linux-kernel - [PATCH] net: rds: replace strncpy with memcpy

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Message-ID: <20250408194153.6570-1-pranav.tyagi03@gmail.com>
Date: Wed,  9 Apr 2025 01:11:53 +0530
From: Pranav Tyagi <pranav.tyagi03@...il.com>
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Cc: Pranav Tyagi <pranav.tyagi03@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH] net: rds: replace strncpy with memcpy

Replace deprecated strncpy() function with memcpy()
as the destination buffer is length bounded 
and not required to be NUL-terminated 

Signed-off-by: Pranav Tyagi <pranav.tyagi03@...il.com>
---
 net/rds/connection.c | 6 ++----
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/rds/connection.c b/net/rds/connection.c
index c749c5525b40..3718c3edb32e 100644
--- a/net/rds/connection.c
+++ b/net/rds/connection.c
@@ -749,8 +749,7 @@ static int rds_conn_info_visitor(struct rds_conn_path *cp, void *buffer)
 	cinfo->laddr = conn->c_laddr.s6_addr32[3];
 	cinfo->faddr = conn->c_faddr.s6_addr32[3];
 	cinfo->tos = conn->c_tos;
-	strncpy(cinfo->transport, conn->c_trans->t_name,
-		sizeof(cinfo->transport));
+	memcpy(cinfo->transport, conn->c_trans->t_name, min(sizeof(cinfo->transport), strnlen(conn->c_trans->t_name, sizeof(cinfo->transport))));
 	cinfo->flags = 0;
 
 	rds_conn_info_set(cinfo->flags, test_bit(RDS_IN_XMIT, &cp->cp_flags),
@@ -775,8 +774,7 @@ static int rds6_conn_info_visitor(struct rds_conn_path *cp, void *buffer)
 	cinfo6->next_rx_seq = cp->cp_next_rx_seq;
 	cinfo6->laddr = conn->c_laddr;
 	cinfo6->faddr = conn->c_faddr;
-	strncpy(cinfo6->transport, conn->c_trans->t_name,
-		sizeof(cinfo6->transport));
+	memcpy(cinfo6->transport, conn->c_trans->t_name, min(sizeof(cinfo6->transport), strnlen(conn->c_trans->t_name, sizeof(cinfo6->transport))));
 	cinfo6->flags = 0;
 
 	rds_conn_info_set(cinfo6->flags, test_bit(RDS_IN_XMIT, &cp->cp_flags),
-- 
2.49.0