`strncpy` is deprecated for use on NUL-terminated destination strings [1]. We know `hw.partname` is supposed to be NUL-terminated by its later use with seq_printf: | nitrox_debugfs.c +25 | seq_printf(s, " Part Name: %s\n", ndev->hw.partname); Let's prefer a more robust and less ambiguous string interface. A suitable replacement is `strscpy` [2] due to the fact that it guarantees NUL-termination on the destination buffer. 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> --- Note: build-tested only. --- drivers/crypto/cavium/nitrox/nitrox_hal.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/crypto/cavium/nitrox/nitrox_hal.c b/drivers/crypto/cavium/nitrox/nitrox_hal.c index 13b137410b75..1b5abdb6cc5e 100644 --- a/drivers/crypto/cavium/nitrox/nitrox_hal.c +++ b/drivers/crypto/cavium/nitrox/nitrox_hal.c @@ -647,7 +647,7 @@ void nitrox_get_hwinfo(struct nitrox_device *ndev) ndev->hw.revision_id); /* copy partname */ - strncpy(ndev->hw.partname, name, sizeof(ndev->hw.partname)); + strscpy(ndev->hw.partname, name, sizeof(ndev->hw.partname)); } void enable_pf2vf_mbox_interrupts(struct nitrox_device *ndev) --- base-commit: 2dde18cd1d8fac735875f2e4987f11817cc0bc2c change-id: 20230913-strncpy-drivers-crypto-cavium-nitrox-nitrox_hal-c-f6c97c7af0b4 Best regards, -- Justin Stitt <justinstitt@xxxxxxxxxx>
