strncpy() is deprecated for NUL-terminated destination buffers. Use strscpy_pad() instead and remove the manual NUL-termination. Compile-tested only. Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/90 Cc: linux-hardening@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@xxxxxxxxx> --- net/rds/stats.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/net/rds/stats.c b/net/rds/stats.c index 9e87da43c004..cb2e3d2cdf73 100644 --- a/net/rds/stats.c +++ b/net/rds/stats.c @@ -89,8 +89,7 @@ void rds_stats_info_copy(struct rds_info_iterator *iter, for (i = 0; i < nr; i++) { BUG_ON(strlen(names[i]) >= sizeof(ctr.name)); - strncpy(ctr.name, names[i], sizeof(ctr.name) - 1); - ctr.name[sizeof(ctr.name) - 1] = '\0'; + strscpy_pad(ctr.name, names[i]); ctr.value = values[i]; rds_info_copy(iter, &ctr, sizeof(ctr)); -- 2.48.1