netdev - Re: [PATCH] netfilter: fix buffer null termination

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Date:	Mon, 13 Jun 2016 21:07:19 +0530
From:	Kishan Sandeep <sandeepkishan108@...il.com>
To:	pablo@...filter.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] netfilter: fix buffer null termination

+ netdev

On Sat, Jun 11, 2016 at 10:18 AM, Kishan Sandeep
<sandeepkishan108@...il.com> wrote:
> strncpy generally perferable fo non-terminated
> fixed-width strings. For NULL termination strlcpy
> is preferrable.
>
> Signed-off-by: Kishan Sandeep <sandeepkishan108@...il.com>
> ---
>  net/netfilter/xt_repldata.h |    2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/net/netfilter/xt_repldata.h b/net/netfilter/xt_repldata.h
> index 8fd3241..a460211 100644
> --- a/net/netfilter/xt_repldata.h
> +++ b/net/netfilter/xt_repldata.h
> @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
>         if (tbl == NULL) \
>                 return NULL; \
>         term = (struct type##_error *)&(((char *)tbl)[term_offset]); \
> -       strncpy(tbl->repl.name, info->name, sizeof(tbl->repl.name)); \
> +       strlcpy(tbl->repl.name, info->name, sizeof(tbl->repl.name)); \
>         *term = (struct type##_error)typ2##_ERROR_INIT;  \
>         tbl->repl.valid_hooks = hook_mask; \
>         tbl->repl.num_entries = nhooks + 1; \
> --
> 1.7.9.5
>