`strncpy` is deprecated for use on NUL-terminated destination strings [1] and as such we should prefer more robust and less ambiguous string interfaces.
We expect netdev->name to be NUL-terminated based on its use with format strings and dev_info(): | dev_info(&adapter->pdev->dev, | "%s link is up %d Mbps %s\n", | netdev->name, adapter->link_speed, | adapter->link_duplex == FULL_DUPLEX ? | "full duplex" : "half duplex"); Furthermore, NUL-padding is not required as netdev is already zero-initialized through alloc_etherdev(). Considering the above, a suitable replacement is `strscpy` [2] due to the fact that it guarantees NUL-termination on the destination buffer without unnecessarily NUL-padding. Link: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/deprecated.html#strncpy-on-nul-terminated-strings [1] Link: https://manpages.debian.org/testing/linux-manual-4.8/strscpy.9.en.html [2] Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/90 Cc: linux-hardening@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Justin Stitt <justinst...@google.com> --- Note: build-tested only. --- drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atlx/atl2.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atlx/atl2.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atlx/atl2.c index 1b487c071cb6..bcfc9488125b 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atlx/atl2.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atlx/atl2.c @@ -1377,7 +1377,7 @@ static int atl2_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent) netdev->watchdog_timeo = 5 * HZ; netdev->min_mtu = 40; netdev->max_mtu = ETH_DATA_LEN + VLAN_HLEN; - strncpy(netdev->name, pci_name(pdev), sizeof(netdev->name) - 1); + strscpy(netdev->name, pci_name(pdev), sizeof(netdev->name)); netdev->mem_start = mmio_start; netdev->mem_end = mmio_start + mmio_len; --- base-commit: cbf3a2cb156a2c911d8f38d8247814b4c07f49a2 change-id: 20231005-strncpy-drivers-net-ethernet-atheros-atlx-atl2-c-d876945d6341 Best regards, -- Justin Stitt <justinst...@google.com>
