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 partition_name to be NUL-terminated based on its usage with format strings: | dev_info(hostdata->dev, "host srp version: %s, " | "host partition %s (%d), OS %d, max io %u\n", | hostdata->madapter_info.srp_version, | hostdata->madapter_info.partition_name, | be32_to_cpu(hostdata->madapter_info.partition_number), | be32_to_cpu(hostdata->madapter_info.os_type), | be32_to_cpu(hostdata->madapter_info.port_max_txu[0])); ... | len = snprintf(buf, PAGE_SIZE, "%s\n", | hostdata->madapter_info.partition_name); Moreover, NUL-padding is not required as madapter_info is explicitly memset to 0: | memset(&hostdata->madapter_info, 0x00, | sizeof(hostdata->madapter_info)); 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-harden...@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Justin Stitt <justinst...@google.com> --- Note: build-tested only. Found with: $ rg "strncpy\(" --- drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvscsi.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvscsi.c b/drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvscsi.c index 59599299615d..71f3e9563520 100644 --- a/drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvscsi.c +++ b/drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvscsi.c @@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ static void set_adapter_info(struct ibmvscsi_host_data *hostdata) dev_info(hostdata->dev, "SRP_VERSION: %s\n", SRP_VERSION); strcpy(hostdata->madapter_info.srp_version, SRP_VERSION); - strncpy(hostdata->madapter_info.partition_name, partition_name, + strscpy(hostdata->madapter_info.partition_name, partition_name, sizeof(hostdata->madapter_info.partition_name)); hostdata->madapter_info.partition_number = --- base-commit: ffc253263a1375a65fa6c9f62a893e9767fbebfa change-id: 20231030-strncpy-drivers-scsi-ibmvscsi-ibmvscsi-c-3b5019ce50ad Best regards, -- Justin Stitt <justinst...@google.com>
