linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] s390: scsi: zfcp_aux.c: Cleaning up missing null-terminate after strncpy call

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Date:	Wed, 4 Jun 2014 23:59:12 +0200
From:	Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@...ibm.com>
To:	Rickard Strandqvist <rickard_strandqvist@...ctrumdigital.se>
Cc:	Steffen Maier <maier@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>, linux390@...ibm.com,
	Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@...ibm.com>,
	linux-s390@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] s390: scsi: zfcp_aux.c:  Cleaning up missing
 null-terminate after strncpy call

On Wed, Jun 04, 2014 at 11:31:11PM +0200, Rickard Strandqvist wrote:
> Added a guaranteed null-terminate after call to strncpy.
> 
> This was partly found using a static code analysis program called cppcheck.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Rickard Strandqvist <rickard_strandqvist@...ctrumdigital.se>
> ---
>  drivers/s390/scsi/zfcp_aux.c |    1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/s390/scsi/zfcp_aux.c b/drivers/s390/scsi/zfcp_aux.c
> index 8004b07..138b84a 100644
> --- a/drivers/s390/scsi/zfcp_aux.c
> +++ b/drivers/s390/scsi/zfcp_aux.c
> @@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ static void __init zfcp_init_device_setup(char *devstr)
>  	if (!token || strlen(token) >= ZFCP_BUS_ID_SIZE)
>  		goto err_out;
>  	strncpy(busid, token, ZFCP_BUS_ID_SIZE);
> +	busid[sizeof(busid) - 1] = '\0';

Erm.. with
	char busid[ZFCP_BUS_ID_SIZE];
just a couple of lines above this seems to be rather pointless.
However _if_ we change the code then replacing strncpy() with strlcpy()
would be the way to go.

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