On Sun, Aug 8, 2021 at 4:50 PM Len Baker <len.baker@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> strcpy() performs no bounds checking on the destination buffer. This
> could result in linear overflows beyond the end of the buffer, leading
> to all kinds of misbehaviors. So, use memcpy() as a safe replacement.
>
> This is a previous step in the path to remove the strcpy() function
> entirely from the kernel.
>
> Signed-off-by: Len Baker <len.baker@xxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@xxxxxxxxx>
i.e. will queue in renesas-devel for v5.15.
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
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