`strncpy` is deprecated for use on NUL-terminated destination strings [1] and as such we should prefer more robust and less ambiguous string interfaces. A suitable replacement is `strscpy_pad` due to the fact that it guarantees NUL-termination on the destination buffer. It is unclear to me whether `i40iw_client.name` requires NUL-padding but have opted to keep the NUL-padding behavior that strncpy provides to ensure no functional change. 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> --- Note: build-tested --- drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/i40iw_if.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/i40iw_if.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/i40iw_if.c index 4053ead32416..adbea33bf5b7 100644 --- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/i40iw_if.c +++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/i40iw_if.c @@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ static int i40iw_probe(struct auxiliary_device *aux_dev, const struct auxiliary_ aux_dev); struct i40e_info *cdev_info = i40e_adev->ldev; - strncpy(i40iw_client.name, "irdma", I40E_CLIENT_STR_LENGTH); + strscpy_pad(i40iw_client.name, "irdma", I40E_CLIENT_STR_LENGTH); i40e_client_device_register(cdev_info, &i40iw_client); return 0; --- base-commit: 2cf0f715623872823a72e451243bbf555d10d032 change-id: 20230921-strncpy-drivers-infiniband-hw-irdma-i40iw_if-c-6330fb0507db Best regards, -- Justin Stitt <justinstitt@xxxxxxxxxx>
