linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] riscv: KGDB: Replace deprecated strcpy in kgdb_arch_handle_qxfer

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Message-ID: <e5c98ef4-40a0-433f-b4e5-3f1bc62a0c21@kernel.org>
Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2025 00:21:34 -0600 (MDT)
From: Paul Walmsley <pjw@...nel.org>
To: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@...ux.dev>
cc: Paul Walmsley <pjw@...nel.org>, Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@...belt.com>, 
    Albert Ou <aou@...s.berkeley.edu>, Alexandre Ghiti <alex@...ti.fr>, 
    WangYuli <wangyuli@...ontech.com>, Huacai Chen <chenhuacai@...nel.org>, 
    linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org, Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@...osinc.com>, 
    linux-riscv@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] riscv: KGDB: Replace deprecated strcpy in
 kgdb_arch_handle_qxfer_pkt

On Sat, 11 Oct 2025, Thorsten Blum wrote:

> strcpy() is deprecated because it can cause a buffer overflow when the
> sizes of the source and the destination are not known at compile time.
> Use strscpy() instead.
> 
> Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/88
> Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@...ux.dev>

Thanks, queued for v6.18-rc fixes.

- Paul