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Message-ID: <20230911-strncpy-arch-x86-coco-tdx-tdx-c-v1-1-4b38155727f3@google.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2023 18:27:25 +0000
From: Justin Stitt <justinstitt@...gle.com>
To: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>, x86@...nel.org,
"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org,
Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>,
Justin Stitt <justinstitt@...gle.com>
Subject: [PATCH] x86/tdx: refactor deprecated strncpy
`strncpy` is deprecated and we should prefer more robust string apis.
In this case, `message.str` is not expected to be NUL-terminated as it
is simply a buffer of characters residing in a union which allows for
named fields representing 8 bytes each. There is only one caller of
`tdx_panic()` and they use a 59-length string for `msg`:
| const char *msg = "TD misconfiguration: SEPT_VE_DISABLE attribute must be set.";
Given all this information, let's use `strtomem_pad` as this matches the
functionality of `strncpy` in this instances whilst being a more robust
and easier to understand interface.
Link: www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/deprecated.html#strncpy-on-nul-terminated-strings[1]
Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/90
Cc: linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Cc: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>
Signed-off-by: Justin Stitt <justinstitt@...gle.com>
---
Note: build-tested
---
arch/x86/coco/tdx/tdx.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/coco/tdx/tdx.c b/arch/x86/coco/tdx/tdx.c
index 1d6b863c42b0..2e1be592c220 100644
--- a/arch/x86/coco/tdx/tdx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/coco/tdx/tdx.c
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ static void __noreturn tdx_panic(const char *msg)
} message;
/* VMM assumes '\0' in byte 65, if the message took all 64 bytes */
- strncpy(message.str, msg, 64);
+ strtomem_pad(message.str, msg, '\0');
args.r8 = message.r8;
args.r9 = message.r9;
---
base-commit: 2dde18cd1d8fac735875f2e4987f11817cc0bc2c
change-id: 20230911-strncpy-arch-x86-coco-tdx-tdx-c-98b0b966bb8d
Best regards,
--
Justin Stitt <justinstitt@...gle.com>
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