strncpy() is deprecated for NUL-terminated destination buffers; use strscpy() instead. The destination buffer ownername is only used with "%s" format strings and must therefore be NUL-terminated, but not NUL- padded. No functional changes intended. Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/90 Cc: linux-hardening@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@xxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/module/main.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/kernel/module/main.c b/kernel/module/main.c index 1fb9ad289a6f..2b88c91c89e3 100644 --- a/kernel/module/main.c +++ b/kernel/module/main.c @@ -1189,7 +1189,7 @@ static const struct kernel_symbol *resolve_symbol(struct module *mod, getname: /* We must make copy under the lock if we failed to get ref. */ - strncpy(ownername, module_name(fsa.owner), MODULE_NAME_LEN); + strscpy(ownername, module_name(fsa.owner), MODULE_NAME_LEN); unlock: mutex_unlock(&module_mutex); return fsa.sym; -- 2.48.1
