From: Tom Zanussi The strncpy() currently being used for variable string fields can result in a lack of termination if the string length is equal to the field size. Use the safer strscpy() instead, which will guarantee termination. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/fb97c1e518fb358c12a4057d7445ba2c46956cd7.1522256721.git.tom.zanussi@linux.intel.com Signed-off-by: Tom Zanussi Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) --- kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c index 6114939f065a..15ea11c29a51 100644 --- a/kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c +++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c @@ -669,7 +669,7 @@ static notrace void trace_event_raw_event_synth(void *__data, char *str_val = (char *)(long)var_ref_vals[var_ref_idx + i]; char *str_field = (char *)&entry->fields[n_u64]; - strncpy(str_field, str_val, STR_VAR_LEN_MAX); + strscpy(str_field, str_val, STR_VAR_LEN_MAX); n_u64 += STR_VAR_LEN_MAX / sizeof(u64); } else { entry->fields[n_u64] = var_ref_vals[var_ref_idx + i]; @@ -3091,7 +3091,7 @@ static inline void __update_field_vars(struct tracing_map_elt *elt, char *str = elt_data->field_var_str[j++]; char *val_str = (char *)(uintptr_t)var_val; - strncpy(str, val_str, STR_VAR_LEN_MAX); + strscpy(str, val_str, STR_VAR_LEN_MAX); var_val = (u64)(uintptr_t)str; } tracing_map_set_var(elt, var_idx, var_val); -- 2.15.1