Re: [PATCH] dma-buf/sw_sync: Replace all non-returning strlcpy with strscpy

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Hello Azeem,


On Tue, 23 May 2023 at 22:52, Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Tue, May 23, 2023 at 02:19:43AM +0000, Azeem Shaikh wrote:
> > strlcpy() reads the entire source buffer first.
> > This read may exceed the destination size limit.
> > This is both inefficient and can lead to linear read
> > overflows if a source string is not NUL-terminated [1].
> > In an effort to remove strlcpy() completely [2], replace
> > strlcpy() here with strscpy().
> > No return values were used, so direct replacement is safe.
> >
> > [1] https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/deprecated.html#strlcpy
> > [2] https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/89
Thank you for the patch; I'll queue it up.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Azeem Shaikh <azeemshaikh38@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> --
> Kees Cook

Best,
Sumit.

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Thanks and regards,

Sumit Semwal (he / him)
Tech Lead - LCG, Vertical Technologies
Linaro.org │ Open source software for ARM SoCs




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