linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] uml: Replace strlcpy with strscpy

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Message-ID: <20230607042340.GA941@sol.localdomain>
Date:   Tue, 6 Jun 2023 21:23:40 -0700
From:   Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...nel.org>
To:     Azeem Shaikh <azeemshaikh38@...il.com>
Cc:     Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>,
        Maxim Krasnyansky <maxk@....qualcomm.com>,
        anton ivanov <anton.ivanov@...bridgegreys.com>,
        Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>,
        linux-hardening <linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-um <linux-um@...ts.infradead.org>,
        "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@...c4.com>,
        kernel test robot <lkp@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] uml: Replace strlcpy with strscpy

On Tue, Jun 06, 2023 at 05:08:27PM -0400, Azeem Shaikh wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 6, 2023 at 4:51 PM Richard Weinberger <richard@....at> wrote:
> >
> > ----- Ursprüngliche Mail -----
> > > Von: "Azeem Shaikh" <azeemshaikh38@...il.com>
> > > 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 [1].
> > > In an effort to remove strlcpy() completely [2], 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>
> > > Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@...el.com>
> > > Closes:
> > > https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202305311135.zGMT1gYR-lkp@intel.com/
> >
> > Are you sure Reported-by and Closes make sense?
> > AFAIK the report was only on your first patch and nothing against upstream.
> > So stating this in the updated patch is in vain.
> 
> I left the metadata in only for the sake of posterity. If it's not
> helpful, I'm ok with removing it.
> 

IMO using Reported-by in cases like this is harmful, as it makes commits seem
like bug fixes when they are not.

- Eric