linux-kernel - [PATCH] iio: adc: stm32-adc: replace deprecated strncpy

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Message-ID: <20230921-strncpy-drivers-iio-adc-stm32-adc-c-v1-1-c50eca098597@google.com>
Date:   Thu, 21 Sep 2023 04:54:00 +0000
From:   Justin Stitt <justinstitt@...gle.com>
To:     Jonathan Cameron <jic23@...nel.org>,
        Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@...afoo.de>,
        Maxime Coquelin <mcoquelin.stm32@...il.com>,
        Alexandre Torgue <alexandre.torgue@...s.st.com>
Cc:     linux-iio@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-stm32@...md-mailman.stormreply.com,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org,
        Justin Stitt <justinstitt@...gle.com>
Subject: [PATCH] iio: adc: stm32-adc: replace deprecated strncpy

`strncpy` is deprecated for use on NUL-terminated destination strings [1].

We should prefer more robust and less ambiguous string interfaces.

We expect adc->chan_name[val] to be NUL-terminated based on ch_name's
use within functions that expect NUL-terminated strings like strncmp and
printf-likes:
| 	if (!strncmp(stm32_adc_ic[i].name, ch_name, STM32_ADC_CH_SZ)) {
| 		/* Check internal channel availability */
| 		switch (i) {
| 		case STM32_ADC_INT_CH_VDDCORE:
| 			if (!adc->cfg->regs->or_vddcore.reg)
| 				dev_warn(&indio_dev->dev,
| 					 "%s channel not available\n", ch_name);
...

There is no evidence that NUL-padding is needed either.

Considering the above, a suitable replacement is `strscpy` [2] due to
the fact that it guarantees NUL-termination on the destination buffer
without unnecessarily NUL-padding. If, for any reason, NUL-padding _is_
required we should go for `strscpy_pad`.

Link: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/deprecated.html#strncpy-on-nul-terminated-strings [1]
Link: https://manpages.debian.org/testing/linux-manual-4.8/strscpy.9.en.html [2]
Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/90
Cc: linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Justin Stitt <justinstitt@...gle.com>
---
Note: build-tested
---
 drivers/iio/adc/stm32-adc.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/iio/adc/stm32-adc.c b/drivers/iio/adc/stm32-adc.c
index f7613efb870d..9cdcf396d901 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/adc/stm32-adc.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/adc/stm32-adc.c
@@ -2209,7 +2209,7 @@ static int stm32_adc_generic_chan_init(struct iio_dev *indio_dev,
 				ret = -EINVAL;
 				goto err;
 			}
-			strncpy(adc->chan_name[val], name, STM32_ADC_CH_SZ);
+			strscpy(adc->chan_name[val], name, STM32_ADC_CH_SZ);
 			ret = stm32_adc_populate_int_ch(indio_dev, name, val);
 			if (ret == -ENOENT)
 				continue;

---
base-commit: 2cf0f715623872823a72e451243bbf555d10d032
change-id: 20230921-strncpy-drivers-iio-adc-stm32-adc-c-1bf936a4ffbb

Best regards,
--
Justin Stitt <justinstitt@...gle.com>