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Message-ID: <176762553877.510.3060286115582642750.tip-bot2@tip-bot2>
Date: Mon, 05 Jan 2026 15:05:38 -0000
From: "tip-bot2 for Thorsten Blum" <tip-bot2@...utronix.de>
To: linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@...ux.dev>,
 "Borislav Petkov (AMD)" <bp@...en8.de>, x86@...nel.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [tip: x86/cleanups] x86/platform/olpc: Replace strcpy() with
 strscpy() in xo15_sci_add()

The following commit has been merged into the x86/cleanups branch of tip:

Commit-ID:     c957072d44a735ebbe8385fc3511a4f5e6ccea93
Gitweb:        https://git.kernel.org/tip/c957072d44a735ebbe8385fc3511a4f5e6ccea93
Author:        Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@...ux.dev>
AuthorDate:    Mon, 24 Nov 2025 13:54:53 +01:00
Committer:     Borislav Petkov (AMD) <bp@...en8.de>
CommitterDate: Mon, 05 Jan 2026 15:58:57 +01:00

x86/platform/olpc: Replace strcpy() with strscpy() in xo15_sci_add()

strcpy() has been deprecated¹ because it performs no bounds checking on the
destination buffer, which can lead to buffer overflows. Use the safer
strscpy() instead.

  ¹ https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/deprecated.html#strcpy

Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@...ux.dev>
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) <bp@...en8.de>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251124125455.5495-2-thorsten.blum@linux.dev
---
 arch/x86/platform/olpc/olpc-xo15-sci.c | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/platform/olpc/olpc-xo15-sci.c b/arch/x86/platform/olpc/olpc-xo15-sci.c
index 68244a3..82c51b6 100644
--- a/arch/x86/platform/olpc/olpc-xo15-sci.c
+++ b/arch/x86/platform/olpc/olpc-xo15-sci.c
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 #include <linux/device.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/string.h>
 #include <linux/workqueue.h>
 #include <linux/power_supply.h>
 #include <linux/olpc-ec.h>
@@ -144,8 +145,8 @@ static int xo15_sci_add(struct acpi_device *device)
 	if (!device)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	strcpy(acpi_device_name(device), XO15_SCI_DEVICE_NAME);
-	strcpy(acpi_device_class(device), XO15_SCI_CLASS);
+	strscpy(acpi_device_name(device), XO15_SCI_DEVICE_NAME);
+	strscpy(acpi_device_class(device), XO15_SCI_CLASS);
 
 	/* Get GPE bit assignment (EC events). */
 	status = acpi_evaluate_integer(device->handle, "_GPE", NULL, &tmp);