linux-kernel - [PATCH] x86/cpu/intel: replace deprecated strcpy with strscpy

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Message-ID: <20250507185459.8769-1-rubenru09@aol.com>
Date: Wed,  7 May 2025 19:51:36 +0100
From: Ruben Wauters <rubenru09@....com>
To: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
	Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
	x86@...nel.org
Cc: Ruben Wauters <rubenru09@....com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] x86/cpu/intel: replace deprecated strcpy with strscpy

strcpy is deprecated due to lack of bounds checking.
This patch replaces strcpy with strscpy, the recommended alternative for
null terminated strings, to follow best practices.

Signed-off-by: Ruben Wauters <rubenru09@....com>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c
index 584dd55bf739..b49bba30434d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c
@@ -607,7 +607,7 @@ static void init_intel(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
 		}
 
 		if (p)
-			strcpy(c->x86_model_id, p);
+			strscpy(c->x86_model_id, p);
 	}
 #endif
 
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