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Message-ID: <202310091134.67A4236E@keescook>
Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2023 11:34:27 -0700
From: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To: Justin Stitt <justinstitt@...gle.com>
Cc: Hauke Mehrtens <hauke@...ke-m.de>, Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com>,
"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: dsa: lantiq_gswip: replace deprecated strncpy with
ethtool_sprintf
On Mon, Oct 09, 2023 at 06:24:20PM +0000, Justin Stitt wrote:
> `strncpy` is deprecated for use on NUL-terminated destination strings
> [1] and as such we should prefer more robust and less ambiguous string
> interfaces.
>
> ethtool_sprintf() is designed specifically for get_strings() usage.
> Let's replace strncpy in favor of this more robust and easier to
> understand interface.
>
> 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 only.
> ---
> drivers/net/dsa/lantiq_gswip.c | 3 +--
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/dsa/lantiq_gswip.c b/drivers/net/dsa/lantiq_gswip.c
> index 3c76a1a14aee..d60bc2e37701 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/dsa/lantiq_gswip.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/dsa/lantiq_gswip.c
> @@ -1759,8 +1759,7 @@ static void gswip_get_strings(struct dsa_switch *ds, int port, u32 stringset,
> return;
>
> for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(gswip_rmon_cnt); i++)
> - strncpy(data + i * ETH_GSTRING_LEN, gswip_rmon_cnt[i].name,
> - ETH_GSTRING_LEN);
> + ethtool_sprintf(&data, "%s", gswip_rmon_cnt[i].name);
Sorry, I read too fast: this should be "data", not "&data", yeah?
-Kees
> }
>
> static u32 gswip_bcm_ram_entry_read(struct gswip_priv *priv, u32 table,
>
> ---
> base-commit: cbf3a2cb156a2c911d8f38d8247814b4c07f49a2
> change-id: 20231005-strncpy-drivers-net-dsa-lantiq_gswip-c-ece909a364f7
>
> Best regards,
> --
> Justin Stitt <justinstitt@...gle.com>
>
>
--
Kees Cook
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