`strncpy` is deprecated for use on NUL-terminated destination strings [1] and as such we should prefer more robust and less ambiguous string interfaces.
A suitable replacement is `strscpy` [2] due to the fact that it guarantees NUL-termination on the destination buffer without unnecessarily NUL-padding. host_info allocation is done in ena_com_allocate_host_info() via dma_alloc_coherent() and is not zero initialized by alloc_etherdev_mq(). However zero initialization of the destination doesn't matter in this case, because strscpy() guarantees a NULL termination. 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> --- Changes in v2: - update commit message, dropping inaccurate statement about allocation (thanks Arthur) - copy/paste Arthur's explanation regarding host_info allocation into - rebased onto mainline - Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231005-strncpy-drivers-net-ethernet-amazon-ena-ena_netdev-c-v1-1-ba4879974...@google.com --- Note: build-tested only. --- drivers/net/ethernet/amazon/ena/ena_netdev.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/amazon/ena/ena_netdev.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/amazon/ena/ena_netdev.c index b5bca4814830..4a41efcc996b 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/amazon/ena/ena_netdev.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/amazon/ena/ena_netdev.c @@ -3276,8 +3276,8 @@ static void ena_config_host_info(struct ena_com_dev *ena_dev, struct pci_dev *pd strscpy(host_info->kernel_ver_str, utsname()->version, sizeof(host_info->kernel_ver_str) - 1); host_info->os_dist = 0; - strncpy(host_info->os_dist_str, utsname()->release, - sizeof(host_info->os_dist_str) - 1); + strscpy(host_info->os_dist_str, utsname()->release, + sizeof(host_info->os_dist_str)); host_info->driver_version = (DRV_MODULE_GEN_MAJOR) | (DRV_MODULE_GEN_MINOR << ENA_ADMIN_HOST_INFO_MINOR_SHIFT) | --- base-commit: bee0e7762ad2c6025b9f5245c040fcc36ef2bde8 change-id: 20231005-strncpy-drivers-net-ethernet-amazon-ena-ena_netdev-c-6c4804466aa7 Best regards, -- Justin Stitt <justinst...@google.com>
