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

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Date:   Thu, 17 Aug 2023 16:34:47 +1000
From:   Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>
To:     Justin Stitt <justinstitt@...gle.com>,
        Geoff Levand <geoff@...radead.org>,
        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: Re: [PATCH] powerpc/ps3: refactor strncpy usage

Justin Stitt <justinstitt@...gle.com> writes:
> `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(-)

This looks good to me. I'll pick this up directly, Geoff let me know if
this breaks something somehow.

cheers