On Mon, Sep 18, 2023 at 01:34:08PM +0000, Justin Stitt wrote: > `strncpy` is deprecated for use on NUL-terminated destination strings [1]. > > We should prefer more robust and less ambiguous string interfaces. > > A suitable replacement is `strscpy_pad` due to the fact that it > guarantees NUL-termination on the destination buffer whilst maintaining > the NUL-padding behavior that strncpy provides. > > Link: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/deprecated.html#strncpy-on-nul-terminated-strings [1] > Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/90 > Cc: linux-hardening@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Cc: Bo YU <tsu.yubo@xxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Justin Stitt <justinstitt@xxxxxxxxxx> Looks good to me now. Thanks! Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> (Though again if you need a v3, making the Subject more specific would be nice, "...: Replace strncpy with strscpy_pad" -Kees -- Kees Cook
