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Message-ID: <20230824090222.10112-B-hca@linux.ibm.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2023 11:02:22 +0200
From: Heiko Carstens <hca@...ux.ibm.com>
To: Justin Stitt <justinstitt@...gle.com>
Cc: Stefan Haberland <sth@...ux.ibm.com>,
Jan Hoeppner <hoeppner@...ux.ibm.com>,
Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>,
Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>, linux-s390@...r.kernel.org,
linux-block@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] partitions/ibm: refactor deprecated strncpy
On Wed, Aug 23, 2023 at 09:24:22PM +0000, Justin Stitt wrote:
> `strncpy` is deprecated [1] and we should favor different interfaces.
>
> A suitable replacement is `strtomem_pad` as it is a more robust and less
> ambiguous interface. In this case, the destination buffer is not
> necessarily NUL-terminated as Heiko points out [2]. Using `strtomem_pad`
> over strncpy means it is now more obvious what is expected of the
> destination buffer: 1) Not necessarily NUL-terminated and 2) padded with
> NUL-bytes
>
> Link: www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/deprecated.html#strncpy-on-nul-terminated-strings[1]
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230823134936.14378-E-hca@linux.ibm.com/ [2]
> Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/90
> Suggested-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
> Cc: linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Justin Stitt <justinstitt@...gle.com>
> ---
> Changes in v2:
> - prefer `strtomem_pad` over `strscpy` (thanks Kees)
> - Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230822-strncpy-block-partitions-cmdline-ibm-v1-1-154dea8f755c@google.com
> ---
> block/partitions/ibm.c | 8 ++++----
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/block/partitions/ibm.c b/block/partitions/ibm.c
> index 403756dbd50d..56c076c5523d 100644
> --- a/block/partitions/ibm.c
> +++ b/block/partitions/ibm.c
> @@ -111,11 +111,11 @@ static int find_label(struct parsed_partitions *state,
> !strcmp(temp, "LNX1") ||
> !strcmp(temp, "CMS1")) {
> if (!strcmp(temp, "VOL1")) {
> - strncpy(type, label->vol.vollbl, 4);
> - strncpy(name, label->vol.volid, 6);
> + strtomem_pad(type, label->vol.vollbl, 4);
> + strtomem_pad(name, label->vol.volid, 6);
> } else {
> - strncpy(type, label->lnx.vollbl, 4);
> - strncpy(name, label->lnx.volid, 6);
> + strtomem_pad(type, label->lnx.vollbl, 4);
> + strtomem_pad(name, label->lnx.volid, 6);
> }
> EBCASC(type, 4);
> EBCASC(name, 6);
This won't compile if find_label() is not inlined due the BUILD_BUG_ON()
within strtomem_pad(). However instead of sending new versions, I think it
would be better to ask Stefan and Jan to have a look at this. I think there
is room for improvement with the string handling besides getting rid of
strncpy().
And they know best the semantics of the (non-)strings.
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