linux-kernel - [PATCH] security: move from strlcpy with unused retval to strscpy

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Date:   Thu, 18 Aug 2022 23:02:31 +0200
From:   Wolfram Sang <wsa+renesas@...g-engineering.com>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Wolfram Sang <wsa+renesas@...g-engineering.com>,
        David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
        Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@...nel.org>,
        Paul Moore <paul@...l-moore.com>,
        James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>,
        "Serge E. Hallyn" <serge@...lyn.com>, keyrings@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] security: move from strlcpy with unused retval to strscpy

Follow the advice of the below link and prefer 'strscpy' in this
subsystem. Conversion is 1:1 because the return value is not used.
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Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/CAHk-=wgfRnXz0W3D37d01q3JFkr_i_uTL=V6A6G1oUZcprmknw@mail.gmail.com/
Signed-off-by: Wolfram Sang <wsa+renesas@...g-engineering.com>
---
 security/keys/request_key_auth.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/security/keys/request_key_auth.c b/security/keys/request_key_auth.c
index 41e9735006d0..8f33cd170e42 100644
--- a/security/keys/request_key_auth.c
+++ b/security/keys/request_key_auth.c
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ struct key *request_key_auth_new(struct key *target, const char *op,
 	if (!rka->callout_info)
 		goto error_free_rka;
 	rka->callout_len = callout_len;
-	strlcpy(rka->op, op, sizeof(rka->op));
+	strscpy(rka->op, op, sizeof(rka->op));
 
 	/* see if the calling process is already servicing the key request of
 	 * another process */
-- 
2.35.1