Using strcpy() is a security risk as the destination buffer size is not checked and we may over-run the buffer. Use strncpy() instead, while mentioning the buffer size leaving place for the NULL termination. Signed-off-by: Sudip Mukherjee <sudip@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/staging/fbtft/fbtft_device.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/fbtft/fbtft_device.c b/drivers/staging/fbtft/fbtft_device.c index 0483d33..3856c88 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/fbtft/fbtft_device.c +++ b/drivers/staging/fbtft/fbtft_device.c @@ -1342,7 +1342,8 @@ static int __init fbtft_device_init(void) p_name, p_num); return -EINVAL; } - strcpy(fbtft_device_param_gpios[i].name, p_name); + strncpy(fbtft_device_param_gpios[i].name, p_name, + FBTFT_GPIO_NAME_SIZE - 1); fbtft_device_param_gpios[i++].gpio = (int) val; if (i == MAX_GPIOS) { pr_err(DRVNAME -- 1.9.1 _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel