 +262,9 @@ static __init void __parse_cmdline(const char *cmdline, bool parse_aliases)
 		if (!len)
 			return;
 
-		len = min(len, ARRAY_SIZE(buf) - 1);
-		strncpy(buf, cmdline, len);
-		buf[len] = 0;
+		len = strscpy(buf, cmdline, ARRAY_SIZE(buf));
+		if (len == -E2BIG)
+			len = ARRAY_SIZE(buf) - 1;
 
 		if (strcmp(buf, "--") == 0)
 			return;

---
base-commit: 52a93d39b17dc7eb98b6aa3edb93943248e03b2f
change-id: 20230810-strncpy-arch-arm64-1f3d328bd9b8

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