linux-kernel - [PATCH] staging/most: Remove all strcpy() uses in favor of strscpy()

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Date:   Sat, 17 Jul 2021 18:05:12 +0200
From:   Len Baker <len.baker@....com>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     Len Baker <len.baker@....com>,
        Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi <memxor@...il.com>,
        linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] staging/most: Remove all strcpy() uses in favor of strscpy()

strcpy() performs no bounds checking on the destination buffer. This
could result in linear overflows beyond the end of the buffer, leading
to all kinds of misbehaviors. The safe replacement is strscpy().

Signed-off-by: Len Baker <len.baker@....com>
---
 drivers/staging/most/video/video.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/most/video/video.c b/drivers/staging/most/video/video.c
index 90933d78c332..b7858e47145f 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/most/video/video.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/most/video/video.c
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ static int vidioc_enum_fmt_vid_cap(struct file *file, void *priv,
 	if (f->index)
 		return -EINVAL;

-	strcpy(f->description, "MPEG");
+	strscpy(f->description, "MPEG", sizeof(f->description));
 	f->type = V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VIDEO_CAPTURE;
 	f->flags = V4L2_FMT_FLAG_COMPRESSED;
 	f->pixelformat = V4L2_PIX_FMT_MPEG;
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ static int vidioc_enum_input(struct file *file, void *priv,
 	if (input->index >= V4L2_CMP_MAX_INPUT)
 		return -EINVAL;

-	strcpy(input->name, "MOST Video");
+	strscpy(input->name, "MOST Video", sizeof(input->name));
 	input->type |= V4L2_INPUT_TYPE_CAMERA;
 	input->audioset = 0;

--
2.25.1