This code is doing more work than it needs to. Before handing off `val_str` to `kstrtouint()` we are eagerly removing any trailing newline which requires copying `buf`, validating it's length and checking/replacing any potential newlines. kstrtouint() handles this implicitly: kstrtouint -> kstrotoull -> (documentation) | /** | * kstrtoull - convert a string to an unsigned long long | * @s: The start of the string. The string must be null-terminated, and may also | * include a single newline before its terminating null. The first character | ... Let's remove the redundant functionality and let kstrtouint handle it. Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/90 Cc: linux-hardening@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Suggested-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Justin Stitt <justinstitt@xxxxxxxxxx> --- Changes in v2: - remove eager newline removal (thanks Kees) - use better subject line (thanks Kees) - rebase on 6465e260f4879080 - Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230921-strncpy-drivers-input-misc-axp20x-pek-c-v1-1-f7f6f4a5cf81@xxxxxxxxxx --- Note: build-tested only. --- drivers/input/misc/axp20x-pek.c | 11 +---------- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/input/misc/axp20x-pek.c b/drivers/input/misc/axp20x-pek.c index 4581606a28d6..24f9e9d893de 100644 --- a/drivers/input/misc/axp20x-pek.c +++ b/drivers/input/misc/axp20x-pek.c @@ -133,20 +133,11 @@ static ssize_t axp20x_store_attr(struct device *dev, size_t count) { struct axp20x_pek *axp20x_pek = dev_get_drvdata(dev); - char val_str[20]; - size_t len; int ret, i; unsigned int val, idx = 0; unsigned int best_err = UINT_MAX; - val_str[sizeof(val_str) - 1] = '\0'; - strncpy(val_str, buf, sizeof(val_str) - 1); - len = strlen(val_str); - - if (len && val_str[len - 1] == '\n') - val_str[len - 1] = '\0'; - - ret = kstrtouint(val_str, 10, &val); + ret = kstrtouint(buf, 10, &val); if (ret) return ret; --- base-commit: 6465e260f48790807eef06b583b38ca9789b6072 change-id: 20230921-strncpy-drivers-input-misc-axp20x-pek-c-3c4708924bbd Best regards, -- Justin Stitt <justinstitt@xxxxxxxxxx>
