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Message-ID: <20231009-strncpy-drivers-net-dsa-mt7530-c-v1-1-ec6677a6436a@google.com> Date: Mon, 09 Oct 2023 18:29:19 +0000 From: Justin Stitt <justinstitt@...gle.com> To: "Arınç ÜNAL" <arinc.unal@...nc9.com>, Daniel Golle <daniel@...rotopia.org>, Landen Chao <Landen.Chao@...iatek.com>, DENG Qingfang <dqfext@...il.com>, Sean Wang <sean.wang@...iatek.com>, Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>, Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>, Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com>, "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>, Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, Matthias Brugger <matthias.bgg@...il.com>, AngeloGioacchino Del Regno <angelogioacchino.delregno@...labora.com> Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-mediatek@...ts.infradead.org, linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org, Justin Stitt <justinstitt@...gle.com> Subject: [PATCH] net: dsa: mt7530: replace deprecated strncpy with ethtool_sprintf `strncpy` is deprecated for use on NUL-terminated destination strings [1] and as such we should prefer more robust and less ambiguous string interfaces. ethtool_sprintf() is designed specifically for get_strings() usage. Let's replace strncpy in favor of this more robust and easier to understand interface. Link: https://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 Signed-off-by: Justin Stitt <justinstitt@...gle.com> --- Note: build-tested only. --- drivers/net/dsa/mt7530.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/dsa/mt7530.c b/drivers/net/dsa/mt7530.c index 035a34b50f31..e00126af8318 100644 --- a/drivers/net/dsa/mt7530.c +++ b/drivers/net/dsa/mt7530.c @@ -836,8 +836,7 @@ mt7530_get_strings(struct dsa_switch *ds, int port, u32 stringset, return; for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(mt7530_mib); i++) - strncpy(data + i * ETH_GSTRING_LEN, mt7530_mib[i].name, - ETH_GSTRING_LEN); + ethtool_sprintf(&data, "%s", mt7530_mib[i].name); } static void --- base-commit: cbf3a2cb156a2c911d8f38d8247814b4c07f49a2 change-id: 20231009-strncpy-drivers-net-dsa-mt7530-c-40cad383654d Best regards, -- Justin Stitt <justinstitt@...gle.com>
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