`strncpy` is deprecated for use on NUL-terminated destination strings [1] and as such we should prefer more robust and less ambiguous string interfaces. `lc` is already zero-allocated: | lc = kzalloc(sizeof(*lc), GFP_KERNEL); ... as such, any future NUL-padding is superfluous. A suitable replacement is `strscpy` [2] due to the fact that it guarantees NUL-termination on the destination buffer without unnecessarily NUL-padding. Let's also go with the more idiomatic `dest, src, sizeof(dest)` pattern for destination buffers that the compiler can calculate the size for. 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@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Justin Stitt <justinstitt@xxxxxxxxxx> --- Note: build-tested only. --- drivers/md/dm-log-userspace-base.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-log-userspace-base.c b/drivers/md/dm-log-userspace-base.c index 5aace6ee6d47..7e4f27e86150 100644 --- a/drivers/md/dm-log-userspace-base.c +++ b/drivers/md/dm-log-userspace-base.c @@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ static int userspace_ctr(struct dm_dirty_log *log, struct dm_target *ti, lc->usr_argc = argc; - strncpy(lc->uuid, argv[0], DM_UUID_LEN); + strscpy(lc->uuid, argv[0], sizeof(lc->uuid)); argc--; argv++; spin_lock_init(&lc->flush_lock); --- base-commit: 6465e260f48790807eef06b583b38ca9789b6072 change-id: 20230925-strncpy-drivers-md-dm-log-userspace-base-c-857579d9834f Best regards, -- Justin Stitt <justinstitt@xxxxxxxxxx> -- dm-devel mailing list dm-devel@xxxxxxxxxx https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/dm-devel
