linux-hardening - Re: [PATCH v2] net: mdio_bus: replace deprecated strncpy with strscpy

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Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2023 19:10:24 +0000
From: patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@...nel.org
To: Justin Stitt <justinstitt@...gle.com>
Cc: andrew@...n.ch, hkallweit1@...il.com, linux@...linux.org.uk,
 davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com, kuba@...nel.org, pabeni@...hat.com,
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 linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] net: mdio_bus: replace deprecated strncpy with strscpy

Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net-next.git (main)
by David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>:

On Thu, 07 Dec 2023 21:57:50 +0000 you wrote:
> strncpy() is deprecated for use on NUL-terminated destination strings
> [1] and as such we should prefer more robust and less ambiguous string
> interfaces.
> 
> We expect mdiodev->modalias to be NUL-terminated based on its usage with
> strcmp():
> |       return strcmp(mdiodev->modalias, drv->name) == 0;
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [v2] net: mdio_bus: replace deprecated strncpy with strscpy
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/1674110c0dd4

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