`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/gaudi2/gaudi2.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/accel/habanalabs/gaudi2/gaudi2.c b/drivers/accel/habanalabs/gaudi2/gaudi2.c index 20c4583f12b0..755b2d92357d 100644 --- a/drivers/accel/habanalabs/gaudi2/gaudi2.c +++ b/drivers/accel/habanalabs/gaudi2/gaudi2.c @@ -2431,7 +2431,7 @@ static int gaudi2_set_fixed_properties(struct hl_device *hdev) prop->pcie_dbi_base_address = CFG_BASE + mmPCIE_DBI_BASE; prop->pcie_aux_dbi_reg_addr = CFG_BASE + mmPCIE_AUX_DBI; - strncpy(prop->cpucp_info.card_name, GAUDI2_DEFAULT_CARD_NAME, CARD_NAME_MAX_LEN); + strscpy(prop->cpucp_info.card_name, GAUDI2_DEFAULT_CARD_NAME, CARD_NAME_MAX_LEN); prop->mme_master_slave_mode = 1; @@ -2884,7 +2884,7 @@ static int gaudi2_cpucp_info_get(struct hl_device *hdev) } if (!strlen(prop->cpucp_info.card_name)) - strncpy(prop->cpucp_info.card_name, GAUDI2_DEFAULT_CARD_NAME, CARD_NAME_MAX_LEN); + strscpy(prop->cpucp_info.card_name, GAUDI2_DEFAULT_CARD_NAME, CARD_NAME_MAX_LEN); /* Overwrite binning masks with the actual binning values from F/W */ hdev->dram_binning = prop->cpucp_info.dram_binning_mask; --- base-commit: f9604036a3fb6149badf346994b46b03f9292db7 change-id: 20230824-strncpy-drivers-accel-habanalabs-gaudi2-gaudi2-c-0b3f717bee12 Best regards, -- Justin Stitt <justinstitt@xxxxxxxxxx>
