linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] EDAC/ghes: Replace deprecated strcpy in ghes_edac_report_mem

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Message-ID: <20251118161643.GFaRyb67ATwXpfHmKb@fat_crate.local>
Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2025 17:16:43 +0100
From: Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@...ux.dev>
Cc: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...nel.org>,
	Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>, linux-edac@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] EDAC/ghes: Replace deprecated strcpy in
 ghes_edac_report_mem_error

On Tue, Nov 18, 2025 at 02:56:22PM +0100, Thorsten Blum wrote:
> strcpy() has been deprecated [1] because it performs no bounds checking
> on the destination buffer, which can lead to buffer overflows. Use the
> safer strscpy() instead.
> 
> Link: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/deprecated.html#strcpy [1]
> Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@...ux.dev>
> ---
> Changes in v2:
> - Update patch description (Boris)
> - Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20251031114607.133523-1-thorsten.blum@linux.dev/
> ---
>  drivers/edac/ghes_edac.c | 7 ++++---
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

Applied, thanks.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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