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 mdiodev->modalias to be NUL-terminated based on its usage with strcmp(): | return strcmp(mdiodev->modalias, drv->name) == 0; Moreover, mdiodev->modalias is already zero-allocated: | mdiodev = kzalloc(sizeof(*mdiodev), GFP_KERNEL); ... which means the NUL-padding strncpy provides is not necessary. 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. Found with: $ rg "strncpy\(" --- drivers/net/phy/mdio_bus.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/mdio_bus.c b/drivers/net/phy/mdio_bus.c index 25dcaa49ab8b..6cf73c15635b 100644 --- a/drivers/net/phy/mdio_bus.c +++ b/drivers/net/phy/mdio_bus.c @@ -506,7 +506,7 @@ static int mdiobus_create_device(struct mii_bus *bus, if (IS_ERR(mdiodev)) return -ENODEV; - strncpy(mdiodev->modalias, bi->modalias, + strscpy(mdiodev->modalias, bi->modalias, sizeof(mdiodev->modalias)); mdiodev->bus_match = mdio_device_bus_match; mdiodev->dev.platform_data = (void *)bi->platform_data; --- base-commit: cbf3a2cb156a2c911d8f38d8247814b4c07f49a2 change-id: 20231012-strncpy-drivers-net-phy-mdio_bus-c-0a0d5e875712 Best regards, -- Justin Stitt <justinst...@google.com>
