linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 6/7] netfilter: x_tables: refactor deprecated strncpy

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Message-ID: <202308081702.2F681E0E@keescook>
Date:   Tue, 8 Aug 2023 17:04:40 -0700
From:   Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To:     Justin Stitt <justinstitt@...gle.com>
Cc:     Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>,
        Jozsef Kadlecsik <kadlec@...filter.org>,
        Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org, netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org,
        coreteam@...filter.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/7] netfilter: x_tables: refactor deprecated strncpy

On Tue, Aug 08, 2023 at 10:48:11PM +0000, Justin Stitt wrote:
> Prefer `strscpy` to `strncpy` for use on NUL-terminated destination
> buffers.
> 
> This fixes a potential bug due to the fact that both `t->u.user.name`
> and `name` share the same size.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Justin Stitt <justinstitt@...gle.com>
> 
> ---
> Here's an example of what happens when dest and src share same size:
> |  #define MAXLEN 5
> |  char dest[MAXLEN];
> |  const char *src = "hello";
> |  strncpy(dest, src, MAXLEN); // -> should use strscpy()
> |  // dest is now not NUL-terminated
> ---
>  net/netfilter/x_tables.c | 5 ++---
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/net/netfilter/x_tables.c b/net/netfilter/x_tables.c
> index 470282cf3fae..714a38ec9055 100644
> --- a/net/netfilter/x_tables.c
> +++ b/net/netfilter/x_tables.c
> @@ -768,7 +768,7 @@ void xt_compat_match_from_user(struct xt_entry_match *m, void **dstptr,
>  	m->u.user.match_size = msize;
>  	strscpy(name, match->name, sizeof(name));
>  	module_put(match->me);
> -	strncpy(m->u.user.name, name, sizeof(m->u.user.name));
> +	strscpy(m->u.user.name, name, sizeof(m->u.user.name));

Two hints here are that this is dealing with user-space memory copies, so
NUL-padding is needed (i.e. don't leak memory contents), and immediately
above is a strscpy() already, which means there is likely some reason
strncpy() is needed (i.e.  padding).

-- 
Kees Cook