On 05.10.2023 00:05:35, Justin Stitt wrote: > `strncpy` is deprecated for use on NUL-terminated destination strings > [1] and as such we should prefer more robust and less ambiguous string > interfaces. > > NUL-padding is not required since card is already zero-initialized: > | card = kzalloc(sizeof(*card), GFP_KERNEL); > > A suitable replacement is `strscpy` [2] due to the fact that it > guarantees NUL-termination on the destination buffer without > unnecessarily NUL-padding. > > Link: https://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> applied to linux-can-next/testing. regards, Marc -- Pengutronix e.K. | Marc Kleine-Budde | Embedded Linux | https://www.pengutronix.de | Vertretung Nürnberg | Phone: +49-5121-206917-129 | Amtsgericht Hildesheim, HRA 2686 | Fax: +49-5121-206917-9 |
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