To prevent errors from occurring when the src string is longer than the dst string in strcpy(), we should use strscpy() instead. This approach also facilitates future extensions to the task comm. Signed-off-by: Yafang Shao <laoar.shao@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@xxxxxxxxxx> --- net/ipv6/ndisc.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/net/ipv6/ndisc.c b/net/ipv6/ndisc.c index 254b192c5705..bf969a4773c0 100644 --- a/net/ipv6/ndisc.c +++ b/net/ipv6/ndisc.c @@ -1942,7 +1942,7 @@ static void ndisc_warn_deprecated_sysctl(const struct ctl_table *ctl, static char warncomm[TASK_COMM_LEN]; static int warned; if (strcmp(warncomm, current->comm) && warned < 5) { - strcpy(warncomm, current->comm); + strscpy(warncomm, current->comm, sizeof(warncomm)); pr_warn("process `%s' is using deprecated sysctl (%s) net.ipv6.neigh.%s.%s - use net.ipv6.neigh.%s.%s_ms instead\n", warncomm, func, dev_name, ctl->procname, -- 2.43.5