`strncpy` is deprecated for use on NUL-terminated destination strings [1]. A suitable replacement is `strscpy` [2] due to the fact that it guarantees NUL-termination on its destination buffer argument which is _not_ the case for `strncpy`! Link: 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 Signed-off-by: Justin Stitt <justinstitt@xxxxxxxxxx> --- Note: build-tested only --- drivers/accel/habanalabs/gaudi/gaudi.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/accel/habanalabs/gaudi/gaudi.c b/drivers/accel/habanalabs/gaudi/gaudi.c index 056e2ef44afb..f175456cdef0 100644 --- a/drivers/accel/habanalabs/gaudi/gaudi.c +++ b/drivers/accel/habanalabs/gaudi/gaudi.c @@ -660,7 +660,7 @@ static int gaudi_set_fixed_properties(struct hl_device *hdev) prop->pcie_dbi_base_address = mmPCIE_DBI_BASE; prop->pcie_aux_dbi_reg_addr = CFG_BASE + mmPCIE_AUX_DBI; - strncpy(prop->cpucp_info.card_name, GAUDI_DEFAULT_CARD_NAME, + strscpy(prop->cpucp_info.card_name, GAUDI_DEFAULT_CARD_NAME, CARD_NAME_MAX_LEN); prop->max_pending_cs = GAUDI_MAX_PENDING_CS; @@ -8000,7 +8000,7 @@ static int gaudi_cpucp_info_get(struct hl_device *hdev) return rc; if (!strlen(prop->cpucp_info.card_name)) - strncpy(prop->cpucp_info.card_name, GAUDI_DEFAULT_CARD_NAME, + strscpy(prop->cpucp_info.card_name, GAUDI_DEFAULT_CARD_NAME, CARD_NAME_MAX_LEN); hdev->card_type = le32_to_cpu(hdev->asic_prop.cpucp_info.card_type); --- base-commit: f9604036a3fb6149badf346994b46b03f9292db7 change-id: 20230824-strncpy-drivers-accel-habanalabs-gaudi-gaudi-c-f0b5814ced38 Best regards, -- Justin Stitt <justinstitt@xxxxxxxxxx>
