linux-kernel - [PATCH linux-next] arm64/idreg: use strscpy() is more robust and safer

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Date:   Thu, 29 Sep 2022 07:29:06 +0000
From:   xu.panda668@...il.com
To:     catalin.marinas@....com
Cc:     will@...nel.org, broonie@...nel.org, maz@...nel.org,
        kristina.martsenko@....com, vladimir.murzin@....com,
        mark.rutland@....com, ardb@...nel.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        cgel.zte@...il.com, Xu Panda <xu.panda@....com.cn>,
        Zeal Robot <zealci@....com.cn>,
        Xu Panda <xu.panda668@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH linux-next] arm64/idreg: use strscpy() is more robust and safer

From: Xu Panda <xu.panda@....com.cn>

The implementation of strscpy() is more robust and safer.
That's now the recommended way to copy NUL terminated strings.

Reported-by: Zeal Robot <zealci@....com.cn>
Signed-off-by: Xu Panda <xu.panda@....com.cn>
Signed-off-by: Xu Panda <xu.panda668@...il.com>
---
 arch/arm64/kernel/idreg-override.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/idreg-override.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/idreg-override.c
index 95133765ed29..61bbec7ef62e 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/idreg-override.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/idreg-override.c
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ static __init void __parse_cmdline(const char *cmdline, bool parse_aliases)
                        return;

                len = min(len, ARRAY_SIZE(buf) - 1);
-               strncpy(buf, cmdline, len);
+               strscpy(buf, cmdline, len);
                buf[len] = 0;

                if (strcmp(buf, "--") == 0)
-- 
2.15.2