On Mon, Sep 25, 2023 at 03:43:23AM +0000, Justin Stitt wrote: > `strncpy` is deprecated for use on NUL-terminated destination strings [1]. > > Let's refactor this kcalloc() + strncpy() into a kmemdup_nul() which has > more obvious behavior and is less error prone. > > Link: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/deprecated.html#strncpy-on-nul-terminated-strings [1] > Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/90 > Cc: linux-hardening@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Signed-off-by: Justin Stitt <justinstitt@xxxxxxxxxx> > --- > Changes in v4: > - drop +1 from length arg (thanks Kees) > - reword subject line (thanks Kees) > - rebase onto 6465e260f4879080 > - Link to v3: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230921-strncpy-drivers-hwmon-acpi_power_meter-c-v3-1-307552c6ec3f@xxxxxxxxxx > > Changes in v3: > - refactor to use kmemdup_nul() (thanks Thomas and Kees) > - change commit msg to reflect ^ > - rebase onto 2cf0f71562387282 > - Link to v2: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230919-strncpy-drivers-hwmon-acpi_power_meter-c-v2-1-8348432d6442@xxxxxxxxxx > > Changes in v2: > - use memcpy over strscpy (thanks Kees) > - Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230914-strncpy-drivers-hwmon-acpi_power_meter-c-v1-1-905297479fe8@xxxxxxxxxx > --- > drivers/hwmon/acpi_power_meter.c | 5 ++--- > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/acpi_power_meter.c b/drivers/hwmon/acpi_power_meter.c > index fa28d447f0df..c13b5c8a0433 100644 > --- a/drivers/hwmon/acpi_power_meter.c > +++ b/drivers/hwmon/acpi_power_meter.c > @@ -796,14 +796,13 @@ static int read_capabilities(struct acpi_power_meter_resource *resource) > goto error; > } > > - *str = kcalloc(element->string.length + 1, sizeof(u8), > - GFP_KERNEL); > + *str = kmemdup_nul(element->string.pointer, element->string.length, > + GFP_KERNEL); This whitespace looks weird -- I'd expect this to line up with "element", like this: > + *str = kmemdup_nul(element->string.pointer, element->string.length, > + GFP_KERNEL); Otherwise, yes, looks correct. -- Kees Cook
