linux-kernel - [PATCH] crypto: ahash.c: Cleaning up missing null-terminate in conjunction with strncpy

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Date:	Sat, 26 Jul 2014 16:12:21 +0200
From:	Rickard Strandqvist <rickard_strandqvist@...ctrumdigital.se>
To:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	Rickard Strandqvist <rickard_strandqvist@...ctrumdigital.se>,
	linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] crypto: ahash.c:  Cleaning up missing null-terminate in conjunction with strncpy

Replacing strncpy with strlcpy to avoid strings that lacks null terminate.

Signed-off-by: Rickard Strandqvist <rickard_strandqvist@...ctrumdigital.se>
---
 crypto/ahash.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/crypto/ahash.c b/crypto/ahash.c
index f2a5d8f..4d3b4df 100644
--- a/crypto/ahash.c
+++ b/crypto/ahash.c
@@ -479,7 +479,7 @@ static int crypto_ahash_report(struct sk_buff *skb, struct crypto_alg *alg)
 {
 	struct crypto_report_hash rhash;
 
-	strncpy(rhash.type, "ahash", sizeof(rhash.type));
+	strlcpy(rhash.type, "ahash", sizeof(rhash.type));
 
 	rhash.blocksize = alg->cra_blocksize;
 	rhash.digestsize = __crypto_hash_alg_common(alg)->digestsize;
-- 
1.7.10.4

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