`strncpy` is deprecated for use on NUL-terminated destination strings [1]. We should prefer more robust and less ambiguous string interfaces. A suitable replacement is `strscpy` [2] due to the fact that it guarantees NUL-termination on the destination buffer without unnecessarily NUL-padding since `buf` is already zero-initialized. 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> --- drivers/hwmon/ibmpowernv.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/ibmpowernv.c b/drivers/hwmon/ibmpowernv.c index 594254d6a72d..57d829dbcda6 100644 --- a/drivers/hwmon/ibmpowernv.c +++ b/drivers/hwmon/ibmpowernv.c @@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ static int get_sensor_index_attr(const char *name, u32 *index, char *attr) if (copy_len >= sizeof(buf)) return -EINVAL; - strncpy(buf, hash_pos + 1, copy_len); + strscpy(buf, hash_pos + 1, copy_len); err = kstrtou32(buf, 10, index); if (err) --- base-commit: 3669558bdf354cd352be955ef2764cde6a9bf5ec change-id: 20230914-strncpy-drivers-hwmon-ibmpowernv-c-80a03f16d93a Best regards, -- Justin Stitt <justinstitt@xxxxxxxxxx>
