linux-kernel - [PATCH] apparmor: Replace deprecated strcpy in d_namespace

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Message-ID: <20251016174914.80831-2-thorsten.blum@linux.dev>
Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2025 19:49:15 +0200
From: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@...ux.dev>
To: John Johansen <john.johansen@...onical.com>,
	Paul Moore <paul@...l-moore.com>,
	James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>,
	"Serge E. Hallyn" <serge@...lyn.com>
Cc: linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org,
	Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@...ux.dev>,
	apparmor@...ts.ubuntu.com,
	linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] apparmor: Replace deprecated strcpy in d_namespace_path

strcpy() is deprecated; replace it with a direct '/' assignment. The
buffer is already NUL-terminated, so there is no need to copy an
additional NUL terminator as strcpy() did.

Update the comment and add the local variable 'is_root' for clarity.

Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/88
Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@...ux.dev>
---
 security/apparmor/path.c | 13 ++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/security/apparmor/path.c b/security/apparmor/path.c
index d6c74c357ffd..65a0ca5cc1bd 100644
--- a/security/apparmor/path.c
+++ b/security/apparmor/path.c
@@ -164,12 +164,15 @@ static int d_namespace_path(const struct path *path, char *buf, char **name,
 	}
 
 out:
-	/*
-	 * Append "/" to the pathname.  The root directory is a special
-	 * case; it already ends in slash.
+	/* Append "/" to directory paths, except for root "/" which
+	 * already ends in a slash.
 	 */
-	if (!error && isdir && ((*name)[1] != '\0' || (*name)[0] != '/'))
-		strcpy(&buf[aa_g_path_max - 2], "/");
+	if (!error && isdir) {
+		bool is_root = (*name)[0] == '/' && (*name)[1] == '\0';
+
+		if (!is_root)
+			buf[aa_g_path_max - 2] = '/';
+	}
 
 	return error;
 }
-- 
2.51.0