linux-hardening - [PATCH] tty: n_gsm: replace deprecated strncpy with strscpy

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Message-ID: <20240318-strncpy-drivers-tty-n_gsm-c-v1-1-da37a07c642e@google.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2024 23:02:12 +0000
From: Justin Stitt <justinstitt@...gle.com>
To: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>, Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...nel.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-serial@...r.kernel.org, 
	linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org, Justin Stitt <justinstitt@...gle.com>
Subject: [PATCH] tty: n_gsm: replace deprecated strncpy with strscpy

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 nc->if_name to be NUL-terminated based on existing manual
NUL-byte assignments and checks:
|	nc.if_name[IFNAMSIZ-1] = '\0';
...
| 	if (nc->if_name[0] != '\0')

Let's use the new 2-argument strscpy() since it guarantees
NUL-termination on the destination buffer while correctly using the
destination buffers size to bound the operation.

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/tty/n_gsm.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/tty/n_gsm.c b/drivers/tty/n_gsm.c
index 4036566febcb..f5b0d91d32a7 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/n_gsm.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/n_gsm.c
@@ -4010,7 +4010,7 @@ static int gsm_create_network(struct gsm_dlci *dlci, struct gsm_netconfig *nc)
 	mux_net = netdev_priv(net);
 	mux_net->dlci = dlci;
 	kref_init(&mux_net->ref);
-	strncpy(nc->if_name, net->name, IFNAMSIZ); /* return net name */
+	strscpy(nc->if_name, net->name); /* return net name */
 
 	/* reconfigure dlci for network */
 	dlci->prev_adaption = dlci->adaption;

---
base-commit: bf3a69c6861ff4dc7892d895c87074af7bc1c400
change-id: 20240318-strncpy-drivers-tty-n_gsm-c-ab1336e0e196

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