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Message-ID: <202308021335.8010D08B@keescook>
Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2023 13:36:03 -0700
From: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To: Justin Stitt <justinstitt@...gle.com>
Cc: Paul Walmsley <paul.walmsley@...ive.com>,
Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@...belt.com>,
Albert Ou <aou@...s.berkeley.edu>,
linux-riscv@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>,
linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] RISC-V: cpu: refactor deprecated strncpy
On Wed, Aug 02, 2023 at 12:21:58AM +0000, Justin Stitt wrote:
> `strncpy` is deprecated for use on NUL-terminated destination strings [1].
>
> Favor not copying strings onto stack and instead use strings directly.
> This avoids hard-coding sizes and buffer lengths all together.
>
> Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/90
> Cc: linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org
> Suggested-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
> Signed-off-by: Justin Stitt <justinstitt@...gle.com>
I like it! ;)
Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
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Kees Cook
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