linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RESEND] ecryptfs: Replace memcpy + NUL termination in ecryptfs_new_file

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Message-ID: <aUr7cX-QULAhQ1oF@yaupon>
Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2025 14:28:33 -0600
From: Tyler Hicks <code@...icks.com>
To: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@...ux.dev>
Cc: Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>,
	Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>,
	Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...nel.org>, ecryptfs@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH RESEND] ecryptfs: Replace memcpy + NUL termination in
 ecryptfs_new_file_context

On 2025-12-19 22:32:33, Thorsten Blum wrote:
> Use strscpy() to copy the NUL-terminated '->global_default_cipher_name'
> to the destination buffer instead of using memcpy() followed by a manual
> NUL termination. Remove the now-unused local variable 'cipher_name_len'.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@...ux.dev>

Thanks for the cleanup!

Acked-by: Tyler Hicks <code@...icks.com>

Tyler

> ---
>  fs/ecryptfs/crypto.c | 9 ++-------
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/crypto.c b/fs/ecryptfs/crypto.c
> index 260f8a4938b0..5d9ec4a1e12d 100644
> --- a/fs/ecryptfs/crypto.c
> +++ b/fs/ecryptfs/crypto.c
> @@ -678,7 +678,6 @@ int ecryptfs_new_file_context(struct inode *ecryptfs_inode)
>  	struct ecryptfs_mount_crypt_stat *mount_crypt_stat =
>  	    &ecryptfs_superblock_to_private(
>  		    ecryptfs_inode->i_sb)->mount_crypt_stat;
> -	int cipher_name_len;
>  	int rc = 0;
>  
>  	ecryptfs_set_default_crypt_stat_vals(crypt_stat, mount_crypt_stat);
> @@ -692,12 +691,8 @@ int ecryptfs_new_file_context(struct inode *ecryptfs_inode)
>  		       "to the inode key sigs; rc = [%d]\n", rc);
>  		goto out;
>  	}
> -	cipher_name_len =
> -		strlen(mount_crypt_stat->global_default_cipher_name);
> -	memcpy(crypt_stat->cipher,
> -	       mount_crypt_stat->global_default_cipher_name,
> -	       cipher_name_len);
> -	crypt_stat->cipher[cipher_name_len] = '\0';
> +	strscpy(crypt_stat->cipher,
> +		mount_crypt_stat->global_default_cipher_name);
>  	crypt_stat->key_size =
>  		mount_crypt_stat->global_default_cipher_key_size;
>  	ecryptfs_generate_new_key(crypt_stat);
> -- 
> Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@...ux.dev>
> GPG: 1D60 735E 8AEF 3BE4 73B6  9D84 7336 78FD 8DFE EAD4
>