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Message-ID: <20231012-strncpy-drivers-net-phy-nxp-cbtx-c-v1-1-4510f20aa0e6@google.com> Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2023 22:21:40 +0000 From: Justin Stitt <justinstitt@...gle.com> To: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>, Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>, Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>, "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>, Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com> Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org, Justin Stitt <justinstitt@...gle.com> Subject: [PATCH] net: phy: 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 dedicated helper function. 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. Found with: $ rg "strncpy\(" --- drivers/net/phy/nxp-cbtx.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/nxp-cbtx.c b/drivers/net/phy/nxp-cbtx.c index 145703f0a406..6a2c0c193255 100644 --- a/drivers/net/phy/nxp-cbtx.c +++ b/drivers/net/phy/nxp-cbtx.c @@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ static int cbtx_get_sset_count(struct phy_device *phydev) static void cbtx_get_strings(struct phy_device *phydev, u8 *data) { - strncpy(data, "100btx_rx_err", ETH_GSTRING_LEN); + ethtool_sprintf(&data, "100btx_rx_err"); } static void cbtx_get_stats(struct phy_device *phydev, --- base-commit: cbf3a2cb156a2c911d8f38d8247814b4c07f49a2 change-id: 20231012-strncpy-drivers-net-phy-nxp-cbtx-c-266285682759 Best regards, -- Justin Stitt <justinstitt@...gle.com>
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