linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] befs: Replace all non-returning strlcpy with strscpy

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Message-ID: <CADmuW3W9yjZqfCszZvKRGSuPzuriT2gH+3YaPDaUVu=Xvz9+Lg@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Mon, 22 May 2023 12:17:41 -0400
From:   Azeem Shaikh <azeemshaikh38@...il.com>
To:     keescook@...gle.com, Luis de Bethencourt <luisbg@...nel.org>,
        Salah Triki <salah.triki@...il.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] befs: Replace all non-returning strlcpy with strscpy

Friendly ping.

On Mon, May 8, 2023 at 9:41 PM Azeem Shaikh <azeemshaikh38@...il.com> wrote:
>
> strlcpy() reads the entire source buffer first.
> This read may exceed the destination size limit.
> This is both inefficient and can lead to linear read
> overflows if a source string is not NUL-terminated.
> In an effort to remove strlcpy() completely, replace
> strlcpy() here with strscpy().
> No return values were used, so direct replacement is safe.
>
> [1] https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/deprecated.html#strlcpy
> [2] https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/89
>
> Signed-off-by: Azeem Shaikh <azeemshaikh38@...il.com>
> ---
>  fs/befs/btree.c    |    2 +-
>  fs/befs/linuxvfs.c |    2 +-
>  2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/befs/btree.c b/fs/befs/btree.c
> index 1b7e0f7128d6..53b36aa29978 100644
> --- a/fs/befs/btree.c
> +++ b/fs/befs/btree.c
> @@ -500,7 +500,7 @@ befs_btree_read(struct super_block *sb, const befs_data_stream *ds,
>                 goto error_alloc;
>         }
>
> -       strlcpy(keybuf, keystart, keylen + 1);
> +       strscpy(keybuf, keystart, keylen + 1);
>         *value = fs64_to_cpu(sb, valarray[cur_key]);
>         *keysize = keylen;
>
> diff --git a/fs/befs/linuxvfs.c b/fs/befs/linuxvfs.c
> index 32749fcee090..eee9237386e2 100644
> --- a/fs/befs/linuxvfs.c
> +++ b/fs/befs/linuxvfs.c
> @@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ static struct inode *befs_iget(struct super_block *sb, unsigned long ino)
>         if (S_ISLNK(inode->i_mode) && !(befs_ino->i_flags & BEFS_LONG_SYMLINK)){
>                 inode->i_size = 0;
>                 inode->i_blocks = befs_sb->block_size / VFS_BLOCK_SIZE;
> -               strlcpy(befs_ino->i_data.symlink, raw_inode->data.symlink,
> +               strscpy(befs_ino->i_data.symlink, raw_inode->data.symlink,
>                         BEFS_SYMLINK_LEN);
>         } else {
>                 int num_blks;
>