linux-kernel - [PATCH] initramfs: Replace strcpy() with strscpy() in find

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Message-ID: <20250912064724.1485947-1-thorsten.blum@linux.dev>
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2025 08:47:24 +0200
From: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@...ux.dev>
To: Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>,
	Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
Cc: linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org,
	Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@...ux.dev>,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] initramfs: Replace strcpy() with strscpy() in find_link()

strcpy() is deprecated; use strscpy() instead.

Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/88
Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@...ux.dev>
---
 init/initramfs.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/init/initramfs.c b/init/initramfs.c
index 097673b97784..6745e3fbc7ab 100644
--- a/init/initramfs.c
+++ b/init/initramfs.c
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ static char __init *find_link(int major, int minor, int ino,
 	q->minor = minor;
 	q->ino = ino;
 	q->mode = mode;
-	strcpy(q->name, name);
+	strscpy(q->name, name);
 	q->next = NULL;
 	*p = q;
 	hardlink_seen = true;
-- 
2.51.0