Using memcpy() from a string that is shorter than the length copied means the destination buffer is being filled with arbitrary data from the kernel rodata segment. Instead, use strncpy() which will fill the trailing bytes with zeros.
This was found with the future CONFIG_FORTIFY_SOURCE feature. Cc: Daniel Micay <danielmi...@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keesc...@chromium.org> --- drivers/net/ethernet/brocade/bna/bfa_ioc.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/brocade/bna/bfa_ioc.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/brocade/bna/bfa_ioc.c index 0f6811860ad5..a36e38676640 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/brocade/bna/bfa_ioc.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/brocade/bna/bfa_ioc.c @@ -2845,7 +2845,7 @@ bfa_ioc_get_adapter_optrom_ver(struct bfa_ioc *ioc, char *optrom_ver) static void bfa_ioc_get_adapter_manufacturer(struct bfa_ioc *ioc, char *manufacturer) { - memcpy(manufacturer, BFA_MFG_NAME, BFA_ADAPTER_MFG_NAME_LEN); + strncpy(manufacturer, BFA_MFG_NAME, BFA_ADAPTER_MFG_NAME_LEN); } static void -- 2.7.4 -- Kees Cook Pixel Security