linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging: lustre: lustre: libcfs: workitem.c: Cleaning up missing null-terminate after strncpy call

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Date:	Sat, 16 Aug 2014 23:14:16 +0200
From:	Rickard Strandqvist <rickard_strandqvist@...ctrumdigital.se>
To:	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Cc:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Peng Tao <bergwolf@...il.com>,
	Masanari Iida <standby24x7@...il.com>,
	Mike Sampson <mike@...bodata.com>, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: lustre: lustre: libcfs: workitem.c: Cleaning up
 missing null-terminate after strncpy call

2014-08-12 16:58 GMT+02:00 Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>:
> On Sat, Aug 9, 2014 at 4:46 PM, Rickard Strandqvist
> <rickard_strandqvist@...ctrumdigital.se> wrote:
>> Added a guaranteed null-terminate after call to strncpy.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Rickard Strandqvist <rickard_strandqvist@...ctrumdigital.se>
>> ---
>>  drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/libcfs/workitem.c |    1 +
>>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/libcfs/workitem.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/libcfs/workitem.c
>> index 0a03bf7..60326f2 100644
>> --- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/libcfs/workitem.c
>> +++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/libcfs/workitem.c
>> @@ -365,6 +365,7 @@ cfs_wi_sched_create(char *name, struct cfs_cpt_table *cptab,
>>                 return -ENOMEM;
>>
>>         strncpy(sched->ws_name, name, CFS_WS_NAME_LEN);
>> +       sched->ws_name[CFS_WS_NAME_LEN - 1] = '\0';
>>         sched->ws_cptab = cptab;
>>         sched->ws_cpt = cpt;
>
> This seems like a place for strlcpy instead?
>
> -Kees
>
> --
> Kees Cook
> Chrome OS Security

Hi Kees

Sure, strlcpy is preferable in many ways if we only can guarantee that
it is safe.
I have seldom received so much criticism when I start switching to
strlcpy, although much of it was justified :)
Even Linus was getting into the debate.  See more:

https://plus.google.com/111049168280159033135/posts/1amLbuhWbh5


I do this only when I'm sure it will not cause any other problems.
But if you or anyone else can guarantee that in this case, so I'd make
a new patch with strlcpy.


Kind regards

Rickard Strandqvist
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