Because the string is zeroed before, it's better to just copy one character less, instead of using strlcpy in this case. This was found using a static code analysis program called cppcheck. Signed-off-by: Rickard Strandqvist <rickard_strandqvist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/cifs/cifsencrypt.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsencrypt.c b/fs/cifs/cifsencrypt.c index 4934347..dcca8b3 100644 --- a/fs/cifs/cifsencrypt.c +++ b/fs/cifs/cifsencrypt.c @@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ int calc_lanman_hash(const char *password, const char *cryptkey, bool encrypt, memset(password_with_pad, 0, CIFS_ENCPWD_SIZE); if (password) - strncpy(password_with_pad, password, CIFS_ENCPWD_SIZE); + strncpy(password_with_pad, password, CIFS_ENCPWD_SIZE - 1); if (!encrypt && global_secflags & CIFSSEC_MAY_PLNTXT) { memcpy(lnm_session_key, password_with_pad, -- 1.7.10.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-cifs" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html