linux-hardening - [PATCH] xen/efi: refactor deprecated strncpy

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Date:   Mon, 11 Sep 2023 18:59:31 +0000
From:   Justin Stitt <justinstitt@...gle.com>
To:     Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>,
        Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>, x86@...nel.org,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc:     xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org, Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Justin Stitt <justinstitt@...gle.com>
Subject: [PATCH] xen/efi: refactor deprecated strncpy

`strncpy` is deprecated for use on NUL-terminated destination strings [1].

`efi_loader_signature` has space for 4 bytes. We are copying "Xen" (3 bytes)
plus a NUL-byte which makes 4 total bytes. With that being said, there is
currently not a bug with the current `strncpy()` implementation in terms of
buffer overreads but we should favor a more robust string interface
either way.

A suitable replacement is `strscpy` [2] due to the fact that it guarantees
NUL-termination on the destination buffer while being functionally the
same in this case.

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
Cc: linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Signed-off-by: Justin Stitt <justinstitt@...gle.com>
---
Note: build-tested
---
 arch/x86/xen/efi.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/xen/efi.c b/arch/x86/xen/efi.c
index 863d0d6b3edc..7250d0e0e1a9 100644
--- a/arch/x86/xen/efi.c
+++ b/arch/x86/xen/efi.c
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ void __init xen_efi_init(struct boot_params *boot_params)
 	if (efi_systab_xen == NULL)
 		return;
 
-	strncpy((char *)&boot_params->efi_info.efi_loader_signature, "Xen",
+	strscpy((char *)&boot_params->efi_info.efi_loader_signature, "Xen",
 			sizeof(boot_params->efi_info.efi_loader_signature));
 	boot_params->efi_info.efi_systab = (__u32)__pa(efi_systab_xen);
 	boot_params->efi_info.efi_systab_hi = (__u32)(__pa(efi_systab_xen) >> 32);

---
base-commit: 2dde18cd1d8fac735875f2e4987f11817cc0bc2c
change-id: 20230911-strncpy-arch-x86-xen-efi-c-14292f5a79ee

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