By using strncpy() if the source string does not have a null byte in the first n bytes, then the destination string is not null-terminated. This can be fixed in a two-step process by manually null-terminating the array after the use of strncpy() or by using strlcpy(). Signed-off-by: Dimitris Papastamos <dp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- sound/soc/soc-core.c | 4 ++-- 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/sound/soc/soc-core.c b/sound/soc/soc-core.c index fd284a7..e586616 100644 --- a/sound/soc/soc-core.c +++ b/sound/soc/soc-core.c @@ -3202,7 +3202,7 @@ static inline char *fmt_single_name(struct device *dev, int *id) if (dev_name(dev) == NULL) return NULL; - strncpy(name, dev_name(dev), NAME_SIZE); + strlcpy(name, dev_name(dev), NAME_SIZE); /* are we a "%s.%d" name (platform and SPI components) */ found = strstr(name, dev->driver->name); @@ -3225,7 +3225,7 @@ static inline char *fmt_single_name(struct device *dev, int *id) /* sanitize component name for DAI link creation */ snprintf(tmp, NAME_SIZE, "%s.%s", dev->driver->name, name); - strncpy(name, tmp, NAME_SIZE); + strlcpy(name, tmp, NAME_SIZE); } else *id = 0; } -- 1.7.3.3 _______________________________________________ Alsa-devel mailing list Alsa-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://mailman.alsa-project.org/mailman/listinfo/alsa-devel