linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3] kconfig/lxdialog: replace strcpy() with strncpy() in inputbox.c

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Message-ID: <aIZ7sDZdHAOg2cf_@fjasle.eu>
Date: Sun, 27 Jul 2025 21:19:12 +0200
From: Nicolas Schier <nicolas.schier@...ux.dev>
To: Suchit Karunakaran <suchitkarunakaran@...il.com>
Cc: masahiroy@...nel.org, linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org,
	skhan@...uxfoundation.org, linux-kernel-mentees@...ts.linux.dev,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] kconfig/lxdialog: replace strcpy() with strncpy() in
 inputbox.c

On Sun, Jul 27, 2025 at 10:14:33PM +0530 Suchit Karunakaran wrote:
> strcpy() performs no bounds checking and can lead to buffer overflows if
> the input string exceeds the destination buffer size. This patch replaces
> it with strncpy(), and null terminates the input string.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Suchit Karunakaran <suchitkarunakaran@...il.com>
> ---
>  scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/inputbox.c | 6 ++++--
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Reviewed-by: Nicolas Schier <nicolas.schier@...ux.dev>

thanks for your contribution!

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Kind regards,
Nicolas

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