linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] kdb: replace deprecated strncpy

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Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2024 10:46:50 -0700
From: Justin Stitt <justinstitt@...gle.com>
To: Daniel Thompson <daniel.thompson@...aro.org>
Cc: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@...driver.com>, Douglas Anderson <dianders@...omium.org>, 
	kgdb-bugreport@...ts.sourceforge.net, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 
	linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kdb: replace deprecated strncpy

On Wed, Apr 3, 2024 at 4:23 AM Daniel Thompson
<daniel.thompson@...aro.org> wrote:
> > -                     strncpy(cp, p_tmp+len, len_tmp-len + 1);
> > +                     memcpy(cp, p_tmp+len, len_tmp-len + 1);
>
> Roughly the same question here. The original coded is obviously wrong
> so trusting it did the boundary checks properly seems unwise.
>
> Are you sure it is OK to make this copy with checking against bufend?
>

I am going to revisit this and find a better solution. Thanks Daniel.

>
> Daniel.