linux-kernel - [PATCH net-next] wl1251: use strscpy() to instead of strncpy()

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Date:   Fri, 23 Dec 2022 10:58:55 +0800 (CST)
From:   <yang.yang29@....com.cn>
To:     <kvalo@...nel.org>
Cc:     <davem@...emloft.net>, <edumazet@...gle.com>, <kuba@...nel.org>,
        <pabeni@...hat.com>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <xu.panda@....com.cn>,
        <yang.yang29@....com.cn>
Subject: [PATCH net-next] wl1251: use strscpy() to instead of strncpy()

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.

Signed-off-by: Xu Panda <xu.panda@....com.cn>
Signed-off-by: Yang Yang <yang.yang29@....com>
---
 drivers/net/wireless/ti/wl1251/acx.c | 9 +--------
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wl1251/acx.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wl1251/acx.c
index f78fc3880423..613ddab068c3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wl1251/acx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wl1251/acx.c
@@ -150,14 +150,7 @@ int wl1251_acx_fw_version(struct wl1251 *wl, char *buf, size_t len)
 	}

 	/* be careful with the buffer sizes */
-	strncpy(buf, rev->fw_version, min(len, sizeof(rev->fw_version)));
-
-	/*
-	 * if the firmware version string is exactly
-	 * sizeof(rev->fw_version) long or fw_len is less than
-	 * sizeof(rev->fw_version) it won't be null terminated
-	 */
-	buf[min(len, sizeof(rev->fw_version)) - 1] = '\0';
+	strscpy(buf, rev->fw_version, len);

 out:
 	kfree(rev);
-- 
2.15.2