linux-hardening - Re: [PATCH v2] scsi: lpfc: replace deprecated strncpy with strscpy

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Message-ID: <171010474753.3838281.7887660962913388218.b4-ty@oracle.com>
Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2024 19:04:19 -0400
From: "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>
To: James Smart <james.smart@...adcom.com>,
        Dick Kennedy <dick.kennedy@...adcom.com>,
        "James E.J. Bottomley" <jejb@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Justin Stitt <justinstitt@...gle.com>
Cc: "Martin K . Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>,
        linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] scsi: lpfc: replace deprecated strncpy with strscpy

On Mon, 26 Feb 2024 23:53:44 +0000, Justin Stitt 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 ae->value_string to be NUL-terminated because there's a
> comment that says as much; these attr strings are also used with other
> string APIs, further cementing the fact.
> 
> [...]

Applied to 6.9/scsi-queue, thanks!

[1/1] scsi: lpfc: replace deprecated strncpy with strscpy
      https://git.kernel.org/mkp/scsi/c/e100c01efa85

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Martin K. Petersen	Oracle Linux Engineering