linux-kernel - [PATCH net-next] netfilter: xtables: Use strscpy() instead of strscpy

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Message-ID: <20250318185519.107323-2-thorsten.blum@linux.dev>
Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2025 19:55:19 +0100
From: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@...ux.dev>
To: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>,
	Jozsef Kadlecsik <kadlec@...filter.org>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
	Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
	Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>
Cc: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@...ux.dev>,
	netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org,
	coreteam@...filter.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH net-next] netfilter: xtables: Use strscpy() instead of strscpy_pad()

kzalloc() already zero-initializes the destination buffer, making
strscpy() sufficient for safely copying the name. The additional NUL-
padding performed by strscpy_pad() is unnecessary.

The size parameter is optional, and strscpy() automatically determines
the size of the destination buffer using sizeof() if the argument is
omitted. This makes the explicit sizeof() call unnecessary; remove it.

No functional changes intended.

Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@...ux.dev>
---
 net/netfilter/xt_repldata.h | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/netfilter/xt_repldata.h b/net/netfilter/xt_repldata.h
index 5d1fb7018dba..600060ca940a 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/xt_repldata.h
+++ b/net/netfilter/xt_repldata.h
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 	if (tbl == NULL) \
 		return NULL; \
 	term = (struct type##_error *)&(((char *)tbl)[term_offset]); \
-	strscpy_pad(tbl->repl.name, info->name, sizeof(tbl->repl.name)); \
+	strscpy(tbl->repl.name, info->name); \
 	*term = (struct type##_error)typ2##_ERROR_INIT;  \
 	tbl->repl.valid_hooks = hook_mask; \
 	tbl->repl.num_entries = nhooks + 1; \