linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/3] staging: fbtft: use strncpy instead of strcpy

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Date:	Sat,  5 Sep 2015 19:13:43 +0530
From:	Sudip Mukherjee <sudipm.mukherjee@...il.com>
To:	Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@...e-electrons.com>,
	Noralf Trønnes <noralf@...nnes.org>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
	Sudip Mukherjee <sudipm.mukherjee@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] staging: fbtft: use strncpy instead of strcpy

Using strcpy() is a security risk as the destination buffer size is not
checked and we may over-run the buffer. Use strncpy() instead, while
mentioning the buffer size leaving place for the NULL termination.

Signed-off-by: Sudip Mukherjee <sudip@...torindia.org>
---
 drivers/staging/fbtft/fbtft_device.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/fbtft/fbtft_device.c b/drivers/staging/fbtft/fbtft_device.c
index 0483d33..3856c88 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/fbtft/fbtft_device.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/fbtft/fbtft_device.c
@@ -1342,7 +1342,8 @@ static int __init fbtft_device_init(void)
 				p_name, p_num);
 			return -EINVAL;
 		}
-		strcpy(fbtft_device_param_gpios[i].name, p_name);
+		strncpy(fbtft_device_param_gpios[i].name, p_name,
+			FBTFT_GPIO_NAME_SIZE - 1);
 		fbtft_device_param_gpios[i++].gpio = (int) val;
 		if (i == MAX_GPIOS) {
 			pr_err(DRVNAME
-- 
1.9.1

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